Sir Daniel Wilson fu un archeologo e autore pioniere il cui lavoro esplorò profondamente l'intersezione tra storia e preistoria. Il suo approccio innovativo all'organizzazione di collezioni archeologiche, ispirato alle pratiche museali danesi, contribuì a stabilire nuovi quadri cronologici nel campo. Oltre ai suoi contributi teorici, Wilson fu un acuto osservatore e cronista, documentando meticolosamente il patrimonio architettonico in via di estinzione e l'etnografia dei popoli indigeni che incontrò. Gli viene attribuito in modo significativo l'introduzione del termine 'preistorico' nel vocabolario archeologico inglese, sottolineando l'importanza dello studio delle epoche precedenti ai documenti scritti. I suoi scritti e le sue imprese artistiche riflettono un profondo impegno nel preservare e comprendere il passato.
In his classic text The Reformed Pastor, Richard Baxter expounds on the apostle Paul's encouragement to the elders of Ephesus to keep watch over themselves and their flocks. Updated and abridged edition.
Exploring the history and cultural significance of left-handedness, this 1891 work delves into various theories and perspectives provided by a notable archaeologist and anthropologist. It investigates the societal implications and historical context surrounding left-handed individuals, offering insights into how they have been perceived throughout time.
A unique and beautiful cookbook from Daniel Wilson, owner and chef of Huxtable restaurant.
A progressive, research-based approach for making learning visible Based on the Reggio Emilia approach to learning, Visible Learners highlights learning through interpreting objects and artifacts, group learning, and documentation to make students' learning evident to teachers.
Many things come in twos: dualities, binaries, halves, and alternates. Twos are found throughout New Suns 2, in eighteen science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories by people of colour, revealing daring futures, hidden pasts, and present-day worlds filled with unmapped wonders.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse comes a fascinating and fantastic collection that explores complex emotional and intellectual landscapes at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human life. A VINTAGE BOOKS ORIGINAL. In "All Kinds of Proof," a down-and-out drunk makes the unlikeliest of friends when he is hired to train a mail-carrying robot; in "Blood Memory," a mother confronts the dangerous reality that her daughter will never assimilate in this world after she was the first child born through a teleportation device; in "The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever," a physicist rushes home to be with his daughter after he hears reports of an atmospheric anomaly which he knows to be a sign of the end of the earth; in "Miss Gloria," a robot comes back to life in many different forms in a quest to save a young girl. Guardian Angels and Other Monsters displays the depth and breadth of Daniel H. Wilson's vision and examines how artificial intelligence both saves and destroys humanity.
In this brand new third edition of his bestselling Make Money on eBay UK, Dan Wilson has distilled nearly 15 years experience with eBay, small businesses and internet selling into one indispensable guide - perfect whether you're a fledgling seller, full-time trader or e-entrepreneur.
You never know who will live and who will die in these stories taking place in an alternate version of the DC Universe, where Superman is the world's greatest villain and heroes like Batman, The Flash, and others must fight for their very lives.
Racing against time to find out what really happened to Superman, the Wonders of Earth 2 find themselves deep beneath the earth in the clutches of Desaad and his twisted creations.