The Spears of Twilight: Life and Death in the Amazon Jungle, Paperback - Philippe Descola

Reducere. The Achuar people have survived in isolation in the Amazonian jungle by aggressively resisting intruders. In this book, Descola depicts an altogeth...

Shortlisted for the 2013 Orwell Prize. THE STORY CONTINUES: TWO NEW CHAPTERS FOR THE PAPERBACK EDITIONIn 1986, Kris Maharaj, a British businessman ...

Reducere. "A model of investigatory journalism and a small masterpiece of the genre."--Anthony Burgess On the eve of September 28, 1978, John Paul I died une...

These essays share intimate stories of life and Indigenous resistance in the Amazon rainforest during an age of raging wildfires, mass migration, p...

Reducere. A powerful, groundbreaking narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sourcesOf th...

Reducere. Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love, and had children. And yet their lives w...

Reducere. Choice Outstanding Title Scorned by allies and enemies alike, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was one of the most maligned fighting forc...

A revealing memoir of a decade on the streets of London as a female police constable and a unique insight into a city and the cost of keeping it safe.

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Malcolm GaskillNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 163 x 241 x 34Cover type: HardbackRedes...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Eric WightBeing a game warden in Maine is not just a job, it's a way of life. This honest and entertaining book by a twenty...

Based on never previously explored personal accounts and archival documentation, this book examines life and death in the Theresienstadt ghetto, se...

Reducere. Here is the haunting, inspirational account of Nien Cheng's six-and-a-half years as a political prisoner during Communist China's Cultural Revoluti...

With the help of guides from the Wai Wai indigenous community, Pip Stewart and the team took on the perilous world-first challenge of following the...

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DescriptionPhilippe Descola has become one of the most important anthropologists working today, and Beyond Nature and Culture has been a major infl...

Reducere. Two young explorers journey with Fabien Cousteau into the depths of the Amazon Jungle to find a new species of piranha in this next colorful instal...

DescriptionKalief Browder was 16 when he was arrested in the Bronx for allegedly stealing a backpack. Unable to raise bail and unwilling to plead g...

But beneath the surface lies a frightening truth, for years the music industry has tolerated death, addiction, and exploitation in the name of ente...

A fast-paced journey around Karachi in the company of those who know the city inside out - from an electrifying new voice in narrative non-fiction.

A fast-paced journey around Karachi in the company of those who know the city inside out - from an electrifying new voice in narrative non-fiction....

Reducere. Ayahuasca: Sacred Plant Medicine of the Amazon Jungle provides a quick yet comprehensive look into a sacred topic that is often intimidating to dis...

Interweaving images of the manuscript, portraits, medical instruments and contemporary diagrams into her narrative, Sharon Ruston shows how this ex...

This book demonstrates how Britain's black soldiers helped shape attitudes towards race throughout the nineteenth century. Using military-medical l...

When Dr. Ellen Einterz first arrives in the town of Kolofata in Cameroon, the situation is dire: patients are exploited by healthcare workers, unst...

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A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the bestselling author of Nothing to Envy. "You simply cannot unders...

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor embarked on an extended conversation about living and dying in an imperiled wo...

In the Iron Age over 3, 000 forts were built on top of hills. Find out how hill forts were constructed, what they were used for, and what they tell...

Find out what happens when Lucifer's Sword Motorcycle Club goes head to head with a badass rival club in this graphic novel from a lifelong motorcy...

The definitive history of Oradour-sur-Glane, a village ripped apart by tragedy in Nazi-occupied FranceIllustrations: 45 Illustrations, black and white

Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink's gripping and riveting true story of the hospital doctors who struggled to survive and maintain life in a New Orl...

Publisher: Brewin BooksAuthor(s): Simon ButeuxIllustration(s): 111 colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 184Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 239 x ...

Reducere. A lively and authoritative investigation into the lives of our ancestors, based on the revolution in the field of Bronze Age archaeology which has ...

A glittering account of Formula One's deadliest and most glamorous era, in which sporting rivalry led to fatal consequences, culminating in the exp...

A powerful, character-driven narrative of the Korean War from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who helped uncover some of its longest-held and dar...