Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits, Paperback - Dimitra Fimi

Reducere. Fimi explores the evolution of Tolkien's mythology throughout his lifetime by examining how it changed as a result of his life story and contempora...

An in-depth guide to the intriguing lives of Tolkien's Hobbits.

Reducere. Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one co...

Rain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive. It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source...

This volume offers 18 studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, ma...

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...

'A brilliant cultural history ... Scull's book fills a gap in the literature and deserves to be widely read ... outstanding' The Times

Reducere. A comprehensive, richly illustrated introduction to the behavior and qualities of the catOf all the domesticated species, cats have enjoyed the mos...

Reducere. A richly illustrated introduction to the goat--from livestock to beloved pet It may come as no surprise that goats are highly intelligent. They are...

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 ...

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 ...

London: A Social and Cultural History, 1550–1750 - Robert O. Bucholz, Joseph P. Ward

This groundbreaking book explores the hidden history of American song and struggle, from the moment Columbus made fateful landfall to the start of ...

Reducere. The Book Smugglers is the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto residents who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts--first from the Nazis a...

Reducere. DescriptionThe enigmatic and richly illustrative tarot deck reveals a host of strange and iconic mages, such as The Tower, The Wheel of Fortune, Th...

In this cultural, literary, and intellectual history, Gayle Rogers traces the debates over speculation from antiquity to the present. Recasting cen...

Reducere. 'Early China' refers to the period from the beginning of human history in China to the end of the Han Dynasty in AD 220. The roots of modern Chines...

Contributor(s): Author: J. Malcolm ShickFor millennia, corals were a marine enigma, organisms that confounded scientific classification and occupie...

Publisher: Zone BooksAuthor(s): Timothy HamptonNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 236 x 26Cover type: HardbackRedescopera ...

Reducere. Recounts the long trek of the Scotch-Irish from their adoptive Irish homeland to the mountains of southwestern North Carolina and graphically descr...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cultural Revolution, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Cultur...

Reducere. Did you know that not every passenger aboard the Mayflower was a Pilgrim?In fact, of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower, only about 40 were fleein...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Lisa SussenbachIllustration(s): 88 Halftones, black and white; 88 Illustrations, black and white; 88 Half...

Reducere. The array of bottles is impressive, their contents finely tuned to varied tastes. But they all share the same roots in Mesoamerica's natural bounty...

Reducere. A charming, informative personal history that blends the anecdotal, historical, and downright unusual The child of Italian immigrants and an award-...

Reducere. A magisterial history of French society between the end of the middle ages and the Revolution by one of the world's leading authorities on early mo...

Reducere. The seminal history of Ireland's most unusual century, thoroughly updated for the new millennium. With its starting point the bloody creation of th...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Omar W. NasimIllustration(s): 45 colour illustrations, 59 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 256Publi...

The remarkable story of Western polymaths from the fifteenth century to the present day

DescriptionSeit dem 18. Jahrhundert erlebt die Institution Museum einen unvergleichlichen Aufschwung, der in den vergangenen Jahren insbesondere in...

Reducere. In this witty, engaging, and challenging book, Carolyn Steedman has produced an originaland sometimes irreverentinvestigation into how modern histo...

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Reducere. David Hatcher Childress, popular author and star of the History Channel's show Ancient Aliens, brings us the incredible tale of Nazi submarines and...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Nazanin Hedayat (New York City College of Technology, USA) MunroeIllustration(s): 100 bw illusNumber...

Reducere. Revered as a symbol of fertility, sexuality, purity and childhood, beloved as a children's pet and widely represented in the myths, art and collect...

Reducere. How a Russian doctor and Billy Butlin brought Britain to the side of the road"I very much enjoyed this book. A wonderfully accessible look at the d...

Reducere. For more than five hundred years, explorers roamed the wilderness of North America, some in search of a route to the East or fabled cities of gold,...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): M. Leona GodinNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 133 x 202 x 35Cover type: Paperback /...

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. Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilizatio...

Reducere. Tea in China explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity an...

Reducere. For bell hooks, the best cultural criticism sees no need to separate politics from the pleasure of reading. Yearning collects together some of hook...

This book uncovers the history of the concept of the soul in twentieth-century Europe and North America. Beginning in fin de siecle Germany, Kocku ...

Publisher: Three Rivers PressAuthor(s): Eli ZaretskyNumber of pages: 448Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 204 x 133 x 26Cover type: Paperback / sof...

The first comprehensive publication on the endless loop, spanning the ancient world to the present day| In-depth investigation of the phenomenon of...