Invention of Rare Books. Private Interest and Public Memory, 1600-1840, Paperback - David McKitterick

Explores how the idea of rare books was shaped by collectors, traders and libraries from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Using examples ...

Scotland's Foreshore tells the story of the battle that took place during the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century between the C...

Publisher: Sourcebooks, IncAuthor(s): Eva JurczykNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 214 x 298 x 35Cover type: HardbackRedescoper...

Publisher: Sourcebooks, IncAuthor(s): Eva JurczykNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 141 x 208 x 27Cover type: Paperback / softba...

Reducere. How rich is the Queen and where did her wealth come from?Have you ever wondered where the funding for the Queen's priceless jewellery, gilded carri...

Reducere. Who Rules El Paso? To answer this question, a reader might respond that the mayor and city council representatives rule the city of El Paso. On dee...

Rare Merit illuminates the impact of women as portraitists, travel documentarians, photojournalists, fine artists, hobbyists, and printers in the e...

DescriptionFrom the sculptured peaks of Mount Rushmore to the Coloradan prairie lands at Sand Creek to the idyllic islands of the Pacific, the West...

Reducere. DescriptionBurn My Shadow follows the porn career of Tyler Knight, a black porn star who stars mainly in porn for couples. A star that breaks all s...

Publisher: Cengage Learning, IncAuthor(s): David (Trinity University) MacphersonNumber of pages: 784Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 221 x 284 x 3...

This book follows on from the same author's introduction to the Mini-Lathe (Workshop Practice Series No. 43) and presents a series of projects whic...

DescriptionReclaiming 42 centers on one of America's most respected cultural icons, Jackie Robinson, and the forgotten aspects of his cultural lega...

Fully updated edition of the classic introduction to the radio controlled flying hobby: model designs, building or buying, engine and radio technol...

DescriptionBozeman challenges the dominance of the concept of economic individualism that drives policymaking and public management today, at the e...

Reducere. Mme. Blavatsky's famous transcribed messages from beyond, the mysterious "Book of Dzyan, " the heart of the sacred books of Kie-te, are said once t...

A boxed set of 72 cards featuring some of the world's greatest cities, buildings and landmarks. Ages: 6+

Reducere. This major study re-examines fundamental aspects of what has been widely labeled the printing revolution of the early modern period. David McKitter...

A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by...

Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): David SchneiderPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 39Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul le...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The animal fur trade played a key role in the development and ultimate ownership of lands and resources on the West Coast of North America. Yet it ...

Reducere. Field of Schemes is a play-by-play account of how the drive for new sports stadiums and arenas drains $2 billion a year from public treasuries for ...

The first-ever insider account of Camp David, the president's private retreat, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of its inception.Never before have ...

Public versus private is an ongoing concern in communication. This book examines this phenomenon through self-representational writing and the phil...

Publisher: Heyday BooksAuthor(s): Jack GedneyIllustration(s): b&w pen-and-ink illustrationsNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 22...

Reducere. The Night Language tells the story of a young man, Prince Alamayou of Abyssinia (present day Ethiopia), who is taken from his home and the Abyssini...

How to develop and apply technology in the public interest is bewilderingly complex. This book reconsiders the relationship between technology and ...

Reducere. A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by...

A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by...

Public versus private is an ongoing concern in communication. This book examines this phenomenon through self-representational writing and the phil...

Reducere. This book provides the user with a system for pre-determining the likelihood of grants success before investing time in proposal preparation. The e...

A thought-provoking challenge to our ideas about philanthropy, marking it as a deeply political activity that allows the wealthy to dictate more th...

Dismissing industrial policy because 'governments cannot pick winners' is counter-productive. This Element studying selected major innovations illu...

Through a series of case studies, the authors employ both neopluralist and exchange perspectives to explore the lobbying activity that occurs in th...

Publisher: Rare Bird BooksAuthor(s): David WinklerNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 237 x 29Cover type: HardbackRedescope...

Reducere. DescriptionEver since their arrival in North America, European colonists and their descendants have struggled to explain the epidemics that decimat...

Reducere. America's slave past is being analyzed as never before, yet it remains one of the most contentious issues in U.S. memory. In recent years, the cult...

Based on new interviews and research, this ground-breaking biography explores the secret selves behind Marilyn Monroe's public facades.Illustration...

A distinctive new account why governments loom so large in market societies. Avner Offer explains how finance limits firms to short-term enterprise...

States that the Wild West of Hollywood and American folklore is nothing more than a functional myth. The author presents a sustained analysis of ho...

Reducere. A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin's Ghosts--a groundbreaking examination of the greatest e...