Troy: myth and reality, Hardback - Andrew Shapland

This arresting exploration of the story of Troy examines the mythology, archaeology, and universal human significance of the tale over millennia.

An exploration of the historical truths that underpin the pervasive, culture-shaping myth's legacy, accompanying an exhibition at the British Museum.

This volume examines the library of the Abbasid caliphs, known as 'The House of Wisdom' ('Bayt al-Hikma'), exploring how this important institution...

Detailed research into documentary sources offers an exciting new identification of the "real" Robin Hood.

The book stresses that the reporting process is more difficult than most critics and reporters realize, and points out that the best reporters are ...

In these works an old woman is frequently portrayed who has traditionally been held to be Rembrandt's mother, Neeltje Willemsdr. van Zuijdtbroek. W...

An illuminating manifesto for a twenty-first century understanding of human evolution and variation - and a weapon against scientific racism - by t...

Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality - E. J. Hobsbawm

Shows how the image of Cornish wreckers as villains deliberately luring ships on to the rocks is a myth.

An exploration of the essence of effective leadership, distinguishing between 'Founders', 'Zealots' and other categories.

Reducere. Dragon Energy: Myth and Reality Foreword by Lawrence Edwards, PhDThe authors of this extraordinary book have created a portal into a profoundly mea...

This book looks at the relationship between statute law and legal practice. It examines how law is applied in reality and more precisely how law is...

Radical reassessment of the history of the Waterloo campaign. Dispels the myths and misunderstandings associated with the battle.

Hountondji... writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a philosopher on Africa.... Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as nece...

Republished as part of Amistad's Literary Revival Program, the groundbreaking, bestselling look at history from the perspective of African American...

From the palaces of Homeric epic to the ancestral seat of Roman emperors, Troy in antiquity was a place couched in myth. But for nearly four millen...

A genre-defying examination of identity, queerness and love in the vein of Maggie Nelson's Argonauts

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Stephen FryPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 154 x 233 x 35Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturi...

Reducere. Haitian Vodou breaks away from European and American heuristic models for understanding a religio-philosophical system such as Vodou in order to fo...

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PART THREE OF THE TROY QUARTET Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour, and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy a...

PART TWO OF THE TROY QUARTET Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour, and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and...

Scholars who explain that brainwashing theories have long been rejected by most academics and courts of law find it difficult to be heard. This Ele...

The tale of the Trojan War brilliantly retold by the bestselling author of THE THORN BIRDS.

Reducere. Using approaches from the Hebrew interpretive tradition to discern the actual events surrounging Jesus' death, Bishop Spong questions the hitorical...

One of the most outspoken, entertaining, controversial footballers of the modern age comes to terms with his turbulent past.Publisher: Octopus Publ...

Reducere. Living a life of generosity is not reserved for rich people. It's the result of people who are "all in" for giving God permission to use them as a ...

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 battle of Britain pitted the Hurricanes and Spitfires of the Royal Air Force against the Messerschmitts of Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies over...

Reducere. He was born in the spring or early summer of the year 4 or 6 BCE, probably in "the little town of Bethlehem" in the Galilee, near Nazareth. He beca...

From a bold new feminist voice, a book that will change the way you think about your sex life. Fifty years after the sexual revolution, we are told...

Andrew Tillyard had a full and active life until a vehicle crash changed it all. He sustained a serious head injury and was airlifted to the hospit...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Maria EngbergIllustration(s): 56 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2021Dimensio...

Reducere. The Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare-or so we've been told for years. Noted historian Earl J. Hess forcefully ...

An interdisciplinary collaboration that explores what it means to live with concepts, rather than think of them as mere tools for analysis.About au...

Reducere. Samuel Redstone enjoyed a quiet life as the chief of police of a small town in Southeastern Oklahoma. His peace would soon be shattered by the biza...

DescriptionThis book describes real-world killer robots using a blend of perspectives. Overviews of technologies, such as autonomy and artificial i...

In this selection of plays by the master folklorist Andrew Lang, the reader is taken into the romantic world of the gallant Knights of the Round Ta...

Publisher: Little, BrownAuthor(s): Jenn ShaplandPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 232 x 25Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii ...

This edited volume analyses siege warfare as a discrete type of military engagement, in the face of which civilians are particularly vulnerable.Ill...

Reducere. Was America founded on Judeo-Christian principles? Are the Ten Commandments the basis for American law? In the paperback edition of this critically...

A genre-defying examination of identity, queerness and love in the vein of Maggie Nelson's ArgonautsPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): J...

Publisher: Penguin Random House AustraliaAuthor(s): Troy BramstonNumber of pages: 704Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 242 x 62Cover type: Ha...

Reality and Dreams, Muriel Spark's twentieth novel, was published in 1996 and won the 1997 David Cohen British Literature Prize.

Reducere. How do you tell the real story of someone misremembered--an icon and idol--alongside your own? Jenn Shapland's celebrated debut is both question an...

Reducere. While working as an intern in the archives at the Harry Ransom Center, Jenn Shapland encounters the love letters of Carson and a woman named Annema...