For much of the last half of the twentieth century, W. G. Lambert devoted much of his research energy and effort to the study of Babylonian texts dealing with Mesopotamian ideas regarding creation, including especially Enuma Elish. This volume, which appears almost exactly 2 years after Lambert's..

Examines the ways in which hair has served as a signifier of class, gender, ethnicity, conformity/non-comfority, authority, and power throughout history. Countless issues and examples are explored in this volume including: hair styles of royalty; wig ..

Kniha Memoirs of the Polish Baroque autora Jan Chryzostom Pasek,Catherine S. Leach vydaná v nakladatelství University of California Press v roce 2022, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 418, ISBN-13: 9780520367647, zařazení do kategorie: V

Japan's ancient age was a period of radical and political change during which a Chinese-style empire emerged. This volume of The Cambridge History of Japan spans the beginnings of human existence to the end of the eighth century, focusing on the thou ..

The Ling shu, also known as the Ling shu jing, is part of a unique and seminal trilogy of ancient Chinese medicine, together with the Su wen and Nan jing. Following an introduction, this volume contains the full original Chinese text of the Ling shu, ..

During the 1920s and 1930s the new medium of radio broadcasting promised to transform society by fostering national unity and strengthening and popularising national cultures. However, many hoped that ‚wireless‘ would also encourage international understan

Kniha World Prehistory autora Fagan,Brian M. (University of California,USA),Nadia Durrani vydaná v nakladatelství Taylor & Francis Ltd v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 544, ISBN-13: 9781032366005, zařazení do kategorie:

Initially intended as a single volume edition, this work of encyclopedic proportions by Didier Laugier, will finally appear in a two volume series. Rich in both photographs and text, this first volume presents the development of the assault gun, its ..

Kniha Worlds of Medieval Europe vydaná v nakladatelství Oxford University Press Inc v roce 2021, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 688, ISBN-13: 9780197571538, zařazení do kategorie: Historie a archeologie.

In Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank, R. P. Hunnicutt provides the comprehensive history of the technological evolution that led to the production of Sherman M4 in 1942 and its development, variants, and modifications. Althoug

The first book to clearly explain the science used by paleontologists and the new, cutting-edge techniques that led to the discovery of Seismosaurus, the longest dinosaur yet known----and possibly the largest land animal to have ever lived. The book ..

The Violet Throne is an intricate tool of personal evolution, internal initiation and profound liberation. Composed by distinct methodically crafted occult grimoires that establish an elaborate foundation of Asetian wisdom, this transcendent tome that u