A quirky, brilliant debut book that explores the evolution of our relationship to nature and the ways in which we attach meaning to it today. Flight Maps should find its place on any bookshelf with the likes of David Quammen and John McPhee. . In five sharply drawn chapters, Flight Maps charts the ways in which Americans have historically made ...
Food, glorious food! With everything from lunchroom cuisine to snack timea"Snack Attack! Mad Libs Junior" is a title sure to satisfy even the hungriest of appetites! Whatas a great way for children to begin learning grammar while having loads of fun? Playing "Mad Libs Junior," which features the same wacky sense of humor as our original "Mad ...
Women have long known how to harness the power of nature for beauty treatments. Today many also seek to enhance their health and well being the naturally alternative way. Beginning with an introduction to Ayurveda - a fascinating storehouse of beauty secrets taken from the traditional Indian wisdom - this book explains how you can tailor-make a ...
At the frontiers of the Roman Empire, military settlements had a profound influence on local crafting traditions. Legions were not just fighting units - they contained a large number of craftsmen, and the fortress would have been a centre of manufacturing activity. A timber legionary fortress, for example, required vast numbers of nails, many of ...
Written as an introductory guide to glass vessel forms of Roman Britain, this handbook describes and illustrates the major types an archaeologist might encounter on 1st-4th century sites, as well as a few more unusual forms. A first point of reference for anyone wishing to become more familiar with this type of artefact.
The ordinary people who made up the largest section of the population in the cities and towns in the Roman world were largely ignored by contemporary writers and have often been marginalised in traditional studies of Roman urbanism, but research into their patterns of work and social interaction have increased markedly in recent years. This book ...
A historical novel about a young woman's challenges as a member of the first coeducational class at a major university In 1870, the University of Michigan - one of the oldest, largest, and most prestigious public universities in the United States - admitted its first woman student. An American Girl, and Her Four Years in a Boys' College, written ...
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