Vietnam, January, 1968. As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet, the start of the Lunar New Year, Nha Ca arrives in the city to attend her father's funeral. Without warning, war erupts all around them, drastically changing or cutting short their lives. After a month of fighting, their [...]
Because the heavy motorized traffic tends to be even heavier in the summer, we recommend that you ride this route in the spring or autumn. If riding in summer is your only option, be advised that motorized traffic often increases after 10:00 a.m. You'll encounter climbs several miles in length as th[...]
Because the heavy motorized traffic tends to be even heavier in the summer, we reccommend that you ride this route in the spring or autumn. May and September/October are the best months for riding. From the Golden Gate Bridge, the route heads directly to the coast via city streets. After rejoining S[...]
Because the heavy traffic tends to be even heavier in summer, we recommend that you ride this toute in the spring or autumn. May and September-October are the best months for riding. Note that during summer, strong winds prevail from north to south. In Santa Barbara and the towns surrounding it, pre[...]
With the advent of the printing press throughout Europe in the last quarter of the fifteenth century, the key Latin texts of Italian humanism began to be published outside Italy, most of them by a small group of printers who, in most cases, worked in close collaboration with lecturers and teachers. [...]
English summary: The ability to translate the inner world of ideas into image displays is one of the original human characteristics. The figments of imagination translated into the communicative sphere as images represent not only external forms, but also memories, conveyed fears, hopes, or other e[...]
Standardverk fra en av Norges ledende historikere i det 20. århundre. Jens Arup Seip preget norsk historieforskning gjennom store deler av det 20. århundre, og hans sentrale verk Utsikt over Norges historie er blitt en klassiker. I første del av boken behandles embetsmannsstatens dannelse og frem[...]
The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BC, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious pract[...]
In The Dark Side of Genius, Laurinda Dixon examines melancholia as a philosophical, medical, and social phenomenon in early modern art. Once considered to have a physical and psychic disorder, the melancholic combined positive aspects of genius and breeding with the negative qualities of depression [...]
Un programa innovador para crear un estilo de vida basado en plantas, disenado para transformar tu salud mental, emocional y fisica en tan solo 22 dias
Si quieres perder peso, si quieres estar mas en forma y mas fuerte que nunca, "La revolucion de 22 dias" es la respuesta Basada en el principio[...]
CA-Mno-2122 is an extensive, multi-component site complex in the Mono Lake basin of east-central California containing 31 native encampments and 4 wing traps dating between A.D. 500 and 1900. This archeological study of the site provides important information regarding communal pronghorn hunting, th[...]
Between 350 and 850 Constantinople emerged as both the greatest city of the Mediterranean world and a monastic centre of unparalleled importance. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, including a rich body of hagiographical evidence, this 2008 study documents the historical relationship between the [...]
The 14th Edition Los Angeles & Ventura Counties Thomas Guide, published in 2013, provides the most highly accurate, richly detailed mapping available for the area. Easy-to-read, contiguous street-level maps cover a large area, with a landscape-style layout and spiral binding for maximum convenience [...]