The Hungry Eye: Eating, Drinking, and European Culture from Rome to the Renaissance, Hardcover - Leonard Barkan

Reducere. An enticing history of food and drink in Western art and culture Eating and drinking can be aesthetic experiences as well as sensory ones. The Hung...

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A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms from the Renaissance period t...

Historian Thomas J. Misa's sweeping history of the relationship between technology and society over the past 500 years reveals how technological in...

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 ...

More than One Hundred Iconic New York City Dining Institutions From hole-in-the-walls to cozy neighborhood gems to Michelin-starred restaurants, th...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Tim ParksNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softba...

Reducere. Description Do you feel trapped in a cycle of food obsession, cravings and over eating? Are you either being 'good' with food or inhaling the conte...

Reducere. DescriptionA delicious memoir about the eight months food writer David McAninch spent in Gascony--a deeply rural region of France virtually untouch...

Melania the Younger: From Rome to Jerusalem explores the richly detailed story of Melania, an early fifth-century Roman Christian aristocrat who re...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Dark Ages, then keep reading...Following the fall of Rome in 476 CE, the entire dynamic of E...

Reducere. In her new book, But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria , Julia Reed, a master of the art of eating, drinking, and making merry, takes the reader...

Reducere. This comprehensive activity book and curriculum guide about the Middle Ages contains comprehension questions and answers, maps and geography activi...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Europe, then keep reading...Five captivating manuscripts in one book: European History: A Captiv...

VonHarnack's landmark 'farewell gift' to students of 1 Clement.Publisher: James Clarke & Co LtdPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 150 x 228 x 22Cove...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this inspirational and moving memoir--reminiscent of When Breath Becomes Air and The Bright Hour--activist Ady Barkan explores his li...

Reducere. Venice's Secret Service is the untold and arresting story of the world's earliest centrally-organised state intelligence service. Long before the i...

Reducere. Hybrid Renaissance introduces the idea that the Renaissance in Italy, elsewhere in Europe, and in the world beyond Europe is an example of cultural...

Reducere. Federica Francesconi writes the history of the Jewish merchants who lived and prospered in the northern Italian city of Modena, capital city of the...

Reducere. The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings--the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and a...

Reducere. A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by...

Reducere. Phyllis Shacter courageously shares the first personal story ever written about VSED (voluntarily stopping eating and drinking). This memoir and gu...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Renaissance, then keep reading... "Renaissance" is the French word for "rebirth, ...

A bold new look at war and diplomacy in Europe that traces the idea of a unified continent in attempts since the eighteenth century to engineer las...

Popes continue to preach crusade, but the hope of a Christian empire comes to a bloody end at the walls of Constantinople. Aristotelian logic and G...

Hybrid Hate is the first book to study the conflation of antisemitism and anti-Black racism. As objects of racism, Jews and Blacks have been linked...

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Reducere. While teaching upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world. A glossary at the end p...

Reducere. While teaching upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world. A glossary at the end p...

A luxurious and definitive exploration of how and why the Renaissance flourished in Italy for two centuries.Publisher: PrestelAuthor(s): Norbert Wo...

Reducere. Although much has changed in the United States since the eighteenth century, our framework for gun laws still largely relies on the Second Amendmen...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Europe, then keep reading...Five captivating manuscripts in one book: European History: A Captiv...

A reappraisal of the traditional narrative and the causes and consequences of Britain's initial interactions with Rome.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books...

Platonic love is a concept that has profoundly shaped Western literature, philosophy and intellectual history for centuries. This wide-ranging work...

Reducere. A noted expert on women and depression offers a guide to balancing women's relationship to eating, alcohol, and overthinkingBased on extensive orig...

DescriptionLeonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was one of the preeminent figures of the Italian Renaissance. He was also one of the most paradoxical. He ...

A food critic chronicles four years spent traveling with Ren Redzepi, the renowned chef of Noma, in search of the most tantalizing flavors the worl...

Strap yourself in for a barrel of laughs and a party to remember with this incredible collection of booze-based games from around the globe. The da...