The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates, Hardcover - Robin Lane Fox

A preeminent classics scholar revises the history of medicine.Medical thinking and observation were radically changed by the ancient Greeks, one of...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Robin Lane FoxNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 28Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architect...

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

Subtitled, }The Epic History Of Greece & Rome{. A comprehensive and enthralling introduction to the Classical World, that spans almost a thousand y...

The book discusses short, non-epic, and under-appreciated hexametrical genres, such as oracles, incantations, and laments, and gains new insight in...

This book develops an embodied model of aesthetic engagement derived from Greek poetry and Plato's philosophy, and uses this model to resolve an in...

From the second century AD to the conversion of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, Robin Lane Fox's "Pagans and Christians in the Mediterran...

Reducere. The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly. The hymn--as poetry, as craft, as a tool for worship and philosophy--was ...

Reducere. Food Is Medicine, Volume Two compiles summaries of current scientific studies that show the healing efficacy of common foods like garlic, turmeric,...

The Invention of Tradition - Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger

Reducere. Tens of thousands of scientific studies have been performed worldwide affirming the fundamental role that unprocessed, unheated plant-based food pl...

Reducere. It is 1936 and A. E. Housman is being ferried across the river Styx, glad to be dead at last. The river that flows through Tom Stoppard s ``The Inv...

Reducere. From Paul Auster, author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1: A Novel his very first book, a moving and personal meditation on fatherhood This debut work by...

Reducere. 2008 Caldecott Medal winnerThe groundbreaking debut novel from bookmaking pioneer, Brian Selznick Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in th...

Identical twin sisters take turns swapping places over the course of a summer in order to pursue their secret ambitions in Samantha Hastings' Victo...

The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages - Geraldine Heng

From the celebrated author of the international bestseller The Secret Life of Bees comes an extraordinary novel about two exceptional women. Sarah ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe reader is given a concept of the life and times when Hippocrates lived. The professions and trades during Hippocrates time are descr...

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016 How did a country that liberated itself from seventy years of Soviet rule end up as one of the biggest threats to t...

A new account of innovative French poet, novelist, essayist and film writer Blaise Cendrars.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Eric RobertsonIllus...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): G BlancNumber of pages: 180Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 216 x 22Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesc...

Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games - Michael Llewellyn

Reducere. Caldecott Honor artist Brian Selznick's lavishly illustrated debut novel is a cinematic tour de force not to be missed! ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND T...

Reducere. The Invention of the Kaleidoscope is a book of poetic elegies that discuss failures: failures of love, both sexual and spiritual; failures of the b...

DescriptionA historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Je...

A provocative account showing that "China"-and its 5, 000 years of unified history-is a national myth, created only a century ago with a political ...

Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): David SchneiderPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 39Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul le...

Reducere. "As soon as she heard me enter, Elvia awoke from a light sleep that had overcome her as she anxiously waited: 'How did it go?' Excited, I exclaimed...

A fascinating cultural history of this most magical of islands Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fough...

Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas R mer seeks to answer these questions about the deity of the great monotheisms--Yhwh, God, or Allah-...

Reducere. For nearly thirty years, a scientific revolution has taken place in the religious studies departments of several North American and British univers...

Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from?

Reducere. ``Does anyone date anymore?`` Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and r...

Chuck Palahniuk returns with the chilling tale, in classic Palahniuk tradition, of a father in search of his daughter, a young woman with a secret,...

Reducere. Join an unlikely trio for some irresistibly funny antics in this read-aloud gem from bestselling author Mem Fox and bestselling and award-winning i...

Lacan and Marx: The Invention of the Symptom provides an incisive commentary on Lacan's reading of Marx, mapping the relations between these two va...

Reducere. A joyful middle grade novel based on the Netflix holiday film Jingle Jangle A Chistmas Journey, starring Phylicia Rashad, Forrest Whitaker, Anika N...

Reducere. A charming portrait of early-20th-century European society through the lens of Lartigue, with 55 unpublished photographsDespite becoming interested...

Reducere. PEZ is an American classic and a staple of many childhood memories. Yet it originated in Austria, where PEZ began in 1927 as compressed peppermint ...

Reducere. Already the mother of five children, Lana Grant's late diagnosis of autism at age 38 transformed her experience of her sixth pregnancy. Based on he...

Richly illustrated with manuscripts, portraits, Sir John Tenniel's original line drawings and contemporary photographs, this is a fresh look at two...

A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.Illustrations: 94 colour illustrations

Reducere. In 12 April 1937 Frank Whittle became the first person to successfully start and run a turbojet engine. In May 1941 the engine took to the air in a...

Reducere. How does the funeral oration relate to democracy in ancient Greece? How did the death of an individual citizen-soldier become an occasion to praise...