Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games - Michael Llewellyn

Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games - Michael Llewellyn

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...

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DescriptionFor centuries, different types of dogs were bred around the world for work, sport, or companionship. But it was not until Victorian time...

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This first and only official children's book on the Olympics--created in association with the Olympic Museum in Lausanne--introduces kids to the gl...

During a day we meet 24 ancient Athenians from all levels of society and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their com...

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DescriptionA historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Je...

For over two decades, Donald Michael Kraig's Modern Magick has been the world's most popular step-by-step guide to working real magick. Tens of tho...

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Lacan and Marx: The Invention of the Symptom provides an incisive commentary on Lacan's reading of Marx, mapping the relations between these two va...

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A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.Illustrations: 94 colour illustrations

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

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From the origins of the games, to heroes of the past and present, the different sports played, records set, and more, here is everything kids need ...

The Invention of Tradition - Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger

Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is still relativel...

DescriptionIn the glorious, boozy party after the first World War, a new being burst defiantly onto the world stage: the so-called flapper. Young, ...

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What was it like to attend the ancient Olympic Games? With the summer Olympics' return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and ...

Publisher: Historical Images LtdAuthor(s): Paul Leslie LineNumber of pages: 145Collection: Armchair Time Travellers Street AtlasPublication date: 2...

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DescriptionAn engaging critique of the science and metaphysics behind our understanding of the universe The James Webb Space Telescope, when launch...

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Publisher: Datum Publishing LimitedAuthor(s): John GolleyIllustration(s): Illustrations, mapsNumber of pages: 284Publication date: 2010Dimensions: ...

From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a r...

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DescriptionThis distinctive and enlightening book explores the invention and development of tea drinking in China, using tea culture to explore the...

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Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Theodore W AllenNumber of pages: 800Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 233 x 154 x 40Cover type: Paperback / softba...

The story of Seville's Archive of the Indies reveals how current views of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are based on radical historical r...

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