Those They Called Idiots: The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day, Hardcover - Simon Jarrett

Those They Called Idiots traces the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century England to t...

Examines public exhibitions of human anatomy from their first appearance in the early 1700s to the present day, and how these exhibitions taught th...

'This book could appeal to astronomers interested in interstellar and circumstellar matter who would like to know more about the processes in them ...

DescriptionA highly illustrated and accessible account of tank warfare through history and around the world. Explore the development of tank warfar...

About the AuthorEric D. Lehman is the director of creative writing at the University of Bridgeport and his work has been published in dozens of jou...

Reducere. History tells the story of mankind from prehistory to the present day using a unique visual approach, filled with timelines, images of artifacts, p...

DescriptionAt the end of the twentieth century, many believed the story of European political development had come to an end. Modern democracy bega...

A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art bega...

"Impressively navigates the tricky boundaries that separate art and life, the haunted present and the haunting historical past.." New York Times A ...

All the best magic happens when the clock strikes midnight . . . Enter a world of wonder in the brand new classic adventure from the fastest-growin...

All the best magic happens when the clock strikes midnight . . . Enter a world of wonder in this classic adventure from the fastest-growing UK chil...

Few island nations have stirred the soul like Cuba. From Hemingway's intoxicating Havana to Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Club, outsiders have per...

DescriptionNew edition of a classic work on the history of propaganda. Topical new chapters on the 1991 Gulf War, September 11 and terrorism. An id...

This is the most comprehensive history of the Netherlands available in the English language. It surveys Dutch history from the 16th century, when t...

Reducere. Chess: An Historical Perspective Chess - the -Royal Game- - is an ancient board game, perhaps fifteen hundred years old. There are many legends abo...

Tells the story of Judaism from the Medieval ghettos through the Enlightenment to the tragedy of the Holocaust and the birth of modern Israel, with...

Publisher: Straightforward PublishingAuthor(s): Doreen JarrettNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 148 x 210 x 15Cover type: Paper...

Publisher: RidinghouseAuthor(s): Karsten SchubertIllustration(s): illustrated in colour and b&wNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2009Dimensions...

Reducere. A young man is thrust into a leadership position in an environment completely foreign from how he was raised. He must use all of his resources and ...

In In Search of Ancient Ireland, published by Ivan R. Dee in 2002, Carmel McCaffrey traced the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland...

Ranging from ancient to contemporary sculpture, this book is the first study of the history of sculpture to present such an original and comprehens...

aeo Highly original and innovative account of the history of humour through the ages from Antiquity to the present day. aeo Includes accounts of jo...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Delves into some of the most despicable assassinations in history.

Reducere. Ever since Christopher Columbus stepped off the "Santa Maria" and announced that he had arrived in the Orient, the Caribbean has been a stage for p...

Reducere. DescriptionUnlike previous works that focus on the relationships of the Chippewa with the colonial governments of France, Great Britain, and the Un...

Reducere. DescriptionRather than focusing on a single Choctaw group, this book offers for the first time a combined story of "the Choctaw" as the tribe compr...

Reducere. "Kings Dethroned" is a history of the evolution of astronomy from the Roman Empire to the early twentieth century. From Copernicus to Einstein, thi...

"3rd impression with second supplement published 2011"--Tp. verso.

Fashion history meets the Egyptians: the phenomena of the pharaohs and enduring fascinating with this ancient civilisation.Publisher: Pen & Sword B...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the three decades since New York City's Stonewall rebellion, gay literature has exploded as a distinctive form of cultural expression...

An illuminating commentary on court life from the Tudors to the present day.

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