The Lost Species: Great Expeditions in the Collections of Natural History Museums, Paperback - Christopher Kemp

The tiny, lungless Thorius salamander from southern Mexico, thinner than a match and smaller than a quarter. The lushly white-coated Saki, an arbor...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Christopher KempIllustration(s): 12 color plates, 21 halftonesNumber of pages: 232Publication ...

Voyages of Discovery is a mesmerising visual record of ten of the world's most significant natural history expeditions.

Museums, Modernity and Conflict examines the history of the relationship between museums, collections and war, revealing how museums have responded...

It may be surprising to us now, but the taxidermists who filled the museums, zoos, and aquaria of the twentieth century were also among the first t...

Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord collected singularly important examples of Albanian epic song while conducting fieldwork in the Kingdom of Yugoslav...

Reducere. No animal is more symbolic of the Arctic than the polar bear. In the short space of 150, 000 years, it has undergone behavioural and physiological ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Nizan (California State University, USA) ShakedNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

This volume exposes at once the nature of World War I and its depth and duration in personal lives. Contributors, including historians, museum prof...

This beautifully illustrated book showcases 100 paintings from the vast collections of the National Trust - one of the largest and most significant...

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A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to survive on a fragile planet, we must understand and obey its iron laws.Publisher: John Murray Pr...

Museums, Collections, and Social Repair in Vietnam analyses the relationship between museums, collections, and social repair in contemporary Vietna...

Reducere. Uncover the larger-than-life story of World War I's "Lost Battalion" and the men who survived the ordeal, triumphed in battle, and fought the demon...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bruce KempOn the night of November 9, in 1913, the greatest hurricane ever to sweep the Great Lakes roared across the fresh...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Dolly (Professor, University of Stavanger) JorgensenIllustration(s): 13 b 26 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of...

Reducere. Profiling more than 400 of the most commonly seen birds in western North America, this handy photographic field guide brings each species to life o...

Mosquitoes in Hawaii, sea lampreys in the Great Lakes, mountain goats in the Olympic Mountains of Washington State not one of these species is nati...

DescriptionCollection Conundrums: Solving Museum Registration Mysteries provides guidelines for investigating the oddities found in every museum co...

Reducere. Introduction by Edward J. Larson Perhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of scientific inquiry, The Origin of Species sold out...

Reducere. Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s ...

- The only book available sampling the finest selection of Jun wares from renowned collections and museums around the world - Highly educational ar...

Reducere. The dog may not be what most think it is. The common origin of the dog story says the dog was a gray wolf that "somehow" turned into the dog after ...

By 1808, both Britain and the United States had passed laws outlawing the transatlantic slave trade. Yet the trade covertly carried on. In the summ...

The Great War helped China emerge from humiliation and obscurity and take its first tentative steps as a full member of the global community. In 19...

Drawing on letters, illustrations, engravings, and neglected manuscripts, Christopher Iannini connects two dramatic transformations in the eighteen...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Douglas J. PrestonDinosaurs in the Attic is a chronicle of the expeditions, discoveries, and scientists behind the greatest...

Reducere. A unique study of the engineering and tools used to create Egyptian monuments - Presents a stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, inclu...

Reducere. In this second edition of The Great Fa ade, co-author Christopher A. Ferrara brings the original work up to date with six new chapters addressing w...

Publisher: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, U.S.Author(s): Marla C. BernsIllustration(s): 309 color illus.Number of pages: 360Publication date: 2...

Publisher: Jordan Schnitzer Family FoundationAuthor(s): Carolyn VaughanNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 249 x 313 x 27Cover ty...

What does it take to survive in the unknown? Explorer and survival expert Ed Stafford captures the spirit of adventures in 25 of the greatest exped...

Reducere. Filmmaker, painter, anthropologist, musicologist and occultist--Harry Smith (1923-1991) was an incomparable polymath and seminal figure in the real...

Great 20th Century Expeditions. Armstrong Lands on the Moon - Gordon Charleston

DescriptionThe Battle of Kursk was one of the defining moments of World War II. In July 1943, German forces under Erich von Manstein--one of German...

Czech Cubism is one of the country's most important contributions to world culture. The Gallery of West Bohemia is home to some of the movement's f...

Reducere. DescriptionI m continually intrigued by the manner in which the natural and human histories of any given region overlap and eventually commingle. T...

To these days, the best authorities agree that the children and the grown people of the world have never been mistaken when they have said: "Americ...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Haggadah & History is much more than a history of the Passover story. It is also a mirror of the last five centuries in Jewish history as reflected...

The most complete (to date) overview of all the important expeditions to the wreck of Titanic from 1985 to 2021Publisher: The History Press LtdAuth...

When Puritans Edward Whalley and William Goffe joined the parliamentary army against King Charles I in the English civil wars, they seized an oppor...

Publisher: Jordan Schnitzer Family FoundationAuthor(s): Carolyn VaughanNumber of pages: 104Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 236 x 312 x 16Cover ty...

Reducere. Age range 3 and upCan you spot what's hiding in the wild? From the smallest animals to the largest, underwater and on land, creatures all over the ...

Reducere. See sharks that are fast, sharks that are slow, sharks that hide in the sand, and sharks that glow. Welcome to the incredible world of sharksMeet 1...

There are more than 180 exotic species in the Great Lakes. Some, such as green algae, the Asian tapeworm, and the suckermouth minnow, have had litt...

Reducere. DescriptionI m continually intrigued by the manner in which the natural and human histories of any given region overlap and eventually commingle. T...

Reducere. Vivid storytelling brings American history to life and place readers in the shoes of people who experienced one of the worst fires in American hist...

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Lose yourself in this extraordinary account of how we navigate the world.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Christopher KempNumber of pages: 25...