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  • An Analysis of Ernst H. Kantorwicz's The King's Two Bodies

    A Study in Medieval Political Theology

    by Simon Thomson ...
    Series series The Macat Library
    Few historians trace grand themes across many centuries and places, but Ernst Kantorowicz's great work on the symbolic powers of kingship is a fine example of what can happen when they do. The King's Two Bodies is at once a superb example of the critical thinking skill of evaluation – assessing huge quantities of evidence, both written and visual, and drawing sound comparative conclusions from it ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Religion of the Etruscans

    Edited by Nancy Thomson de Grummond, Erika Simon ...
    Devotion to religion was the distinguishing characteristic of the Etruscan people, the most powerful civilization of Italy in the Archaic period. From a very early date, Etruscan religion spread its influence into Roman society, especially with the practice of divination. The Etruscan priest Spurinna, to give a well-known example, warned Caesar to beware the Ides of March. Yet despite the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    The Macat Analysis of Ernst Kantorowicz's The King's Two Bodies

    A Study in Medieval Political Theology

    by Simon Thomson ...
    Narrated by John Chancer ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 47 min

    Kantorowicz’s 1957 study of 1,200 years of monarchy has had a profound affect on the way academics think about the study of history. While many historians mocked the medieval concept that a king could be both a person and the symbol of a country, Kantorowicz took fresh looks at the context of medieval philosophy and politics to explain how this duality safeguarded power and ensured political ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Oxford Textbook of Neurological Surgery

    Edited by Ramez Kirollos, Adel Helmy, Simon Thomson, Peter Hutchinson ...
    Series series Oxford Textbooks in Surgery
    Neurosurgery is a rapidly developing and technically demanding branch of surgery that requires a detailed knowledge of the basic neuro-sciences and a thorough clinical approach. The Oxford Textbook of Neurological Surgery is an up-to-date, objective and readable text that covers the full scope of neurosurgical practice. It is part of the Oxford Textbooks in Surgery series, edited by Professor Sir ... Read more

    $296.99 USD

  • The Cimarosa Affair

    by Simone Perugini ...
    Translated by Elizabeth Thomson ...
    The Cimarosa Affair is a collection of essays written by Simone Perugini and translated by Elizabeth Thomson. With his latest studies, Simone Perugini sheds new light on the life of the Italian composer, Domenico Cimarosa, one of the greatest exponents of the Neapolitan School in the second half of the 18th century. Using contemporary documentary sources discovered recently in various state ... Read more

    $15.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Drug Law Reform in East and Southeast Asia

    by Fifa Rahman, Fifa Rahman, Nick Crofts, Nick Crofts, Mike Trace, Gary Reid, Joanne Csete, Kate Dolan0, Ana Rodas1, Geoff Monaghan2, Steve James3, Nicole Turner4, Mohd Zaman Khan5, Priya Mannava6, Sasha Zegenhagen7, Nick Thomson8, Jimmy Dorabjee9, Mohamad Firdaus Zakaria0, Dean Lewis1, Faisal Ibrahim2, Don C. Des Jarlais3, Jonathan Freelemyer4, Heidi Bramson5, Holly Hagan6, Simon Baldwin7, Nicholas Thomson8, Rebecca McKetin9, Jih-Heng Li0, Karyn Kaplan1, Pascal Tanguay2, Susan Trevaskes3, Sarah Biddulph4, Marek Chawarski5, Richard Schottenfeld6, B. Vicknasingam7, Thu Vuong8, Alex Wodak9 ...
    Drug Law Reform in East and Southeast Asia is a multi-author look at drugs in East and Southeast Asia, on drug policy, patterns and trends, local problems, human rights abuses, treatment prospects, and potential reforms. From the history of drugs in Asia, the book examines recent trends in illicit drugs, especially the present enormous amphetamine problems. It addresses recent policy shifts, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Climate Information for Public Health Action

    Edited by Madeleine C. Thomson, Simon J. Mason ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Environment and Health
    Policy-makers are increasingly concerned about the impact of climate variability and change on the health of vulnerable populations. Variations and trends in climatic factors and extreme weather events impact many health outcomes, including malaria, heat stress and undernutrition.Climate Information for Public Health Action is based on the premise thatclimate knowledge and information can help ... Read more

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    The Fast Show

    Sketches from series 1 – 3 of the hit TV show and The Fast Show Live

    by Paul Whitehouse ...
    Narrated by Paul Whitehouse, Arabella Weir, Caroline Aherne, Charlie Higson, Harry Enfield, John Thomson, Mark Williams, Simon Day ...
    Series series BBC TV Soundtracks

    Unabridged

    4 hours 48 min

    Suits you, Sir!With a host of memorable characters and catch-phrases, The Fast Show was one of the most popular BBC TV comedy shows ever. The talents of Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Caroline Aherne, Simon Day and many more come together in this collection of selected TV episodes and special edition of The Fast Show Live.This compilation of sketches from the comedy series, features characters ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    The Lives of the Frankfurt School

    by Stuart Jeffries ...
    “Marvelously entertaining, exciting and informative.” —Guardian“An engaging and accessible history.” —New York Review of BooksThis group biography is “an exhilarating page-turner” and “outstanding critical introduction” to the work and legacy of the Frankfurt School, and the great 20th-century thinkers who created it (Washington Post).In 1923, a group of young radical German thinkers and in... ... Read more

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  • The Idea of Decline in Western History

    by Arthur Herman ...
    Historian Arthur Herman traces the roots of declinism and shows how major thinkers, past and present, have contributed to its development as a coherent ideology of cultural pessimism.From Nazism to the Sixties counterculture, from Britain's Fabian socialists to America's multiculturalists, and from Dracula and Freud to Robert Bly and Madonna, this work examines the idea of decline in Western ... Read more

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  • Historiography in the Twentieth Century

    From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge

    by Georg G. Iggers ...
    "No one looking for a well-informed introduction to . . the key views of history adopted by professional historians . . could find a better one than this." ―Richard J. Evans, author of In Defence of HistoryA broad perspective on historical thought and writing, with a new epilogue.In this book, now published in ten languages, a preeminent intellectual historian examines the profound changes in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Histories and Fallacies: Problems Faced in the Writing of History

    Problems Faced in the Writing of History

    by Carl R. Trueman ...
    How do we know the stories told by historians are true? To what extent can we rely on their interpretations of the past?Histories and Fallacies is a primer on the conceptual and methodological problems in the discipline of history. Historian Carl Trueman presents a series of classic historical problems as a way to examine what history is, what it means, and how it can be told and understood. Each ... Read more

    $12.99 USD