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Thinking through Graphic Design History

Challenging the canon

de Aggie Toppins ...

WINNER of the 2025 Design Incubation Communication Design Award for Published ScholarshipGraphic design has a paradoxical relationship to history. While it claims to promote originality and innovation - ideas that emphasize the new and unique - design practice is deeply embedded in previous ideals. Too often, design students encounter the past in brief visual impressions which seduce them to ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

WINNER of the 2025 Design Incubation Communication Design Award for Published ScholarshipGraphic design has a paradoxical relationship to history. While it claims to promote originality and innovation - ideas that emphasize the new and unique - design practice is deeply embedded in previous ideals. Too often, design students encounter the past in brief visual impressions which seduce them to
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Data Empire

The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate

de Roopika Risam ...

BARACK OBAMA’S 2026 SUMMER READING PICKAn NPR, New Scientist, Nautilus, and Next Big Idea Club Best Book of the Month“Here is the new history of mankind demanded by our times.” —Jaron Lanier, author of Who Owns the Future?“A must-read.”—NPR, “15 Books Our Critics Can’t Wait to Read This Summer”“Essential reading for understanding the opportunities and dangers of the technolo... ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

BARACK OBAMA’S 2026 SUMMER READING PICKAn NPR, New Scientist, Nautilus, and Next Big Idea Club Best Book of the Month“Here is the new history of mankind demanded by our times.” —Jaron Lanier, author of Who Owns the Future?“A must-read.”—NPR, “15 Books Our Critics Can’t Wait to Read This Summer”“Essential reading for understanding the opportunities and dangers of the technolo...
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Operation Forager

WW2 Pacific Military History Series

de Daniel Wrinn ...

Series series WW2 Pacific Military History Series
"History buffs and newbie history buffs alike will love this book." —ReviewerA gripping account of one of the most daring—and disturbing—operations in the Pacific war.From the heavy fighting in Saipan to the securing of Tinian and Guam, the Pacific war left its profound mark in this sheltered corner of the world, which would be felt for several decades to come. Caught in the center of a vicious ... Leer más

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"History buffs and newbie history buffs alike will love this book." —ReviewerA gripping account of one of the most daring—and disturbing—operations in the Pacific war.From the heavy fighting in Saipan to the securing of Tinian and Guam, the Pacific war left its profound mark in this sheltered corner of the world, which would be felt for several decades to come. Caught in the center of a vicious
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Theatres of Memory

Past and Present in Contemporary Culture

de Raphael Samuel ...

When Theatres of Memory was first published in 1994, it transformed the debate about what is to be considered history and questioned the role of “heritage” that lies at the heart of every Western nation’s obsession with the past. Today, in the age of Downton Abbey and Mad Men, we are once again conjuring historical fictions to make sense of our everyday lives.In this remarkable book, Samuel looks ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

When Theatres of Memory was first published in 1994, it transformed the debate about what is to be considered history and questioned the role of “heritage” that lies at the heart of every Western nation’s obsession with the past. Today, in the age of Downton Abbey and Mad Men, we are once again conjuring historical fictions to make sense of our everyday lives.In this remarkable book, Samuel looks
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Wars within a War

Controversy and Conflict over the American Civil War

Edición de Joan Waugh, Gary W. Gallagher ...

Series series Civil War America
Comprised of essays from twelve leading scholars, this volume extends the discussion of Civil War controversies far past the death of the Confederacy in the spring of 1865. Contributors address, among other topics, Walt Whitman’s poetry, the handling of the Union and Confederate dead, the treatment of disabled and destitute northern veterans, Ulysses S. Grant’s imposing tomb, and Hollywood’s long ... Leer más

$23.79 USD

Comprised of essays from twelve leading scholars, this volume extends the discussion of Civil War controversies far past the death of the Confederacy in the spring of 1865. Contributors address, among other topics, Walt Whitman’s poetry, the handling of the Union and Confederate dead, the treatment of disabled and destitute northern veterans, Ulysses S. Grant’s imposing tomb, and Hollywood’s long
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Language Dynamics in the Early Modern Period

Edición de Karen Bennett, Angelo Cattaneo ...

Series series Multilingualism, Lingua Franca and Translation in the Early Modern Period
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the linguistic situation in Europe was one of remarkable fluidity. Latin, the great scholarly lingua franca of the medieval period, was beginning to crack as the tectonic plates shifted beneath it, but the vernaculars had not yet crystallized into the national languages that they would later become, and multilingualism was rife. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the ... Leer más

$54.99 USD

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the linguistic situation in Europe was one of remarkable fluidity. Latin, the great scholarly lingua franca of the medieval period, was beginning to crack as the tectonic plates shifted beneath it, but the vernaculars had not yet crystallized into the national languages that they would later become, and multilingualism was rife. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the
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Going to the Sources

A Guide to Historical Research and Writing

de Anthony Brundage ...

It’s been almost 30 years since the first edition of Going to the Sources: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing was first published. Newly revised and updated, the sixth edition of this bestselling guide helps students at all levels meet the challenge of writing their first (or their first "real") research paper.Presenting various schools of thought, this useful tool explores the dynamic, ... Leer más

$24.00 USD

It’s been almost 30 years since the first edition of Going to the Sources: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing was first published. Newly revised and updated, the sixth edition of this bestselling guide helps students at all levels meet the challenge of writing their first (or their first "real") research paper.Presenting various schools of thought, this useful tool explores the dynamic,
... Leer más
The Fontana History of Chemistry

de William Brock ...

The Fontana History of Chemistry, which draws on both the author’s own original research and that of other scholars, is an unrivalled work of synthesis.Beginning with the first tentative chemical explorations, Dr Brock proceeds via the alchemists’ futile, but frequently profitable, efforts to turn lead into gold to recount the emergence of the modern discipline of chemistry as fashioned by Boyle, ... Leer más

$0.99 USD

The Fontana History of Chemistry, which draws on both the author’s own original research and that of other scholars, is an unrivalled work of synthesis.Beginning with the first tentative chemical explorations, Dr Brock proceeds via the alchemists’ futile, but frequently profitable, efforts to turn lead into gold to recount the emergence of the modern discipline of chemistry as fashioned by Boyle,
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Lost Worlds

How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World

de Patrick Wyman ...

"Lost Worlds convinces us of the value of slowing down to recognize the tremendous diversity of the human past. But he presses hard against the conclusion that there was any direction or pattern behind its complexity." —The Wall Street Journal“A spellbinding tour de force!” —Walter Scheidel, author of What Is Ancient History?“This is non-fiction storytelling at its finest.” <stron... ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

"Lost Worlds convinces us of the value of slowing down to recognize the tremendous diversity of the human past. But he presses hard against the conclusion that there was any direction or pattern behind its complexity." —The Wall Street Journal“A spellbinding tour de force!” —Walter Scheidel, author of What Is Ancient History?“This is non-fiction storytelling at its finest.” <stron...
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A Nation Rising

Untold Tales of Flawed Founders, Fallen Heroes, and Forgotten Fighters from America’s Hidden History

de Kenneth C. Davis ...

“History in Davis’s hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent—and memorable.”— San Francisco ChronicleFollowing on his New York Times bestsellers America’s Hidden History and Don’t Know Much About History, Ken Davis explores the next chapter in the country’s hidden history: the gritty first half of the 19th century, among the most tumultuous in the nation’s short life.What happens when the ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

“History in Davis’s hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent—and memorable.”— San Francisco ChronicleFollowing on his New York Times bestsellers America’s Hidden History and Don’t Know Much About History, Ken Davis explores the next chapter in the country’s hidden history: the gritty first half of the 19th century, among the most tumultuous in the nation’s short life.What happens when the
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Wargaming on a Budget

Gaming Constrained by Money or Space

de Iain Dickie ...

Wargaming can be a very expensive hobby, but it needn't be. Iain Dickie, one of the best-known names in the hobby shares dozens of hints and tips on how to cut the cost of your gaming and get 'more bang for your buck'. He offers sound practical advice on buying and building your armies (should you opt for metal, plastic, or even card, and in which scale?), gaming tables, terrain, buildings and ... Leer más

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Wargaming can be a very expensive hobby, but it needn't be. Iain Dickie, one of the best-known names in the hobby shares dozens of hints and tips on how to cut the cost of your gaming and get 'more bang for your buck'. He offers sound practical advice on buying and building your armies (should you opt for metal, plastic, or even card, and in which scale?), gaming tables, terrain, buildings and
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The Cheese and the Worms

The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller

de Carlo Ginzburg, Carlo Ginzburg ...

Traducido por John Tedeschi, Anne C. Tedeschi, Stephen Twilley ...

The fiftieth-anniversary edition of the classic tale of a sixteenth-century miller facing the Roman Inquisition.The Cheese and the Worms is an incisive study of popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, the miller known as Menocchio, who was accused of heresy during the Inquisition and sentenced to death. In the fiftieth anniversary edition of this now-classic ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

The fiftieth-anniversary edition of the classic tale of a sixteenth-century miller facing the Roman Inquisition.The Cheese and the Worms is an incisive study of popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, the miller known as Menocchio, who was accused of heresy during the Inquisition and sentenced to death. In the fiftieth anniversary edition of this now-classic
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The Hauntology of Everyday Life

de Sadeq Rahimi ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
This volume develops a comprehensive framework for applying the theory of hauntology to everyday life from ethnographic and clinical points of view. The central argument of the book is that all human experience is fundamentally haunted, and that a shift from ontological theory of subjective experience to a hauntological one is necessary and has urgent implications. Building on the notion of ... Leer más

$76.99 USD

This volume develops a comprehensive framework for applying the theory of hauntology to everyday life from ethnographic and clinical points of view. The central argument of the book is that all human experience is fundamentally haunted, and that a shift from ontological theory of subjective experience to a hauntological one is necessary and has urgent implications. Building on the notion of
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Historia, ¿para qué?

Edición de Carlos Pereyra ...

Series series Historia
Publicado originalmente en 1980, Historia, ¿para qué? se ha convertido en un clásico sobre el quehacer de la historia pensado desde México con alcance universal. Los acercamientos que ofrecieron no sólo historiadores, sino también filósofos, politólogos e intelectuales de diversa índole y variados registros enriquecieron con su mirada aguda la comprensión del lector acerca de los fundamentos de ... Leer más

$8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Publicado originalmente en 1980, Historia, ¿para qué? se ha convertido en un clásico sobre el quehacer de la historia pensado desde México con alcance universal. Los acercamientos que ofrecieron no sólo historiadores, sino también filósofos, politólogos e intelectuales de diversa índole y variados registros enriquecieron con su mirada aguda la comprensión del lector acerca de los fundamentos de
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Silencing the Past

Power and the Production of History

de Michel-Rolph Trouillot ...

**20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: Discover the pioneering classic of history, anthropology, and post-colonial studies—now with a new foreword by renowned scholar Hazel Carby.Part of the HBO docuseries Exterminate All the Brutes, written and directed by Raoul Peck**Placing the West’s failure to acknowledge the Haitian Revolution—the most successful slave revolt in history—alongside denials of the ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

**20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: Discover the pioneering classic of history, anthropology, and post-colonial studies—now with a new foreword by renowned scholar Hazel Carby.Part of the HBO docuseries Exterminate All the Brutes, written and directed by Raoul Peck**Placing the West’s failure to acknowledge the Haitian Revolution—the most successful slave revolt in history—alongside denials of the
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The Death of Christian Culture

de John Senior, Dr. David Allen White ...

First published in 1978, this hard-hitting exposition discusses the root causes of how and why Christian culture is dying. It investigates literature, culture, history, and religion in an attempt to show that education is increasingly about bureaucratic training and less about scholarly truth. A warning that cultural and artistic treasures of classical and Christian civilizations must be preserved ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

First published in 1978, this hard-hitting exposition discusses the root causes of how and why Christian culture is dying. It investigates literature, culture, history, and religion in an attempt to show that education is increasingly about bureaucratic training and less about scholarly truth. A warning that cultural and artistic treasures of classical and Christian civilizations must be preserved
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Fifty Things You Need to Know About World History

de Hugh Williams ...

What are the key 50 events you really need to understand to grasp the developments of our world?In this highly entertaining read Hugh Williams distils world history into an insightful overview. By selecting fifty key people, places, battles, objects and events, he casts a clear eye over the way the world has developed and how we live today.Injecting life into familiar historical landmarks as well ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

What are the key 50 events you really need to understand to grasp the developments of our world?In this highly entertaining read Hugh Williams distils world history into an insightful overview. By selecting fifty key people, places, battles, objects and events, he casts a clear eye over the way the world has developed and how we live today.Injecting life into familiar historical landmarks as well
... Leer más
My Revision Notes: OCR AS/A-level History: The Cold War in Europe 1941–1995

de Nicholas Fellows, Mike Wells ...

Exam board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in OCR AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to ... ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

Exam board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Target success in OCR AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to ...
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Um Maravilhoso Imaginário

Cartografia e Literatura na Baixa Idade Média e no Renascimento

de Leonardo Meliani Velloso ...

Neste livro apresentamos como os Livros de Maravilha, ou Mirabilia, do final da Idade Média, estão inseridos na antiga tradição de descrição de lugares fantásticos, localizados nos extremos do mundo conhecido. Por meio do estudo detalhado de Livros de Maravilha como As viagens de Jean de Mandeville e o Libro del Conosçimiento – especialmente estes dois –, vamos em busca de elementos comuns entre ... Leer más

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Neste livro apresentamos como os Livros de Maravilha, ou Mirabilia, do final da Idade Média, estão inseridos na antiga tradição de descrição de lugares fantásticos, localizados nos extremos do mundo conhecido. Por meio do estudo detalhado de Livros de Maravilha como As viagens de Jean de Mandeville e o Libro del Conosçimiento – especialmente estes dois –, vamos em busca de elementos comuns entre
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The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism

de Matthew McManus ...

McManus presents a comprehensive guide to the liberal socialist tradition, stretching from Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine through John Stuart Mill to Irving Howe, John Rawls, and Charles Mills.Providing a comprehensive critical genealogy of liberal socialism from a sympathetic but critical standpoint, McManus traces its core to the Revolutionary period that catalyzed major divisions in ... Leer más

$55.99 USD

McManus presents a comprehensive guide to the liberal socialist tradition, stretching from Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine through John Stuart Mill to Irving Howe, John Rawls, and Charles Mills.Providing a comprehensive critical genealogy of liberal socialism from a sympathetic but critical standpoint, McManus traces its core to the Revolutionary period that catalyzed major divisions in
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The houses of history

A critical reader in history and theory, second edition

de Anna Green, Kathleen Troup ...

The houses of history is a clear, jargon-free introduction to the major theoretical approaches employed by historians. This innovative critical reader provides accessible introductions to fourteen schools of thought, from the empiricist to the postcolonial, including chapters on Marxist history, Freud and psychohistory, the Annales, historical sociology, narrative, gender, public history and the ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

The houses of history is a clear, jargon-free introduction to the major theoretical approaches employed by historians. This innovative critical reader provides accessible introductions to fourteen schools of thought, from the empiricist to the postcolonial, including chapters on Marxist history, Freud and psychohistory, the Annales, historical sociology, narrative, gender, public history and the
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The Histories of Polybius

Enriched edition. Vol. I & II

de Polybius, Nolan Mercer ...

Traducido por Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, Friedrich Hultsch ...

The Histories of Polybius presents a systematic analysis of the rise of the Roman Republic and the disintegration of the Hellenistic world. Through a meticulous blend of narrative and critical analysis, Polybius employs a straightforward, yet eloquent style, infused with a profound understanding of causality and the cyclical nature of history. His examination of Rome's military, political, and ... Leer más

$1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The Histories of Polybius presents a systematic analysis of the rise of the Roman Republic and the disintegration of the Hellenistic world. Through a meticulous blend of narrative and critical analysis, Polybius employs a straightforward, yet eloquent style, infused with a profound understanding of causality and the cyclical nature of history. His examination of Rome's military, political, and
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Hard Rain

Bob Dylan, Oral Cultures, and the Meaning of History

de Alessandro Portelli ...

Series series The Columbia Oral History Series
Bob Dylan’s iconic 1962 song “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” stands at the crossroads of musical and literary traditions. A visionary warning of impending apocalypse, it sets symbolist imagery within a structure that recalls a centuries-old form. Written at the height of the 1960s folk music revival amid the ferment of political activism, the song strongly resembles—and at the same time reimagines—a ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Bob Dylan’s iconic 1962 song “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” stands at the crossroads of musical and literary traditions. A visionary warning of impending apocalypse, it sets symbolist imagery within a structure that recalls a centuries-old form. Written at the height of the 1960s folk music revival amid the ferment of political activism, the song strongly resembles—and at the same time reimagines—a
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The Tibetan History Reader

Edición de Gray Tuttle, Kurtis Schaeffer ...

Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, this resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies, along with several new contributions. Beginning with Tibet's emergence as a regional power and concluding with its profound contemporary transformations, the collection is both a ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, this resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies, along with several new contributions. Beginning with Tibet's emergence as a regional power and concluding with its profound contemporary transformations, the collection is both a
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