Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States, Scott James C.

Автор: Scott James C.
Название: Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
ISBN: 030024021X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300240214
Издательство: Wiley yUP
Цена: 16490 T
Описание: An Economist Best History Book 2017

"History as it should be written."--Barry Cunliffe, Guardian

"Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing the staggering price our ancestors paid for civilization and political order."--Walter Scheidel, Financial Times

Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public order, and a presumably secure way of living. But archaeological and historical evidence challenges this narrative. The first agrarian states, says James C. Scott, were born of accumulations of domestications: first fire, then plants, livestock, subjects of the state, captives, and finally women in the patriarchal family--all of which can be viewed as a way of gaining control over reproduction.

Scott explores why we avoided sedentism and plow agriculture, the advantages of mobile subsistence, the unforeseeable disease epidemics arising from crowding plants, animals, and grain, and why all early states are based on millets and cereal grains and unfree labor. He also discusses the "barbarians" who long evaded state control, as a way of understanding continuing tension between states and nonsubject peoples.

Автор: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Название: Great Gatsby
ISBN: 0007368658 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007368655
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Описание: The Great American Novel of love and betrayal in the Jazz Age.

Автор: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Название: Tender Is The Night
ISBN: 0007449488 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007449484
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Описание: From Collins Classics and the author of `The Great Gatsby` a marriage unravels in this autobiographical tale.

Автор: Scott
Название: Ivanhoe
ISBN: 1853262021 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781853262029
Издательство: Wordsworth
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Цена: 4400.00 T
Наличие на складе: Заказано в издательстве.
Описание: Set in the reign of Richard I, Coeur de Lion, this title is packed with incidents - sieges, ambushes and combats - and characters: Cedric of Rotherwood, the die-hard Saxon; his ward Rowena; the fierce Templar knight, Sir Brian de Bois-Gilbert; the Jew, Isaac of York, and his daughter Rebecca; Wamba and Gurth, jester and swineherd respectively.

Автор: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Название: This Side of Paradise & Beautiful and Damned
ISBN: 1840226625 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781840226621
Издательство: Wordsworth
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Описание: This Side of Paradise was Fitzgerald`s first novel, and its instant success made him famous. The Beautiful and Damned was Fitzgerald`s second novel, and describes the beginning of what became known as `The Jazz Age`.

Автор: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Название: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
ISBN: 0141190191 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141190198
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Цена: 7780.00 T
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Описание: Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years, his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse.

Автор: Snyder Scott
Название: Batman: The Court of Owls Vol.1
ISBN: 1401235425 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781401235420
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: The reader will experience the story from Batman's viewpoint on pages 108-117.

After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. As the Caped Crusader begins to unravel this deadly mystery, he discovers a conspiracy going back to his youth and beyond to the origins of the city he's sworn to protect.

Batman has heard tales of Gotham City's Court of Owls: that the members of this powerful cabal are the true rulers of Gotham. The Dark Knight dismissed the stories as rumors and old wives' tales. Gotham was his city. Until now.

A brutal assassin is sinking his razor-sharp talons into the city's best and brightest, as well as its most dangerous and deadly. If the dark legends are true, his masters are more powerful predators than the Batman could ever imagine.

This now-classic graphic novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo is not just fantastic jumping-on point for any new reader, but one of the great Batman stories ever told. With every year that passes, this masterpiece becomes more entrenched into this medium's pantheon of the greatest stories ever told.

Collects issues #1-7 of Batman.

Автор: Scott
Название: Rob Roy
ISBN: 1853262536 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781853262531
Издательство: Wordsworth
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Цена: 1760.00 T
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Описание: From its first publication in 1816, "Rob Roy" has been recognised as containing some of Scott`s finest writing and most engaging, fully realised characters.

Автор: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Название: Tales of the Jazz Age
ISBN: 0007925506 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007925506
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Описание: From Collins Classics, short stories from the author of `The Great Gatsby` and including `The Curious Case of Benjamin Button`.

Автор: Scott Schuman
Название: The Sartorialist: Closer (The Sartorialist Volume 2)
ISBN: 071819439X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780718194390
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Цена: 17600.00 T
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Описание: Scott Schuman is back with a completely new collection of beautiful images of the men and women who have caught his attention. From its origins on the streets of New York, his much- loved blog, The Sartorialist, remains a vivid and growing source of inspiration for readers everywhere. In The Sartorialist: Closer, Scott Schuman looks more deeply and with greater breadth at human style, telling diverse and compelling stories of its expression around the world. These images encompass the varied taste and visual attitude of people as far afield as Seoul, London, Rio de Janeiro, Paris and beyond. Presenting a rich tapestry of global style and always capturing an inspirational moment, the images in this new book continue to reflect Scott's unique sensibility and vision.

Автор: Snyder Scott
Название: Batman: The Court of Owls Mask and Book Set (the New 52)
ISBN: 1401242855 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781401242855
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 18390.00 T
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Описание: Following his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed run on Detective Comics, writer Scott Snyder (American Vampire) alongside artist Greg Capullo (Spawn) begins a new era of The Dark Knight with the relaunch of Batman with this critically acclaimed, New York Times #1 best-selling graphic novel! After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. As the Caped Crusader begins to unravel this deadly mystery, he discovers a conspiracy going back to his youth and beyond to the origins of the city he's sworn to protect. Could the Court of Owls, once thought to be nothing more than an urban legend, be behind the crime and corruption? Or is Bruce Wayne losing his grip on sanity and falling prey to the pressures of his war on crime? Collecting Batman #1-7, this seminal graphic novel is now paired with a replica mask worn by the villainous Court of Owls, a must-have for any true fan of Scott Snyder's groundbreaking work. Note: UK Price Includes VAT

Автор: Scott Schuman
Название: The Sartorialist: X (The Sartorialist Volume 3)
ISBN: 0141980176 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141980171
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: With a collection of images of the men and women who have caught the author`s attention around the world, this book is about urban and high-end style.

Автор: Orson Scott Card
Название: Children Of The Mind (new cover re-issue)
ISBN: 0356501876 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780356501871
Издательство: Little Brown
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Цена: 10110.00 T
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Описание: A sequel novel to the science fiction classic ENDER`S GAME - soon to be released as a major motion picture starring Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley and Asa Butterfield