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12 produkter
Short History Of Progress
Häftad, 2006
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
134 kr
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Palaeolithic hunters who learnt how to kill two mammoths instead of one had made progress. Those who learnt how to kill 200 by driving a whole herd over a cliff had made too much. Many of the great ruins that grace the deserts and jungles of the earth are monuments to progress traps, the headstones …
Gold Eaters
A Novel
E-bok, 2015
200 kr
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A sweeping, epic historical novel of exploration and invasion, of conquest and resistance, and of an enduring love that must overcome the destruction of one empire by another Kidnapped at sea by conquistadors seeking the golden land of Peru, a young Inca boy named Waman is the everyman thrown into …
Henderson's Spear
E-bok, 2010
229 kr
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In the tradition of Melville and Stevenson, a superb storyteller -- winner of the David Higham Prize for Fiction -- brings literary art of great range and beauty to a South Seas epic. Two tales of passion and intrigue, from the 1890s and the 1990s, reach around the world from Canada, England and …
What Is America?
A Short History of the New World Order
E-bok, 2009
208 kr
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From the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of A Short History of Progress comes another surprising, frightening and essential book. The USA is now the world’s lone superpower, whose deeds could make or break this century. For better and worse, America has Americanized the world. How did a …
Growing Among Us: A Layman's Perspective of the Emerging Church Movement
Häftad, 2009
150 kr
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Gold Eaters
A Novel
E-bok, 2015
147 kr
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“Utterly irresistible… The Gold Eaters is truly the gold standard to which all fiction — historical and otherwise — should aspire.” — Buzzfeed A sweeping, epic historical novel of exploration and invasion, of conquest and resistance, and of an enduring love that must overcome the destruction of one …
Cut Stones and Crossroads
A Journey in the Two Worlds of Peru
Av Ronald Wright, Alberto Manguel
Häftad, 2020
156 kr
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We get to share in his personal discoveries through the humour and good fellowship of the road, full of entertaining misadventures. But there is never any doubt that there is an ultimate purpose to these journeys: a passionate need to bear witness to the truth about the past, after centuries of …
Time Among the Maya
Travels in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico
Häftad, 2020
173 kr
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The Maya of Central America created one of the most dazzling civilizations on this earth, which is often compared to Ancient Greece. The Maya had a delight in creation, expressed in art, architecture, pottery, astronomy, mathematics and mythology, all combined with a deep, metaphysical fascination …
On Fiji Islands
Häftad, 2020
153 kr
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In little more than a century, Fiji islanders have made the transition from cannibalism to Christianity, from colony to flourishing self-government, without losing their own culture. As Ronald Wright observes, societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that did, and often used this …
God's Creation
Coloring Book and Story Time
Av Ronald Wright, Michael R Grooms
Häftad, 2026
154 kr
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