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Vikings: Life and Legend
Gareth Williams · Cornell University Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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In the ninth and tenth centuries, the Vikings created a cultural network that spanned four continents: from the Caspian Sea to the North Atlantic and from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean. The Viking Age was a period of major change as a result of the Vikings’ impact on neighboring... |
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Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I
E R Mayhew · Oxford University Press
Pages: 275
Format: Hardcover
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The number of soldiers wounded in World War I is, in itself, devastating: over 21 million military wounded, and nearly 10 million killed. On the battlefield, the injuries were shocking, unlike anything those in the medical field had ever witnessed. The bullets hit fast and hard, went deep... |
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What Philosophy Can Do
Gary Gutting · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A leading American philosopher brings the tools of his trade to contentious contemporary debates.How can we have meaningful debates with political opponents? How can we distinguish reliable science from over-hyped media reports? How can we talk sensibly about God?In What Philosophy Can Do, Gary... |
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Kaplan Asvab Prep 2018-2019 4 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online
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Kaplan's ASVAB Prep 2018-2019 features proven strategies and realistic practice for all sections of the ASVAB and AFQT. Comprehensive subject review, expert tips, and detailed explanations will help you face the test with confidence. Kaplan is so certain that ASVAB Prep 2018-2019 offers... |
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The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire
Susan P. Mattern · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216) began his remarkable career tending to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor. Later in life he achieved great distinction as one of a small circle of court physicians to the family of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, at the very heart of Roman society.... |
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Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings
Hamid Rahmanian · Quantuck Lane Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A new, lushly illustrated edition of the classic work Shahnameh. Ferdowsi’s epic poem Shahnameh is part myth, part history—it begins with the legend of the birth of the Persian nation and its tumultuous history. It contains magical birds, and superhuman heroes, and centuries-long... |
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Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread-The Lessons from a New Science
Alex Pentland · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the world's leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence If the Big Data revolution has a presiding genius, it is MIT's Alex "Sandy"... |
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Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century
Kevin Fong M.D. · The Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Anesthesiologist, intensive care expert, and NASA adviser Kevin Fong explores how physical extremes push human limits and spawn incredible medical breakthroughsLittle more than one hundred years ago, maps of the world still boasted white space: places where no human had ever trod. Within... |
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We Called Him Rabbi Abraham: Lincoln and American Jewry, a Documentary History
Gary Phillip Zola · Southern Illinois University Press,
Pages: 457
Format: Print book
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Over the course of American history, Jews have held many American leaders in high esteem, but they maintain a unique emotional bond with Abraham Lincoln. From the time of his presidency to the present day, American Jews have persistently viewed Lincoln as one of their own, casting him as a Jewish... |
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