The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World, Paperback - Robert McGhee

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It is hard to imagine that much of the suburban townscape from Croydon to the Thames at Deptford was a vast wood, stretching for almost seven miles...

The human stories behind disease, plagues and epidemics and their deadly impact through history.

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The extraordinary story of how the human brain evolved... and is still evolving.Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Joseph JebelliNumber of page...

Most people believe our external circumstances dictate our internal reality. We believe we need to succeed to be happy. We believe we need wealth t...

How have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?Publisher: Harp...

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From the internationally bestselling creator of Wreck This Journal, a guide to building your own perfect world. In The Imaginary World of..., Keri ...

If my father had been killed in North Africa or Italy during the Second World War, I know that for the rest of my life I would have looked at the f...

Long at the margins of global affairs, the Arctic now finds itself at the frontline of issues which will challenge and define our world in the twen...

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Reducere. In this remarkable book, Barbara Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins hundreds of millions of years ago and spans the globe. Pr...

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A wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated history of mermaids and merman.

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Montana's past embodied the rough, unforgiving and often vicious nature of the old Wild West. Unscrupulous gold camps and railroad expansion attrac...

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This fascinating account tells what the Sioux were like when they first came to their reservation and how their reaction to the new system eventual...

A new, radically updated edition of the immensely successful introductory textbook on world prehistory.

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Contributor(s): Editor: Adam M. SowardsIdaho's Place is an anthology of the most current and original writing on Gem State history. From the state'...

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Reducere. Respected scholar William Bennett reacquaints America with its heritage in the second volume of America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II). This engag...

America has a long history of diplomacy-ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan,...

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*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!* The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book. From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and ...

The Arctic is warming faster than any other region on earth. This rapid climate change has had a devastating effect on the region's ecology and, co...

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Reducere. By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. Three quarters of a century later, the question persists: What kept the German army go...