wyszukanych pozycji: 8
When There Were Birds: The forgotten history of our connections
ISBN: 9781408713570 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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126,69 zł |
Archaeological Illustration
ISBN: 9780521103176 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This volume, originally published in 1989, is intended as a practical guide to archaeological illustration, from drawing finds in the field to technical studio drawing for publication. It is also an invaluable reference tool for the interpretation of illustrations and their status as archaeological evidence. The book's ten chapters start from first principles and guide the illustrator through the historical development of archaeological illustration and basic skills. Each chapter then deals with a different illustrative technique - drawing in the field during survey work and excavation,...
This volume, originally published in 1989, is intended as a practical guide to archaeological illustration, from drawing finds in the field to technic...
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288,32 zł |
The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo
ISBN: 9780143113928 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. As he did with his much lauded Nelson's Trafalgar, Roy Adkins (now writing with wife Lesley) again thrusts readers into the perils and thrills of early-nineteenth-century warfare. From its very first page, this is an adventure story?a superb account of the naval war that lasted from Napoleon's seizure of power in 1798 to the War of 1812 with the United States. Providing a ringside seat to the decisive battles, as well as detailed and vivid portraits of sailors and commanders, press-gangs, prostitutes, and spies, The War for All the Oceans is ?a rollicking, patriotic account of...
As he did with his much lauded Nelson's Trafalgar, Roy Adkins (now writing with wife Lesley) again thrusts readers into the perils and thrills ...
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104,08 zł |
Jane Austen's England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods
ISBN: 9780143125723 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An authoritative account of everyday life in Regency England, the backdrop of Austen s beloved novels
Nearly two centuries after her death, Jane Austen remains the most cherished of all novelists in the English language, incomparable in the wit, warmth, and insight with which she depicts her characters and life. Yet the milieu Austen presents is only one aspect of the England in which she lived, a time of war, unrest, and dramatic changes in the country s physical and social landscape. Jane Austen s England offers a fascinating new view of the great novelist s time, in a... An authoritative account of everyday life in Regency England, the backdrop of Austen s beloved novels
Nearly two centuries after her death,... |
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104,08 zł |
Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England: How our ancestors lived two centuries ago
ISBN: 9780349138602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England explores the real England of Jane Austen's lifetime. It was a troubled period, with disturbing changes in industry and agriculture and a constant dread of invasion and revolution. The comfortable, tranquil country of her fiction is a complete contrast to the England in which she actually lived. From forced marriages and the sale of wives in marketplaces to boys and girls working down mines or as chimney sweeps, this enthralling social history reveals how our ancestors worked, played and struggled to survive. Taking in the horror of ghosts and witches,...
Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England explores the real England of Jane Austen's lifetime. It was a troubled period, with disturbing changes in indus...
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65,84 zł |
Dictionary of Roman Religion
ISBN: 9780195142334 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Long overshadowed by Greek mythology or treated peripherally in general texts on the ancient Roman world, Roman religion is finally accorded its due and set in its full context as no other reference source has done before. While perhaps most familiar in the context of Greek-influenced gods, Roman religious life in fact encompassed a tremendous variety of deities, rites, and belief systems.
From the Celtic god Abandinus to the pagan historian Zosimus, Dictionary of Roman Religion contains more than 1,400 entries, covering topics such as festivals, sacrifices, temples, burial rites, deities... Long overshadowed by Greek mythology or treated peripherally in general texts on the ancient Roman world, Roman religion is finally accorded its due a...
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79,96 zł |
Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome
ISBN: 9780195123326 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This handy reference provides full access to the 1,200 years of Roman rule from the 8th century B.C. to the 5th century A.D., including information that is hard to find and even harder to decipher. Clear, authoritative, and highly organized, Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome provides a unique look at a civilization whose art, literature, law, and engineering influenced the whole of Western Europe throughout the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and beyond. The myriad topics covered include rulers; the legal and governmental system; architectural feats such as the famous Roman roads and aqueducts;...
This handy reference provides full access to the 1,200 years of Roman rule from the 8th century B.C. to the 5th century A.D., including information th...
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121,73 zł |
The Handbook of British Archaeology
ISBN: 9780333348437 / Angielski / Miękka / 1983 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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81,85 zł |