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This series [pushes] the boundaries of knowledge and [develops] new trends in approach and understanding. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW For four decades, Michael Hicks has been a figure central to the study of fifteenth-century England. His scholarly output is remarkable both for its sheer bulk and for the diversity of the fields it covers. This extraordinary breadth is reflected by the variety of subjects covered by the papers in the present volume, offered to Professor Hicks by friends, colleagues and former students to mark his retirement from the University of Winchester. Fifteenth-century royalty, nobility and gentry, long at the heart of his own work, naturally take centre stage, but his contribution to economic and regional history, both in the early part of his career as a research fellow at the Victoria County History and more recently as director of a succession of major research projects, is also reflected in the essays presented here. The individual contributions are populated by some of the major characters of Yorkist England, many of them made household names by Professor Hicks's own writings - King Edward IV and his mistresses; the Neville earls of Warwick and Salisbury; the Stafford, Herbert, Percy, Tiptoft and de Vere earls of Devon, Pembroke,Northumberland, Worcester and Oxford - while the themes covered span the full panoply of medieval life: from treason to trade, warfare to widowhood and lordship to law enforcement. Equally broad is the papers' geographical spread,covering regions from Catalonia to Normandy, from Hampshire to Yorkshire and from Worcestershire and the Welsh marches to East Anglia. Contributors: Anne Curry, Christopher Dyer, Peter Fleming, Ralph Griffiths, JohnHare, Winifred Harwood, Matthew Holford, Hannes Kleineke, Gordon McKelvie, Mark Page, Simon Payling, A.J. Pollard, James Ross, Karen Stöber, Anne F. Sutton

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One of the principal characteristics of the European Neolithic is the development of monumentality in association with innovations in material culture and changes in subsistence from hunting and gathering to farming and pastoralism. The papers in this volume discuss the latest insights into why monumental architecture became an integral part of early farming societies in Europe and beyond. One of the topics is how we define monuments and how our arguments and recent research on temporality impacts on our interpretation of the Neolithic period. Different interpretations of Göbekli Tepe are examples of this discussion as well as our understanding of special landmarks such as flint mines.The latest evidence on the economic and paleoenvironmental context, carbon 14 dates as well as analytical methods are employed in illuminating the emergence of monumentalism in Neolithic Europe. Studies are taking place on a macro and micro scale in areas as diverse as Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Germany, the Dutch wetlands, Portugal and Malta involving a range of monuments from long barrows and megalithic tombs to roundels and enclosures. Transformation from a natural to a built environment by monumentalizing part of the landscape is discussed as well as changes in megalithic architecture in relation to shifts in the social structure. An ethnographic study of megaliths in Nagaland discuss monument building as an act of social construction. Other studies look into the role of monuments as expressions of cosmology and active loci of ceremonial performances. Also, a couple of papers analyse the social processes in the transformation of society in the aftermath of the initial boom in monument construction and the related changes in subsistence and social structure in northern Europe.The aim of the publication is to explore different theories about the relationship between monumentality and the Neolithic way of life through these studies encompassing a wide range of types of monuments over vast areas of Europe and beyond.

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How did life emerge? What are the smallest elements of matter? How are planets formed?Over the centuries, brilliant men and women have sought to develop theories to answer the most compelling questions about the world around us. Through their amazing insights and conscientious efforts they helped to create the world we know today. In this entertaining introduction, Anne Rooney explores the fascinating world of science through its 50 key ideas.Ranging from evolutionary biology to quantum physics to chaos theory and featuring the ideas of such pivotal scientists as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Marie Curie, this essential guide will bring you up to speed on all of the world''s most important scientific discoveries. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Ideas Unpacked series explores several academic topics through their 50 greatest ideas, giving readers an entertaining and accessible overview of a subjects defining theories and thi

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Short stories depicting individuals trying to live with and without their dysfunctional families, clinging to whatever stability they can find. Panning''s style is experimental--changing points of view within a single story . . . The voices of Panning''s characters are invariably riveting.--Newsday

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The cultural theorist and media designer Anne Balsamo calls for transforming learning practices to inspire culturally attuned technological imaginations.

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Anne Bogel, creator of the Modern Mrs Darcy blog, wants to help instill a lifelong love of reading in your child with fun lists of book recommendations, creative activities, and space to record what they’ve read and what they would like to read.

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La collection de textes coptes de la Bibliotheque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, qui comprend environ 2000 pieces, est presque totalement inedite. Dans cet ouvrage, qui constitue l'amorce d'un catalogue de ce fonds, sont regroupes les fragments bibliques (une cinquantaine), sur papyrus et parchemin. S'ils sont de dimensions reduites, ces fragments apportent du materiel nouveau sur deux points: (1) certains d'entre eux attestent des passages encore inedits de la version sahidique de l'Ancien Testament. (2) Les sept fragments en dialecte fayoumique (Psaumes, Daniel, Epitre aux Romains) viennent aussi enrichir la version du texte biblique dans ce dialecte (c'est particulierement interessant pour les Psaumes, pour lesquels on a maintenant des temoins substantiels dans quatre grands dialectes coptes); ils contribueront en meme temps a ameliorer la connaissance du fayoumique lui-meme, qui reste sans doute, parmi les dialectes, le plus insuffisamment decrit.

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La reina del crimen victoriano vuelve a la carga. En esta novela, el detective Monk deberá indagar en un incidente familiar ocurrido dos décadas atrás. Killiam Melville tal vez sea el arquitecto más brillante de su generación. Joven, atractivo, inteligente, apasionado y con un talento casi genial, destaca por su honestidad y modestia. Sin embargo, un incidente amenaza con enturbiar esta intachable trayectoria: Melville va a ser juzgado por romper su compromiso matrimonial con Zillah Lambert, la hija de su patrón. Para su defensa, el arquitecto contacta con el prestigioso abogado Sir Oliver Rathbone, quien aceptará el caso de buen grado, aunque no tardará en arrepentirse dada la negativa de Melville a aportar razón lógica alguna que justifique su comportamiento. A medida que transcurre el juicio, Rathbone pasa del desconcierto a la certeza de que su cliente oculta un grave secreto, por lo que inicia una investigación paralela. Para ello solicita la ayuda de su colaborador habitu

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Anne Perry, maestra de la novela de intriga histórica ambientada en la era victoriana, nos transporta nuevamente a orillas del Támesis en su nueva y vibrante novela de William Monk. Cuando el comandante Monk de la Policía del Támesis es convocado para investigar la aparición de un hombre ahogado en el río, que resulta ser un prisionero fugitivo, tiene que vérselas nuevamente con el oficial de aduanas McNab, que alberga un amargo rencor contra Monk y que siempre intenta perjudicarlo. Tras la fuga de un segundo prisionero y a medida que las trampas de McNab se vuelven más terroríficas, Monk se verá forzado a recurrir a la ayuda de su mujer, Hester, y de su amigo el abogado Oliver Rathbone. Juntos, tratarán de desentrañar el misterio que rodea a las muertes en el Támesis y a la rivalidad enfermiza de McNab

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Reunimos, por primera vez en castellano, en un volumen traducido con elegancia y precisión por Xandru Fernández, todos los poemas que se conocen escritos de puño y letra por Anne Brontë. El lector encontrará aquí un gusto por la aventura y una sensibilidad extrema por el paisaje que con los años va profundizando en la introspección y en el examen moral, todo empapado de la característica melancolía de su escritura, como si de alguna manera su mente fuese capaz de anticipar su temprana muerte, y la de sus queridas hermanas. Uno de los monumentos de la literatura romántica inglesa, y una aventura literaria ineludible para los lectores sensibles y atrevidos.

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Encuadernación: CartonéColección: Cuentos para sentirEdad recomendada: Entre 3 y 6 añosJaime tenía una gran amiga que se llamaba Claudia y siempre le intentaba demostrar cuánto la quería. Un día Claudia le preguntó qué estaba dispuesto a hacer por ella y Jaime tuvo una idea: le regalaría la Luna. Así que una noche, fue a hablar con ella.Un cuento sobre el amor.Otros títulos de la de la colección:*Qué le pasa a Mugán'. ISBN: 9788467508260*Aventura de una gota de agua. ISBN: 9788467522846*Chusco, un perro callejero. ISBN: 9788467502602*Correprisas y tumbona. ISBN: 9788467502602*El club de los valientes. ISBN: 9788467526424*El oso gruñón. ISBN: 9788467534290*Historia de una lata. ISBN: 9788467519853*La historia de Dracolino. ISBN: 9788467502572*La jirafa Timotea. ISBN: 9788467504415*Peligro en el mar. ISBN: 9788467502589*Pirindicuela. ISBN: 978467526417*Simbo y el rey hablador. ISBN: 9788467526431*Yo soy el mayor. ISBN: 9788467502596

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L?àvia de l?Ivan, la Sophie, la Tanya i en Nicholas de vegades perd una mica el cap, confon cares i noms i no sap ni en quin dia viu, però quan els fills decideixen portar-la a una residència per a gent gran, els quatre nets buscaran una solució divertida i plena de tendresa perquè això no passi.Així comencen el Projecte Iaia, un pla per fer canviar d?opinió els seus progenitors i poder continuar gaudint de la companyia de la seva excèntrica àvia.

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