Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World (Weatherford Jack)(Paperback)

Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World (Weatherford Jack)(Paperback)

As entertaining as it is thoughtful....Few contemporary writers have Weatherford's talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate. --Washington Post After 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored in all its vivid

The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850 (Fagan Brian)(Paperback)

The groundbreaking history of how climate change transformed Europe and the world, from a renowned archaeologist -- updated with a new preface on the latest climate research The Little Ice Age tells the fascinating story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European

How Christianity Transformed the World (James Sharon)(Paperback)

Many people today would say that Christianity has done more harm than good to our world. Sharon James argues, however, in seeking to love their neighbour and reflect God's moral character the followers of Jesus have had a largely positive impact on our society. James takes a number of areas -

The Platform Economy: How Japan Transformed the Consumer Internet (Steinberg Marc)(Paperback)

The Encyclopedia of the Ancient Americas: The Everyday Life of America's Native Peoples: Aztec & Maya, Inca, Arctic Peoples, Native American Indian (Green Jen)(Paperback)

The Green Eyed Lama (Falt Jeffrey Lester)(Paperback)

'THE GREEN-EYED LAMA' IS THE BEST NOVEL EVER WRITTEN ABOUT MONGOLIA' (JACK WEATHERFORD)THE FIRST MONGOLIAN NOVEL EVER PUBLISHED IN THE WEST AN AWARD-WINNING, DECADE-LONG BESTSELLER IN MONGOLIA.The year is 1938. The newly-installed communist government of Mongolia, under orders from Moscow, has

On Indian Ground: The Northwest (hc) (Jacob Michelle M.)(Pevná vazba)

The second of ten regionally focused texts that explores American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian education in depth. The text is designed to be used by educators of Native youth and emphasizes best practices found throughout the

Mammoth Book of Native Americans (Lewis Jon E.)(Paperback / softback)

Truth, tragedy and magic, the story of America's original

Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech (Susskind Jamie)(Paperback)

Politics in the Twentieth Century was dominated by a single question: how much of our collective life should be determined by the state, and what should be left to the market and civil society? Now the debate is different: to what extent should our lives be directed and controlled by powerful

Viking London (Williams Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

London was reborn in the fires of the Viking Age, transformed by immigrants and natives, kings and commoners, warriors and

Native Harvests: American Indian Wild Foods and Recipes (Kavasch E. Barrie)(Paperback)

The most intelligent and brilliantly researched book on the food of the American Indian. --Craig Claiborne, The New York TimesThis wonderful book is not just a recipe collection, but a passport to foraging and to surviving close to nature. It will tell you how to prepare familiar foods such as

The Archaeology of Ancient North America (Pauketat Timothy R.)(Paperback)

This volume surveys the archaeology of Native North Americans from their arrival on the continent 15,000 years ago up to contact with European colonizers. Offering rich descriptions of monumental structures, domestic architecture, vibrant objects, and spiritual forces, Timothy R. Pauketat and

Geometry & Art: How Mathematics Transformed Art During the Renaissance (Wade David)(Pevná vazba)

A definitive look at how geometry changed the world of art forever. Geometry & Art follows the artists of the Renaissance, whose search for perspective and visual depth led them to the study of geometry. Influencing the work of artists such as Paulo Uccello, Piero della Francesco, and Leonardo Da

What Science Is and How It Really Works (Zimring James C.)(Paperback)

Scientific advances have transformed the world. However, science can sometimes get things wrong, and at times, disastrously so. Understanding the basis for scientific claims and judging how much confidence we should place in them is essential for individual choice, societal debates, and development

Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country (Slovo Gillian)(Paperback)

A passionate witness to the colossal upheaval that has transformed her native South Africa, Gillian Slovo has written a memoir that is far more than a story of her own life. For she is the daughter of Joe Slovo and Ruth First, South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid white activists, a daughter who

The Secular Enlightenment (Jacob Margaret)(Paperback)

A major history of how the Enlightenment transformed people's everyday lives The Secular Enlightenment is a panoramic account of the radical ways life began to change for ordinary people in the age of Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau. In this landmark book, familiar Enlightenment figures share places

The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America (King Thomas)(Paperback)

In The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King offers a deeply knowing, darkly funny, unabashedly opinionated, and utterly unconventional account of Indian-White relations in North America since initial contact. Ranging freely across the centuries and the Canada-U.S. border, King debunks fabricated

Native American Wisdom: A Spiritual Tradition at One with Nature (Jacobs Alan)(Pevná vazba)

An anthology of inspirational writings from Native Americans. Despite the diversity among Native American peoples, a cardinal belief is held in common by all - reverence for the land. This badly-needed message reminds us that we cannot separate our place on Earth from our lives on this planet. To

Native American History for Dummies (Lippert Dorothy)(Paperback)

Call them Native Americans, American Indians, indigenous peoples, or first nations -- a vast and diverse array of nations, tribes, and cultures populated every corner of North America long before Columbus arrived. Native American History For Dummies reveals what is known about their pre-Columbian

Native Americans in Children's Literature (Stott Jon)(Paperback)

Build high-interest theme lesson plans that accurately portray Native peoples and cultures with this authoritative guide to the best children's fiction. Professor Jon Stott describes books on Native Americans and their cultures for readers through junior high school age. This highly readable

Eifelheim (Flynn Michael)(Paperback)

The alien world of medieval Europe lives again, transformed by the physics of the future, by a winner of the Heinlein Award Over the centuries, one small town in Germany has disappeared and never been resettled. Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested

The Mythology of Native North America (Leeming David Adams)(Paperback)

Most North Americans experience mythology by way of translations of classical texts, and surprisingly few of us are familiar with Coyote, Spider Woman, Water Jar boy, Falling Sky Woman, or the epic of the Blessingway - to name just a few of the stories retold in this collection of significant myths

Indian Ocean (Spilsbury Louise)(Paperback / softback)

This book introduces children to the Indian Ocean, looking at islands and how the Equator affects temperature and weather. Children are encouraged to use geographical skills to locate information by reading maps and interpreting simple keys. This series complements the Introducing Continents

Indian Mutiny - 1857 (David Saul)(Paperback / softback)

In 1857 the native troops of the Bengal army rose against their colonial masters. The ensuing insurrection was to become the bloodiest in the history of the British Empire. This title explores one of Britain's most harrowing colonial