Описание: NATIONAL BESTSELLER An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK. VINTAGE.
Автор: McDougall Название: Romanitas ISBN: 0752877097 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780752877099 Издательство: Orion Рейтинг: Цена: 1061.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In 2756 AC (2003 AD in Christian terms), magnetic railways span Roman territory from Persia to Terranova, and mechanised crucifixes are ranked along the banks of the Thames. As volume one of ROMANITAS opens, Marcus Novius Faustus Leo, heir apparent to the Imperial throne, is mourning the death of his parents following a tragic accident. However, as information about the last days of his father's life becomes known to him, Marcus realises that his father's death was no accident and that his own life is in danger. Meanwhile, an escaped slave girl called Una, who possesses the power to look inside others' minds, struggles to save her brother, Sulien, from a London prison ship. In a fortune teller's stall in a Gallic flea-market, Marcus, Una and Sulien's paths cross, and the fate of the Empire rests on their shoulders...
Автор: Peter Hulme, Russell McDougall Название: Writing, Travel and Empire ISBN: 1350172766 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350172760 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 5226.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The British Empire drew on the talents of many remarkable figures, whose lives reveal a wonderfully rich involvement with the crucial issues of the period. In many cases they left a legacy of travel writing, novels, biography and ethnography which made important contributions to our knowledge of other cultures."Writing, Travel and Empire" explores the lives and writings of eight such figures, including Sir George Grey, Gertrude Bell, Sir Hugh Clifford, and Roger Casement. All travelled the Empire - from Grey, the renowned colonial governor who undertook dangerous journeys to the interior of Australia, to Tom Harrisson, the emaciated polymath, war hero and Arctic explorer, whose time in the New Hebrides embraced both cannibalistic rituals and a meeting with film legend Douglas Fairbanks Sr, who sought Harrisson out for a Hollywood feature about savage life.All saw themselves as writers, despite their very different approaches and interests, and each was writing against a backdrop of the impending disappearance of indigenous cultures around the world.Writing from the margins of what was shortly to become the more formalised discipline of anthropology, their work yields interesting insights into both the issues of empire and the ways in which academic disciplines define the boundaries of their subject. Embracing themes such as gender and travel, racial science, the globalisation of 'native management' and the internal colonies, and with a geographical coverage that extends from South America to Russia via Africa and the South Seas, "Writing Travel and Empire" will engage all those with an interest in cultural geography, anthropology, history, postcolonial studies, biography and travel writing.
Автор: McDougall Chrцs Название: Sports Gambling ISBN: 1644933934 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781644933930 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 7505.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This title offers a detailed look at the effect gambling has had on the sports world. Clear text, compelling images, and helpful sidebars and infographics make this book an accessible and engaging read.
Автор: Mcdougall, Christopher Название: Running With Sherman ISBN: 0525433252 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525433255 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1747.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "A delight, full of heart and hijinks and humor . . . McDougall is a gifted storyteller who gets to the heart of the human-animal connection." --John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst DogFrom the best-selling author of Born to Run, a heartwarming story about training a rescue donkey to run one of the most challenging races in America, and, in the process, discovering the life-changing power of the human-animal connection. When Chris McDougall agreed to take in a donkey from an animal hoarder, he thought it would be no harder than the rest of the adjustments he and his family had made after moving from Philadelphia to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. But when he arrived, Sherman was in such bad shape he could barely move, and his hair was coming out in clumps. Chris decided to undertake a radical rehabilitation program designed not only to heal Sherman's body but to heal his mind as well. It turns out the best way to soothe a donkey is to give it a job, and so Chris decided to teach Sherman how to run. He'd heard about burro racing--a unique type of race where humans and donkeys run together in a call-back to mining days--and decided he and Sherman would enter the World Championship in Colorado. Easier said than done. In the course of Sherman's training, Chris would have to recruit several other runners, both human and equine, and call upon the wisdom of burro racers, goat farmers, Amish running club members, and a group of irrepressible female long-haul truckers. An entire community comes together to help save Sherman and, along the way, Chris shows us the joy of a life with animals.
Автор: McDougall Chrцs Название: Football Records ISBN: 164493437X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781644934371 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 2357.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This title describes the record-breaking athletes and teams of football. With compelling images, fun facts, and an Impossible to Break special feature, this book provides an engaging overview of football`s records and the athletes who set them.
Автор: McDougall Chrцs Название: Sports Gambling ISBN: 1644934698 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781644934692 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 2786.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This title offers a detailed look at the effect gambling has had on the sports world. Clear text, compelling images, and helpful sidebars and infographics make this book an accessible and engaging read.
Автор: McDougall Lindy Название: The Perfect Vagina: Cosmetic Surgery in the Twenty-First Century ISBN: 0253056136 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253056139 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3135.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In the West, a specific ideal for female genitalia has emerged: one of absence, a "clean slit," attained through the removal of pubic hair and, increasingly, through female genital cosmetic surgery known as FGCS. In The Perfect Vagina: Cosmetic Surgery in the Twenty-First Century, Lindy McDougall provides an ethnographic account of women who choose FGCS in Australia and the physicians who perform these procedures, both in Australia and globally, while also examining the environment in which surgeons and women come together. Physicians have a vested interest in establishing this surgery as valid medical intervention, despite majority medical opinion explicitly acknowledging that a wide range of genital variation is normal. McDougall offers a nuanced picture of why and how these procedures are performed and draws parallels between FGCS and anthropological discussions of female genital circumcision (cutting). Using the neologism biomagical, she argues that cosmetic surgery functions as both ritual and sacrifice due to its promise of transformation while simultaneously submitting the body to the risks and pain of surgery, thus exposing biomedicine as an increasingly cultural and commercial pursuit. The Perfect Vagina highlights the complexities involved with FGCS, its role in Western beauty culture, and the creation and control of body image in countries where self-care is valorized and medicine is increasingly harnessed for enhancement as well as health.
Автор: McDougall Chrцs Название: Baseball Records ISBN: 1644934353 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781644934357 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 2357.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This title describes the record-breaking athletes and teams of baseball. With compelling images, fun facts, and an Impossible to Break special feature, this book provides an engaging overview of baseball`s records and the athletes who set them.
Автор: McDougall Carol, Laramee-Jones Shanda Название: Tummy Time Friends: A Fold-Out Book ISBN: 1771087676 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771087674 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1373.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: McDougall Название: A History of Algeria ISBN: 0521617308 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521617307 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4277.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is for students and scholars interested in the history and politics of Algeria, the Middle East, Africa, France and the Mediterranean. It covers five hundred years of history, from the arrival of the Ottomans in 1516 to the aftermath of the Arab uprisings of 2011.
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