Civilisations – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 6

Peter E. Pormann
What the Classics Did for Islam

Did you know that the Quran contains Greek stories; that medieval Muslims produced a rich literature on sexology, based in part on Greek sources; or that the Islamic Republic of Iran is partially modeled …

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Jessica Rawson
Life and Afterlife in Ancient China

An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombsThe three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the disti…

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Peter E. Pormann
What the Classics Did for Islam

Did you know that the Quran contains Greek stories; that medieval Muslims produced a rich literature on sexology, based in part on Greek sources; or that the Islamic Republic of Iran is partially modeled …

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Benjamin R. Wiesbauer
Reborn - Where Infinity Begins

In the midst of the 21st century, humanity stands on a thin line between self-destruction and becoming a space-faring civilisation.As resources become scarce, the planet is plunged into another world war,…

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Maryam Aslany
Peasants

'Peasants is not just an extraordinary debut, it is that most precious rarity: an out-and-out masterpiece' WILLIAM DALRYMPLEFour crops, three continents, two billion lives: this is the hidden world that c…

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Emanuele Severino,
War

The first English translation of Emanuele Severino's provocative analysis of the philosophy behind war in the West.Drawing on a broad range of sources, from Heraclitus to 20th-century grassroots movements…

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Camille Paglia
Sexual Personae

'Everything great in Western culture has come from the quarrel with nature ... The most effective weapon against the flux of nature is art.'In this blazing work of brilliant originality, a phenomenon ever…

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William Dalrymple
The Golden Road

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART-TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST - A REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF INDIA?A master storyteller' Sunday TimesIndia is the forgotten heart of the anci…

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Letters for the Ages Great Musicians

A collection of letters written through the ages from musicians of all genres, from Mozart to Freddie Mercury.For tens of thousands of years, across various civilisations, our species has been creating mu…

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Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed

S. F. Masterworks

'One of the literary greats of the twentieth century' Margaret Atwood'A work of extraordinary imagination and compassion' Atlantic'The book I wish I had written' Roddy DoyleShevek, a brilliant physicist, …

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Mike Pitts
Island at the Edge of the World

'The true and fascinating story of Easter Island and its amazing statues' KEN FOLLETT 'Revelatory... fascinating... [and] wholly convincing' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Compelling . a magisterial history' NEW YORK TI…

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Jean-François Champollion
Chasing Hieroglyphs

Two years after cracking the hieroglyphic code through the word 'Ramses' on the Rosetta Stone, Jean-François Champollion embarked on an expedition to Egypt on 31 July 1828. France was at war with the sult…

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G. E. M. Ste. Croix
The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World

The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World is an original and provocative reconstruction of 1,400 years of classical antiquity. Sharply written, it is a major intervention in Marxist theories of class,…

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Josephine Quinn
How the World Made the West

'One of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years' William Dalrymple'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic…

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Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Taming the Four Horsemen

A powerful polemic on the major threats facing the world today and how they can be overcome, updated to show how close The Four Horsemen are.Our world is facing catastrophes of many kinds, from the climat…

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Haizong Lei
Chinese Culture and the Chinese Military

This is the first English translation of Lei Haizong's study of the Chinese army, reappraising Chinese civilisation from a military perspective. Born out of concern for China's military circumstances duri…

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Jonathan Bate
The Garden

From the Garden of Eden to Gethsemane, from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the pleasure gardens of Versailles, from the Zen gardens of Kyoto to the landscapes of Capability Brown and New York's High Li…

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The Aztecs

DK Ancient Histories

Learn all about the Aztec Empire, from the rise of a mighty civilisation to the invasion of the Spanish, in this ultimate guide.Explore the everyday lives of the Aztecs, from farming on floating islands i…

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The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 1, Gothic in the Long Eighteenth Century

This first volume of The Cambridge History of the Gothic provides a rigorous account of the Gothic in Western civilisation, from the Goths' sacking of Rome in 410 AD through to its manifestations in Briti…

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Francisco Llorca,
Time Travellers

Have you ever wished you could travel back to ancient Egypt? To a world of mighty pharaohs and mysterious hieroglyphics? When grand pyramids were built and the Great Sphinx of Giza gleamed in colour?Then …

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