The Origins of the Choson Dynasty (Duncan John B.)(Paperback)

The Origins of the Choson Dynasty (Duncan John B.)(Paperback)

The Origins of the Choson Dynasty provides an exhaustive analysis of the structure and composition of Korea's central officialdom during the transition from the Koryo dynasty (918-1392) to the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) and offers a new interpretation of the history of traditional

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation (Hobson John M.)(Paperback)

John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the 'Rise of the West' that assume that Europeans have pioneered their own development, and that the East has been a passive by-stander. Describing the rise of what he calls the 'Oriental West', Hobson argues that Europe first

The Origins of Neuro Linguistic Programming (Grinder John)(Paperback)

Edited by John Grinder and Frank Pucelik, the book's contributors include: Robert Dilts, Stephen Gilligan, Judith Delozier, Byron Lewis, Terry McClendon (author of the first history of NLP, The Wild Days). The Origins of Neuro Linguistic Programming brings together the recollections and thoughts

Essential Judge Dredd: Origins (Wagner John)(Paperback)

The essential Judge Dredd graphic novel series - the ultimate introduction to the Lawman of the Future! The origin of Judge Dredd, and the Mega-City One Justice system - This is Judge Dredd: Year One An unusual delivery is made to the Grand Hall of Justice, a package that will force Dredd to lead a

Brief History of the Future (Naughton John)(Paperback / softback)

The only book that tells the whole story of the internet from its origins in the 1940s to the advent of the worldwide web at the dawn of the 21st

The Shang Dynasty (Claybourne Anna)(Paperback)

A fascinating insight into the history of one of our ancient civilizations the Shang dynasty, their society, culture, belief system, and way of life in China over 500 years ago. Who were they, how did they rule, and what was life like under their power? Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to

Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins (Ayto John)(Mixed media product)

The Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins is the only dictionary of word origins for schools, featuring histories of many thousands of words. Also includes a thematic topic section ideal for project

Paradise Lost (Milton John)(Paperback)

John Milton's celebrated epic poem exploring the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's existence A Penguin Classic In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time, populated by a memorable

The Suicide Squad Case Files 2 (Ostrander John)(Paperback)

Discover the legacy and origins of the Suicide Squad's eclectic characters in this collection of key stories in anticipation of James Gunn's The Suicide Squad film The Suicide Squad teams up a strange and untamed cast of characters--ranging from squad veterans like Harley Quinn and Captain

Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar (Holland Tom)(Paperback / softback)

A masterful history of Rome's first imperial dynasty by the award-winning author of Rubicon, Persian Fire and In the Shadow of the

REV: The Machine Dynasty, Book III (Ashby Madeline)(Paperback)

In the third and final installment of the Machine Dynasty, the rapture for which the self-replicating humanoid vN were engineered finally comes to pass. Now that the failsafe that once kept vN from harming humans has been hacked, all vN are discovering the promise - and the peril - of free will

The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic (Duncan Mike)(Paperback)

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (Bailyn Bernard)(Paperback)

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes, has become a classic of American historical literature. Hailed at its first appearance as 'the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation,' it was enlarged in

The Davis Dynasty: Fifty Years of Successful Investing on Wall Street (Rothchild John)(Paperback)

Bestsellerautor John Rothchild erz hlt hier die Geschichte dreier Generationen der legend ren Davis Familie, die zu den erfolgreichsten Anlegern in der Geschichte der Wall Street z hlt. Geistreich und mit viel Liebe zum Detail pr sentiert Rothchild eine Chronik der Finanzeskapaden des exzentrischen

Origins of the Kabbalah (Scholem Gershom Gerhard)(Paperback)

With the publication of The Origins of Kabbalah in 1950, one of the most important scholars of our century brought the obscure world of Jewish mysticism to a wider audience for the first time. A crucial work in the oeuvre of Gershom Scholem, this book details the beginnings of the Kabbalah in

China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty (Benn Charles)(Paperback)

The Tang Dynasty (618-907), traditionally regarded as the golden age of China, was a time of patricians and intellectuals, Buddhist monks and Taoist priests, poetry and music, song and dance. In China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty, Charles Benn paints a vivid picture of the

King Arthur (St John Parker Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Learn about the origins of stories about the Round Table, Excalibur and Camelot in this informative full-colour guide, exploring the mysterious King Arthur and the accompanying images of power, chivalry and

Last Waltz - The Strauss Dynasty and Vienna (Suchet John)(Paperback / softback)

The Sunday Times bestseller: how the Strauss family took Europe by storm during the nineteenth

Three Kingdoms, Part Two (Luo Guanzhong)(Paperback)

Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 b.c.-a.d. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. This decisive period in Chinese history became a subject of intense and continuing interest to historians, poets, and dramatists. Writing

The Origins of Greek Thought (Vernant Jean-Pierre)(Paperback)

Jean-Pierre Vernant's concise, brilliant essay on the origins of Greek thought relates the cultural achievement of the ancient Greeks to their physical and social environment and shows that what they believed in was inseparable from the way they lived. The emergence of rational thought, Vernant

The Horsieman: Memories of a Traveller 1928-58 (Williamson Duncan)(Paperback)

Duncan Williamson was the son, grandson and great grandson of nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers and storytellers. In this book, he describes his life as a traveler with verve, candor and intimacy, recounting a childhood spent on the shores of Loch Fyne, work on the small hill farms in the

Hidden History: Ancient Aliens and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization (Willis Jim)(Paperback)

Investigates and questions the scientific consensus on the origins of civilization Do we, the human species, really know who we are or where we came from or how we originated or our place in the cosmos? Or is much of what we have been taught wrong or misguided or possibly even blatant lies

The Road to Delano (Desimone John)(Pevná vazba)

A high school senior, Jack Duncan dreams of playing college baseball and leaving the political turmoil of the agricultural town Delano behind. Ever since his father, a grape grower, died ten years earlier, he's suspected that his mother has been hiding the truth from him about the suspicious

The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction (Sterne Jonathan)(Paperback)

The Audible Past explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. It describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to the sound recording and the transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. With an ear for the unexpected, scholar and musician Jonathan Sterne uses the