The Decline and Fall of Western Art, Paperback - Brendan M. P. Heard

Reducere. DescriptionAbout the loss of Western art to a false art philosophy, nihilism, industrialization, and a corrupt art establishment. Art, tasteful sth...

One of the greatest fallacies of the 'modern world' is the notion of 'progress'. We imagine the entirety of history as culminating in a Darwinian m...

An abridged edition of Edward Gibbon's THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, which compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into ...

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in ...

Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, iron...

The Tudors retained only a precarious grip on the crown of England, founded on a title that was both tenuous and legally flimsy. This left them pre...

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in ...

Reducere. A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greate...

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

Paperback edition of a monumental new history by the Churchill College, Cambridge author of Eminent Edwardians and Dark Valley, full of brief lives...

The first three volumes of Gibbon's Decline And Fall (the western empire) were published by Everyman in 1993. Volumes 4-6 complete the set which is...

This book offers a fresh assessment of the Western Roman Empire's ostensible decline. Neil Christie presents a compelling argument that the Roman E...

Learn even more about art through the ages in this humorous and informative graphic novel sequel. Two kids and their grandpa continue their adventu...

Easily the most celebrated historical work in English, Gibbon's account of the Roman empire was in its time a landmark in classical and historical ...

" A] tart, funny, lurid little bomb of a book. It's all p.c., of course, but not at all predictable, and a lot of righteous information gets disper...

Reducere. As this book intriguingly explores, for those who would make Rome great again and their victims, ideas of Roman decline and renewal have had a long...

Reducere. THE RISE AND FALL OF WESTERN TANKS tells the story of how the wealthiest, most industrialized, and most democratic states led the world in tanks du...

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage FoundationIt proposes a convincing contemporary answer answer to an ages-old mystery and conundrum...

Tells the story of Britain's scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had...

What is landscape? How does it differ from "land"? This book explores issues raised by the great range of ideas and images of the natural world in ...

Reducere. Historian Arthur Herman traces the roots of declinism and shows how major thinkers, past and present, have contributed to its development as a cohe...

Wonderful previously unpublished images documenting the years before and after the Great Central Line was cut.Illustrations: 140 Illustrations, uns...

Offers commentary and an illustrated history of the representations of people of African descent ranging from the ancient images of Pharaohs create...

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Sent down from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather embarks on a series of bizarre adventures that start in a minor public school and e...

Reducere. A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine's adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent developm...

Reducere. The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history. In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, ...

Learning about art through the ages has never been as interesting or fun as in this humorous and very informative graphic novel. As two kids give t...

One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracie...

A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this teaches us about the futureHistorical acc...

DescriptionFour french manuals covering the essentials of saber fencing on foot and on horseback, in the fencing hall or on the dueling ground. Wri...

Reducere. The Manual of the Holy Face contains traditional information on the devotion to the Holy Face of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. The spiritual treasures co...

Reducere. DescriptionWestern man is a shadow of his former self: his mind enslaved, his body weakened, his spirit corrupted and the courage and bravery he on...

Reducere. A study of a largely forgotten optical device and its relation to notions of opacity, transparency, and imagination.In this first full-length study...

This captivating ethnography explores Vietnam's sex industry as the country ascends the global and regional stage. Over the course of five years, a...

In his sci-fi debut, Bellecourt explores an alternate Roaring 20s where a shell-shocked soldier must uncover latent telepathic abilities to save hi...

Losing Afghanistan features twenty-one critical essays by analysts, politicians, soldiers, commentators and practitioners - interspersed with power...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the New York Times-bestselling author Stephen M. Walt, The Hell of Good Intentions dissects the faults and foibles of recent Americ...

Reducere. IMAGES OF THE SAN JUANS--HISTORIC SELECTIONS FROM THE RUTH AND MARVIN GREGORY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION. Images of the San Juans is a rare treat--a col...

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncAuthor(s): Michael ArnheimNumber of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 283 x 269 x 31Cover type: Paperback...

Reducere. Many Western history enthusiasts believe that Ouray was the greatest of all Indian chiefs. Unlike his contemporaries, he is remembered for his nego...

Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar - Barry Eichengreen

Reducere. M. R. Carey's Rampart trilogy is "an epic post-apocalyptic fable" (Kirkus) like no other, set in a world where nature has turned against us. Now, i...

Reducere. "Be aware, never be surprised" was Emile Andre's guiding principle as he worked "to create a new system that is practical in terms of its combat-re...

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Reducere. DescriptionExplore the Captivating History of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman world was nothing like an exotic fairytale featuring tyrant sultans, m...

Draws on extensive archival research and oral history interviews to explore political history in Kentucky.Publisher: The University Press of Kentuc...

DANDYISM. The Rise and Fall of a Concept - Petru Stefan Ionescu

Reducere. In this bold and uncompromising book, George G. M. James argues that the "Greek philosophy" in which nearly all of Western culture has its roots ac...