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Everyday Life Through the Ages
Author: Michael Worth Davison
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 392
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What people throughout history ate and wore, how they worked and played, how they built and furnished thir homes, and how they treated their illnesses provide the focus of the book while the great battles, the major inventions, and the rise and fall of empires serve as backdrop.
Our World Through the Ages ... Second Edition
Author: Nathaniel PLATT (and DRUMMOND (Muriel Jean))
Publisher:
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 705
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Life Through the Ages II
Author: Mark P. Witton
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2020-04-07
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0253048125
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A paleontologist shows what life was like on our planet long before the early humans emerged through words and illustrations. Paleontologist Dr. Mark P. Witton draws on the latest twenty-first century discoveries to re-create the appearances and lifestyles of extinct, fascinating species, the environments they inhabited, and the challenges they faced living on an ever-changing planet. A worthy successor to Charles Knight’s beloved 1946 classic, Life through the Ages II takes us on an unforgettable journey through the evolution of life on Earth. Dozens of gorgeous color illustrations and meticulously researched, accompanying commentary showcase the succession of lost worlds, defining events, and ancient creatures that have appeared since the earth was formed, creating an indispensable guide to explore what came before us. “When it comes to modern palaeoartists, Mark Witton has become a leading light. Life Through the Ages II is a beautiful palaeoart portfolio that pushes the envelope where realistic compositions and reconstructions are concerned.” —The Inquisitive Biologist
Navigation Through the Ages
Author: Donald Launer
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 21
ISBN-13: 1574092782
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sailors have been navigating the seas for thousands of years, and navigational technology has progressed exponentially during that time. This concise yet comprehensive volume begins with the impressive developments in navigation made by early navigators and follows the art and science of navigation through the ages to their culmination in the huge advances made by our contemporaries. With a focus on the navigational tools invented by each age and civilization, Launer traces the evolution of humankind¿s navigational skills from the Kamal of the Arabs and the Lead-line first used by the Romans to the radio and satellite communication devices available to modern sailors. He pays homage to the Polynesians who, in the absence of a written language were able to pass down their navigational skills through generations, and to the adventurous Vikings, who managed to find their way from Scandinavia to England, Iceland, Greenland and beyond; but he also covers the practical applications of the complex technologies found on most boats today, such as GPS. Generous illustrations help readers envision the tools in use. Navigation Through the Ages will appeal to sailors and lay readers alike¿anyone with an interest in the history of science and the exploration of our world.
Life: 100 Events That Shook Our World
Author: Editors of Life
Publisher: Life
Published: 2005-09-20
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781932994100
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A compilation of photographs that capture the most important events of the past century in a study of the key milestones and personalities of the modern world, ranging from two World Wars to the horrific events of September 11th.
Through The Ages
Author: Roger H. Clapp
Publisher:
Published: 2004-10
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781418463557
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a true story about a teenage runaway, her contact with suicide, gender identity issues, drug addiction, and the sex industry. This is also the anecdote of how recovery opens the door to a healing process and alters the subjugators, one day at a time. 350pp with 70pp of expertly integrated historical graphic design interwoven with explicit, thought provoking, progressive text This is what some folks have said about Rosalyne Blumenstein and her book BRANDED T' "Blumenstein pulls no punches and neither did her life on the mean streets." -Loren Cameron, Photographer, Body Alchemy "It is a tale of sheer enduring spirit. She takes us from the flesh bars of Broadway to Graduate School, from New York to LA, from shame to self-confidence. I hung on every word." -Dallas Denny, Editor, Transgender Tapestry magazine "I loved this book! What an incredible journey! Not only is this the story of Rosalyne's life, but also the story of so many people whose lives would have gone undocumented until now. Another fabulous aspect of the book is how it chronicles the history of a very exciting era in New York City. The perspective is fresh and enlightening, unique and empowering. It'll make a great movie!" -Ru Paul, Performer/Author Lettin it all hang out'
Toward a Global Middle Ages
Author: Bryan C. Keene
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2019-09-03
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 160606598X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This important and overdue book examines illuminated manuscripts and other book arts of the Global Middle Ages. Illuminated manuscripts and illustrated or decorated books—like today’s museums—preserve a rich array of information about how premodern peoples conceived of and perceived the world, its many cultures, and everyone’s place in it. Often a Eurocentric field of study, manuscripts are prisms through which we can glimpse the interconnected global history of humanity. Toward a Global Middle Ages is the first publication to examine decorated books produced across the globe during the period traditionally known as medieval. Through essays and case studies, the volume’s multidisciplinary contributors expand the historiography, chronology, and geography of manuscript studies to embrace a diversity of objects, individuals, narratives, and materials from Africa, Asia, Australasia, and the Americas—an approach that both engages with and contributes to the emerging field of scholarly inquiry known as the Global Middle Ages. Featuring more than 160 color illustrations, this wide-ranging and provocative collection is intended for all who are interested in engaging in a dialogue about how books and other textual objects contributed to world-making strategies from about 400 to 1600.
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The Fourth Turning
Author: William Strauss
Publisher: Crown
Published: 1997-12-29
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0767900464
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play—now with a new preface by Neil Howe. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict what comes next. Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or “turnings”—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.
