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Alexander the Great

Stephen Harrison

• Hardcover | Engels | Great Lives of the Ancient World
• This book offers a fresh perspective on the reign of Alexander the Great. It re-examines Alexander’s military victories and personality, while also ex... Lees meer

Hinterland

Phil A Neel

• Paperback | Engels | Field Notes
• Over the last forty years, the human landscape of the United States has been fundamentally transformed. The metamorphosis is partially visible in the ... Lees meer

Image on the Edge

Michael Camille

• Hardcover | Engels
• What do they all mean--the lascivious ape, autophagic dragons, potbellied heads, harp-playing asses, arse-kissing priests, and somersaulting jongleurs... Lees meer

History of Reading

Steven Roger Fischer

• Paperback | Engels | Globalities
• Steven Roger Fischer's fascinating book traces the complete story of reading from the time when symbol first became sign through to the electronic tex... Lees meer

Jim Jarmusch

Sara Piazza

• Paperback | Engels
• Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words and Noise is the first book to examine the films of Jim Jarmusch from a sound-oriented perspective. The three essential aco... Lees meer

Leonardo's Paradox

Joost Keizer

• Hardcover | Engels
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was one of the preeminent figures of the Italian Renaissance. He was also one of the most paradoxical. He spent an incre... Lees meer

John Evelyn

John Dixon Hunt

• Hardcover | Engels | Renaissance Lives
• The great English writer and gardener John Evelyn (1620-1706) kept a diary all his life. Today, this diary is considered an invaluable source of infor... Lees meer

Rattling Spears

Ian McLean

• Hardcover | Engels
• Large, bold, and colorful, indigenous Australian art--sometimes known as Aboriginal art--has made an indelible impression on the contemporary art scen... Lees meer

Cat

Katharine M Rogers

• Paperback | Engels | Animal
• According to ancient Egyptian lore, the goddess Bast, who protected her worshippers from disease and hard luck, had the figure of a woman and the head... Lees meer

The Nemesis of Power

Harald Kleinschmidt

• Hardcover | Engels | Globalities
• The Nemesis of Power is the first book to look at the history of international relations theories. Many theorists have investigated the nature of powe... Lees meer

Olive

Fabrizia Lanza

• Hardcover | Engels | Edible
• Olives are at once a mythical food--bringing to mind scenes from ancient Rome and the Bible--and an everyday food, given the ubiquity of olive oil in ... Lees meer

Way Makers

Kerri Andrews

• Hardcover | Engels
• A sweeping collection of women's writing on the wandering path, moving across genres, geographies, and centuries. The follow-up to the celebrated Wand... Lees meer

Photography and Africa

Erin Haney

• Paperback | Engels | Exposures
• A land comprising more than fifty nations and innumerable cultural and geographic variations, from harsh desert to lush jungle, Africa has long been a... Lees meer

Art and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Europe

Nigel Aston

• Hardcover | Engels
• Eighteenth-century Europe witnessed monumental upheavals in both the Catholic and Protestant faiths and the repercussions rippled down to the churches... Lees meer

Tales of the Earth

David Leeming

• Hardcover | Engels
• A revealing analysis of key themes in Native American origin myths--and their stark contrast with the exceptionalist values of the United States. Tale... Lees meer

The Machine in the Ghost

Robin Boast

• Hardcover | Engels
• We live in a digital age, buy and sell in a digital economy, and consume--oh do we consume--digital media. The digital lies at the heart of our contem... Lees meer

Salmon

Peter Coates

• Paperback | Engels | Animal
• Every year, wild salmon travel hundreds of miles upstream. They fight fierce river currents, leap over rocks and small waterfalls, and die by the thou... Lees meer

Liqueur

Lesley Jacobs Solmonson

• Hardcover | Engels | Edible
• Explores the rich history of liqueurs, from ancient elixirs to modern indulgence. Lees meer

Concrete Poetry

• Hardcover
• A significant, personal anthology of concrete poetry by curator Nancy Perloff. Lees meer

Strokes of Genius

Eric Chaline

• Hardcover | Engels
• What could be better than diving into cool water on a hot day? In this enormously enjoyable and informative history of swimming, Eric Chaline sums up ... Lees meer

Exist Otherwise

Jennifer L. Shaw

• Hardcover
• This is the first work in English to tell the full story of Claude Cahun's art and life. It both recounts her life and analyzes her complex writings a... Lees meer

Those They Called Idiots

Simon Jarrett

• Hardcover | Engels
• Sensitive and sweeping, this is a history of the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century En... Lees meer

A Philosophy of Emptiness

Gay Watson

• Paperback | Engels
• We often view emptiness as a negative condition, a symptom of depression, despair, or grief--an assessment furthered by authors like Franz Kafka or th... Lees meer

Peter Gabriel

Paul Hegarty

• Paperback | Engels | Reverb
• Peter Gabriel is one of contemporary music's great experimenters. From his work in the progressive group Genesis, through his pioneering solo albums, ... Lees meer