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Omslagsbild för Sivistys vaurautena
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Sivistys vaurautena

Teoksessa päivitetään käsityksiä sivistyksestä, vauraudesta ja edistyksestä. Yhteiskunnan kehitystä ja yksilön onnistumista on mitattu materiaalisen vaurauden ja kulutusmahdollisuu ...


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Hypertodellisuus

Miten suhtautua elämään ja sen haasteisiin? Ovatko ne todellisia?Mitä todella tiedämme todellisuudesta?Mikä yhteys todellisuudella ja tietoisuudella on?Elämmekö simulaatiossa?FT Jo ...


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The Animal Victoria Cross

Sixty-three animals have won the Dickin Medal, the highest award for animal bravery. Their inspiring stories are told, for the first time in one book, The Animal Victoria Cross. F ...


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The Environment and Aggregate-Related Archaeology

This volume provides a synthetic review of the background and archaeology that has emerged through archaeological interventions associated with the quarrying of sand, gravel, and r ...


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Plants, People and Places

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Phytoliths - rigid microscopic bodies that occur in most plant species - have gone a long way since that day when Darwin became curious about a fine powder deposited on the instrum ...


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Behaviour Behind Bones

This book is the first in a series of volumes which form the published proceedings of the 9th meeting of the International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ), held in Durham in 2002. ...


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Living the Lunar Calendar

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Lunar calendars suffer from an inherent uncertainty in the length of each month and the number of months in the year. Variable atmospheric conditions, weather and the acuity of the ...


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Shuffling Nags, Lame Ducks

The analysis of animal bone assemblages from archaeological sites provides much valuable data concerning economic and husbandry practices in the past, as well as insights into cult ...


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Ethnozooarchaeology

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This book examines how the study of human-animal relations can help us interpret archaeological evidence. An international range of contributors examines fishing, hunting and husba ...


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Archaeomalacology Revisited

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The past decade has witnessed a remarkable momentum in the advancement of archaeomalacological research but there is still a lot of room for progress. These ten papers are the seco ...


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Wild Harvest

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Plants are fundamental to life; they are used by all human groups and most animals. They provide raw materials, vitamins and essential nutrients and we could not survive without th ...


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Bones and Identity

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Seventeen papers demonstrate how zooarchaeologists engage with questions of identity through culinary references, livestock husbandry practices and land use. Contributions combine ...


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Cod and Herring

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Quests for cod, herring and other sea fish had profound impacts on medieval Europe. This interdisciplinary book combines history, archaeology and zooarchaeology to discover the chr ...


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Castles and the Anglo-Norman World

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Castles and the Anglo-Norman World is a major new synthesis drawing together a series of 20 papers by 26 French and English specialists in the field of Anglo-Norman studies. It inc ...


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People with Animals

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People with Animals emphasizes the interdependence of people and animals in society, and contributors examine the variety of forms and time-depth that these relations can take. The ...


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The Sailor's Book of the Weather

Introducing key principles that influence the weather, this guide gives sailors the tools to forecast from observations and the available information. Wind, clouds and weather patt ...


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Wind Strategy

The wind powers everything a sailor does and this book will help you to understand it. As a result you will be more prepared for your race, able to anticipate changes in the wind b ...


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Bacteria and Bayonets

For hundreds of years men have fought and died to expand and protect the United States relying on martial skill and patriotism. Various powerful enemies, from the British to the Na ...


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Interest in Mathematics and Science Learning

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Interest in Mathematics and Science Learning, edited by K. Ann Renninger, Martin Nieswandt, and Suzanne Hidi, is the first volume to assemble findings on the role of interest in ma ...


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Horses of the Great War

Horses of the Great War explains the contribution of countless innocent houses using superb contemporary painting by artists such as Sir John Lavery, Sir Alfred Munnings and Stanle ...


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Merilintuja ja lintuihmisiä

Luontokirjailija Aura Koiviston elämyksellisiä ja informatiivisia tarinoita Jäämerelle suuntautuneista linturetkistä.Lintuharrastajalle Jäämeren karusta ja kivisestä rannikosta tek ...


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Dead zone

Ilmastonmuutos ja elinympäristöjen tuhoutuminen eivät ole ainoita syitä siihen, miksi niin monia eläinlajeja uhkaa sukupuutto. Halvan lihan kysynnällä on yhtä tuhoisa vaikutus. Dea ...


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My First Summer in the Sierra

"My First Summer in the Sierra" (1911) takes inspiration from Muir’s journals of the months he spent between June and September 1869 as a shepherd in the Sierras. Muir went on to b ...


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A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf

In early March 1867, Muir was injured while working at a wagon wheels factory: a tool he was using slipped and struck him in the eye. This accident changed the course of his life. ...


Omslagsbild för Skildring av månen. Återutgivning av text från 1902
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Skildring av månen. Återutgivning av text från 1902

Månen har fascinerat människan i tusentals år. I den här e-boken får du veta mer om forskningen om vår eviga himmelska granne. Du får veta om de första trevande teorierna under ant ...