The Matter of History: How Things Create the Past, Paperback

Contributor(s): Author: John Lewis GaddisWhat is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a scienc...

This original book explores the thinking behind Brown's murals in Manchester Town Hall. It argues that Brown was the most innovative artist in Vict...

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Halt and Catch Fire co-creator Christopher Cantwell and artist Luca Casalanguida answer the question of "Where is Lee Harvey Oswald's body?" in thi...

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This book is essential reading for Joyceans, Irish modernists, and Anglophone modernists, and also for scholars of transnational modernism, of comp...

A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking writing on race in America, including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilto...

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In May 1906, the Atlantic Monthly commented that Americans live not merely in an age of things, but under the tyranny of them, and that in our rele...

In this short and timely book, Amy S. Kaufman and Paul B. Sturtevant examine the many ways in which the medieval past has been manipulated to promo...

DescriptionWhy we learn the wrong things from narrative history, and how our love for stories is hard-wired.To understand something, you need to kn...

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How biases, the desire for a good narrative, reliance on citation metrics, and other problems undermine confidence in modern science.Modern science...

Publisher: UCL PressPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 234 x 156Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Michael HauskellerRedescopera farmecul le...

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A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking writing on race in America, including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilto...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Suzie SheehyNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 241 x 33Cover type: Hardback...

A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking writing on race in America, including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilto...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Christopher TomlinsIllustration(s): 10 b/w illus. 2 tables.Number of pages: 376Publication date: 20...

The Highlights Book of Things to Do is the essential book of pure creativity and inspiration. Kids ages seven and up will find hundreds of ways to ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)Author(s): Sheehy Suzie SheehyNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 232 x 28Cover type: ...

All Things History includes hundreds of multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and open-ended questions that provide an opportunity for re...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Dr. Nicole LePeraNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 151 x 229 x 25Cover type: PaperbackRedesc...

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Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern science. A world-famous biologist, Sheldrake propos...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDON In Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the funniest, weirdest and most moving real...

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Reducere. 1. Introduction2. e-History: Not Quite History, Not Quite The Past3. The Crowd-Sourced Past4. Nostalgia On-Demand5. The Viral Past6. The Visual Pas...

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Iain McGilchrist addresses some of the hardest questions humanity faces - Who are we? What is the world? How can we understand consciousness, matte...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Adriel M TrottNumber of pages: 280Collection: CyclesPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 163 x 229 x 2...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Richard L. RegosinNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 215 x 138 x 20Cover typ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christopher J. LebronStarted in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLiv...

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Publisher: ListLabAuthor(s): Giovanni Marco ChiriIllustration(s): Full color IllustrationsNumber of pages: 116Collection: Back to BasicsPublication...

Reducere. This book takes a simple look at homes in the past, highlighting the diversity of homes that people lived in around the world at different times. H...