The Wood Age. How Wood Shaped the Whole of Human History, Paperback - Roland Ennos

When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world. 'A stunning book on the incalculable debt human...

Roland Ennos' The Wood Age is a love-letter to the world's most vital and yet most threatened material. It is the story of how wood has shaped our ...

When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world.'A stunning book on the incalculable debt humani...

Publisher: ScribnerAuthor(s): Roland EnnosNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 28Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farm...

Reducere. A groundbreaking examination of the role that wood and trees have played in our global ecosystem--including human evolution and the rise and fall o...

It is hard to imagine that much of the suburban townscape from Croydon to the Thames at Deptford was a vast wood, stretching for almost seven miles...

Reducere. DescriptionForbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Film offers the first thorough examination of the exploitation cinema while capturin...

The environment is not a neutral background to human struggles for power and profit. "Climate Change, Peatbogs, Plague and Potatoes" makes Scotland...

From tools and devices to construction and artistic expression, Max Adams explores wood - the material that shaped human history.Publisher: Head of...

Reducere. First published in 1956, Empire in Wood is the definitive history of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, from its predeces...

'Stands comparison with Sapiens... Thrilling' Sunday Times Read the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of...

Reducere. This diary of Leonard Wood, a medical officer, tells the dramatic story of the last campaign against the Apache chief Geronimo. It is the only jour...

Reducere. Captivating and boldly imaginative, with a tale of sisterhood at its heart, Rena Rossner's debut fantasy invites you to enter a world filled with m...

Reducere. Unlock the secret to your dark side and begin manipulating people with ease.Have you always wanted to discover the truth behind human behavior and ...

DescriptionRobin Wood-one of the foremost critics of cinema-has laid the groundwork for anyone writing about the horror film in the last half-centu...

Reducere. Woodcarver Richard Butz teaches chapter by chapter whittling, chip carving, wildlife carving, relief carving, lettering, and architectural carving....

Reducere. An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments In this authoritative book, the first of its kind in E...

This fascinating three-thousand-year history of the census traces the making of the modern survey and explores its political power in the age of bi...

From Abdul Kassem Ismail, the tenth-century Persian who never went anywhere without his library, this title takes aim at the pretensions of officia...

Reducere. Humans have "subdued 75 percent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness....

An accessible and entertaining guide to global economic history from a unique African perspective. Johan Fourie uncovers the roots of and reasons f...

DescriptionThis comprehensive collection of the best of Ashley Wood's work covers nearly 400 "treasured" art works in a range of media, from his oi...

Reducere. DescriptionFollowing victories at Carthage and Wilson's Creek in the summer of 1861, the Confederate-allied Missouri State Guard achieved its great...

Detailing the rediscovery in Moscow of the so-called jewels of Helen and the re-excavation of the site of Troy begun in 1988, which continues to yi...

Five thousand years ago there began the most momentous revolution in human history. In this fascinating historical search, Michael Wood explores th...

Reducere. When the Civil War broke out, Missouri was secured for the Union, but many Southern-leaning citizens in the border state resented the Federal occup...

Lyrical and informative, steeped in poetry and folklore, The Wood inhabits the mind and touches the soul. For four years John Lewis-Stempel managed...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Lana WoodNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 193 x 228 x 25Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera fa...

An intelligently provocative book about Darwin's 'other' theory discusses the curious ways in which sexual attraction has influenced the evolution ...

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 Business of Leisure critically surveys a wide selection of travel practices, places, and time periods in considering the development of the hos...

Reducere. Dudley Carter-possibly the most famous artist you've never heard of... ". . . a lively and loving portrait of the great Northwest master, capturing...

Written and illustrated by master wood engraver Barry Moser, this primer on the art of wood engraving is filled with valuable knowledge including h...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gordon S. WoodOne of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution.--New York Times Book R...

Hyper-active Governance is a new way of thinking about governing that gets beyond simplistic debates about whether the state is more or less powerf...

Reducere. DescriptionA New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our speciesWhen we talk about human history, w...

In 1086, Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. By skilful use of the Domesday record historian...