Old Stories and Contemporary Issues in Films about Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Idealistic Thinking, Sex, Lies, and Video Political Agendas, Paperba

This volume creates awareness among spectators about the differences between the past and the present, the importance of understanding the past-pre...

This Element explores the papacy's engagement in authorial publishing in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The opening discussion demonstrates th...

This volume presents the first multidisciplinary bioarchaeological analysis to reconstruct life conditions in ancient Tuscany between Late Antiquit...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood rewrites the history of political theory. She traces the development of the Western tradition from...

The first two sections of this book explore different ways of understanding seismic phenomena and present strategies for post-disaster management. ...

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Eminent historian Robert Bartlett takes a fresh, cogent look at how our view of medieval history has been shaped by eight significant films of the ...

An engrossing exploration of the sex lives of ordinary medieval people.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Katherine HarveyIllustration(s): 17 illu...

Reducere. DescriptionFifty Early Medieval Things introduces readers to the material culture of late antique and early medieval Europe, north Africa, and west...

Reducere. DescriptionThis work is suitable for ages 8-14. In the Middle Ages, it was important for everyone to dress and act according to their position in s...

Reducere. If you want an important tool to teach your children about the wonderful Bible and all the promises it holds, then keep reading These stories prese...

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Reducere. With a rare directness and clarity about sex and reproduction, sexual values, and cultural influences on sexuality, Deborah Roffman challenges and ...

Reducere. In the Sex and Race series, first published in the 1940s, historian Joel Augustus Rogers questioned the concept of race, the origins of racial diff...

Publisher: Cornell University PressAuthor(s): Darryl JonesIllustration(s): 30 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022D...

Reducere. The most comprehensive book on the topic, Thinking about Good and Evil traces the most salient Jewish ideas about why innocent people seem to suffe...

Reducere. J.R.R. Tolkien claimed that he based the land of Middle Earth on a real place. The Real Middle Earth brings alive, for the first time, the very rea...

How many sexes are there? What is the relationship between sex and gender? Is gender a product of nature, or nurture, or both? In Beyond the Binary...

Witty and thought-provoking examination of what really stimulates the voting public.

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DescriptionAncient and medieval labyrinths embody paradox, according to Penelope Reed Doob. Their structure allows a double perspective--the baffli...

What do we know about early modern sex, and how do we know it? How, when, and why does sex become history? In Thinking Sex with the Early Moderns, ...

DescriptionFrom scream queens to femmes fatale, horror isn't just for the boys. Gothic media moguls Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence, authors of The ...

Reducere. In the Sex and Race series, first published in the 1940s, historian Joel Augustus Rogers questioned the concept of race, the origins of racial diff...

Description From Out of the Binders co-founder Lux Alptraum, a controversial look at women, sex, and lying--why myths about women's deceit persist,...

Reducere. Medical experimentation on human subjects during the Third Reich raises deep moral and ethical questions. This volume features prominent voices in ...

Reducere. At the height of medical technology and civilization, America has become the fattest and sickest nation to ever grace the earth. There was a time w...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 25 bw illusNumber of pages: 312Collection: IMAGINES - Classical Receptions in the Visual and P...

This book is for upper-level students, managers and academics who are interested in exploring the 'messy reality' of the contemporary workplace and...

Jacques Le Goff sets out in this book to explain the role of money, or rather of the various types of money, in the economy, life and mentalities o...

From Parzival to The Da Vinci Code and Assassin's Creed, the Knights Templar have captivated artists and audiences for centuries. This study explor...

This book is a collection of milestone articles of a leading scholar in the study of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, a crossroads of Latin-Christian,...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 14 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Tables, black and white; 14 Illustrations, black and whiteNum...

This classic text takes a popular interdisciplinary approach to the topic of leadership, compiling a reader-friendly collection of journal articles...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdNumber of pages: 256Collection: Routledge Studies in Development EconomicsPublication date: 2014Dimensions: 222 x 14...

"These essays were presented at the 17th World Congress of the International Economic Association held in Jordan, June 6-10 2014"--Preface.

DescriptionCastration and castrati have always been facets of western culture, from myth and legend to law and theology, from eunuchs guarding hare...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): MorilloNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 234 x 27Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmec...

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Reducere. Turning thirty years of medical and cultural wisdom on its head, Sex, Lies, and Menopause challenges both the medical establishment and modern femi...

Reducere. Set in the months that preceded the murder of megastar Marilyn Monroe. this investigative report challenges the myths and assumptions that have, fo...

The geometric foundations, forms, and patterns in today's architecture, design and, decorative arts can trace their origins in past cultures. From ...

How does art work? How does it move us, inform us, challenge us? Internationally renowned painter David Salle's incisive essay collection illuminat...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John BranchThe theme of this book is digital marketing. We now live in the digital age - indeed, there are more than 3 bill...

DescriptionThis collection of essays is based on papers presented at the Tax Research Network conferences in 2015 and 2016. The provide valuable in...