The Sea and Civilization

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Examines the archaeology, history, and culture of both groups *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading...

Reducere. Temple of DagonA notorious treasure-hunter seeks brave adventurers to assist him in acquiring valuables from a recently discovered ruined temple in...

Reducere. DescriptionThis lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5, 000 years of history in the cradle of civilization. A wonderf...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Nearly 2, 000 years before Homer wrote his epic poems, the Min...

Humanity's last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization In this history of fishing--not as spo...

What secrets lie beneath the deep blue sea? Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the ocean in a thrilling hunt for ancient...

Reducere. Historian and author M. B. Synge tells the reader the greatest and most compelling stories of antiquity; those of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and I...

What keeps capitalism afloat? The global ocean has through the centuries served as a trade route, strategic space, fish bank and supply chain for t...

Reducere. The Boundless Sea. A Human History of the Oceans From the beginning of history to the present, a sweep of the world's oceans and seas and how they ...

Reducere. NATIONAL BEST SELLER IN HARDCOVER. Book 4 and conclusion of the Zombie Apocalypse Black Tide Rising series from New York Times best-selling author ...

Reducere. Stranded on Marduk with his Royal Marine protectors, spoiled prince Roger MacClintock experiences a change in attitude during a long journey back t...

A revolutionary archaeological discovery-considered by some to be as momentous as the revelation of the Dead Sea Scrolls-sheds fascinating new ligh...

Reducere. BOOK II IN THE BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR. Sequel to Under a Graveyard Sky. A family of survivors fights ...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the beginning of history to the present, a sweep of the world's oceans and seas and how they have shaped the course of civilization...

Reducere. The New York Times has said that "Jorie Graham's poetry is among the most sensuously embodied and imaginative writing we have, " and this new colle...

Reducere. Atlantic (Tic) Brewer never knew her father, a hydrologist who died at sea before she was born. Raised by her mother and an elderly neighbor, Tic's...

Reducere. Return to the world of The Raven and the Dove, where winged people rule the skies, a lost kingdom lives at sea, and two star-crossed lovers hold th...

Reducere. Return to the world of The Raven and the Dove, where winged people rule the skies, a lost kingdom lives at sea, and two star-crossed lovers hold th...

Prompted by disturbing reports of an enormous sea monster, marine biologist Pierre Aronnax joins an expedition to find and destroy it. After barely...

Reducere. The cradle of Western civilisation, Ancient Greece was a land of contradictions and conflict. Intensely quarrelsome and competitive, the Greek city...

DescriptionThe siege of Constantinople in AD 717--18 was a key clash between the expanding Umayyad Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire, and one whic...

Reducere. National Outdoor Book AwardsA sea kayak battles the freezing Irish waters as the morning sun rises out of the countryside. On the western horizon i...

From the splendid Trango Towers and majestic Mount K2 in the mighty Karakoram Range to the north, to the bubbling mud volcanoes along the beautiful...

Paratime was one of H. Beam Piper's most inspired creations and this collection contains all three of John F. Carr's Paratime Police novelettes fea...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the wake of the second World Shift, Tam and I have spent eight years building UnderBarrow and Willow Wood into a thriving community. ...

Reducere. Eons before the birth of the Roman Empire, there was a civilization dedicated to the sciences of earth, sea, and sky. In the City of Light lived pe...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Sumerian civilization is the oldest known human civilization on Earth. Their divine beings were known as the Anunnaki which in Sumer...

At the crossroads between Africa, Asia, and Europe, the South Arabian kingdoms were major commercial, military, and cultural players in world histo...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Minoans, then keep reading... The Minoans continue to be an intriguing subject fo...

Reducere. The Sumerian civilization is the oldest known human civilization on Earth. Their divine beings were known as the Anunnaki which in Sumerian signifi...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Minoans, then keep reading...The Minoans continue to be an intriguing subject for modern aud...

Reducere. DescriptionBefore Atlantis, there was Lemuria. No one is certain as to when this civilization existed, but an educated guess is around 300, 000 BC....

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Morgan RobertsonIt was the largest craft afloat and the greatest of the works of men. In her construction and maintenance w...

Reducere. Heart of Darkness describes a steamboat voyage up and down the Congo River by a British sea captain named Charles Marlow, who is commissioned to fe...

Reducere. THERE ARE THINGS MUCH WORSE THAN ZOMBIES First time in paperback In the long-awaited follow up to DEAD SEA, it has been several months since the di...

In The Call of the Wild, Buck, a domesticated dog, is stolen from his home in California and sold into sled dog slavery during the 1890s Klondike g...

Reducere. " Rollins] will make your toes curl and your free hand clutch the armchair as you speed through the pages."--Tampa Tribune"James Rollins knows adve...

Reducere. What was the real City of Atlantis? A fantasy? A real place? Both?The Greek philosopher Plato (c. 429 - 347 BCE) describes the City of Atlantis in ...

Reducere. Spanning millennia and continents, here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization. Boccalett...

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

DescriptionPaul Kriwaczek begins this illuminating and immensely pleasurable chronicle of Yiddish civilization during the Roman empire, when Jewish...

Reducere. The "Discovery" of America... Long before Ferdinand and Isabella financed Columbus' voyage across the sea, and tens of thousands of years before gr...

Reducere. This reissue of a modern classic of science fiction, the Hugo and Locus Award-winning and Nebula-nominated The Snow Queen, marks the first time the...

Ancient Rome had deep roots in the "Villanovan" culture that we call today the Etruscans. Their long-lived civilization can be traced to 900--750 B...

A fascinating account of nineteenth-century America sketched with Charles Dickens's characteristic wit and charm When Charles Dickens set out for A...

Reducere. A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic "robot western" from the...

Nobody goes into the Wire District anymore. The place is an industrial wasteland of poisonous gas clouds and lakes of toxic sludge. The machines ar...

Reducere. Twenty-eight-year-old anthropologist Joe Madden--a character readers first met as eleven-year-old Joey in this best-selling author's 1993 novel, Ru...

Reducere. Solovetsky occupies the island site of a former monastery in the White Sea. Here, hundreds of miles from civilization, and with a skeleton crew of ...

Reducere. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through the heart of the Middle East and merge in the area of Mesopotamia known as the cradle of civilization. ...

Reducere. From acclaimed archaeologist and bestselling author Eric Cline, a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in...

Reducere. The Awakening Land trilogy traces the transformation of a middle-American landscape from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial ci...

Reducere. The Book of the Mystery: Art and the Imaginal Realm is now available for purchase online or by calling the Foundation of the Law of Time. This book...

Part memoir, part cultural history, A Woven World celebrates the fading crafts, industries, and artisans that have defined communities for generati...

Reducere. From perpetually snow-capped peaks to stifling deserts below sea-level, the Colorado cuts the deepest and truest cross-section through the heart of...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Armenia is considered to...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Armenia is considered to...

Reducere. From Roman times until the Age of Exploration, the Silk Road carried goods and ideas across Central Asia between two major centers of civilization,...

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

Reducere. Two straight guys. One desert island. Even if it means quitting their boy band mid-tour, Troy Tanner isn't going to watch his little brother snort ...

Reducere. In the high peaks that stretch to the floor of heaven, amid howling winds and engulfing blizzards, lurk mysteries that have waited since the dawn o...

DescriptionDaniel Defoe's great masterpiece, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delec...

Reducere. With little more than courage and ingenuity, five Union prisoners escaped the siege of Richmond-by hot-air balloon. They have no idea if they'll ev...

Reducere. When she had let down her case, she locked her bedroom door. And then she put out the light and climbed out of the window. Marooned as a baby, Vale...

Reducere. An Illustrated Guide to Shark Etiquette is filled with the no-holds-barred, undersea humor that has made Sherman's Lagoon an international success....

Reducere. Toriko is a Gourmet Hunter out to eat the world In a savage world ruled by the pursuit of the most delicious foods, it's either eat or be eaten Whi...