History - Civilization

Lost in Time: Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge is a fascinating journey through the annals of human knowledge, exploring the cyclical nature of discovery and oblivion. This historiography of science and technology delves into forgotten epochs like lost civilizations and unveils surprising facts such...

"Wyman evokes the sights, sounds and smells of entire lifeways that have disappeared....Lost Worlds convinces us of the value of slowing down to recognize the tremendous diversity of the human past. But he presses hard against the conclusion that there was any direction or...

With over 5 million copies sold worldwide of Fingerprints of the Gods, its New York Times bestselling sequel Magicians of the Gods brings new evidence supporting Hancock's thesis that a global cataclysm wiped out a great global civilization. On the heels of the very...

Science and religion have always been at each other's throats, right? Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today. 'A deeply researched history of the...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - Finalist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed...

Mediaeval SocialismThe title of this book may not unnaturally provoke suspicion. After all, howsoever we define it, socialism is a modern thing, and dependent almost wholly on modern conditions. It is an economic theory which has been evolved under pressure of circumstances which are...

The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England We tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe...

Medieval PeopleFor years after the first edition of Medieval People had come out, Eileen Power collected notes and made plans for several essays to be included in an enlarged edition of the book. Of these essays only one, "The Precursors", had been written out...

A lavishly illustrated guide to the medieval world covering the years 500 to 1500 around the world, including the Crusades, Marco Polo's travels to China, the Aztec Empire and more. Full of fascinating facts, maps and time charts, with contents and index pages for...

Mediæval BywaysOriginal research amongst the legal and other documents preserved in the Public Record Office, and similar depositories of ancient archives is a pursuit which our friends politely assume must be very interesting, chiefly because they cannot believe that any one would undertake so...

Mesmer e il magnetismo - La vita italiana durante la Rivoluzione francese e l'Impero Su Mesmer e sul magnetismo animale si scrissero tanti libri che se ne farebbe una biblioteca. La libreria di Washington, che serve ai medici militari, conteneva, nel 1887, venti giornali...

Highlighting the long and intricate history behind the myths and legends of the Aztecs, the Maya, the Toltecs and the Olmecs. Gorgeous Collector's Edition. Mesoamerican culture is rooted in the region of modern Mexico where some 3500 years ago ancient peoples called the Olmecs...

In a captivating tour of cities famous and forgotten, acclaimed historian Ben Wilson tells the glorious, millennia-spanning story how urban living sparked humankind's greatest innovations. "A towering achievement.... Reading this book is like visiting an exhilarating city for the first time--dazzling." --The Wall Street...

The co-host of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs.Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In...

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Author: Jim FarfagliaPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 09/11/2026Pages: 250Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53dISBN: 9798185682494This title is not returnable

Muoto- ja muistikuvia IKirjailijalle ovat pienetkin kirjoitukset niin sanoakseni elmntapahtumia, ja jostakin itsenssilyttmisvaistosta hn toisinaan kuvittelee niiden ansaitsevan pitemp olemassaoloa kuin syntymis- tai ilmestymispiv, jos ne net piilevt jonkun aikakautisen tai tilapisen julkaisun ktkss. Minussa tm kuvittelu on kohdistunut varsinkin kirjoituksiin, joiden aineella lienee...

Muoto- ja muistikuvia IITmn toisen Muoto- ja Muistikuvasarjan ensi ryhmn olen myskin, sisllyst muuttamatta, ottanut 40 vuotta sitte laatimani esitelmn Aleksis Kivest, vaikka itse myhemmin olen laajentanut alkupuolen siit johdannoksi runoilijan valittuihin teoksiin. Ymmrrettvsti se on monessa kohden heikko ja puutteellinen, mutta vasta-alkajan erikoistuotteenakin...

Muoto- ja muistikuvia IIISamoin kuin molemmat edelliset sislt tm kolmas ja viimeinen Muoto- ja Muistikuvasarja sek vanhempaa ett uutta. Kuvaukseni Ebba Stenbckist, Kaarle Jaakko Gummeruksesta ja Karl Fredrik Enebergist ovat net kirjoitetut sen jlkeen, kun toinen sarja syksyll 1912 oli ilmestynyt. Nit mainitutta kirjoituksia...

Museum of Antiquity: A Description of Ancient LifeEgypt, Greece and Italy were the fountain heads of our civilization and the source of our knowledge; to them we can trace, link by link, the origin of all that is ornamental, graceful and beautiful. It is...