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Télécharger le livre :  Flesh in the Age of Reason
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Flesh in the Age of Reason


Roy Porter


'As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present lives, this book can find few equals and no superiors. Porter is a witty, humane writer with an extraordinary vocabulary and a sparkling sense of fun. Whether he is quoting from obscure...

Parution : 2005-01-27
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Penguin
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Télécharger le livre :  Blood and Guts
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Blood and Guts


Roy Porter


Mankind's battle to stay alive is the greatest of all subjects. This brief, witty and unusual book by Britain's greatest medical historian compresses into a tiny span a lifetime spent thinking about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. Each...

Parution : 2003-06-26
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Penguin
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Télécharger le livre :  Madness
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Madness


Roy Porter


This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to...

Parution : 2003-03-13
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  Madness
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Madness


Roy Porter


This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to...

Parution : 2002-02-07
Format(s) : PDF
Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  The Penguin Social History of Britain
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The Penguin Social History of Britain


Roy Porter


A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.

Parution : 2001-11-01
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Penguin
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Télécharger le livre :  Enlightenment
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Enlightenment


Roy Porter


For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the Revolution. Porter certainly acknowledges France's importance, but here makes an overwhelming case for consideringBritain the true home...

Parution : 2001-11-01
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Penguin
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Télécharger le livre :  London
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London


Roy Porter


'Roy Porter, a historian of formidable range, turns to urban history in this marvellously lucid, informative and passionate book... Porter's facts are always at the service of the narrative, which has a finely maintained momentum, balancing statistics with the words of...

Parution : 2000-10-05
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Penguin
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