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Marc Bloch
A Life in History
Av Carole Fink
Häftad, 1991
422 kr
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This 1991 book was the first biography of Marc Bloch (1886-1944), historian, soldier in both world wars, and leader of the Resistance, who was captured, tortured, and died a heroic death. Based largely on Bloch's private letters, diaries and papers, as well as on other unpublished documents, it …
The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane
Häftad, 1999
355 kr
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The great nomad conqueror Tamerlane rose to power in 1370 in the ruins of the Mongol Empire and led his armies of conquest from Russia to India, from Turkestan to Anatolia. In this, the first full study of an extraordinary person, Beatrice Forbes Manz examines Tamerlane as the founder of a nomad …
The Path to Genocide
Essays on Launching the Final Solution
Häftad, 1995
293 kr
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The Nazi Holocaust haunts the modern imagination as one of the most compelling examples of the human capacity for organised atrocity on a mass scale. This authoritative account of the evolution of Nazi Jewish policy from 1939 to 1942 seeks to answer some of the fundamental questions about what …
The Myth of the Magus
Av E. M. Butler
Häftad, 1993
406 kr
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The Magus, a legendary magician of superhuman powers, is an archetype central to myth and religion across many cultures. Identifying its anthropological origins in ancient rituals performed by a shaman or wizard to ensure the prosperity of his tribe, E. M. Butler goes on to trace its subsequent …
The Pastons and their England
Studies in an Age of Transition
Häftad, 1990
586 kr
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The Paston letters have long exercised a tremendous fascination for their capacity to recreate in vivid detail the lives of an ordinary well-to-do fifteenth-century family. H. S. Bennett's classic study recreates beautifully their historical context and offers the additional perspectives provided …
The Secularization of the European Mind in the Nineteenth Century
Häftad, 1990
452 kr
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The declining hold of the Church and its doctrines on European society represents a major shift in Western life and thought. Owen Chadwick's acclaimed lectures on the secularisation of the European mind trace this movement in the nineteenth century, identifying and exploring both the social and the …
The Child and the Book
A Psychological and Literary Exploration
Häftad, 1990
481 kr
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Children's responses to literature are equally fascinating from the psychological and the literary point of view. Nicholas Tucker's exploratory study traces the relationship between the child and the book using both these perspectives, from the baby's first picture book to the moment when the …
Feminist Literary Studies
An Introduction
Häftad, 1990
467 kr
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The rise of feminism is undeniably one of the major events in the development of literary criticism this century. Feminist approaches have pushed forward both the theory of literary criticism and the understanding of individual works of literature. K. K. Ruthven's lucid introduction to the subject …
Reliable Knowledge
An Exploration of the Grounds for Belief in Science
Häftad, 1991
406 kr
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Why believe in the findings of science? John Ziman argues that scientific knowledge is not uniformly reliable, but rather like a map representing a country we cannot visit. He shows how science has many elements, including alongside its experiments and formulae the language and logic, patterns and …
Tales of the Yanomami
Daily Life in the Venezuelan Forest
Häftad, 1991
406 kr
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The Yanomami Indians, living in the depths of the Venezuelan forest, are one of the most interesting of the world's tribal peoples. Jacques Lizot lived among them for over fifteen years and has written an account which allows them to speak for themselves, in stories told by Yanomami individuals. …
Richelieu and Olivares
Häftad, 1991
367 kr
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Cardinal Richelieu is one of the best known and most studied statesmen in European history; his Spanish contemporary and rival, the Count-Duke of Olivares, one of the least known. The contrasting historical fortunes of the two men reflect the outcome of the great struggle in seventeenth-century …
Victorian Miniature
Häftad, 1991
288 kr
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Nancy Mitford once observed that some of the most bitter personal clashes of all time have been 'between the Manor and the Vicarage'. Owen Chadwick's Victorian Miniature paints a detailed cameo of nineteenth-century English rural life, in the extraordinary battle of wills between squire and parson …
Untying the Knot
A Short History of Divorce
Häftad, 1991
435 kr
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The rapid spread of divorce since the 1960s has dramatically affected family life in Western society. Extensive research has been devoted to this recent period of change, and yet the long-term history of divorce has remained surprisingly obscure. Roderick Phillips, author of the highly acclaimed …
The Great Wall of China
From History to Myth
Häftad, 1992
416 kr
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The Great Wall of China is renowned as one of the most impressive and intriguing man-made structures on earth. It is also the subject of an awesome mythology, embedded in both learned and popular imaginations, which has grown up and now obscured the historical record. Even the maps which chart the …
Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future
Av John Dunn
Häftad, 1993
292 kr
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John Dunn's Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future demonstrates that the major traditions of thought from which the political values of the modern West have emerged are all, in the light of recent world history, in crucial respects incoherent or flawed. This second edition underlines …
The Arab Predicament
Arab Political Thought and Practice since 1967
Av Fouad Ajami
Häftad, 1992
394 kr
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How have Arab political ideas and institutions evolved since the 1967 War? How have the Arabs contended with the external influences to which their wealth has exposed them? What are the implications of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism? Fouad Ajami seeks to answer these and related questions in …
Under this Blazing Light
Av Amos Oz
Inbunden, 1995
1221 kr
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This collection - published here in English for the first time - brings together a number of political, personal and literary pieces by Israel's most celebrated novelist and littérateur. Topics covered include: an examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a dispute between 'right and …
The Meanings of Death
Av John Bowker
Häftad, 1993
357 kr
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In The Meanings of Death, John Bowker offers a major contribution to debates about the value of death and its place in both Western and Eastern religions. Examining the themes of friendship and sacrifice in the world's major religions, Bowker argues that there are points of vital contact with …
Mr Bligh's Bad Language
Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty
Av Greg Dening
Häftad, 1994
422 kr
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Captain Bligh and the mutiny on the Bounty have become proverbial in their capacity to evoke the extravagant and violent abuse of power. But William Bligh was one of the least violent disciplinarians in the British navy. It is this paradox which inspired Greg Dening to ask why the mutiny took …
Space, Time and Man
A Prehistorian's View
Häftad, 1994
368 kr
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Human understanding of time and space has been developing since the most primitive societies began to record an awareness of their history and environment. Grahame Clark, a distinguished prehistorian, describes that process and its extension with the emergence of technology, social organisation and …
Myths of Modern Individualism
Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Robinson Crusoe
Av Ian Watt
Inbunden, 1996
1591 kr
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In this volume, Ian Watt examines the myths of Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan and Robinson Crusoe, as the distinctive products of modern society. He traces the way the original versions of Faust, Don Quixote and Don Juan - all written within a forty-year period during the Counter Reformation - …
Memories of Beethoven
From the House of the Black-Robed Spaniards
Av Gerhard von Breuning, Maynard Solomon
Häftad, 1995
418 kr
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These are the personal memories of an elderly man who, as a child, was closely acquainted with Beethoven. Gerhard von Breuning, the son of one of Beethoven's oldest friends, was a favourite of the ageing composer, who delighted in the boy's frequent visits. This firsthand account provides us with …
The English Stage
A History of Drama and Performance
Häftad, 1996
586 kr
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The English Stage tells the story of drama through its many changes in style and convention from medieval times to the present day. With a wide sweep of coverage, John Styan analyses the key features of staging, including early street theatre and public performance, the evolution of the playhouse …
Black Holes and the Universe
Häftad, 1995
406 kr
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Igor Novikov has been hailed as 'Russia's answer to Stephen Hawking'. In this popular account of the cosmic importance of black holes, he explores the properties and significance of these mysterious phenomena, which represent the most condensed state of matter in the Universe. Black holes are …
The Outer Reaches of Life
Häftad, 1995
445 kr
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The invisible world of microbes - capable of surviving in the most harsh and inhospitable conditions on earth - reveals the remarkable potential and resilience of life itself. John Postgate's fascinating exploration of these outer reaches of life shows how understanding microbes can provide new …
Japan's Capitalism
Creative Defeat and Beyond
Häftad, 1996
435 kr
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Japan's economic reconstruction after total defeat in the Second World War has been an extraordinary phenomenon. In Japan's Capitalism, Shigetu Tsuru, one of Japan's most eminent economists gives a comprehensive account of the recovery process, and a unique interpretation of the post-war Japanese …
Under this Blazing Light
Av Amos Oz
Häftad, 1996
422 kr
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This collection - published here in English for the first time - brings together a number of political, personal and literary pieces by Israel's most celebrated novelist and littérateur. Topics covered include: an examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a dispute between 'right and …
The Byzantine Lady
Ten Portraits, 1250-1500
Av Donald M. Nicol, Donald M. Nicol
Häftad, 1996
418 kr
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What kind of lives did women in the Byzantine empire lead? Just how subservient were they in so male-dominated a society? In this collection of biographies Donald M. Nicol uncovers the unexpected fact that in the later years of the empire, at least, some aristocratic women enjoyed influence and …
In the Company of Animals
A Study of Human-Animal Relationships
Häftad, 1996
356 kr
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What purpose, if any, do pets really serve? Are they simply an outlet for misplaced love? Or four-legged friends who help us to satisfy vital emotional needs? Whatever they are, when we elevate pets to the status of social companions, we undermine the distinction between human and non-human. In …
Myths of Modern Individualism
Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Robinson Crusoe
Av Ian Watt
Häftad, 1997
542 kr
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In this volume, Ian Watt examines the myths of Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan and Robinson Crusoe, as the distinctive products of modern society. He traces the way the original versions of Faust, Don Quixote and Don Juan - all written within a forty-year period during the Counter Reformation - …
