EBOOK The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Vol. 1

EBOOK The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Vol. 1

isbn : 0060905662
Title :The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Vol. 1
Author:Fernand Braudel
 
The focus of Fernand Braudel's great work is the Mediterranean world in the second half of the sixteenth century, but Braudel ranges back in history to the world of Odysseus and forward to our time, moving out from the Mediterranean area to the New World and other destinations of Mediterranean traders. Braudel's scope embraces the natural world and material life, economics, demography, politics, and diplomacy. click here to download
 
 

Komentar

Posting Komentar

Postingan populer dari blog ini

READ And Only to Deceive

Gambar
READ And Only to Deceive isbn : 0060756713 Title : And Only to Deceive Author : Tasha Alexander   From gifted new writer Tasha Alexander comes a stunning novel of historical suspense set in Victorian England, meticulously researched and with a twisty plot that involves stolen antiquities, betrayal, and murder And Only to Deceive For Emily, accepting the proposal of Philip, the Viscount Ashton, was an easy way to escape her overbearing mother, who was set on a grand society match. So when Emily's dashing husband died on safari soon after their wedding, she felt little grief. After all, she barely knew him. Now, nearly two years later, she discovers that Philip was a far different man from the one she had married so cavalierly. His journals reveal him to have been a gentleman scholar and antiquities collector who, to her surprise, was deeply in love with his wife. Emily becomes fascinated with this new image of her dead husband and she immerses herself in all things a
Baca selengkapnya

EBOOK One-Letter Words, a Dictionary

Gambar
EBOOK One-Letter Words, a Dictionary isbn : 0060798734 Title : One-Letter Words, a Dictionary Author : Craig Conley   Merriam-Webster, move over! Until now, no English dictionary ever found the fun or the fascination in revealing the meanings of letters. One-Letter Words, a Dictionary illuminates the more than 1,000 surprising definitions associated with each letter in the English alphabet. For instance, Conley uncovers seventy-six distinct uses of the letter X, the most versatile, most printed letter in the English language. Using facts, figures, quotations, and etymologies, the author provides a complete and enjoyable understanding of the one-letter word. Conley teaches us that each letter's many different meanings span multiple subjects, including science—B denotes a blood type and also is a symbol for boron on the periodic table of elements—and history—in the Middle Ages, B was branded on a blasphemer's forehead. With the letter A, he reminds us that A is n
Baca selengkapnya

BOOKs The Round House: A Novel

Gambar
BOOKs The Round House: A Novel isbn : 0062065254 Title : The Round House: A Novel Author : Louise Erdrich   Harper Perennial The Round House won the National Book Award for fiction. One of the most revered novelists of our time—a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life—Louise Erdrich returns to the territory of her bestselling, Pulitzer Prize finalist The Plague of Doves with The Round House , transporting readers to the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota. It is an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family. Riveting and suspenseful, arguably the most accessible novel to date from the creator of Love Medicine , The Beet Queen , and The Bingo Palace , Erdrich’s The Round House is a page-turning masterpiece of literary fiction—at once a powerful coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a tender, moving novel of family, history, and culture. click
Baca selengkapnya