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Daily life in pre-Columbian Native America

What was life like for native peoples in present-day North America before their lives were disrupted by European conquest? What was their day-to-day existence? How often did they wage war on other tribes? What did they use in religious ceremonies? Did they farm the land ...

Daily life behind the Iron Curtain

This compelling book describes how everyday people courageously survived under repressive Communist regimes until the voices and actions of rebellious individuals resulted in the fall of the Iron Curtain in Europe. Part of Greenwood's Daily Life through History series, Daily Life behind the Iron ...

Daily life in Maya civilization

Experience daily life in Maya civilization, from its earliest beginnings to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. Narrative chapters describe Mayan political life, economy, social structure, religion, writing, warfare, and scientific methods. Readers will explore the Mayan calendar, counting system, hunting and gathering methods ...

Daily life in the Ottoman Empire

This book provides a general overview of the daily life in a vast empire which contained numerous ethnic, linguistic, and religious communities. The Ottoman Empire was an Islamic imperial monarchy that existed for over 600 years. At the height of its power in the 16th ...

The history of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

This survey of Czech and Slovak history traces the development of two neighboring peoples through the creation of a common Czechoslovakian state in 1918 to the founding of the independent Czech and Slovak Republics in 1993 and beyond. The History of the Czech Republic and ...

The Scythian empire

Central Eurasia and the birth of the classical age from Persia to China

A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world In the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors conquered and unified most of the vast Eurasian continent, creating an innovative empire that would give birth to the age ...

The age of Reconstruction

how Lincoln's new birth of freedom remade the world

A sweeping history of how Union victory in the American Civil War inspired democratic reforms, revolutions, and emancipation movements in Europe and the Americas The Age of Reconstruction looks beyond post-Civil War America to tell the story of how Union victory and Lincoln's assassination ...

How the West became antisemitic

jews and the formation of Europe, 800-1500

An examination of how the Jews-real and imagined-so challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new ways In medieval Europe, Jews were not passive victims of the Christian community, as is often assumed ...

Polis

a new history of the ancient Greek city-state from the early Iron Age to the end of antiquity

A definitive new history of the origins, evolution, and scope of the ancient Greek city-state The Greek polis, or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on the principles of citizenship, freedom, and equality. Emerging around 650 BCE and enduring to 350 CE ...

AI snake oil

what artificial intelligence can do, what it can't, and how to tell the difference

From two of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI-and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products Confused about AI and worried about what it means for your future and the future of the ...

Birthing Romans

childbearing and its risks in Imperial Rome

How Romans coped with the anxieties and risks of childbirth Across the vast expanse of the Roman Empire, anxieties about childbirth tied individuals to one another, to the highest levels of imperial politics, even to the movements of the stars. Birthing Romans sheds critical light ...

The world the plague made

the Black Death and the rise of Europe

A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and caused ...

Autobiografía de Alice B. Toklas

Bajo el pretexto de escribir las memorias de Alice B. Toklas, su íntima amiga, secretaria y confidente, Gertrude Stein, no solo nos cuenta la historia de su propia vida sino que nos ofrece la deliciosa crónica de treinta años de vida parisiense. «Hoy en día ...

Las palabras de la bestia hermosa

Breve manual de psiquiatría con alma

Un manual de psiquiatría con alma. «Esta extraordinaria y bella indagación en las fronteras de larealidad y de la cordura es una guía fascinante de las regiones inexploradas de lo humano. Aquí hay dragones, como decían los antiguos mapas». ROSA MONTERO Tras más de veinte ...

Isla maldita

(Camino Island; 3)

El librero Bruce Cable vuelve a protagonizar una novela llena de sol, arena... y crimen. Repleto de emoción, intriga e idílicos escenarios, el nuevo libro de Grisham nos transporta a una isla en la costa de Florida con un pasado violento y un futuro incierto ...

Una salida honrosa

Hay muchas maneras de abandonar un país ya esquilmado, unas más honrosas que otras. Hay también muchas maneras de contarlo, pero la de Éric Vuillard es única. «Un libro terrible, históricamente insoportable.» Bernard Pivot «Una serie de escenas entretejidas por una escritura brillante. Bajo la ...

No te veré morir

UNA EMOCIONANTE NOVELA SOBRE LA FUERZA DEL AMOR Y SUS ESPEJISMOS.Durante su juventud, Gabriel Aristu y Adriana Zuber protagoni­zaron una apasionada historia de amor que parecía destinada a durar para siempre. El futuro, sin embargo, tenía otros planes para ellos. Separados durante cincuenta ...

Venganza

Una brecha en el corazón humano que permite atisbar las pesadillas ocultas.«Estas historias parecen penetrar hasta el corazón del mundo para descubrir que es un lugar frío y espeluznante.» Hilary Mantel «Al leer Venganza uno queda atrapado en una telaraña hermosa, letal.» Words Without ...

El miedo a la libertad

Recuperamos una de las obras clave de Erich Fromm para comprender que la libertad no siempre es lo que parece.Erich Fromm es un referente del humanismo cultural del que han disfrutado varias generaciones de lectores; y esta es una de sus obras esenciales para ...

La encrucijada mundial

Un manual del mañana

Pedro Baños con su libro más revolucionario. el autor que ha cautivado a más de 300.000 lectores. «ME ACUSARÁN DE REVOLUCIONARIO, Y ESTARÁN EN LO CIERTO.»Si en sus anteriores libros Pedro Baños ofrecía un lúcido análisis de las relaciones de poder, esta nueva ...