Posted on September 11, 2009 by Nayab Naseer

The History of the Countryside by Oliver Rackham is a study of landscapes in the British lowlands from prehistory down to the present. He traces the history of hamlets, medieval farms, lonely moats, footpaths, woodlands, wood pasture, fords, field hedges, and other aspects of the countryside. Rackham then dwells into their origin, their extent at [...]

Posted on July 11, 2008 by twinkycess

Art as culture : an introduction to the anthropology of art by Evelyn Payne Hatcher
The book gives an overview of the cross-cultural study of art from an anthropological perspective by tackling the diversity of human nature. Exploring the ins and outs of ideas about art and its relationship to other things that people do, the [...]

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Brooke Hart

A few weeks ago, I ordered something from a 16 year old from a delivery place. It was the same thing that I always ordered, with the same address and the same price. They showed up with the wrong drink, the wrong food and had a hard time finding my address….not to mention [...]

Posted on April 12, 2008 by James Guill

Terry Felke-Morris’s book on Web Design with Html is a great book to have if you’re a beginning web designer. Technically it is a textbook for a college level class, but it has been so helpful I figured I would recommend it here.
The book starts with the normal history of web design and Html [...]

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Y.G.

Here is a book that was recommended to me a long time ago, after I had mentioned getting more and more interested in my studies of linguistics applied to English language. Besides, I confess a weak spot for any book that deals with the evolution of a language.
This is my first time reading Bryson, and [...]

Posted on October 13, 2005 by Niner Niner

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