The Theft of History, Paperback - Jack Goody

Reducere. In The Theft of History Jack Goody builds on his own previous work to extend further his highly influential critique of what he sees as the pervasi...

Reducere. Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and Sorcery of Thorns, this exhilarating, page-turning fantasy will pull readers into a lush and stunning worl...

Praise for THORN: "A quietly profound and beautiful fairytale retelling that I'll be recommending for years." Chakraborty, author of City of Brass ...

Reducere. In the next exciting installment of the series, Jack travels to Japan, where under the cover of darkness, a band of ninja thieves has stolen some o...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Cynthia SaltzmanIllustration(s): 46 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Di...

A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 National Book Award winner Jonathan Kozol is best known for his fifty years of work among our nation's poorest ...

A captivating in-depth study of Napoleon's plundering of Europe's art and how it legitimized the Louvre.Illustrations: 32 Illustrations, black and ...

Myth, Ritual and the Oral - Jack Goody

The riveting sequel to THE THEFT OF SUNLIGHT by the author of THORN ('The best YA fantasy book I have read this year!' - Never Judge a Book by its ...

DescriptionA Wall Street Journal columnist delivers a brilliant narrative of the mugging of the millennial generation-- how the Baby Boomers have s...

Metals, Culture and Capitalism: An Essay on the Origins of the Modern World - Jack Goody

Reducere. Current theories and views on the differences in the 'mind' of human societies depend very much on a dichotomy between 'advanced' and 'primitive', ...

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. It's time to take back what the devil has stolen and put God back into our culture. The Theft of America's Soul is a prophetic wake-up call for all...

DescriptionIt's time to take back what the devil has stolen and put God back into our culture. Phil Robertson, patriarch of A&E's Duck Dynasty and ...

Reducere. The Theft of African Prophecy by the Catholic Church: For 6, 000 years, Africa was ruled by a powerful order of Sibyl matriarchs. They produced the...

Dilly's mother invites a good, quiet dinosaur to tea. But Dilly, the world's naughtiest dinosaur, invents some messy new games and soon there are t...

Reducere. Dilly's mother invites a good, quiet dinosaur to tea. But Dilly, the world's naughtiest dinosaur, invents some messy new games and soon there are t...

DescriptionThe Great Uighur Empire ruled Inner Asia in the 8th and 9th centuries and their descendants, the Taklamakanians, created a thousand year...

In this collection of true, quirky history, Steve Silverman provides fascinating tales to astonish and entertain. Covering a wide variety of topics...

Reducere. Everyone loves beards, so why not learn about some of the greatest beards in history? From Abraham Lincoln to Mr. T, these quirky illustrations wil...

An updated reissue of the 2012 Quercus book with the same title, it includes a new chapter on Simon Bolivar and an exciting new cover design, from ...

Focuses on a late eighteenth-century conflict between Creek Indians and Georgians. The conflict was marked by years of seemingly random theft and v...

Reducere. Warriors, pirates, murderers and queens... Throughout history, women from all walks of life have had good reason to be cranky. Some of our most mem...

Contributor(s): Author: Peter ZumthorAuthor: Mari LendingWhile he was working to complete the Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum in southern Norway in ...

Reducere. in it in a gaseous state. About it at great distances circle not only our earth, but certain kindred bodies called the planets. These shine in the ...

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 ...

Reducere. The classic explanation of the craft of history and the vital worth of historians to civilization In this volume, English historian Richard Evans o...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Laurent DuBoisA New York Times Notable Book of the Year Even before the devastating 2010 earthquake, Haiti was known as a b...

A global history of historical writing and thought from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, u...

Reducere. In this extraordinary memoir, John F. Kennedy's closest advisor recounts in full for the first time his experience counseling Kennedy through the m...

Reducere. The first in a new series featuring Charlie Woodend's protege, DCI Monika Paniatowski It will be no easy task to fill DCI Charlie Woodend's shoes, ...

Reducere. In this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an era from ancient times through the Renaissance when what we now consider common condime...

Reducere. Hegel's Philosophy of History stands as a fascinating example of this influential German thinker's efforts to capture the multidimensional characte...

Reducere. Published posthumously in 1965, this book contains various essays by R. G. Collingwood concerning history, philosophy, and their relationship. The ...

Hegel wrote this classic as an introduction to a series of lectures on the "philosophy of history" -- a novel concept in the early nineteenth centu...

Reducere. The Biblical Philosophy of History, Paperback

DescriptionThis short history of history is an ideal introduction for those studying or teaching the subject as part of courses on the historian's ...

With no rugby over the summer, sports-mad Eoin Madden and his friends head to Ormondstown GAA club to get involved in hurling and football. Some lo...

Reducere. "The ideas which go to form a nation, as opposed to a mere crowd of human animals have usually been accepted under the pressure of a common tribula...

The studies in this 1928 book illustrate the lives of children within various different times and social contexts. Created following the enthusiast...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Marshall SahlinsNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 1987Dimensions: 217 x 140 x 18Cover type...

Following the critical and commercial success of An Unnecessary Woman, Alameddine delivers a spectacular portrait of a man and an era of profound p...

One of The Christian Science Monitor's Ten Best Books of MayA highly original work of history . . . [Saltzman] has written a distinctive study that...