History - Civilization

Most books on the Roman and Greek Empires deal with famous figures or events, but Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants focuses on things that seldom appear in history books: myths and magic, barbers and birth control, fine wine and the daily grind....

Napoleone: La vita italiana durante la Rivoluzione francese e l'Impero La notte dopo il 12 aprile del 1796, un giovane comandante d'esercito, passata la Bormida con una vanguardia di ottomila Francesi, veniva ragionando in certa sua forma tra imperiosa e familiare con uno di...

Follow the fascinating threads of human history in this monumental volume, amply illustrated with maps, archival imagery, and revealing photographs. From the dawn of humankind to the modern age, every era and civilization, war and innovation, is revealed in this comprehensive work. History comes...

If you want to explore the shocking history of the Native Americans then keep reading..."History is written by the victors," said the victor Winston Churchill. But does that compromise the truth of what really happened?Propaganda has always played a crucial role in turning tides...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "A magisterial overview of a thousand years of Native American history" (The New York Review of Books), from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today WINNER...

The 15,000-year story of how grass seduced humanity into being its unwitting labor force--and the science behind it. Domesticated crops were not human creations, and agriculture was not simply invented. As Robert N. Spengler shows, domestication was the result of an evolutionary process in...

New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century - A Study of Social, Political, and Religious DevelopmentsThe substance of the following volume was delivered in the form of lectures in the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh during Session 1904-5. As "Alexander Robertson" lecturer in...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. "Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we...

Nights with the GodsThe great spirits of the past, chiefly Hellenes, recently revisited England. With a view to an exchange of ideas on English contemporary life, they met at night in various towns of Italy, where, by the favour of Dionysus, the author was...

Author: Anthony T. BrowderPublisher: Institute of Karmic GuidancePublished: 12/01/1992Pages: 296Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 10.20h x 7.40w x 0.70dISBN: 9780924944031

Observations critiques sur l'archélogie dite préhistorique, spécialement en ce qui concerne la race celtique (1879)Congrs international d'Anthropologie et d'Archologie prhistorique: sessions de Paris, de Norwich, de Bologne et de Bruxelles.Alex. Bertrand, Archologie celtique et gauloise.De Sacken, Das Grabfeld von Hallstatt.Desor, Les Palafittes du lac...

The freedom to read is under attack.From the destruction of libraries in ancient Rome to today's state-sponsored efforts to suppress LGBTQ+ literature, book bans arise from the impulse toward social control. In a survey of legal cases, literary controversies, and philosophical arguments, Ira Wells...

"The best education in grand strategy available in a single volume . . . a book that should be read by every American leader or would-be leader."--The Wall Street Journal A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has...

A lively history of punctuation, from ancient times to the age of the emoji. "Rich, wise, and elegantly told. This is a treasure chest of pleasingly obscure information." --Dennis Duncan, author of Index, A History of the You know the lively exclamation mark, the...

Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, newly introduced by Marcuse scholar Douglas Kellner, presents Marcuse's best-selling work to another generation of readers in the context...

The definitive history of the Ottoman Empire "Lucid, judicious and enjoyable." (Times Literary Supplement) The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and most influential empires in world history. Its reach extended to three continents and it survived for more than six centuries, but...

Paisagens da China e do Japão Title: Paisagens da China e do Japo Author: Wenceslau de Moraes Release Date: May 20, 2008 [EBook #25537] Language: Portuguese Credits: Produced by Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from...

All golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth; yet no two are the same. Their beliefs, societies and place in the wider world all vary. Despite this, all previous golden ages have ended, whether...

"Could a history book be more timely?" --The Economist "Norberg is a prophet of anti-pessimism." --The Guardian Golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth: Ancient Greece gave us democracy and the rule of the...