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  • Victorian Science and Literature, Part II vol 8

    This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component – what might be called 'the literature of science' – and more overtly literary texts that deal with scientific matters. ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Science and Religion

    Christian and Muslim Perspectives

    Science and Religion is a record of the 2009 Building Bridges seminar, a dialogue between leading Christian and Muslim scholars convened annually by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The essays in this volume explore how both faith traditions have approached the interface between science and religion and throw light on the ongoing challenges posed by this issue today. The volume includes a selection ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Victorian Science and Literature, Part II vol 6

    This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component – what might be called 'the literature of science' – and more overtly literary texts that deal with scientific matters. ... Read more

    $225.99 USD

  • Victorian Science and Literature, Part II vol 5

    This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component – what might be called 'the literature of science' – and more overtly literary texts that deal with scientific matters. ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Victorian Science and Literature, Part II vol 7

    This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component – what might be called 'the literature of science' – and more overtly literary texts that deal with scientific matters. ... Read more

    $225.99 USD

  • Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950

    In Reading Darwin in Arabic, Marwa Elshakry questions current ideas about Islam, science, and secularism by exploring the ways in which Darwin was read in Arabic from the late 1860s to the mid-twentieth century. Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, she explores Darwin’s global appeal from the perspective of several ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

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  • Civilizations

    Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature

    In Civilizations, Felipe Fernández-Armesto once again proves himself a brilliantly original historian, capable of large-minded and comprehensive works; here he redefines the subject that has fascinated historians from Thucydides to Gibbon to Spengler to Fernand Braudel: the nature of civilization.To Fernández-Armesto, a civilization is "civilized in direct proportion to its distance, its ... Read more

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  • Anthropology

    by R. R. Marett ...
    "Anthropology" by R. R. Marett is an accessible introduction to the field of anthropology, written to provide readers with a foundational understanding of human culture, society, and evolution. Marett, a prominent British anthropologist, focuses on the comparative study of human societies, tracing the development of civilization from primitive to modern forms. He emphasizes the importance of ... Read more

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  • Evolutionary Writings

    including the Autobiographies

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin' On topics ranging from intelligent design and climate change to the politics of gender and race, the evolutionary writings of Charles Darwin occupy a pivotal position in contemporary public debate. This volume brings together the key chapters of his most important and accessible books, including the Journal of Researches ... Read more

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  • The Story Of Atlantis

    There is not much in mythology that has drawn so much interest than the lost continent of Atlantis. In this book the author, W. Scott-Elliot, tries to provide a geographical, historical and ethnological sketch of all that was and might have been. He even includes essays on the Lemurian race, their language and life. This is a treasure chest for anybody interested in Atlantis. ... Read more

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  • People of the Maldive Islands

    This book is an engagingly told cultural historical narrative of the island nation of the Maldive Islands from the earliest references in Indian and European classics. It also narrates the story of the settlement by people from South India and Sri Lanka, and their later conversion to Islam. The second half of the book is an anthropological perspective of life as it was in the mid-1970s, with ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Rivers

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Rivers have played an extraordinarily important role in creating the world in which we live. They create landscapes and provide water to people, plants and animals, nourishing both town and country. The flow of rivers has enthused poets and painters, explorers and pilgrims. Rivers have acted as cradles for civilization and agents of disaster; a river may be a barrier or a highway, it can bear ... Read more

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