Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars
In 136 BC, in Sicily (which was then a Roman province), some four hundred slaves of Syrian origin rebelled against their masters and seized the city of Henna with much bloodshed. Their leader, a fortune-teller named Eunus, was declared king (takin...
Knossos, Mycenae, Troy
This book charts the rise of and interplay between the first Mediterranean civilisations - with particular reference to the Minoan, Cycladic, Mycenaean and Trojan - and on the causes of their decline, which are identified in a jumble of natural an...
Roman Aquileia
This book shows how a military colony became a large, impressive and prosperous city. Legendary for its walls and port, it was able to play a basic role in the great strategy of ancient Rome between the Po and the Danube, spanning the centuries fr...
Supernatural Entertainments
In Supernatural Entertainments, Simone Natale vividly depicts spiritualism's rise as a religious and cultural phenomenon and explores its strong connection to the growth of the media entertainment industry in the nineteenth century. He frames the ...
Forces of Reproduction
The concept of Anthropocene has been incorporated within a hegemonic narrative that represents 'Man' as the dominant geological force of our epoch, emphasizing the destruction and salvation power of industrial technologies. This Element develops a...
Handbook of Cardiac Electrophysiology
The second edition of this bestseller provides a practical, user-friendly manual guiding the theory and practice of cardiac electrophysiology. The handbook provides the specialist in training with a thorough grounding procedures, and clinical findings for clinicians. It provides a review of the main kinds of arrhythmia with illustrations of typical ECG findings supported where appropriate by correlative imaging. It also details the principal diagnostic and therapeutic procedures include implantation of pacemakers, resynchronization therapy, and ablation techniques. Key Features * Provides concise, user friendly guide to the equipment, procedures and clinical findings with which EPs need to be familiar * Delivers alternatives resource to the flagship titles available in this field - idea for those beginning training or seeking an update * Presents extensively updated material to enhance comprehension * Includes new treatments and devices for electrophysiologists trained to perform
Perspective Drawing for Interior Space
Using step-by-step instructions together with line-colored drawings, Perspective Drawing for Interior Space offers procedural instruction that covers freehand and technical one-, two-, and three-point perspectives. This text begins with the basic ...
Deceitful Media
Deceitful Media
Deceitful Media
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often discussed as something extraordinary, a dream--or a nightmare--that awakens metaphysical questions on human life. Yet far from a distant technology of the future, the true power of AI lies in its subtle revolu...
Workers of the Earth
Capitalism is destroying our planet, but like most social progress in the last two centuries, ecological justice can only be achieved through working-class struggle. In Workers of the Earth, Stefania Barca uncovers the environmental history and po...
Intracardiac Echocardiography in Interventional Electrophysiology
Focusing on anatomy and procedural strategy for atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, this atlas uses pictures and schematic diagrams to show how to use intracardiac echo (ICE) to assess anatomy, guide ablation, and prevent complication...
International Trade under President Reagan
International Trade under President Reagan
Photography and Other Media in the Nineteenth Century
In this volume, leading scholars of photography and media examine photography's vital role in the evolution of media and communication in the nineteenth century. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the introduction of telegraphy, the deve...