The Library of Ancient Wisdom pieces together a vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life from the shattered remnants of the 30,000 or so tablets in Ashurbanipals library... which not only bring kings and queens to life, but also priests, traders...Loe edasi...
Anthropology and AI explores the complex intersection of artificial intelligence and human society through a diverse collection of anthropological and social scientific perspectives.Artificial intelligence is rapidly accelera...Loe edasi...
This Element explores Jacques Derridas concept of hauntology and its connection to experimental music. Focusing on the 1960s, it examines how composers like John Cage and Luigi Nono used records and tape in composition. The Element delves into lo...Loe edasi...
Truly eye-opening . . . The most accessible and coherent introduction to Chomskys ideas Irish Times The land of the free. The home of the brave. But what has America achieved in the aim of spreading democracy except wreak havoc across...Loe edasi...
A ground-breaking and essential work of history the first of its kind to closely examine the British Royal Familys connection with the transatlantic slave trade...Loe edasi...
A sustained study of Harriet Jacobss as a political philosopher, casting her as major theorist of nature of slavery. Bringing Jacobs into dialogue with Frederick Douglass, the author argues that Jacobss emphasis on sexual abuse and the importance...Loe edasi...
From the bestselling Ukrainian cookery writer comes a profound meditation on the hopes and fears across generations amid political upheaval...Loe edasi...
**LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026** **Winner of the National Book Award for Translated Literature** A sumptuous and surreal historical reimagining of one of South Americas best-known trans men, Antonio de Erau...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Sep-2024, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The Sutherland House Inc., ISBN-13: 9781998365463)
“Dancing makes you feel heaps better” – DianaIn 1981, after the wedding of the century, Anne Allan, a dancer, and ballet mistress with the London City Ballet, was offered an unusual assignment. Her Royal Highness Diana, the Princess...Loe edasi...
It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism - the real motives for which despotic governments act Shooting an Elephant was the first piece of writin...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Feb-2023, Hardback, Kirjastus: Pitkin Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781841659565)
Fully illustrated with beautiful photographs, this special commemorative book by royal biographer Brian Hoey—who had the privilege of meeting Diana on several occasions—pays tribute to the life of this remarkable young woman.Diana, Pri...Loe edasi...
Modern slavery is widespread, but systemic injustice in society means this crime is able to perpetuate, hidden in plain sight. This exposé shares moving survivor stories uncovering the harsh reality of modern slavery, and reveals what is going o...Loe edasi...
A new edition of this best-selling history of Britain, from Roman times, now updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century.The Oxford History of Britain tells the story of Br...Loe edasi...
This book takes the concept of piracy as a starting point to discuss the instability of property as a social construction and how this is spatially situated. Piracy is understood as acts and practices that emerge in zones where the construction an...Loe edasi...
This is a riveting and disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in and around Japan during WWII.Some of the cruelest deeds of Japans war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Jun-2017, Hardback, Kirjastus: Ammonite Press, ISBN-13: 9781781453018)
The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the worlds greatest thinkers and creative. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all of...Loe edasi...
From Robert Macfarlane, the acclaimed author of The Old Ways—a celebration of the language of landscape and the power of words to shape our sense of place For years now, the British writer Robert Macfarlane has been collect...Loe edasi...
