Author Brian Earl is back with another look at the fascinating stories behind the most wonderful time of the year. Get ready to experience Christmas as youve never seen it before.Surely, Christmas in the distant past must have been different from th...Lasīt vairāk
In 1495, William, Viscount Beaumont, was declared unfit to take care of himself and given into the care of a guardian, due to unspecified mental health problems. Notably, his treatment was very kind, and runs contrary to many of our ideas of late med...Lasīt vairāk
In 1495, William, Viscount Beaumont, was declared unfit to take care of himself and given into the care of a guardian, due to unspecified mental health problems. Notably, his treatment was very kind, and runs contrary to many of our ideas of late med...Lasīt vairāk
Spanish cuisine is a melting-pot of cultures, flavors, and ingredients: Greek and Roman; Jewish, Moorish, and Middle Eastern. It has been enriched by Spanish climate, geology, and spectacular topography, which have encouraged a variety of regional fo...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity
(Izdošanas datums: 10-Jul-2025, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Medieval Institute Publications, ISBN-13: 9781580442763)
At the center of this interdisciplinary study are court monsters--dwarves, hirsutes, and misshapen individuals--who, by their very presence, altered Renaissance ethics vis-a-vis anatomical difference, social virtues, and scientific knowledge. The stu...Lasīt vairāk
An illustrated study of the legendary Spitfire and the evolving tactics behind its early defence of Britains shores.The Spitfire endures as one of the most iconic aircraft of World War II. Nevertheless, its initial skirmishes and battles yielded as...Lasīt vairāk
An illustrated study of the legendary Spitfire and the evolving tactics behind its early defence of Britains shores.The Spitfire endures as one of the most iconic aircraft of World War II. Nevertheless, its initial skirmishes and battles yielded as...Lasīt vairāk
The war may nearly be over, but danger is ever-present as storms lie ahead... Even with peace on the horizon, Met WAAF Jenny Hazleton is as busy as ever. Her keen weather forecasting allows the pilots to continue their missions, including food drops...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture
(Izdošanas datums: 03-Jun-2025, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN-13: 9781512827514)
Explores how marketers have leveraged feelings of personal familiarity in modern consumer capitalismOur wired world connects us with corporations in ways that, just a generation ago, would have been hard to imagine. Marketers track users habits down...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture
(Izdošanas datums: 03-Jun-2025, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN-13: 9781512827514)
Explores how marketers have leveraged feelings of personal familiarity in modern consumer capitalismOur wired world connects us with corporations in ways that, just a generation ago, would have been hard to imagine. Marketers track users habits down...Lasīt vairāk
Is Man o War, the legendary champion who revitalized American Thoroughbred racing, truly the greatest racehorse in history, or has time produced an even more extraordinary champion? Through meticulous research and compelling analysis, award-winning...Lasīt vairāk
The remarkable Sorraia horse a resilient breed that shaped American history from Spanish conquest to the modern West now fights for survival in a contentious battle between preservation and progress. In 1519, when indigenous peoples first encounter...Lasīt vairāk
The remarkable Sorraia horse a resilient breed that shaped American history from Spanish conquest to the modern West now fights for survival in a contentious battle between preservation and progress. In 1519, when indigenous peoples first encounter...Lasīt vairāk
Dawn on Sunday 22 June 1941 saw the opening onslaughts of Operation Barbarossa as German forces stormed forward into the Soviet Union. Few of them were to survive the five long years of bitter struggle.A posting to the Eastern Front during the Second...Lasīt vairāk
Dawn on Sunday 22 June 1941 saw the opening onslaughts of Operation Barbarossa as German forces stormed forward into the Soviet Union. Few of them were to survive the five long years of bitter struggle.A posting to the Eastern Front during the Second...Lasīt vairāk
Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, a young Peter Calvocoressi was serving in the Ministry of Economic Warfare, his role largely consisting of reviewing shipping manifests day in day out. In 1940, he decided to volunteer for the War O...Lasīt vairāk
A snow-capped hill in modern day Czech Republic, dominated by a small church with black onion dome, stands on a field of battle that cemented Napoleon’s position as Emperor of the French. His throne was secure. His power was limitless. Europe l...Lasīt vairāk
A snow-capped hill in modern day Czech Republic, dominated by a small church with black onion dome, stands on a field of battle that cemented Napoleon’s position as Emperor of the French. His throne was secure. His power was limitless. Europe l...Lasīt vairāk
A World War II tabletop miniatures naval wargame set in the Pacific.Pacific Command is a naval miniatures wargame focusing on carrier combat in the Pacific during the Second World War, in which fleets of battleships, cruisers, carriers, and destroyer...Lasīt vairāk
A World War II tabletop miniatures naval wargame set in the Pacific.Pacific Command is a naval miniatures wargame focusing on carrier combat in the Pacific during the Second World War, in which fleets of battleships, cruisers, carriers, and destroyer...Lasīt vairāk
This fully illustrated study examines the German, Italian and Bulgarian occupation forces in Greece during 1941 44 as well as those of the two Greek Resistance organizations. Italys failed invasion of Greece in 1940 41 led to the German invasion of...Lasīt vairāk
The fascinating story of Republican Romes gruelling six-year campaign against the insurgent Numidian warlord, Jugurtha.Jugurtha, the adoptive son of Micipsa, king of the Numidians, was initially a much-respected ally of Rome, fighting gallantly alon...Lasīt vairāk
Germanys legendary Atlantic surface war was fought by Naval Group West. Superbly illustrated, this unpacks the details of how it operated and fought.Having spent the 1930s on an ambitious but confused bid to build a new battle fleet, Germany began W...Lasīt vairāk
As World War I ended, the victors were developing a powerful new generation of hyper-dreadnoughts and battlecruisers. Fully illustrated, this studies the big-gun warships that never were.1918 was a moment of great naval change. Britain still had th...Lasīt vairāk
As World War I ended, the victors were developing a powerful new generation of hyper-dreadnoughts and battlecruisers. Fully illustrated, this studies the big-gun warships that never were.1918 was a moment of great naval change. Britain still had th...Lasīt vairāk
Germanys legendary Atlantic surface war was fought by Naval Group West. Superbly illustrated, this unpacks the details of how it operated and fought.Having spent the 1930s on an ambitious but confused bid to build a new battle fleet, Germany began W...Lasīt vairāk
The fascinating story of Republican Romes gruelling six-year campaign against the insurgent Numidian warlord, Jugurtha.Jugurtha, the adoptive son of Micipsa, king of the Numidians, was initially a much-respected ally of Rome, fighting gallantly alon...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKThis volume of A Cultural History of Ideas focuses on the culture of the Enlightenment, long believ...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKThis volume of A Cultural History of Ideas focuses on the culture of the Enlightenment, long believ...Lasīt vairāk
An exploration of how popes attempted to construct, maintain, and represent their power beyond Europes eastern frontiers during the Avignon period of the 14th century. After the main, numbered, crusades concluded with the loss of the Holy Land at t...Lasīt vairāk
The contemporaneous movements for human rights that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers waged during the 1960s are analysed in a comparative fashion here for the very first time. The book also examines the extra-legal measures that both th...Lasīt vairāk
An exploration of how popes attempted to construct, maintain, and represent their power beyond Europes eastern frontiers during the Avignon period of the 14th century. After the main, numbered, crusades concluded with the loss of the Holy Land at t...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKThis volume of A Cultural History of Ideas examines the roughly thousand years, from the end of the...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKThis volume of A Cultural History of Ideas examines the roughly thousand years, from the end of the...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKThe essays in this volume of the award-winning A Cultural History of Ideas explore essential domain...Lasīt vairāk
Exploring the intriguing interplay between tradition and modernity in the 19th-century capitals of London, Athens and Rome, Richard Alston delves into the political and architectural choices that shaped these cities as representations of self-conscio...Lasīt vairāk
The contemporaneous movements for human rights that Soviet rights defenders and the Black Panthers waged during the 1960s are analysed in a comparative fashion here for the very first time. The book also examines the extra-legal measures that both th...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKThe Renaissance is famous as a period of intellectual and cultural flourishing associated with the...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKThe Renaissance is famous as a period of intellectual and cultural flourishing associated with the...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKThe essays in this volume of the award-winning A Cultural History of Ideas explore essential domain...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKIdeas defined the twentieth century: they and their reflections shaped practices, social life, know...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKFew major European writers of the nineteenth century addressed the topic of empire explicitly, but...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKFew major European writers of the nineteenth century addressed the topic of empire explicitly, but...Lasīt vairāk
PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKIdeas defined the twentieth century: they and their reflections shaped practices, social life, know...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 13-May-2025, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Texas Press, ISBN-13: 9781477330692)
A comparative, empire-wide study of the ceramics associated with the imperial Inca state, theorizing the role of these highly recognizable vessel forms in legitimizing Inca rule and establishing imperial identities.The beautiful polychrome ceramics o...Lasīt vairāk
A social history of the fifteenth-century German painters influence. Emigrating from southern Germany in the late fifteenth century, painter Hans Memling sought success in the vibrant commercial hub of Bruges. He found an audience, not among the nob...Lasīt vairāk
The riveting story of how one woman rose from simple beginnings to become one of the most sought-after miniaturists of the Gilded Age. Richly illustrated with over 70 photos, including color images of her rare surviving works.No other female portrait...Lasīt vairāk
