The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds

Taking readers from the rainforests of Paraguay to the streets of Tokyo, Mattern draws on historical, scientific, and cultural research to reveal h...

Publisher: Flatiron BooksAuthor(s): Ina ParkNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 209 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softbackRed...

Reducere. A surprising look at the role of menopause in human history-and why we should change the ways we think about it Are the ways we look at menopause a...

Publisher: Flatiron BooksAuthor(s): Nolan GasserNumber of pages: 720Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 158 x 231 x 51Cover type: PaperbackRedescoper...

The first substantial commentary on Clouds since Dover's 1968 edition. Intended for intermediate Greek students at undergraduate and graduate level...

A runaway Top Ten hardback bestseller becomes a must-have non-fiction paperback for summer 2007.

Reducere. History and Culture of Guam. The beginning of the Chamorro race, The Settlement of American, The Governance, People and tradition. Guam is an uninc...

History and Culture of Vanuatu Island. People and Tradition. Vanuatu is a Pacific island adventure far beyond any notions of cruise-ship ports and ...

DescriptionFrom the chief architect of the Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind,...

This ambitious volume paints a rich picture of the tools and techniques of printing, publishing, and reading that shaped the ideas and practices th...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: MR Grenville HarropEditor: Rebecca HarropThis is a book that's long overdue: One that provides information that has never b...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: M. D. WhalenHow much do you know about farts?Did you know it would take just nine farts from every person on earth to power...

Reducere. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeThe early years of the nineteenth century saw an intriguing yet little-known scientific advance catapult ...

A provocative and eye-opening book on the science and history of bisexuality, from the internationally bestselling author and co-host of BBC podcas...

Reducere. In this first-ever anthology of Indigenous science fiction Grace Dillon collects some of the finest examples of the craft with contributions by Nat...

Reducere. Hilaire Belloc describes the European Jewish diaspora, its contributions to the life and intellectual culture of the continent, and the undercurren...

Reducere. Like every aspect of life in the Big Apple, how New Yorkers have interacted with death is as diverse as each of the countless individuals who have ...

Reducere. This is a comprehensive collection of essays and reference material on the historical and ethnological aspects of Iroquois diplomacy, on its ritual...

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Reducere. *Includes pictures. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Neither the Choctaws nor Chicksaws ever engaged in war against the American peop...

*Includes pictures. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Neither the Choctaws nor Chicksaws ever engaged in war against the American peop...

*Includes pictures depicting important Iroquois leaders and art. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. From the "Trail of Tears" to Wounded...

The Bektashi dervish order is a Sufi Alevite sect found in Anatolia and the Balkans with a strong presence in Albania. In this, his final book, Rob...

Reducere. In April, 1866, at the height of the Black Hawk Wars, Mormon settlers in the village of Circleville, Utah, took a band of Paiute Indians hostage an...

The collection explores the various, often conflicting representations of the war offered by US writers, artists, intellectuals, and political figu...

Reducere. A comprehensive and readable history of Native Americans in the Upper Great Lakes region

Reducere. *Includes 30 pictures of Minoan art, ruins, and more. *Explains the links between Minoan culture and religion with the Ancient Greeks. *Details how...

Reducere. An illustrated cultural history of drug use from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicals - Featuring artwork from...

Reducere. "On 4 October 1966, a C7-A Caribou airplane flying through blinding cloud cover crashed into Hon Cong Mountain near the base camp of the 1st Air Ca...

Reducere. "On 4 October 1966, a C7-A Caribou airplane flying through blinding cloud cover crashed into Hon Cong Mountain near the base camp of the 1st Air Ca...

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 ...

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 ...

Reducere. Over the past twenty-five years, our quest for thinness has morphed into a relentless obsession with weight and body image. In our culture, "fat" h...

This work throws new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference. It reconstructs the evolution of the modern discourse of race a...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "Of the hundreds of peoples that lived and flourished in native North America, few...

Reducere. *Includes pictures. *Explains the origins, culture, and social structure of the Navajo. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. From the "Tra...

Reducere. *Includes pictures of important people and places. *Explains the Shawnee's role in colonial history and Tecumseh's life and legacy. *Explains the o...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures of important people, places, and art. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "Sometimes I go about in pity for...

Publisher: Cornell University PressAuthor(s): Mary C. NeuburgerIllustration(s): 18 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 246Publication date: ...

Reducere. Did you know that the Mayans used saunas for healing purposes?In the past decade or two, there has been an upsurge of interest in Maya history. Thi...

*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts describing the Etruscans and their wars with Rome *Includes online resources and a bibliography for f...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Parthians written by ancient historians *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further read...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Diana Hollingsworth GesslerA travel guide with character, this fact-filled keepsake offers all the history, beauty, charm, ...

*Includes pictures. *Explains the origins, religion, and social structure of the Inuit. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "We are told ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures depicting important Iroquois leaders and art. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. From the "Trail of Tears" to Wounded...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures of important people and places. *Explains the origins, history, religion, and social structure of the Hopi *Includes ...

DescriptionJohn Gray is the bestselling author of such books as Straw Dogs and Al Qaeda and What it Means to be Modern which brought a mainstream r...

The most detailed set of studies ever on all aspects of one of the most beautifully decorated Egyptian non-royal tombs, new in paperback This lavis...

Reducere. Until very recently, all we really knew about Venus, our nearest planetary neighbor, was that it was roughly the same size and mass as the earth an...

Reducere. Border tensions between rival samurai clans escalate into war over a hidden valley, in this fantasy epic from the breathtaking world of Legend of t...