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

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

Reducere. A groundbreaking examination of the role that wood and trees have played in our global ecosystem--including human evolution and the rise and fall o...

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...

Climate change is increasingly acknowledged as a security issue. But how exactly is 'security' understood? McDonald identifies different accounts o...

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As we interact online, we create new kinds of community and knowledge. How are these communities formed? How do we know whether to trust them as so...

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...

DescriptionIs it possible to think of a counter-hegemonic, progressive nostalgia that celebrates and helps sustain the marginalised? What might suc...

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

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...

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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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From the trials of Oscar Pistorius to O. J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, this innovative book provides a critical review of 11 high profile crimina...

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Publisher: Cengage Learning, IncAuthor(s): George WoolardNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 245 x 189 x 9Cover type: Paperback /...

A vibrant new history of twentieth-century Europe - covering everything from war and politics to social, cultural, and economic developments in a p...

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 thrilling and fun-filled introduction to the incredible creatures that ruled the earth for 150 million years, by one of the world's leading paleo...

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

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jay Timothy Dolmage In North America, immigration has never been about immigration. That was true in the early twentieth ce...

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Advanced media technologies have transformed immigrants' relations with their departure and arrival societies. This title explores how Muslim-Arab ...

The Construction of Identity in Saul Bellow's and Philip Roth's Major Novels - Anca Popa

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