Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology through History - Alfred W. Crosby

Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology through History - Alfred W. Crosby

We don't often recognize the humble activity of cooking for the revolutionary cultural adaptation that it is. But when the hearth fires started bur...

Reducere. Thirty years ago, Alfred Crosby published a small work that illuminated a simple point, that the most important changes brought on by the voyages o...

Reducere. Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives, more people than those perished in the f...

Reducere. Western Europeans were among the first, if not the first, to invent mechanical clocks, geometrically precise maps, double-entry bookkeeping, precis...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John Charles ChasteenBorn in Blood and Fire, Fourth Edition has been extensively revised to heighten emphasis on current cu...

Reducere. First published in 1981, Harry W. Crosby's Last of the Californios captured the history of the mountain people of Baja California during a critical...

Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more effi...

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. Contributor(s): Author: Charles HuntWhile most of us who grew up in the late 60s and early 70s sentimentalize the flower-covered VWs, the Beatles, ...

Reducere. For students wishing to do a science fair project on tardigrades, this book is essential. With over 100 pictures and detailed explanations, this bo...

The rapid decline of the bastions of American power established over the twentieth century is the subject of this extensive historical analysis emp...

Over vast expanses of time, fire and humanity have interacted to expand the domain of each, transforming the earth and what it means to be human. I...

Reducere. South Carolinians have long desired a route for water navigation from Columbia to Charleston. An early Santee Canal effort ended in failure by 1850...

Reducere. "Magical from the very start." --InD'Tale ReviewsA Clash of Clans.From the Borderlands to the Highlands, Scotland's seven kingdoms are in conflict....

Reducere. Exposing your students to the rich tapestry of African American history is now easier than ever! From the earliest civilizations in Africa, all the...

Reducere. Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization, a study of an important horticultural Plains Indian tribe, synthesizes the rich material Alfred W. Bowe...

Reducere. The story of this war has usually been told in terms of a conflict between blundering British generals and their rigidly disciplined red-coated tro...

Reducere. All too often, the role that Black women have played in history has been left out of the history books and school curricula. Well now you can chang...

Completely updated with new content and full-colour figures throughout, this new edition provides succinct and authoritative knowledge relating to ...

Reducere. DescriptionT. E. Lawrence's classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom made the Arab revolt a legend and helped turn him into the mythical "Lawrence of Arabia...

Reducere. Cantry is a romantic 20-year-old horseman, enamored with Henry repeaters, muzzleloading rifles and a way of life that existed Two Hundred years ago...

Reducere. In this book, the author shares his perceptions about physics and the universe, which he developed when working on software that processes a few el...

Reducere. The Battle of Perryville laid waste to more than just soldiers and their supplies. The commonwealth's largest combat engagement also took an immens...

Reducere. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions a...

Reducere. Filled with classic recipes and inspirational stories, A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove will make you think twice about the food on your plate. He...

Reducere. During the Battle of Gettysburg, General Chamberlain recounted the story of how he and his twentieth Maine Regiment Volunteers, saved the crucially...

Reducere. This book is for everyone who wonders why fire engines are red, why a chief has five "bugles" while a captain has two, why fire hydrants are someti...

This book is for everyone who wonders why fire engines are red, why a chief has five "bugles" while a captain has two, why fire hydrants are someti...

Reducere. As lives offline and online merge ever more, it is easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the spectacular story of cyberneti...

Reducere. From the bestselling author of The Knowledge Web come fifty mesmerizing journeys into the history of technology, each following a chain of conseque...

Reducere. DescriptionThis thorough, carefully researched history sets church events against the background of social changes. This third revised edition will...

Reducere. DescriptionBeset by prophetic dreams since the time she was a child, Elienor knew the Norsemen would storm Brouillard castle--she saw it in a dream...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peter J. BowlerThis authoritative volume chronicles humanity's long quest to understand its own origins. Peter J. Bowler br...

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Dale Richard RitterIllustration(s): over 220 b/w photos, mapsNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 200...

Reducere. In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for th...

Reducere. The fascinating story of how Unix began and how it took over the world. Brian Kernighan was a member of the original group of Unix developers, the ...

Reducere. Daiwi, meaning Captain in Vietnamese, is about the life experiences of Chuck Pfeifer. Chuck graduated from the United States Military Academy at We...

Reducere. Knife throwing (chief of the impalement arts) is a popular exhibition at carnivals, western shows, and sideshows. The two classic booklets reprinte...

A history of British theatre fires. Foreword by Matthew KellyPublisher: Headfield PublishingAuthor(s): Rodney HardcastleNumber of pages: 295Publica...