Reading Drama in Eighteenth-Century France is the first book-length study of how plays were read in eighteenth-century France and, relatedly, of closet drama: excessive plays that cannot be performed within the playhouse's confines and which thus appeal to the reader's imagination. This period in France was characterized by 'théâtromanie', a craze that encompassed the page as well as the stage. The book's first part surveys the historical context in which plays were read and off...

There have been many books, movies, and even TV commercials featuring Neandertals--some serious, some comical. But what was it really like to be a Neandertal? How were their lives similar to or different from ours? In How to Think Like a Neandertal, archaeologist Thomas Wynn and psychologist Frederick L. Coolidge team up to provide a brilliant account of the mental life of Neandertals, drawing on the most recent fossil and archaeological remains. Indeed, some Neandertal remains are not fos...

There have been many books, movies, and even TV commercials featuring Neandertals--some serious, some comical. But what was it really like to be a Neandertal? How were their lives similar to or different from ours? In How to Think Like a Neandertal, archaeologist Thomas Wynn and psychologist Frederick L. Coolidge team up to provide a brilliant account of the mental life of Neandertals, drawing on the most recent fossil and archaeological remains. Indeed, some Neandertal remains are not fos...

Nine Generations from Dr. Thomas Wynne documents and explores the author's father's family history and genealogy from its earliest American immigrant, Dr. Thomas Wynne, to its ninth generation. Dr. Wynne, a member of the Welsh gentry, was an early Quaker convert who was persecuted and jailed for his beliefs. He became acquainted with William Penn, also a convert, became his personal physician, and in 1681 purchased 5000 acres in Penn's new province of Pennsylvania. In 1682, they s...

Cognitive Archaeology is a relatively young though fast growing discipline. The intellectual heart of cognitive archaeology is archaeology, the discipline that investigates the only direct evidence of the actions and decisions of prehistoric people. Its theories and methods are an eclectic mix of psychological, neuroscientific, paleoneurological, philosophical, anthropological, ethnographic, comparative, aesthetic, and experimental theories, methods, and models, united only by their focus ...

An Introduction to Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology is the first concise introduction that lays out the epistemological foundations of evolutionary cognitive archaeology in a way that is accessible to students.The volume is divided into three sections. The first section situates cognitive archaeology in the pantheon of archaeological approaches and distinguishes between ideational cognitive archaeology and evolutionary cognitive archaeology. This is followed by a close l...

Genesis means beginning, and the book starts from the creation of GOD to Adam and Eve, Noah's flood, Cain's offspring, the Israelites, and finishes at present and ends in the future. Genesis Understood tells the truth about what really happened in the Garden of Eden. This book gives the location of where the Garden of Eden and Noah's flood occurred. Cain the great sea king and his influence on the world today. The 10 lost tribes of Israel, and where are they today? Genesis Understood based...

The Rise of Homo sapiens provides an unrivalled interdisciplinary introduction to the subject of hominin cognitive evolution that is appropriate for general audiences and students in psychology, archaeology, and anthropology. The book includes chapters on neural anatomy, working memory, evolutionary methods, and non-human primate cognition, but the bulk of the text reviews major developments in cognition over the span of hominin evolution from the ape-like cognition of Ardipithecu...

A fusion of science and faith woven together awakens an interest for the reader "Genesis Understood" creates a harmonious combination of scientific explanations backed by Scripture. If you're like me and have questions about the Bible that you think science will be able to answer, or even vice-versa, Nothing short of a hero, Lance valiantly stepped up and searched for answers to the questions we were too scared to ask. "Genesis Understood" is a book written for the pure, unadulterated purp...

**WINNER OF THE 2017 SCOTT MONCRIEFF PRIZEA new translation of Sade's most notorious, shocking and influential novel.**This disturbing but hugely important text has influenced countless individuals throughout history: Flaubert and Baudelaire both read Sade; the surrealists were obsessed with him; film-makers like Pasolini saw parallels with twentieth-century history in his writings; and feminists such as Andrea Dworkin and Angela Carter clashed over him. This new translatio...

Sie wächst über sich hinaus, um die zu retten, die sie liebt: "Die abenteuerliche Reise der Clara Wynn" von Thomas Jeier jetzt als eBook bei jumpbooks. Nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihrer Eltern muss die junge Clara Verantwortung übernehmen: für die erfolgreiche Tuchfabrik ihrer Familie, ihr Erbe, ihren leichtsinnigen Bruder Robert. Als dieser die Fabrik verspielt und auch noch eine russische Adelige angreift, bleibt Clara und Robert nichts anderes übrig, als vor deren rachsüchtigen Brüdern aus...

Mr. Ruche, a Parisian bookseller, receives a bequest from a long lost friend in the Amazon of a vast library of math books, which propels him into a great exploration of the story of mathematics. Meanwhile Max, whose family lives with Mr. Ruche, takes in a voluble parrot who will discuss math with anyone. When Mr. Ruche learns of his friend's mysterious death in a Brazilian rainforest, he decides that with the parrot's help he will use these books to teach Max and his brother and sister th...