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Dark Brilliance

The Age of Reason: From Descartes to Peter the Great

by Paul Strathern ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

Unabridged

13 hours 30 min

During the 1600s—between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment—Europe lived through an era known as The Age of Reason. This was a revolutionary period that saw great advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy, political theory, and economics.However, all this was accomplished against a background of extreme political turbulence on a continental scale, in the form of ... Read more

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During the 1600s—between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment—Europe lived through an era known as The Age of Reason. This was a revolutionary period that saw great advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy, political theory, and economics.However, all this was accomplished against a background of extreme political turbulence on a continental scale, in the form of
... Read more

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The Medici

by Paul Strathern ...

Series series Italian Histories
A dazzling history of the modest family that rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money, and ambition. Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence, as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did ... Read more

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A dazzling history of the modest family that rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money, and ambition. Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence, as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did
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The Florentines

From Dante to Galileo: The Transformation of Western Civilization

by Paul Strathern ...

Series series Italian Histories
A sweeping and magisterial four-hundred-year history of both the city and the people who gave birth to the Renaissance.Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642, something happened that transformed the entire culture of western civilization. Painting, sculpture, and architecture would all visibly change in such a striking fashion that there could be no going back on what ... Read more

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A sweeping and magisterial four-hundred-year history of both the city and the people who gave birth to the Renaissance.Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642, something happened that transformed the entire culture of western civilization. Painting, sculpture, and architecture would all visibly change in such a striking fashion that there could be no going back on what
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Difficult Attachments

Anxieties of Kinship and Care

by Kathryn E. Goldfarb, Sandra Bamford, Marilyn Strathern, Janelle S. Taylor, Jason Danely, Celeste Pang, Danilyn Rutherford, Noa Vaisman, Erika Finestone0, Dawa Lokyitsang1, Deborah A. Boehm2, Katie Kilroy-Marac3, Patrick McKenzie4, Brady G’Sell5, Julia Kowalski6, Sonia Yuhui Zhang7, Michael Lambek8, Professor Riché J. Daniel Barnes9 ...

Anthropologists have long considered kinship as the basis for social solidarity. Indeed, the idea that kinship is grounded in positive sociality has found its way into most anthropological accounts and has served as an orienting framework directing decades of scholarly research. But what about when it is not? What about instances when kinship is anything but ‘warm and fuzzy’ but is characterized, ... Read more

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Anthropologists have long considered kinship as the basis for social solidarity. Indeed, the idea that kinship is grounded in positive sociality has found its way into most anthropological accounts and has served as an orienting framework directing decades of scholarly research. But what about when it is not? What about instances when kinship is anything but ‘warm and fuzzy’ but is characterized,
... Read more
Napoleon in Egypt

by Paul Strathern ...

“Europe is a molehill….”Everything here is worn out…tiny Europe has not enough to offer.We must set off for the Orient; that is where all the greatest glory is to be achieved.” —NapoleonNapoleon’s invasion of Egypt was the first Western attack in modern times on a Middle Eastern country. In this remarkably rich and eminently readable historical account, acclaimed author Paul Strathern reconstructs ... Read more

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“Europe is a molehill….”Everything here is worn out…tiny Europe has not enough to offer.We must set off for the Orient; that is where all the greatest glory is to be achieved.” —NapoleonNapoleon’s invasion of Egypt was the first Western attack in modern times on a Middle Eastern country. In this remarkably rich and eminently readable historical account, acclaimed author Paul Strathern reconstructs
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Empire

by Paul Strathern ...

Eminent historian Paul Strathern opens the story of Empire with the Akkadian civilization, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our Western and Eastern roots. Next the narrative describes how a great deal of Western Classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe ... Read more

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Eminent historian Paul Strathern opens the story of Empire with the Akkadian civilization, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our Western and Eastern roots. Next the narrative describes how a great deal of Western Classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe
... Read more
The Other Renaissance

From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World

by Paul Strathern ...

An original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philosophy, which often rivaled its Italian counterpart.It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy.However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This "Other Renaissance" was initially centered on the city of Bruges ... Read more

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An original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philosophy, which often rivaled its Italian counterpart.It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy.However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This "Other Renaissance" was initially centered on the city of Bruges
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The Other Renaissance

From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World

by Paul Strathern ...

Narrated by Roger May ...

Unabridged

14 hours 58 min

An original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philosophy, which often rivaled its Italian counterpart.It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy.However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This "Other Renaissance" was initially centered on the city of Bruges ... Read more

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An original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philosophy, which often rivaled its Italian counterpart.It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy.However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This "Other Renaissance" was initially centered on the city of Bruges
... Read more

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The Florentines

From Dante to Galileo: The Transformation of Western Civilization

by Paul Strathern ...

Narrated by Roger Clark ...

Unabridged

14 hours 35 min

A sweeping and magisterial four-hundred-year history of both the city and the people who gave birth to the Renaissance.Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642, something happened that transformed the entire culture of western civilization. Painting, sculpture, and architecture would all visibly change in such a striking fashion that there could be no going back on what ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

A sweeping and magisterial four-hundred-year history of both the city and the people who gave birth to the Renaissance.Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642, something happened that transformed the entire culture of western civilization. Painting, sculpture, and architecture would all visibly change in such a striking fashion that there could be no going back on what
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Dark Brilliance

The Age of Reason: From Descartes to Peter the Great

by Paul Strathern ...

A sweeping history of The Age of Reason, revealing how—although it was a time of great progress—it was also an era of brutality and intolerance with a very human cost.During the 1600s—between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment—Europe lived through an era known as The Age of Reason. This was a revolutionary period that saw great advances in areas such as art, science, ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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A sweeping history of The Age of Reason, revealing how—although it was a time of great progress—it was also an era of brutality and intolerance with a very human cost.During the 1600s—between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment—Europe lived through an era known as The Age of Reason. This was a revolutionary period that saw great advances in areas such as art, science,
... Read more

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Mendeleyev's Dream

The Quest for the Elements

by Paul Strathern ...

Narrated by Mike Cooper ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

One of Bill Gates's Top Five Book RecommendationsThe wondrous and illuminating story of humankind's quest to discover the fundamentals of chemistry, culminating in Mendeleyev's dream of the Periodic Table.In 1869 Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev was puzzling over a way to bring order to the fledgling science of chemistry. Wearied by the effort, he fell asleep at his desk. What he dreamed would ... Read more

$20.99 USD

One of Bill Gates's Top Five Book RecommendationsThe wondrous and illuminating story of humankind's quest to discover the fundamentals of chemistry, culminating in Mendeleyev's dream of the Periodic Table.In 1869 Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev was puzzling over a way to bring order to the fledgling science of chemistry. Wearied by the effort, he fell asleep at his desk. What he dreamed would
... Read more
Mendeleyev's Dream

by Paul Strathern ...

****One of Bill Gates' Top Five Book Recommendations*The wondrous and illuminating story of humankind's quest to discover the fundamentals of chemistry, culminating in Mendeleyev's dream of the Periodic Table.**In 1869 Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev was puzzling over a way to bring order to the fledgling science of chemistry. Wearied by the effort, he fell asleep at his desk. What he dreamed ... Read more

$11.99 USD

****One of Bill Gates' Top Five Book Recommendations*The wondrous and illuminating story of humankind's quest to discover the fundamentals of chemistry, culminating in Mendeleyev's dream of the Periodic Table.**In 1869 Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev was puzzling over a way to bring order to the fledgling science of chemistry. Wearied by the effort, he fell asleep at his desk. What he dreamed
... Read more

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