The object of this book is to present a popular narrative of the Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History to China in 1916-17. Details of a purely scientific nature ha……続きを見る
Although the commercial products of whales have contributed largely to the comfort and welfare of the civilized world for over a thousand years, never have the animals been of greater economic impor……続きを見る
Scholars have recently begun to study collections of Byzantine historical excerpts as autonomous pieces of literature. This book focuses on a series of minor collections that have received little or……続きを見る
Hymn to Hari. I praise, with devotion, the All-pervading (Vishnu), Who, Himself without origin, is the origin of the universe, in Whom this wheel of samsara [**] revolves in this wise, and, on reali……続きを見る
This book examines the ways in which race and gender have shaped and continue to inform African American literature. African American texts create a black literary and cultural identity interpreting……続きを見る
From slaves to sultans, the history of the Mamluks is one of a prodigious rise to power, an epic worthy of a place alongside the most exciting of adventure novels. Palace uprisings, bloody intrigues……続きを見る
Matilda, wife of the great William, the Conqueror, was an exceedingly handsome woman, and as she had received the best education that was possible in her times, she was as celebrated for her learnin……続きを見る
In recent years there has been a widely-recognized and serious lack of rational and civil public discussion about current issues. In The American Legal System and Civic Engagement, Manaster asserts ……続きを見る
This text addresses whether and how religion and religious institutions affect American politics. For some time, analysts have argued that the conflicts of the New Deal era rendered cultural differe……続きを見る
Histoire et coutumes sexuelles africaines.
L’Afrique a une multitude d’ethnies et conséquemment une pluralité de coutumes. Les rites d’initiation sexuelle ont une place de choix dans ce vaste champ ……続きを見る
In its retrieval and (re)construction, the past has become interwoven with the images and structure of cinema. Not only have mass mediaーespecially film and televisionーshaped the content of memorie……続きを見る
This report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Over the past two decades, the international community has employed various transitional justice m……続きを見る
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HE girl and her chaperon had T been deposited early in the de sir……続きを見る
Since Ursula Andress's white-bikini debut in Dr No, 'Bond Girls' have been simultaneously celebrated as fashion icons and dismissed as 'eye-candy'. But the visual glamour of the women of James Bond ……続きを見る
Quiz Time History is an exhaustive book including interesting and Brain-teasing questions and answers on almost all the phases of our glorious past. This quiz book consists of three main parts: Part……続きを見る
The Lebanese civil war, which spanned the years of 1975 to 1990,caused the migration of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens, many of whom are still writing of their experiences. Jumana Bayeh ……続きを見る
This book is a comprehensive analysis of the domestic and foreign politics of Iran, focusing on its complex nature from political, social and cultural perspectives. It has adopted a multidisciplinar……続きを見る
Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley have been researching quarantine since long before the COVID-19 pandemic. With Until Proven Safe, they bring us a book as compelling as it is definitive, not only ur……続きを見る
DURING the year 1890 I had been formulating my first dim notion as to what it was I wanted to do in life. For two years and more I had been reading Eugene Field’s “Sharps and Flats,” a column he wro……続きを見る
'Manaugh and Twilley shed illuminating light on a phenomenon that seems utterly of the present moment.' Financial Times’ Best Books of the Year
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'Hurricane Season 2017' is an account of the destruction, death, and the devastating aftermath of the 2017 Category 5 Hurricanes Irma and Maria on the Caribbean's Leeward Islands, Vieques, and Puert……続きを見る
It was impossibly expensive, extraordinarily dangerous, and completely unarmed. The U.S. Navy’s state-of-the-art NR-1 nuclear powered submersible was the Cold War’s most closely guarded - and revolu……続きを見る
He was profoundly versed in úfiism. He said, by way of precept: “See that ye guard your hearts, for God knows your secret thoughts.” “Guarding the heart” consists in not turning to others (than God)……続きを見る
Beloved! I wish to call you "my beloved," whoever you are who have taken up this my love-message to read, for you are the beloved of my BelovedーKrishna. I may not know you, nor you me, and yet we h……続きを見る
Out from the door of the house burst the laughing, shouting little lad. He raced across the grass and halted by the tulip-bed; there, with yet more shouts of full-throated baby laughter, he turned t……続きを見る
Depuis quelques décennies, le paysage brassicole français connaît de grands bouleversements. Le phénomène des micro-brasseries, en pleine expansion, a permis la valorisation de la bière artisanale d……続きを見る
Un viaggio straordinario tra i luoghi più sacri del pianeta alla ricerca dell’energia nascosta…
In visita a luoghi naturali e siti archeologici densi di significato presenti in tutto il mondo – incl……続きを見る
Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision's fiftieth anniversary, this collection addresses the significance of Brown in the contributors' live……続きを見る
This book examines instances of transformative dissent, turning points or shifts in popular mobilisation patterns in contemporary India, while adopting a historical approach and analysing past event……続きを見る
Endülüs, Müslümanların Avrupa ile temas noktasını oluşturmaktadır. Müslümanlar Endülüs'ü, geçti-ği boğaza adını veren Tarık b. Ziyad gibi tarihte ün salan komutanların liderliğinde fethetmişlerdir. ……続きを見る
