Hakutulokset: [histories]
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A Little History of Art
A thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the first artworks ever made to art’s central role in culture today “This lively volume is ideal for the precocious …
Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa
In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in Central and West Africa during the era of the Atlantic slave trade, Kalle Kananoja focuses on African and European perceptions …
A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance
A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1650, a time of change, conflict, and transformation. Innovations in color production transformed the …
Mudlark'd: Hidden Histories from the River Thames
A captivating history of London as told through objects recovered from the muddy banks of the Thames and the lives of the people who owned them Mudlark'd combines insights from two …
Histories of the Unexpected
'History as you've never seen it before.' Dan SnowDid you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that the history of paperclips is all about the Stasi; …
The History of Graphic Design. 40th Ed.
Through the turbulent passage of time, graphic design—with its vivid, neat synthesis of image and idea—has distilled the spirit of each age. Surrounding us every minute of every …
A Short History of Finland
The modern nation of Finland is the heir to centuries of history, as a wilderness at the edge of early Europe, a borderland of the Swedish empire, and a Grand Duchy of tsarist …
Secret History
Det sitter i väggarna : Historien om ditt hus och hur du vårdar det
Vi är många som älskar gamla hus, den atmosfär man får på köpet, hemligheterna och frågetecknen som byggnaden gömmer och ställer: Hur såg huset ut från början? Har det alltid legat …
A Brief History of Black Holes
In A Brief History of Black Holes, the award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientific breakthroughs in astronomy and …