Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours, Paperback - Noga Arikha

Reducere. DescriptionPhysicians in ancient Greece believed four humours flowed within the human body--blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler--determining a pe...

As her mother slips into the fog of dementia, a philosopher grapples with the unbreakable links between our bodies and our sense of self.Publisher:...

Reducere. In the spring of 1793, eighteen-year-old Nancy Randolph, the fetching daughter of one of the greatest of the great Virginia tobacco planters, was a...

Published for the first time as a Granta Books paperback: Barbara Ehrenreich's groundbreaking investigation into the roots of war, with a new intro...

Reducere. This book deals with something that you may have never even heard of, the doctrine of divine impassibility. Impassibility is not a word often used ...

The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple - Malcolm Barber

What Would You Focus On If You Were No Longer Weighed Down By Your Unwanted Responsibilities?If you want to add something meaningful to your life, ...

This book takes a fresh look at British radicalism in the first-half of the nineteenth century from the new perspective of the history of emotions....

Praise for the Third Edition "Researchers of any kind of extremal combinatorics or theoretical computer science will welcome the new edition of thi...

DescriptionFor centuries Italy has been many things to many people. In this brilliant anthology and traveler's companion, twenty-eight first-rate w...

Reducere. Unlike other conventional histories, the unifying thread of A History of the Philippines is the struggle of the peoples themselves against various ...

Approaching the unfolding climate catastrophe conceptually through its dissolution of the categories of "man-made" and "natural" disasters, A Histo...

Reducere. This book helps young children who are just beginning to recognize and identify their emotions understand how anger feels and affects them. Readers...

Josh 'Kid' Jones, a young Offliner discovers that an antiquated piece of technology called an 'iPhone', seemingly allows him to communicate with th...

Reducere. ALCATRAZ - the name alone said it all... It was meant to send a shudder down the spines of the nation's most incorrigible criminals. It stripped Al...

Reducere. DescriptionSumo is the official national sport of Japan, as recognized by the country's government. It is built around the simple concept of two ni...

This colorful narrative of French history in the sixth century is a dramatic and detailed portrait of a period of political and religious turmoil. ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe first comprehensive history of squash in the United States, Squash incorporates every aspect of this increasingly popular sport: men...

The Harlem Renaissance was the most influential single movement in African American literary history. The movement laid the groundwork for subseque...

Reducere. A Biographical History Of Waterloo Township And Other Townships Of The County: Being A History Of The Early Settlers And Their Descendants, Mostly ...

Senior New Testament scholar F. Scott Spencer focuses on a neglected area in the study of Jesus and the Gospels: the emotional life of Jesus. This ...

The Gulag was Russia's forgotten holocaust. The largest network of concentration camps ever created, it murdered millions and haunted all those who...

Publisher: Chronicle BooksAuthor(s): Ross PetrasIllustration(s): hardcover, foil stamped-cover, unjacketed, 2-color illustrations throughoutNumber ...

Reducere. A History of the Yoruba People is a comprehensive exploration of the founding and growth of one of the most influential groups in Africa. With a po...

Reducere. Who wouldn't want to know the answer to the question: "WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?" For hundreds of years, philosophers, scientists, and mystics have st...

Vinyl: A History of the Analogue Record is the first in-depth study of the vinyl record. Richard Osborne traces the evolution of the recording form...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Dennis DuncanNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 164 x 240 x 36Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Reducere. Come walk the timeless halls of the Hotel Galvez. No expense was spared in the creation of this beautiful statement of Galveston's resilience, whic...

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Alex WoolfNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 234 x 278 x 27Cover type: Paperback / ...

Stars have always fascinated people. Astronomer Florian Freistetter tells the stories of the stars - past, present and future.Publisher: Quercus Pu...

A sympathetic yet honest and nonjudgmental account that goes behind the palace doors and into the private lives of these iconic public figures Thei...

The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--the "center" or "navel"--of the ancient world for more tha...

Reducere. For six hundred years, the Ottoman Empire swelled and declined. Islamic, martial, civilized, and tolerant, it advanced in three centuries from the ...

Reducere. A conflict that erupted between Roman legions and some Judaeans in late AD 66 had an incalculable impact on Rome's physical appearance and imperial...

Reducere. Paddle from Enfield Rapids to Long Island Sound and travel down one of America's most famous waterways, the Connecticut River. Its calm waters conc...

A highly illustrated exploration of shipwrecks over 4, 000 years.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Alan G. JamiesonIllustration(s): 75 illustrati...

Reducere. Sir Steven Runciman tells the story of the First Bulgarian Empire as only he can. Few other historians before or since have been able to tell such ...

A comprehensive new history of the infamous Vikings. Those men and women raided and traded their way into history whilst at the same time helping t...

The untold history of how people came to conceive, to manage, and to dispute environmental crisis, The Environment is essential reading for anyone ...

Reducere. North America's Indian peoples have always viewed competitive sport as something more than a pastime. The northeastern Indians' ball-and-stick game...