Biography
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Sigmund Freud und sein Buch, Der Mann Moses: Eine kritische Würdigung aus ägyptologischer und anthropologischer Sicht [Paperback]
Rolf Krauss (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9781906137649
Published by : Golden House Publications
Series: Internet-Beiträge zur Ägyptologie und Sudanarchäologie
Volume: 22
Freud’s study about Moses and monotheistic religion combined Egyptology and anthropology in a critical analysis of the biblical faith. This book reviews the Egyptological and anthropological bases of Freud’s arguments. There is also a chapter devo... .... Learn More -
Fernando Pessoa. A Quasi Memoir [Paperback]
José Paulo Cavalcanti (Author)
£28.00ISBN: 9788869771811
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Literature
Writing a biography about Pessoa is a seemingly impossible task. The great Portuguese poet did not have just one life, but his existence virtually exploded in over a hundred different personalities. Only by placing oneself close to Pessoa, only by... .... Learn More -
The Power to Change the World: James Watt (1736-1819) - A Life in 50 Objects [Paperback]
Malcolm Dick (Editor); Kate Croft (Editor)
£20.00ISBN: 9781905036561
Published by : West Midlands History
James Watt (1736-1819) transformed the steam engine - the most significant invention of the Industrial Revolution. Without Watt there would have been no locomotives, steamships or factories where machines were energised by coal. Watt was, however... .... Learn More -
Fâṭima, Daughter of Muhammad (2nd ed.): Second Edition [Paperback]
Christopher Clohessy (Author)
£44.00ISBN: 9781463239398
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Islamic History and Thought
Volume: 10
The only child of Muhammad to survive him, Fâṭima was from early times taken up by Shî’a Islam, for whose adherents she is the virgin mother, the heavenly intercessor with untold power before God’s throne, and the grieving mother of al-Husayn, the... .... Learn More -
Bugs and Bullets: The True Story of an American Doctor on the Eastern Front during World War I [Hardback]
Joseph Breckinridge-Bayne (Author); Ernest Latham (Editor)
£39.99ISBN: 9781592110155
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Romania entered World War I in the summer of 1916 woefully unprepared to sustain a war on its own. The country faced near collapse as its Allies did not follow through on their promises and the Central Powers advanced into the kingdom. An unexpect... .... Learn More -
The Long Journeys Home: The Repatriations of Henry ‘Opukaha‘ia and Albert Afraid of Hawk [Hardback]
Nick Bellantoni (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780819576842
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Series: The Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet Books
Henry ‘Opukaha‘ia (ca. 1792–1818), Native Hawaiian, and Itankusun Wanbli (ca. 1879–1900), Oglala Lakota, lived almost a century apart. Yet the cultural circumstances that led them to leave their homelands and eventually die in Connecticut have str... .... Learn More -
John Hunyadi: Defender of Christendom [Hardback]
Camil Muresanu (Author)
£39.99ISBN: 9781592110117
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
The fifteenth century marked a decisive moment in world history as the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into southeastern Europe posed a grave threat to Christianity, highlighted by the fall of Byzantium to the Turks in 1453, drawing the attention ... .... Learn More -
Jarmila Novotná: My Life in Song [Hardback]
Jarmila Novotná (Author); William V. Madison (Editor); Brian Kellow (Author)
£33.00ISBN: 9780813176116
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
A legendary beauty, hailed as one of the greatest singing actors of her time, Jarmila Novotná (1907-1994) was an internationally known opera soprano from the former Czechoslovakia. Best known for her performances in Der Rosenkavalier, The Marriag... .... Learn More -
Missionary Life in Persia: Being glimpses at a quarter of a century of labors among the Nestorian Christians [Hardback]
John Ameer (Author); Justin Perkins (Author)
£52.00ISBN: 9781463239213
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Kiraz Historic Travels Archive
Volume: 32
An account by the American missionary, Justin Perkins, of his years living among the Christians of Persia, with a new Introduction by John Ameer, setting the activities and experiences of the American missionaries in Persia in their historical con... .... Learn More -
The Romanovs: Family of Faith and Charity [Hardback]
Maria Maximova (Author); Nicholas Kotar (Author)
£6.99ISBN: 9780884654681
Published by : Printshop of St Job of Pochaev
This book shares the story of the last Russian emperor and his family. Their life was not necessarily what one would expect; there was much more than fancy clothes and delicious food. They shared happy memories but also great hardships. They nurse... .... Learn More
