Author: Bill Nye
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Bill Nye's Comic History of England
Author: Bill Nye
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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bill nyes comic history of england
Author: Bill Nye's
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Languages : en
Pages : 276
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The Origins of the Anglo-Saxons
Author: Jean Manco
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500777993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Who are the English? Their language and culture have had an impact on the modern world out of all proportion to the size of their homeland. But what do we really understand about their ancestry? Traditionally they have been seen as the descendants of those Germanic peoples who poured into Britain after the Roman legions departed, today known as the Anglo-Saxons. Alternative interpretations have questioned this picture, or suggested complications. At last, the astonishing progress made in extracting and analysing ancient DNA means that theories can be tested empirically, shedding new light on the movement and migrations of peoples in the past. Skillfully and accessibly blending together results from this cutting-edge DNA technology with new research from archaeology and linguistics, Jean Manco reveals a long and adventurous journey before a word of English was spoken. Going beyond a narrow focus on the Anglo-Saxon period, she probes into the deep origins of the Germani and their kin, and extends the story to the language of Shakespeare, taken to the first British colony in America. The result is an exciting new history of the English people, and a ground-breaking analysis of their development.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500777993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Who are the English? Their language and culture have had an impact on the modern world out of all proportion to the size of their homeland. But what do we really understand about their ancestry? Traditionally they have been seen as the descendants of those Germanic peoples who poured into Britain after the Roman legions departed, today known as the Anglo-Saxons. Alternative interpretations have questioned this picture, or suggested complications. At last, the astonishing progress made in extracting and analysing ancient DNA means that theories can be tested empirically, shedding new light on the movement and migrations of peoples in the past. Skillfully and accessibly blending together results from this cutting-edge DNA technology with new research from archaeology and linguistics, Jean Manco reveals a long and adventurous journey before a word of English was spoken. Going beyond a narrow focus on the Anglo-Saxon period, she probes into the deep origins of the Germani and their kin, and extends the story to the language of Shakespeare, taken to the first British colony in America. The result is an exciting new history of the English people, and a ground-breaking analysis of their development.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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The Race to Sail Around the World
Author: Kelly Wittmann
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1538208237
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Historians are often divided into two camps when asked to name the first person to circumnavigate the world; there are those who say Ferdinand Magellan was, while others argue the victor was Francis Drake. Readers will learn the controversies surrounding these 16th-century captains and their infamous journeys. Theyll learn about the political intrigues and economic incentives to find a route and the lasting effects of the expeditions. Besides containing the thrilling accounts of Magellans and Drakes adventures, this beguiling books historical images, maps, sidebars, and timeline complement social studies and geography curricula.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1538208237
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Historians are often divided into two camps when asked to name the first person to circumnavigate the world; there are those who say Ferdinand Magellan was, while others argue the victor was Francis Drake. Readers will learn the controversies surrounding these 16th-century captains and their infamous journeys. Theyll learn about the political intrigues and economic incentives to find a route and the lasting effects of the expeditions. Besides containing the thrilling accounts of Magellans and Drakes adventures, this beguiling books historical images, maps, sidebars, and timeline complement social studies and geography curricula.
Bibliography of American Literature: Augustus Baldwin Longstreet to Thomas William Parsons
Author: Jacob Blanck
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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One Hundred Years of Wisconsin Authorship, 1836-1937
Author: Mary Emogene Hazeltine
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Catalog of the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit and Humor (SCOWAH)
Author: San Francisco Public Library. Schmulowitz Collection
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Category : Wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Publisher:
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Category : Wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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The Public Library Quarterly
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Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Anna Richards Brewster, American Impressionist
Author: Anna Richards Brewster
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Anna Richards Brewster, American Impressionist is the first in-depth study of an artist whose name is not well-known today but who was one of the most successful women artists of her time. This beautifully illustrated book, catalog to the exhibition of the same name, provides a fascinating look at the turn-of-the-twentieth-century art world as experienced by a woman artist. Anna Richards Brewster (1870-1952) began painting at age ten, studied with William Merritt Chase and John LaFarge, and trained at Acad�mie Julian in Paris. She was a prolific painter of landscapes, portraits, and illustrations who showed her work regularly until the 1930s. In this volume, curator Judith Kafka Maxwell revives Brewster's work while exploring the contradictions common to women like her--those whose professional ambitions were neither supported nor encouraged by institutions or patrons. An introduction by Wanda M. Corn situates the artist in her social and cultural milieu, and essays by art historian Leigh Culver and American historian Kirsten Swinth explore the works themselves, the artist's education, and the post-Civil War rise of women artists. The result is a rich history of an artist and her time that makes vivid the obstacles faced by female artists in the early twentieth century.
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Anna Richards Brewster, American Impressionist is the first in-depth study of an artist whose name is not well-known today but who was one of the most successful women artists of her time. This beautifully illustrated book, catalog to the exhibition of the same name, provides a fascinating look at the turn-of-the-twentieth-century art world as experienced by a woman artist. Anna Richards Brewster (1870-1952) began painting at age ten, studied with William Merritt Chase and John LaFarge, and trained at Acad�mie Julian in Paris. She was a prolific painter of landscapes, portraits, and illustrations who showed her work regularly until the 1930s. In this volume, curator Judith Kafka Maxwell revives Brewster's work while exploring the contradictions common to women like her--those whose professional ambitions were neither supported nor encouraged by institutions or patrons. An introduction by Wanda M. Corn situates the artist in her social and cultural milieu, and essays by art historian Leigh Culver and American historian Kirsten Swinth explore the works themselves, the artist's education, and the post-Civil War rise of women artists. The result is a rich history of an artist and her time that makes vivid the obstacles faced by female artists in the early twentieth century.