Olympics, A Very Peculiar History, Hardback - David Arscott

DescriptionTake a glimpse behind the gold medals and victory laps to see some of the strange, the unbelievable, and the downright bizarre events th...

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Reducere. DescriptionFrom building a moat to planning a siege: this fascinating book is filled with stories about castle life. How were castles built, fought...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David Clay LargeThe Olympic festival was a crucial part of the Nazi regime's mobilization of power. Nazi Games offers a sup...

Published in the year that The Olympics returns to Athens, this is the illuminating story of the making of the modern games, the multinational grou...

How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their an...

Publisher: Pearson Education LimitedAuthor(s): Sheila BirdCollection: BUG CLUBPublication date: 2010Dimensions: 191 x 249 x 16Cover type: Mixed med...

This Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec li...

Ecology is the science of ecosystems, of habitats, of our world and its future. In the latest New Naturalist, ecologist David M. Wilkinson explains...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): David BainbridgeIllustration(s): 100+ color illus.Number of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

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From Roman times to the present day, this is the story of Black British history.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): David OlusogaNumber of pages: 80...

Concise historical introduction to Josephine Butler and her continuing influence on the world and how we see it.

2016 - 2nd printing - Discipleship of whosoever will come Disciple, equip and train in power & authority so the body will operate in the glory as o...

Publisher: The History Press LtdPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 165 x 240 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe...

Celebrates the illustrious history and modern dominance of one of English football's most storied teams.

Featuring 19 different characters from Roman times, as well as an introduction to the Roman world, a map of the empire and a timeline of key events...

An irreverent romp through time looking back over the history of aviation, from Icarus and his wax wings to everything that happened sincePublisher...

Featuring 19 different characters from Ancient Egyptian times, as well as an introduction to the Ancient Egyptian world, a key to decoding hierogly...

The first full-length biography of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian.Illustrations: 2x8-pg...

Considers controversial issues such as what qualifies as a planet, and looks at different types of Solar System objects, such as asteroids, Trans-N...

Roll up, roll up! It's time to take a front row seat at the Animal Olympics. See creatures from across the world compete to win a gold medal in som...

A thoughtful look at immigration, anti-immigration sentiments, and the motivations and experiences of the migrants themselves, this updated book of...

Bestselling author Jeremy Strong returns with new stories from the Big Forest!

An established reference work, this revised and expanded edition has over 200 new colour illustrations, updated bibliographies and extended interna...

The Olympics' Strangest Moments recounts the bizarre, controversial, heroic and plain unlucky from the first modern games in 1896 to the return of ...

A monumental work of popular history, making the case that the Beeb is as much of a National Treasure as the NHS.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor...

Reducere. The Olympic festival was a crucial part of the Nazi regime's mobilization of power. Nazi Games offers a superb blend of history and sport. The narr...

This interdisciplinary volume recontextualises biblical texts to explore how the relationship between sex/gender, power, and religion is constructe...

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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 ...

Only in the Bayou State do Louisianans travel door to door on horseback collecting gumbo ingredients for Mardi Gras gatherings. Residents compete i...

Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Christopher FowlerNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 145 x 223 x 40Cover type: Ha...

Reducere. Now in paperback, from the New York Times bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered, here is the blockbuster story of the 1960 S...

The history of decadent culture runs from ancient Rome to nineteenth-century Paris, Victorian London, fin de si cle Vienna, Weimar Berlin, and beyo...

Covering Geoffrey Chaucer's life and work, David Wallace considers the influence and enduring appeal of his body of writing, explores the wide rang...

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There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or ...

Russia's sheer size has made it difficult to mobilize resources and to govern effectively, especially given its harsh climate, vast and vulnerable ...