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Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe: Lexicography and the Making of Heritage  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by hue at Jan. 28, 2009
Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe: Lexicography and the Making of Heritage

Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe: Lexicography and the Making of Heritage
Cambridge University Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0521886740 | Pages: 408 | PDF | 1.73 MB

The 1549 Rebellions and the Making of Early Modern England  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by kosten1986 at April 24, 2009
The 1549 Rebellions and the Making of Early Modern England

The 1549 Rebellions and the Making of Early Modern England
Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN: 0521832063 | edition 2007 | PDF | 316 pages | 1,27 mb

This is a major new study of the 1549 rebellions, the largest and most important risings in Tudor England. Based upon extensive new archival evidence, the book sheds fresh light on the causes, course and long-term consequences of the insurrections. Andy Wood focuses on key themes in the new social history of politics, concerning the end of medieval popular rebellion; the Reformation and popular politics; popular political language; early modern state formation; speech, silence and social relations; and social memory and the historical representation of the rebellions…
Climate Change in Prehistory: The End of the Reign of Chaos by William James Burroughs [Repost]

Climate Change in Prehistory: The End of the Reign of Chaos by William James Burroughs
Cambridge University Press | June 13, 2005 | English | ISBN: 0521824095 | 369 pages | PDF | 5 MB

How did humankind deal with the extreme challenges of the last Ice Age? How have the relatively benign post-Ice Age conditions affected the evolution and spread of humanity across the globe? By setting our genetic history in the context of climate change during prehistory, the origin of many features of our modern world are identified and presented in this illuminating book.

The Man Who Loved China  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by FenixN at May 13, 2015
The Man Who Loved China

The Man Who Loved China
Audio CDs in MP3 / English: MP3, 64 kb/s (1 ch) | Duration: 09:13:36 | ISBN-10: 0061556270 | 2008 | 253 MB
Genre: History

In sumptuous and illuminating detail Simon Winchester chronicles the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who turned his eccentric genius on the study of China. In 1937 Joseph Needham fell in love with a visiting Chinese student. He soon became fascinated by China, and his mistress persuaded him to travel to her home country. Thus began his undying passion for the world’s most populous nation.

The Late Sigmund Freud  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Underaglassmoon at Nov. 23, 2017
The Late Sigmund Freud

The Late Sigmund Freud: Or, The Last Word on Psychoanalysis, Society, and All the Riddles of Life
Cambridge | English | 2017 | ISBN-10: 110717872X | 336 pages | PDF | 2.35 mb

by Todd Dufresne (Author)

The Rough Guide to New England  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Free butterfly at March 8, 2023
The Rough Guide to New England

The Rough Guide to New England by Rough Guides
English | August 16, 2022 | ISBN: 1839057998 | 144 pages | PDF (Converted) | 27 Mb
Affective Communities: Anticolonial Thought, Fin-de-Siècle Radicalism, and the Politics of Friendship

Affective Communities: Anticolonial Thought, Fin-de-Siècle Radicalism, and the Politics of Friendship by Leela Gandhi
Language: English | 2006 | ISBN: 0822337150 | 264 pages | PDF | 40,7 MB

“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” So E. M. Forster famously observed in his Two Cheers for Democracy.
«Wide As the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution» by Benson Bobrick

«Wide As the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution» by Benson Bobrick
English | ISBN: 9781451665857 | EPUB | 0.7 MB

The Linguistic Past in Twelfth-Century Britain  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by IrGens at Oct. 8, 2020
The Linguistic Past in Twelfth-Century Britain

The Linguistic Past in Twelfth-Century Britain (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) by Sara Harris
English | November 7, 2017 | ISBN: 1107180058, 1316631877 | PDF | 292 pages | 12 MB

Greek Tragedy [repost]  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by FenixN at Dec. 20, 2015
Greek Tragedy [repost]

Greek Tragedy
24xDVDRip | MP4/AVC, ~194 kb/s | 640x480 | Duration: 12:20:02 | English: AAC, 160 kb/s (2 ch) | + PDF Guide | 1.84 GB
Genre: History

Two-and-a-half thousand years after they were written, ancient Greek Dramas such as Eumenides, Oedipus the King, and Trojan Women retain a compelling, almost incantatory power.