The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination, Hardcover - Philip Ball

"Impressive. . . . Rich in cultural history and imagination. . . . To Ball, mythic writing is where the conditions of irrationality, superstition, ...

Reducere. Chapter 1: Theorising the Forest: Approaching a Dark Ecology.- Chapter 2: 'What if it's the Trees?': The Animated Forest.- Chapter 3: Where the Wil...

An analysis of the ways that General Rafael Trujillos dictatorship (1930-1961) pervaded everyday life in the Dominican Republics capital, Santo Dom...

Reducere. DescriptionTwo summers ago, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball's arm and turned it into a rudimentary "mini-brain." The skin...

Modernism and the Machinery of Madness presents the collapse of categorical distinctions between human and machine in modern fiction and memoirs of...

The Sea! The Sea! The Shout of the Ten Thousand in the Modern Imagination - Tim Rood

Though at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from t...

Johnson M. RuthefordIn honor of our sheriff, 1883The house is the key and under the "wood panel"is your answer. But be careful, for on the daythat ...

Description" Veyne's] present book has some kinship with his sprightly theoretical work Comment on ecrit l'histoire; and he declares that its aim w...

Reducere. The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows her acclaimed America debut with this life-affirm...

The dome of thought is an accessible and lively history of the Victorian pseudoscience of phrenology. It makes extensive use of the popular account...

Despite--or because of--its huge popular culture status, Peanuts enabled cartoonist Charles Schulz to offer political commentary on the most contro...

Publisher: Faber Piano AdventuresNumber of pages: 80Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 222 x 141 x 31Cover type: BookRedescopera farmecul lecturii s...

DescriptionThe Vikings were warlike adventurers with a strong sense of justice, and the high drama of their myths and legends, retold through the c...

The traditional stories of Wales conjure up a world of adventure and chivalry. Knights and princesses, kings and bards, and the little people who c...

One of Britain's foremost writers of place takes an evocative journey along the western coast of Ireland and Scotland to chart the perennial allure...

Reducere. The waves of protest ignited by the self-immolation of Muhammad Bouazizi in Tunisia in late 2010 highlighted for an international audience the impo...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Marco Benoit (University College London, UK) CarboneIllustration(s): 24 bw illusNumber of pages: 280...

Snapshot scenes that illuminate and enrich Pullman's iconic world: they will fill the reader with wonder.Publisher: ScholasticAuthor(s): Philip Pul...

Johnson M. RuthefordIn honor of our sheriff, 1883The house is the key and under the "wood panel"is your answer. But be careful, for on the daythat ...

Reducere. The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows her acclaimed America debut with this life-affirm...

A myth-busting book challenges the idea that we're paid according to objective criteria and places power and social conflict at the heart of econom...

This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Chinese fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a vibrant lit...

The history of the tractor is one of rapid development, from the turn of the 20th century when it was a substitute for the horse, to today's sophis...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows her acclaimed America debut with this life-affirm...

Reducere. "Seek for meetings with holy men and women." These words from fifth-century bishop Palladius ring as true today as they did 1600 years ago. Palladi...

Reducere. DescriptionFor many football fans, the National Football League season of 1970 was a landmark year in the history of the game. The NFL and the Amer...

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

Philip Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim - known to later ages as Paracelsus - stands on the borderline between medieval and modern;Pub...

If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. Impu...

Naturalism in the Christian Imagination explores the writings of key thinkers from early modern England who wrestled with the challenge of situatin...

Reducere. The myths and legends of the Basque peoples are lively adventures which shed insight on the ancient culture and spiritual traditions unique to the ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn their seven years together, quarterback Johnny Unitas and coach Don Shula, kings of the fabled Baltimore Colts of the 1960s, created ...

Reducere. Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to...

Foozie dreams of playing soccer when he grows up, but his first taste of soccer camp changes his mind. It ends up being a very different summer tha...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...