Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times, Paperback - Arno Karlen

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The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrate...

A Short History of Disease chronicles the historical and geographical evolution of infectious and non-infectious diseases, from their prehistoric o...

A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their ger...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Forrest MareadyWhy do babies have lopsided smiles? Why are so many people's eyes misaligned? What started as a simple searc...

Reducere. Plagues in World History provides a concise, comparative world history of catastrophic infectious diseases, including plague, smallpox, tuberculosi...

This volume brings together environmental and human perspectives, engages with both historians and scientists, and, being mindful that environments...

Newsweek and Bloomberg popular science and investigative journalist Bryan Walsh explores the history of extinction and offers a cutting-edge examin...

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

At a time when hostilities and violence in the Middle East and Persian Gulf continually threaten the world with war, anyone seeking to understand t...

Reducere. Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of world ...

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Reducere. More people were killed by smallpox during the twentieth century--over 300 million--than by all of the wars of that period combined. In 1918 and 19...

A brilliant literary debut - a short story collection for readers that love Daisy Johnson, Angela Carter, Shirley Jackson or Lydia DavisPublisher: ...

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Highly topical - reveals the 100 (or so) most significant pandemics, plagues and epidemics in world history, from prehistory to Covid-19.Illustrati...

An acclaimed history of the Holocaust.Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Arno J. MayerNumber of pages: 544Collection: Verso World History SeriesPubli...

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A moving and graphic description of one man's involvement in the largest military confrontation in history -the Hell that was the Eastern Front.Pub...

An extensive examination of the history of gnosticism and how its philosophy has influenced the Western esoteric tradition - Explains how the Gnost...

Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with...

Reducere. A touching and thought-provoking account of how a woman explored a spectrum of religions--ancient and new--and ended up, unexpectedly, becoming a b...

A critical history of Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict Eminent historian Arno J. Mayer traces the thinkers, leaders, and shifting geopolitical ...

New B-format paperback - The definitive history of the virulent and fatal plague outbreaks that wiped out half of London's populations from the med...

Reducere. THE BESTSELLING SELF-HELP BOOK FOR MENIERE'S DISEASE. Recently Voted by over 4000 Goodreads readers as " A BOOK EVERYONE SHOULD READ AT LEAST ONE I...

A moving memoir of a son and his father brought closer together in the face of Alzheimer's. When Arno Geiger's father was diagnosed with the diseas...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Lama Yeshe Losal RinpocheNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 17Cover type: Pap...

Packed with insights into Jewish life, The Jewish Contribution to English Law tells why Jews were drawn to the law. Charting history to and since 1...

Reducere. The classic world history of the events, ideas, and personalities of the twentieth century.

Reducere. National Bestseller September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U...

This thoroughly revised edition of the best-selling textbook provides an in-depth survey of current historical Jesus studies. Beginning with a brie...

Reducere. FROM MENIERE SUFFERER TO MENIERE SURVIVOR. Read a truly remarkable and successful recovery story from Meniere's disease. * A positive book about ge...

Reducere. True account of a decade-long apprenticeship with Huichol shamans in the Mexican Sierra Madre - Contains an insider's view of the Huichol's shamani...

Most American young people, like their ancestors, harbor desires for a worthy life: a life of meaning, a life that makes sense. But they are increa...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Cory (Cory Allen) AllenNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 203 x 20Cover type: Pape...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Raymond P. ScheindlinWhere did the Jews come from? How did they retain their strong sense of community through centuries of...

The story of a man who rose from peasant stock to become Estonia's most famous medieval chronicler - The third novel in a historical trilogy by Est...

Reducere. A Concise History of Western Civilization: From Prehistoric to Early Modern Times: Third EditionBy: Gary ForsytheThis volume is designed to serve a...

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A Place for God is a book exploring the age-old 'big questions' in light of our rapidly changing culture, featuring a foreword by Timothy Keller.

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A definitive biography of Philip Astley drawn from contemporary sources, including first-hand accounts.

Reducere. In the beginning was Jamestown.... This is the wondrous story of the genesis of America told through this cradle to the grave account of the life o...

Reducere. Here is a fast paced, highly readable and interesting Catholic world history. It clearly illustrates that Christ is the central figure in all of hi...

Diplomacy in the West from Richelieu to Kissinger: the great diplomats of history and what their achievements tell us about the most important issu...

Sunlight And Sungazing. The Sun s Power Has Been Forgotten For Too Long. We Don't Get Enough Of it. This Book Will Explain The Science And Benefits...

Reducere. A mentorship one filled with practical ideas and inspiration for teacher mentors and mentees Many teachers think mentoring means checking a box, bu...

The critique of modernist ideology from France's leading radical theoristPublisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Jacques RanciereNumber of pages: 144Publi...