The Cultural History Reader

EASYREADS are a range of full-colour, non-fiction graded readers; the subjects cover art, history, science, geography, biography and cultural studi...

Reducere. Din Din cuprins / From Summary: ◊ Un continent imaginar: Timisoara – Richmond / An Imaginary Continent: Timisoara – Richmond ◊ O scriitoare 'meta-e...

Reducere. We learn differently than we did a century ago, we don't have exposure to large parts of the Western intellectual heritage. This makes it more chal...

Reducere. This unique book introduces the reader to the seven Cherokee clans, found in no other American Indian tribe. They are Wolf (Ani-Wahiya), Bird (Ani-...

Amid the many catastrophes of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination among history buffs and the ...

Jurgen Habermas is the most renowned living German philosopher. This book aims to give a clear and readable overview of his philosophical work. It ...

DescriptionThe third edition of Hamlet offers a completely new introduction to this rich, mysterious play, examining Shakespeare's transformation o...

DescriptionGreece is a nation with a rich and ancient history dating back further than 2000 BCE This long history has created strong cultural roots...

Reducere. DescriptionThe National Geographic Traveler guidebooks are in tune with the growing trend toward experiential travel. Each book provides inspiring ...

Reducere. This book reveals the overall connection between American holidays, history, culture, and patriotism. Each chapter presents an interesting home-spu...

What if we lived in a world where everyone had enough? A world where everyone mattered and where people lived in harmony with nature? What if the s...

Reducere. A new edition of this best-selling history of Britain, from Roman times, now updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century. The Oxford Hist...

``Not just anyone makes a good pisser.``--Jean-Claude LebensztejnJean-Claude Lebensztejn's history of the urinating figure in art, Pissing Figures ...

The Noh Plays of Japan is the most respected collection of Noh plays in English. The classic Japanese plays can be read for their great literary me...

As Lando, aged ten, emerges from the confessional booth, the reader is already embarked on an epic journey. The crossing of the first European arou...

Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social and political forces in history. Over the last 1400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succ...

Kristen Richardson traces the social seasons of debutantes on both sides of the Atlantic, sharing their stories in their own words, through diaries...

DescriptionNinjas--Japan's famous black-clad spies, saboteurs, and undercover fighters, equipped with superb martial arts skills and an uncanny apt...

Reducere. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas (c. 150 CE) is an excellent text for students who have completed the first year of college-level Ancient Greek. Its le...

Reducere. Awards🏆Finalist (2013) - National Book Critics Circle Award - (Poetry)Contributor(s): Author: Carmen Gimenez SmithNational Book Critics Circle Awar...

Reducere. DescriptionNow available in paperback, the most comprehensive--and only author-authorized--Wendell Berry reader. "America's greatest philosopher on...

Reducere. Picking up where the widely praised Bookshops: A Reader's History left off, Against Amazon explores the increasing pressures of Amazon and other ne...

Reducere. Join sibling Chihuahuas Bella and Harry as they travel to Prague and visit Old Town, the Charles Bridge, Saint Vitus Cathedral, Prague Castle and o...

Reducere. Join sibling Chihuahuas Bella & Harry as they travel to Vancouver with their family and visit Whistler Mountain, Stanley Park and other fun places....

Reducere. Join sibling Chihuahuas Bella and Harry as they travel to Rome with their family and see the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Trevi Fountain and other sites...

Enter the realm of dog magic, where you'll develop incredible relationships with your canine friends that allow you to know what your dogs are thin...

Reducere. Leonard Michaels was a writer of unfailing emotional honesty. His memoirs, originally scattered through his story collections, are among the most t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Devon A. Mihesuah"Mihesuah's work should be required reading for elementary and upper level teachers, college instructors a...

Reducere. This comprehensive collection of Native American folklore draws on a unique oral tradition, illuminating for students the very roots of Native Amer...

Reducere. At 4, 097 feet Marys Peak towers over other mountains in the Oregon Coast Range. Dr. Robert J. Lillie draws on his experience as a geology professo...

Reducere. An abridged edition of the bestselling book An Introduction to the Old Testament, this rich guide makes Old Testament scholarship accessible to the...

How to Read Towns & Cities is a pocket-sized primer to understanding the forces that have shaped the world's cities. It takes a practical, highly v...

Reducere. DescriptionSpanning more than six decades of Sudan's post-independence history, this collection features work by some of Sudan's most renowned mode...

Reducere. A great political divide exists today, but can we truly grasp the significance of that divide? It is very complex and carries such deep implication...

A beautiful, quirky, illustrated edition of Phaidon's compelling bestseller, celebrating the book's 25th anniversaryThis concise and fast-paced int...

Reducere. Communist humor is the strangest, funniest, most enchanting and meaningful legacy of the eighty years of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe. Th...

Suitable for students of art history as well as those seeking an understanding of art and of the cultural and historical context in which it is mad...

Reducere. In Hazera Nation, Nadera Jamili and Ghulamreza Jamili's unique combination of research and personal experience clarify the importance of the Hazara...

Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis. But how did this once ric...

DescriptionBlood of the Celts brings together genetic, archaeological, and linguistic evidence to address the often-debated question: who were the ...

Reducere. In this impressive volume, leading scholars offer compelling glimpses into the biblical world, the world in which prophets, poets, sages, and histo...

Reducere. This narrative history of Mexico through 1998 will readers understand the lively and sometimes turbulent history of our neighbor to the south. Surv...

Reducere. For Eric Travis, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail was not about hiking. It was about mentally developing himself through audiobooks. Over the 156-day...

This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world. I...

Reducere. DescriptionGenealogy research should go beyond finding documents and filling in charts. This book outlines a simple process that will aid your rese...

Reducere. Including nearly nine hundred new and replacement markers that have been installed along the commonwealth's roadways since the last edition was pub...

From backwoods bars and small-town dives to swampside dance halls and converted clapboard barns, Louisiana Saturday Night offers an anecdotal histo...

DescriptionIn Timelines, John Haywood presents a grand sweep of global history in an immediately accessible format. Using concise, insightful, and ...

DescriptionFrom the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bad Religion, a powerful portrait of how our turbulent age is defined by dar...

Continuing in the vein of his ever questioning the conventions of race melodrama through the lens of which so much American racial and cultural his...

Reducere. DescriptionSeeing Through the World introduces the reader to the work of German-Swiss philosopher, poet, and intellectual mystic Jean Gebser (1905-...

Reducere. In 1967, as the movement for civil rights was turning into a bitter, often violent battle for black power, Harold Cruse's The Crisis of the Negro I...

Reducere. If you want to learn the art of Tarot Card Meaning & Palmistry in Just 72 hours From Amazon Best Selling Author Mia Rose continue reading... A taro...

Reducere. Old Man River, Paul Schneider's exploration of America's great waterway--taking the reader from the Mississippi River's origins to its polluted pre...

Reducere. Reconstructing the activity of the "Tribunal of the Faith" in Italy during the period 1400-1600, this compelling book analyzes the ideology of its ...

Contributor(s): Author: Thomas R. MartinIn this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilizati...

DescriptionManual de la Masoneria: El Tejador de los Ritos Antiguo Escoces, Frances y de Adopcion por Andres Cassard ------------------------------...

Reducere. Enhancing the dictionary is a series of fascinating discussions of various aspects of ideograms. These include a discussion of signs and meanings, ...

A beautifully illustrated and compelling cultural history for the beekeeper and general reader

Reducere. The southern Appalachians encompass one of the most beautiful, biologically diverse, and historically important regions of North America. In the wi...

This edition of Joseph Jacobs English Fairy Tales has been carefully reformatted with all the original illustrations.The 43 included tales cover bo...

Watertown, Wisconsin, nestled in the southeastern part of the state between the largest city, Milwaukee, and the state capital, Madison, was once c...

Reducere. Siegfried Kracauer's Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time brilliantly reconfigures the biography form into a remarkable work of social and c...

Originally settled by James Demint in 1801, Springfield, Ohio, boasts a history marked by rich agrarian roots and striking industrial advances. The...

Trauma has become a catchword of our time and a central category in contemporary theory and criticism. In this illuminating and accessible volume, ...

Reducere. This survey is a synthesis of the economic, social, cultural, and political history of the Atlantic slave trade, providing the general reader with ...

Reducere. If you want to learn the art of Tarot Card Meaning & Palmistry in Just 72 hours From Amazon Best Selling Author Mia Rose continue reading... A taro...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: MR Matthew S. RemskiA "remix" of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali for our present paradigm. Threads uses the lenses of contempo...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen Tobe Hooper's low-budget slasher film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, opened in theaters in 1974, it was met in equal measure with di...

Reducere. Description: This compendium of primary resources reflects the important but often overshadowed contribution of African American believers to the d...