The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization, Hardcover - Roland Ennos

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Publisher: ScribnerAuthor(s): Roland EnnosNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 28Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farm...

Roland Ennos' The Wood Age is a love-letter to the world's most vital and yet most threatened material. It is the story of how wood has shaped our ...

When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world. 'A stunning book on the incalculable debt human...

When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world.'A stunning book on the incalculable debt humani...

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Cutting-edge research on personal ornaments from archaeological contexts around the world.Publisher: Oxbow BooksIllustration(s): B/w and colourNumb...

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An exploration of the impact of institutionalization in the lives of Canadian families.

Buildings can shape our lives, improve our health, and transform society. Academic histories of architecture and medicine overlook the importance o...

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The groundbreaking examination of the construction of sexual identity -- now updated to reflect the latest research.Why do some people prefer heter...

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Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where...

From tools and devices to construction and artistic expression, Max Adams explores wood - the material that shaped human history.Publisher: Head of...

DescriptionThe complete story of snow, this is the first book to fully examine snow as a historical, cultural, and scientific phenomenon. From "Win...

Although The "Malleus" is recognized as an important medieval text, as a source it presents difficulties of contextual understanding and cannot be ...

This book presents the history of Amman's development under the rule of the British mandate from 1921-46 and illustrates how the growth of the Angl...

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This book assesses the significance of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) by examining the logic of international power and order, his...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Anthony FontenotNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 186 x 251 x 23Cover type: Paperback / soft...

Publisher: Transcript VerlagAuthor(s): Sabrina EllebrechtNumber of pages: 300Collection: Political SciencePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 149 x 2...

A best-seller in France, this English language edition introduces readers to an alternative perspective on our technological future. Bihouix skilfu...

Humanity's best hope for confronting the looming climate crisis rests with the new science of complexity.The sheer complexity of climate change sto...

We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which...

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Reducere. Hope Carpenter nearly destroyed her family, her church, and her ministry by living a double life, but then God did something miraculous. Out of her...

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