Juvenescence: A Cultural History of Our Age, Paperback - Robert Pogue Harrison

Reducere. How old are you? The more thought you bring to bear on the question, the harder it is to answer. For we age simultaneously in different ways: biolo...

Reducere. In this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 40 bw illusNumber of pages: 296Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

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Reducere. Humans have long turned to gardens-both real and imaginary-for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens may be as fa...

"A rich cultural history of smells that sheds new light on an under-appreciated sense"--

A superbly illustrated overview of our long relationship with our feathered friends.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Boria SaxIllustration(s): 2...

She-Wolf explores the cultural history of the female werewolf, from her first appearance in medieval literature to recent incarnations in film, tel...

DescriptionHumans have long turned to gardens--both real and imaginary--for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 48 bw illusNumber of pages: 232Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2021...

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Reducere. This book tells the story of today's Spanish provinces of Valencia, Castello and Alacant (Alicante), with their profound Moorish legacy.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Stephen (Cardiff University, UK) KiteIllustration(s): 125 BW illusNumber of pages: 360Publ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 75 bw illusNumber of pages: 240Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

A beautifully illustrated history of the Queen of Flowers and her enduring power in our gardens, art, religion and imagination.Publisher: Oneworld ...

Before skyscrapers forever transformed the landscape of the modern metropolis, the conveyance that made them possible had to be created. Invented i...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 36 bw illusNumber of pages: 304Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

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Reducere. Did mushroom tea kick-start ancient Greek philosophy? Was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland a thinly veiled psychedelic mushroom odyssey? Is Santa C...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom a distinctive, inimitable voice, a wickedly funny and fascinating romp through the strange and often contradictory history of Weste...

We've told you HOW TO SHIT IN THE WOODS. We've taken you UP SHIT CREEK. Now, we dare to ask the eternal question...WHO CUT THE CHEESE? Which is to ...

Reducere. In 1929, a small group of men and women threw off their clothes and began to exercise in a New York City gymnasium, marking the start of the Americ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 45 bw illusNumber of pages: 288Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Andrew BombackIllustration(s): 1 black and white illustrationNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2022Dimension...

As a vehicle for outstanding creativity, the typewriter has been taken for granted and was, until now, a blind spot in the history of writing pract...

Jane Austen has resonated with readers across generations like no other writer. More than two hundred years after the publication of Pride and Prej...

Since the mid-1950s, the psychoactive compound DMT has attracted the attention of experimentalists and prohibitionists, scientists and artists, alc...

Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? In this timely and definitive study, Andy Letcher strips away the myths to get at the true stor...

aeo Highly original and innovative account of the history of humour through the ages from Antiquity to the present day. aeo Includes accounts of jo...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 75 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 46 bw illusNumber of pages: 232Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone...

From the cooling fountains of the Alhambra to the imposing palace grounds of Chinese emperors and the clean lines of the formal French parterre, th...

Reducere. For almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America's most popular touring band. No Simple Highway is the first book to ask the simple question...

Provides the first academic monograph dedicated to developing a cultural understanding of the werewolf film.Illustrations: 25 B/W illustrations

DescriptionThe Eternal Table: A Cultural History of Food in Rome is the first concise history of the food, gastronomy, and cuisine of Rome spanning...

An examination of spectacles and those who wore them through history, art, literature and technology.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Stefana Sa...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Thomas AielloNumber of pages: 304Collection: American WaysPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 237 x 3...

Reducere. Tobacco was first cultivated and enjoyed by the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas, who used it for medicinal, religious, and social purposes l...

Reducere. To Infinity and Beyond explores the idea of infinity in mathematics and art. Eli Maor examines the role of infinity, as well as its cultural impact...

Reducere. Illuminating the dark side of the American century, The Monster Show uncovers the surprising links between horror entertainment and the great socia...

Suggesting that the replacement of an animistic worldview with a mechanistic one has led humans to deny their animality, Flight from Grace calls on...

Reducere. Communist humor is the strangest, funniest, most enchanting and meaningful legacy of the eighty years of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe. Th...

DescriptionWhether they focus on the bewitching song of the Sirens, his cunning escape from the cave of the terrifying one-eyed Cyclops, or the ven...

Reducere. Celebrate one of the most important periods of American cultural history: the Harlem Renaissance This package features beautiful illustrations, poe...

Reducere. This innovative history of the Okefenokee Swamp reveals it as a place where harsh realities clashed with optimism, shaping the borderland culture o...