Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to the present, paying particular attention to the role of science, fashion, fitness crazes, and public health campaigns in shaping...
History and geography
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Author:Vigarello, GeorgesSummary: - Author:Davis, Craig S.Summary:
Demystifies the area's culture, politics, and religions. Explore Middle Eastern history from ancient to modern times Looking to better understand the Middle East? This plain-English guide explains the importance of the region,...
- Author:Colombo, John RobertSummary:
The Midnight Hour is amazing, amusing, and frightening. It will make you pause to wonder - about ghosts and spirits, fate and destiny, strange beasts and even stranger human beings. The accounts within describe encounters in Canada with...
- Author:Worth, JenniferSummary:
An unforgettable story (and now a BBC TV series) of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one extraordinary woman.
- Author:Baxter, JoanSummary:
For fifty years, the pulp mill near Pictou in northern Nova Scotia has buoyed the local economy and found support from governments at all levels. But it has also pulped millions of acres of forests, spewed millions of tonnes of noxious...
- Author:Rocco, FiammettaSummary:
Malaria, now known as a disease of the tropics, badly weakened the Roman Empire. It killed thousands of British troops fighting Napoleon in 1809 and many soldiers on both sides of the Civil War. It turned back travelers exploring West...
- Author:MacEachern, AlanSummary:
On 7 October 1825, a massive forest fire swept through northeastern New Brunswick, devastating entire communities. When the smoke cleared, it was estimated that the fire had burned across six thousand square miles, one-fifth of the...
- Author:Gould, Stephen JaySummary:
When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. Yet the idea of of biology as...
- Author:Sledge, John S.Summary:
The Mobile River presents the first-ever narrative history of this important American watercourse. Inspired by the venerable Rivers of America series, John S. Sledge weaves chronological and thematic elements with personal experiences...
- Author:Hall, Louis KaroniaktajehSummary:
The first collection of its kind, this anthology by members of the Mohawk Warrior Society uncovers a hidden history and paints a bold portrait of the spectacular experience of Kanien'kehá:ka survival and self-defense. Providing...
- Author:Stalker, PeterSummary:
What exactly is money and what does it do? We might understand coins, notes, and gold bars but do we understand credit default swaps and sovereign wealth funds? In responding to these questions with concise historical analysis and...
- Author:Randall, David K.Summary:
In the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge with a mission to fill the empty halls of New York's struggling American Museum of Natural History: Henry Fairfield Osborn, a socialite whose reputation rests...
- Author:Lynch, John, Abramson, ZeldaSummary:
As the Holocaust is memorialized worldwide through education programs and commemoration days, the common perception is that after survivors arrived and settled in their new homes they continued on a successful journey from rags to...
- Author:Davis, Steven L., Minutaglio, BillSummary:
Based on freshly uncovered primary sources and new firsthand interviews, this book takes readers along for the gonzo ride of a lifetime. Spanning twenty-eight months, President Nixon's careening, global manhunt for Dr. Timothy...
- Author:Andra-Warner, ElleSummary:
Since 1873, the Mounties have brought the law to the furthest reaches of the Canadian frontier. Sam Steele, the "Lion of the North," was involved in almost every significant event in the Canadian West; James Macleod and James Walsh...
- Author:Dennis, David J.Summary:
A dynamic family exchange that pivots between the voices of a father and son, this is a unique work of oral history and memoir, chronicling the extraordinary story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and its living legacy embodied...
- Author:Moulton, MoSummary:
A group biography of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and the Oxford women who stood at the vanguard of equal rights.
- Author:Martin, Russell, Nibley, LydiaSummary:
Explores the turbulent life of Ludwig van Beethoven and traces the journey of a lock of hair cut from his corpse, following it from Germany to Denmark and finally London, where it was bought at auction and tested by forensic scientists...
- Author:Morris, ThomasSummary:
"Delightfully horrifying."-Popular Science This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its jaw-dropping weirdness. A puzzling series of dental...
- Author:Mikaberidze, AlexanderSummary:
An examination of the far-ranging international context of the Napoleonic Wars. The author examines one region at a time, discussing major political-military events and decision-making affected by the conflicts waged by France. 2020....
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