The Pharaoh's Treasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization, Paperback - John Gaudet

Reducere. For our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the r...

A study of how the invention of paper allowed for the transmission of ideas that caused civilization to initially take shape 4000 years ago.

Reducere. The history of Ethiopia could also be called the history of humanity. The question is not if this history is well documented, but why it is not tho...

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 ...

The book's premise is that a 100 Years War started in 1914 that rages ever onward onto the present day. It began as a European Civil War that event...

Arthur Herman has now written the definitive sequel to his New York Times bestseller, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, and extends the them...

Reducere. 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 ...

Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. Sweeping in its scope and c...

Reducere. A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine's adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent developm...

DescriptionThe purpose of our story is to understand the roots of our subconscious programming regarding gender, race, class, religion, and nationa...

Reducere. Time magazine called Mortimer J. Adler a "philosopher for everyman." In this guide to considering the big questions, Adler addresses the topics all...

Reducere. Writer, activist, and indefatigable community leader in the American West, Drusilla Dunjee Houston (1876-1941) offers a remarkable, well-researched...

Reducere. Volume 1 of Accounting History covers the first 10, 000 plus years of the rise of accounting and civilization. Conveniently, accounting was part of...

Reducere. Accounting history continues in Volume 2 with six chapters, four supplements, plus conclusions. Chapters 1 to 3 of the second volume cover specialt...

Reducere. On a late September day in 480 B.C., Greek warships faced an invading Persian armada in the narrow Salamis Straits in the most important naval batt...

A journey through life, the universe and everything.

Reducere. If you are curious about how the intriguing Toltec civilization started, how the people lived, and how their culture influenced later generations, ...

Reducere. The first English translation of Ghyka's masterwork on sacred geometry - Reveals how the Golden Number Phi underlies the spiritual nature of beauty...

Reducere. From the early twentieth century until the 1960s, Maine led the nation in paper production. The state could have earned a reputation as the Detroit...

The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks is one of the major products of the Scottish Enlightenment and a masterpiece of jurisprudence and social the...

The burro has been a very special part of the land that is now called Colorado, dating all the way back to Spanish exploration of the New World. De...

Reducere. "WHERE HAVE ALL THE GROWN-UPS GONE?" That is the provocative question Washington Times syndicated columnist Diana West asks as she looks at America...

Reducere. From one of the world's leading experts on Native American law and indigenous peoples' human rights comes an original and striking intellectual his...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nicholas P. MoneyThe great Victorian biologist Thomas Huxley once wrote, "I know of no familiar substance forming part of o...

Reducere. The Fate of Empires asks why many civilizations throughout human history have risen to greatness but later collapse into ruin. Can there be a perma...

This book explores the stagnation of democracy in the Western Balkans over the last decade. The author maps regional features of rising authoritari...

Reducere. THE RISE AND FALL OF WESTERN TANKS tells the story of how the wealthiest, most industrialized, and most democratic states led the world in tanks du...

The renowned philosopher John Searle investigates the nature of social reality. How do institutions such as money, marriage, and government arise f...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Natasha NganForeword by: James PattersonEach year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's ...

Reducere. Uncover a riveting story of palace intrigue set in a sumptuous Asian-inspired fantasy world in the breakout YA novel that Publisher's Weekly calls ...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore the Captivating History of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman world was nothing like an exotic fairytale featuring tyrant sultans, m...

Reducere. Description The day-by-day inside story of the making of Tombstone (1993) as told to the author by those who were there--actors, extras, crew memb...

DescriptionBefore newspapers were ravaged by the digital age, they were a powerful force, especially in Australia -- a country of newspaper giants ...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally Republicans...

Three men wish to try out their luck in finding a hidden treasure in the unyielding Canadian Wilderness while a young Indian Princess is kidnapped ...