The Making of the Arab Intellectual

Based on close readings of texts, Zeina Halabi counters the prevalent reading of late 20th-century Arabic literature as a neoliberal, apolitical, f...

Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press LtdAuthor(s): Mohammed El SaidNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2008Dimensions: 214 x 135 x 31Cover type: Har...

The Making of the Modern Christmas - J. M. Golby

Reducere. In timp ce studiul de fata isi propune sa analizeze dezvoltarea intelectualului modern dintr-un punct de vedere predominant literar, se acorda si o...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Susan (University of Auckland, New Zealand) WatsonNumber of pages: 336Collection: Contemporary Studi...

Reducere. From sociologists to political theorists and literary critics, psychologists and anthropologists, there has been a rich legacy of perspectives on t...

From television documentaries and a steady output of critical works to retrospective art exhibitions and Austin Powers, the sixties fascinate us. T...

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The Making of the Cape Verdean is a book written about Cape Verdeans who migrated from the Cape Verde Islands in the late 1800's to the 1970's to N...

Addresses three major themes: how to protect your intellectual property, how to develop it commercially via licensing and business 'start up', and ...

Reducere. In the summer of 1974 the movie Death Wish stunned audiences with its powerful story of an enraged businessman who hits the streets with a handgun ...

The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805–1927 - C. I. Hamilton

Reducere. Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definiti...

A compelling account of the crucial year in post-war history, in the tradition of Margaret MacMillan's award-winning and bestselling }The Peacemake...

Description During and after World War I, over one million Ottoman Greeks were expelled from Turkey, a watershed moment in Greek history that resul...

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"Hypnotic....It is ever tempting to try to fathom his restless spirit and his determination to challenge fate."--Janet Maslin, New York Times Werne...

Reducere. ``White unites a novelist's knack of dramatization and a historian's sense of significance with a synthesizing skill that grasps the reader by the ...

Description"Flawless . . . Makdisi] reminds us of the critical declarations of secularism which existed in the history of the Middle East."--Robert...

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every coun...

Reducere. Shame influences more of our thoughts and actions than many other emotions. Used as a punishment for bad behavior, shame acts as an incentive for u...

'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific le...

A brief and original prehistory of the world

A prominent scholar explores King Arthur's historical development, proposing that he began as a fictional character developed in the ninth century ...

A classic history of the role of Black working-class struggles throughout the twentieth centuryIn this pioneering history, Ron Ramdin traces the ro...

Rozsika Parker's re-evaluation of the reciprocal relationship between women and embroidery has brought stitchery out from the private world of fema...

Long before Greeks dominated the ancient Mediterranean, Phoenicians were the lords of the sea. Setting out from their Levantine cities, they introd...

Army of the Dead: A Film by Zach Snyder: The Making of the Film is the official companion to Zack Snyder's latest zombie film. From the director of...

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The Industrial Revolution also dramatically altered humanity's relation to the natural world and embedded the belief that change, not stasis, is th...

Reducere. From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling account and behind-the-sce...