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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 21,75 €
ISBN 978-0-8027-1588-3
EAN 9780802715883
Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. An Edible History of Humanity is an account of how food has helped to shape and transform societies around the world, from the emergence of ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 265 páginas
PVP: 13,50 €
ISBN 978-1-59691-525-1
EAN 9781596915251
Glenn Gould was one of the most complex, brilliant artists of the 20th century, a musician famous for his bizarre habits and obsessions. But perhaps Gould's greatest obsession of all was with a Steinway concert grand, which he described as "a romance on three legs."
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 15,29 €
ISBN 978-0-8027-1677-4
EAN 9780802716774
During the last days of July 1914 telegrams flew between the King, the Kaiser and the Tsar. George V, Wilhelm II and Nicholas II, known in the family as Georgie, Willy and Nicky, were cousins. Between them they ruled over half the world.They had been friends since childhood. But by July 1914 the Trade Union ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 421 páginas
PVP: 22,39 €
ISBN 978-0-8027-1651-4
EAN 9780802716514
Documents the lesser-known rivalries and alliances between Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and John Cabot, in a revisionist view of the race to discover the New World that offers additional insight into the pivotal role of commerce in their collaborative and competitive relationships.
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 302 páginas
PVP: 17,99 €
ISBN 978-1-59691-528-2
EAN 9781596915282
Kingsley Amis was one of the great masters of comic prose, and no subject was dearer to him than the art and practice of imbibing. This new volume brings together the best of his three out-of-print works on the subject: Kingsley Amis on Drink, Everyday Drinking, and How's Your Glass? In one handsome package, the ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 12,70 €
ISBN 978-1-59691-286-1
EAN 9781596912861
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 330 páginas
PVP: 22,50 €
ISBN 978-1-59691-407-0
EAN 9781596914070
From the master of literary domestic drama, a page-turning novel that dissects the complexities of female friendship and the choices that define women's lives.It is Eleanor who starts the Friday night get-togethers. From her window she sees two young women, with small children, separate, struggling, and plainly lonely--and decides to ask them in.What began as ...
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n this important book, acclaimed author Mark Edmundson reconceives the value and promise of reading. He enjoins educators to stop offering up literature as facile entertainment and instead teach students to read in a way that can change their lives for the better. At once controversial and inspiring, this is a groundbreaking book written with ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 128 páginas
PVP: 13,25 €
ISBN 978-1-59691-482-7
EAN 9781596914827
A look at the sunnier side of global warming. In this unexpectedly refreshing look at todays most inconvenient truths, acclaimed cartoonist Sidney Harris looks at global warming, with a little help from his friends. Featuring never-before-seen work from artists like long-time New Yorker contributors Matt Diffee, Sam Gross, and Lee Lorenz, among others, 101 Funny ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 32 páginas
PVP: 6,26 €
ISBN 978-1-59990-151-0
EAN 9781599901510
Bobo really wants to be a good dog. Its just that being good takes "so" much effort. When his owner finally has enough and sends him packing, its silent Cat who misses him the most. Armed with a how-to book, Cat instructs Bobo in proper dog etiquette.
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 229 páginas
PVP: 9,05 €
ISBN 978-1-58234-616-8
EAN 9781582346168
For lovers of words and seekers of wisdom, a lively history of aphorisms the oldest written art form and the intriguing people who have penned them, from the Buddha to Emily Dickinson.
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 312 páginas
PVP: 17,00 €
ISBN 978-0-8027-1552-4
EAN 9780802715524
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than simply quench our thirst. As Tom Standage relates with easy authority and charm, six of them - beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and cola - have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history during pivotal epochs. From humankind's adoption of agriculture and ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 16,80 €
ISBN 978-0-8027-7675-4
EAN 9780802776754
Attention to detail and observation of the unnoticed is the hallmark of Talese's writing and "The Gay Talese Reader" brings together the best of his essays and classic profiles.
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 282 páginas
PVP: 15,45 €
ISBN 978-1-59691-601-2
EAN 9781596916012
From the tenth to the fifteenth centuries the earth experienced a rise in surface temperature that changed climate worldwide a preview of today's global warming. In some areas, including Western Europe, longer summers brought bountiful harvests and population growth that led to cultural flowering. In the Arctic, Inuit and Norse sailors made cultural connections across ...
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