The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of the sea--revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world's waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human. The Sea and Civilization is a mesmerizing, rhapsodic narrative of maritime enterprise, from the origins of long-distance migration to the great seafaring cultures of antiquity; from Song Dynasty human-powered paddle-boats to aircraft carriers and container ships. Lincoln Paine takes the reader on an intellectual adventure casting the world in a new light, in which the sea reigns supreme. Above all, Paine makes clear how the rise and fall of civilizations can be linked to the sea. An accomplishment of both great sweep and illuminating detail, The Sea and Civilization is a stunning work of history.
Sea and Civilization
A monumental, wholly accessible work of scholarship that retells human history through the story of mankind's relationship with the sea. An accomplishment of both great sweep and illuminating detail, The Sea and Civilization is a stunning work of ...
Annotated Lincoln
No American president before or since has faced the problems that confronted Abraham Lincoln when he took office in 1861. Nor has any president expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment. Lincoln's writings reveal the depth of...
Paine: Political Writings
Thomas Paine was arguably the single most influential political writer in the English-speaking world during the great upheavals of the American and French Revolutions. His writings here reappear in the acclaimed Cambridge Texts series. For this re...
Thomas Paine Reader
This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passionate supporter of the French Revolution and perhaps the outstanding English radical wri...
The Portable Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy. This title contains the public speeches - the first debate with Stephen Douglas, the House Divided speech, the Gettysburg Address, the Second Inaugural Address - along wi...
Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln
From the most eloquent of American presidents, nearly 400 astute observations on subjects ranging from women to warfare: "Bad promises are better broken than kept"; "Marriage is neither heaven nor hell; it is simply purgatory";...
Lincoln
Beneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamentals of democracy. Now, in Lincoln: A Very Shor...
Lincoln
A revealing drama about a great American president.
Lincoln
A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, illuminating the gradual development of Lincoln's character, chronicling his tremendous capacity for evolution and growth, thus illustrating what made it possible for a man so inexperienced and so unprepared for the presidency to become a great moral leader. In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered Union--in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen.
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
OBS! Import. Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning political biopic stars Daniel Day-Lewis as America's 16th president Abraham Lincoln. The film focuses on the last few months of Lincoln's life, which not only saw the ending of slavery despite dogged opposition from many inside Lincoln's own cabinet, but also the Union victory in the American Civil War. The supporting cast includes Sally Field as Lincoln's wife Mary, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Lincoln's son Robert and Tommy Lee Jones as Radical Republican Congressional leader Thaddeus Stevens. Daniel Day-Lewis won the Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Best Actor for his performance.Typ: DVD
Lincoln
OBS! Import. Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning political biopic stars Daniel Day-Lewis as America's 16th president Abraham Lincoln. The film focuses on the last few months of Lincoln's life, which not only saw the ending of slavery despite dogged opposition from many inside Lincoln's own cabinet, but also the Union victory in the American Civil War. The supporting cast includes Sally Field as Lincoln's wife Mary, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Lincoln's son Robert and Tommy Lee Jones as Radical Republican Congressional leader Thaddeus Stevens. Daniel Day-Lewis won the Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Best Actor for his performance.Typ: Blu-ray
Lincoln
In "Lincoln", acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan explores the life of America's 16th president through his use of language as a vehicle both to express complex ideas and feelings and as an instrument of persuasion and empowerment. Like the...
Lincoln
* The second novel in the chronology of Vidal's epic NARRATIVES OF EMPIRE, embodying the passage of American history.
Lincoln
A strangers to lovers, secret billionaire, working together romance from VH Nicolson.Perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Catharina Maura and Meghan Quinn.'VH Nicolson's characters will touch your heart and her storytelling will always leave you wanting...
Lincoln
A strangers to lovers, secret billionaire, working together romance from VH Nicolson.Perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Catharina Maura and Meghan Quinn.'VH Nicolson's characters will touch your heart and her storytelling will always leave y...
Lincoln Myth
International bestseller Steve Berry returns with another brilliant Cotton Malone thriller involving a mystery about Abraham Lincoln and a political issue that's as explosive as it is timely - not only in Malone's world, but in ours. September 186...
Lincoln Lawyer
The bestselling legal thriller—and upcoming Netflix series—has charismatic defense attorney Mickey Haller taking on a slam-dunk court case involving a Beverly Hills playboy—but as it spirals into a nightmare,...
Lincoln Lawyer
There is no client as scary as an innocent man... Mickey is a Lincoln Lawyer - a criminal defence attorney operating out of the back of his car, a Lincoln - taking whatever cases the system throws at him. He's been a defence lawyer for a long time...
Lincoln Highway
Författaren till En gentleman i Moskva och Artighetsreglerna – mästaren av uppslukande romaner – är tillbaka med en elegant och driven tegelsten som utspelar sig i 50-talets Amerika. I juni 1954 körs artonårige Emmett Watson hem till Nebraska av fångvaktaren på arbetslägret där han precis avtjänat femton månader för ofrivilligt dråp. Hans mor är sedan länge ute ur bilden, hans far har nyligen gått bort, och familjegården är utmätt av banken. Emmetts
Lincoln Highway
Författaren till En gentleman i Moskva och Artighetsreglerna - mästaren av uppslukande romaner - är tillbaka med en elegant och driven tegelsten som utspelar sig i 50-talets Amerika.I juni 1954 körs artonårige Emmett Watson hem till Nebraska av fångvaktaren på arbetslägret där han precis avtjänat femton månader för ofrivilligt dråp. Hans mor är sedan länge ute ur bilden, hans far har nyligen gått bort, och familjegården är utmätt av banken. Emmetts plan är att ta med sin åttaårige lillebror, Billly, till Kalifornien för att börja om på nytt. Väl framme i Nebraska upptäcker Emmett att två av hans vänner från lägret har gömt sig i bagageutrymmet på fångvaktarens bil. Tillsammans har de gjort upp en helt annan plan för Emmetts framtid, en som kommer att ta dem på en ödesdiger resa i motsatt riktning: till New York City.Towles tredje roman utspelar sig under tio dagar och är berättad ur flera perspektiv. Med sin mångfacetterade litterära stil förser Towles läsaren med nya, fantastiskt välskildrade miljöer, karaktärer och teman.
