Scheme of Heaven. Astrology and the Birth of Science, Paperback - Alexander Boxer

'A delightful and utterly fascinating work of intellectual history.' - Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with EinsteinIllustrations: 16 pages full...

The techniques of early astrology are shown to have been at the foundation of science in this reclaiming of the alleged pseudoscience's value acros...

With 2018 marking 200 years since }Frankenstein{'s first publication, Levy provides an engrossing insight into the fascinating world of science in ...

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When the ancient Greeks saw deposits of giant fossils, they knew they had discovered the battle fields where the gods had vanquished the Titans. Wh...

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Reducere. First published in 1898, this is a very different astrology book from what we have now. There are extensive delineations for the signs of the zodia...

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The life-changing near-death experience of a respected neurosurgeon.Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Dr Eben, III AlexanderNumber of p...

Reducere. Derek Appleby is the man who single-handedly revived horary astrology, leading directly to the current astrological renewal. ..".. Appleby turn on ...

The Astrology of Self Discovery provides guidance for achieving self-development through attunement to planetary influences and gives direction to ...

Reducere. Charles Carter (1887-1968) wrote this book in London during World War II. It was his first book in more than a dozen years. In this book, Carter tu...

Reducere. What was the "Classical Revolution" in Greek art? What were its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact? This book introduces students to these qu...

This study is devoted to the work of two early British filmmakers, George Albert Smith and James Williamson, and the films that they made around 19...

Anna Held was America's most popular musical comedy star during the two decades preceding World War I. In the colorful world of New York theater du...

Reducere. DescriptionShamanic Astrology is a profound, yet simple, revolutionary tool that quickly zeros in on the most useful and important information foun...

Reducere. James Wilson wrote his Dictionary of Astrology in 1819. Based in large measure on a close study of the works of Ptolemy and Placidus (among many ot...

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Marion WilliamsonIllustration(s): HardbackNumber of pages: 160Collection: ElementsPublication date: 20...

Reducere. "Kagan, faithful to his lifelong fascination with Pericles . . . gives us an accessible and invaluable account of his life and deeds."--Allan Bloom...

The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other Minds A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The scuba-d...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: W. Ryan KurczakAuthor: Richard FishThe Art and Science of Vedic Astrology Volume II builds upon the previous work and takes...

Dispositionalism - the view that causal powers are among the irreducible properties of nature - is one of the main competing theories within the me...

While the birth of global economic governance is conventionally dated to the end of World War II, Jamie Martin shows how its roots lie in World War...

Reducere. Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, when migrants from the surrounding moun...

The story behind the origins of Anna Karenina and the turbulent life and times of Leo Tolstoy.Illustrations: 16 pages of B&W photographs

Late in AD 937, four armies met in a place called Brunanburh. On one side stood the shield-wall of the expanding kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons. On th...

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Reducere. Subtitled, An Encyclopaedia of Character & Disease, Carter's classic book was the result of study of hundreds of horoscopes. Carter discovered that...

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Reducere. The Father of Spin is the first full-length biography of the legendary Edward L. Bernays, who, beginning in the 1920s, was one of the first and mos...

Reducere. In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career"In...

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George Louis Beer Prize WinnerWallace K. Ferguson Prize FinalistA Marginal Revolution Book of the Year"A groundbreaking contribution...Intellectual...

'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detectorPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Amit KatwalaNumber of pa...

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DescriptionA clear and step-by-step guide to understanding the age-old wisdom of astrology. Astrology is an ancient and well-known wisdom system, y...

A collection of essays, paintings, and personal correspondence celebrates the life and legacy of Frederic Bazille, an instrumental but largely unsu...

Reducere. Following the 1948 war and the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinian Arabs comprised just fifteen percent of the population but held a much ...

Reducere. DescriptionA vivid history of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform Los AngelesWhen Walter O'Malley moved his Br...

Reducere. America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society...

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Reducere. Each of the 360 degrees of the Zodiac has its own unique symbol and meaning. These symbols are often applied to the degrees of the Ascendant, Sun, ...

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Reducere. We are wrapped in a mantle of awe at the beauty around us. But there is one particular experience transcending all others--a baby's first breath, t...

JaHyun Kim Haboush offers a compelling counternarrative to Western historiography, which ties Korea's idea of nation to the imported ideologies of ...