The Ecological Indian: Myth and History, Paperback - Shepard Krech

Reducere. The idea of the Native American living in perfect harmony with nature is one of the most cherished contemporary myths. But how truthful is this lar...

Reducere. DescriptionWho hasn't heard of him - Oedipus, the tragic figure from Greek mythology whose shocking fate has moved so many generations, inspired so...

Reducere. Before the massive environmental change wrought by the European colonization of the South, hundreds of species of birds filled the region's flyways...

A characteristically robust and controversial account of Scotch myth and Scottish history by one of Britain's greatest historians.

Reducere. Since pre-Columbian times, soldiering has been a traditional life experience for innumerable women in Mexico. Yet the many names given these women ...

Reducere. Was the Confederacy doomed from the start in its struggle against the superior might of the Union? Did its forces fight heroically against all odds...

Reducere. Old Odessa, on the Black Sea, gained notoriety as a legendary city of Jewish gangsters and swindlers, a frontier boomtown mythologized for the adve...

Reducere. DescriptionFascinating, delightfully readable book traces development of various aspects of the unicorn legend in mythology, folklore, magic, medic...

DescriptionIn the popular imagination, art history remains steeped in outmoded notions of tradition, material value and elitism. How can we awaken,...

Reducere. DescriptionThe idea of heroism in women is not easily defined. In men the notion is often associated with physical strength and extravagant bravery...

DescriptionByzantium lasted a thousand years, ruled to the end by self-styled 'emperors of the Romans'. It underwent kaleidoscopic territorial and ...

Reducere. A guide to the history behind the world of Harry Potter--just in time for the last Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I...

Reducere. In sixteen linked essays, Nobel Prize--winning economist Amartya Sen discusses India's intellectual and political heritage and how its argumentativ...

Reducere. DescriptionWho hasn't heard of him - Oedipus, the tragic figure from Greek mythology whose shocking fate has moved so many generations, inspired so...

In Ebla, Paolo Matthiae presents the results of 47 years of excavations at this fascinating site, providing a detailed account of Ebla's history an...

Description"Our Young Folks' Josephus" is a simplified retelling of the great historian Flavius Josephus' two famous epic narratives, "Antiquities ...

This provocative book meets the supposedly 'live' practices of performance and the 'no-longer-live' historical past at their own dangerous crossroa...

Combining the scholarly with the personal, this innovative introduction by an internationally renowned Islamicist gives the reader an insight into ...

This study of Dionysus... is also a new theogony of Early Greece." --Publishers WeeklyAn original analysis... of the spiritual significance of the ...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Indian Wars, then keep reading...Tree captivating manuscripts in one book: American Indian W...

Reducere. Hilary Putnam deals in this book with some of the most fundamental persistent problems in philosophy: the nature of truth, knowledge and rationalit...

Reducere. The first look at the history behind Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series, timed to release with the third movie, EclipseThe characters of...

DescriptionOne hundred and fifty years of sustained archaeological investigation has yielded a more complete picture of the ancient Near East. The ...

Founded in 1838, and operating to South America from Liverpool, the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. was the first to operate steamships in the Pacific.

In this account of the Algerian War's effect on French political structures and notions of national identity, Todd Shepard asserts that the separat...

Fish-tailed creatures and deities are found in the art of several ancient cultures: bronzes, carvings, coins, mosaics, and more. Katharine Shepard'...

Reducere. What did Jesus think of himself? How did he face death? What were his expectations of the future? In this volume, now in paperback, internationally...

First comprehensive account of the building history of St. Paul's Cathedral as revealed by archaeological excavation and recording, documentary res...

Publisher: Museum Tusculanum PressNumber of pages: 363Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 156 x 230 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Ma...

Reducere. In December 1941, on a shore near the Latvian city of Liepaja, Nazi death squads (the Einsatzgruppen) and local collaborators murdered in three day...

Reducere. This book will explore the life and exploits of one of the most fearsome Vikings who has ever walked the earth - Ivar the Boneless. The records tha...

The seventh book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way ar...

This volume examines military manuals from early Archaic Greece to the Byzantine period, covering topics including readership, siege warfare, merce...