Playful Visions. Optical Toys and the Emergence of Children's Media Culture, Paperback - Meredith A. Bak

The kaleidoscope, the stereoscope, and other nineteenth-century optical toys analyzed as "new media" of their era, provoking anxieties similar to o...

In this epic history-cum-anthology, Megan Vaughan tells the story of the theatre blogosphere from the dawn of the carefully crafted longform post t...

Reducere. DescriptionAs Nora Samaran writes, "violence is nurturance turned backwards." In its place, she proposes "nurturance culture" as the opposite of ra...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Colin McGinnNumber of pages: 208Collection: The MIT PressPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 138 x 203 x 15Cover t...

The world around us can be a complex, confusing place. Earthquakes happen without warning, stock markets fluctuate, weather forecasters seldom seem...

The great genius of modern physics explains why quantum theory makes perfect senseIllustrations: c.50 integrated greyscale illustrations

Reducere. Reconstructing the emergence of the Israelite monarchy involves interpreting historical research, approaching questions of ancient state formation,...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdIllustration(s): 184 color illus., 33 b 217 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 304Collection: The MIT PressPublicat...

Reducere. A rainy Saturday turns into something amazing as two little boys take their Momma on a series of exciting adventures using only their imaginations....

DescriptionShowcasing diverse methodologies, this volume illuminates London's role in the development of a European art market at the turn of the n...

In the latter decades of the nineteenth century, in the midst of dramatic and far-reaching developments, humanity's ancient relationship with God w...

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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 ...

The Great Fire of 1835 nearly leveled Manhattan-consuming some 700 buildings-yet also created the ashes from which the city was reborn. Manhattan P...

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All those who despair at the state of the world and its multiple problems will find in this book ambitious but reasonable proposals that will give ...

Tales to Grow By will be the perfect companion in the exciting path of becoming, little by little, responsible and happy grownups. Fairy tales are ...

DescriptionHow competing visions of world order in the 1940s gave rise to the modern concept of globalismDuring and after the Second World War, pub...

In this expansive history, Steinfeld develops a thorough, systematic account describing how American judicial review was brought into being during ...

Though persistently overshadowed by the Great War in historical memory, the two Balkan conflicts of 1912-1913 were among the most consequential of ...

When this book first appeared in 1972, Karsten, a former naval officer, was taken to task for its portrayal of the Naval Academy and the officer co...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Uplift Cinema, Allyson Nadia Field recovers the significant yet forgotten legacy of African American filmmaking in the 1910s. Like th...

Initially created to counteract broadcasts from Nazi Germany, the BBC's Eastern Service became a cauldron of global modernism and an unlikely nexus...

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Reducere. Julian Weems doesn't believe in aliens, cryptids, ESP, pineapple on his pizza, or ghosts.Oscar Fellowes is determined to change his mind about at l...

The untold story of the bloody revolution that stripped the pope of political power and signalled the birth of modern Europe.

DescriptionThis book takes a critical approach to the dominant explanation for the transformation from post-Roman to 'Anglo-Saxon' society in Brita...

Description"Riveting . . . The Vaccine Race] invites comparison with Rebecca Skloot's 2007 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."--Nature "This is ...

Publisher: Mimosa PublicationsAuthor(s): Meredith CostainCollection: More Literacy Links Chapter BooksPublication date: 2001Cover type: PaperbackRe...

Meet Morgan and Eric: born on the same day, at the same time and bonded for life. In this moving dual narrative, we meet them every birthday from t...

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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 ...

From advice columnist Meredith Goldstein, a dazzling, romantic, and emotionally resonant YA debut about a teen science whiz in Cambridge, Massachus...

Reducere. DescriptionThis rollicking and panoramic history of Casablanca during the Second World War sheds light on the city as a key hub for European and Am...

Somatic psychology and bodymind therapy (the simultaneous study of the mind and body) are challenging contemporary understandings of the psyche, of...

By embracing the full storytelling and archetypal potential of the American Southwest, Frank Waters wrote some of the finest literature of the 20th...

Publisher: Inter-Varsity PressNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2008Dimensions: 229 x 154 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera farme...