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  • THE FUTURE OF THE SOVIET NAVY
    BRUCE W. WATSON / PETER M DUNN
    The efforts of the Soviet Union since the mid-1950s to develop naval power have produced one of the strongest navies in the world, but this achievement has not been without serious costs. The construction of increasingly complex submarines, ships, and aircraft has required greater investment of resources and manpower. This volume addresses whether the Soviet Union will continue...

    $999.00

  • THE GREAT DIVIDE
    PETER WATSON
    In The Great Divide, acclaimed author and historian Peter Watson explores the development of humankind between the Old World and the New, and offers a groundbreaking new understanding of human history. By 15,000 BC, humans had migrated from northeastern Asia across the frozen Bering land bridge to the Americas. When the last Ice Agecame to an end, the Bering Strait refilled wit...

    $229.00

  • THE GERMAN GENIUS
    PETER WATSON
    The German Genius is a virtuoso cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present day, by acclaimed historian Peter Watson (Making of the Modern Mind, Ideas). From Bach, Goethe, and Schopenhauer to Nietzsche, Freud, and Einstein, from the arts and humanities to science and philosophy, The German Genius is a lively and accessible review of over 250 years o...

    $279.00

  • CLINICAL PAIN MANAGEMENT : CHRONIC PAIN
    PETER WILSON / PAUL WATSON / JENNIFER HAYTHORNWAITE / TROELS JENSEN
    The second edition of Chronic Pain now covers a vast scientific and clinical arena, with the scientific background and therapeutic options much expanded. In common with the other titles comprising Clinical Pain Management, the volume gathers together the available evidence-based information in a reader-friendly format without unnecessary detail, an ...

    $5,400.00

  • IDEAS
    WATSON PETER
    Peter Watson —autor de la celebrada Historia intelectual del s. xx— se remonta a casi tres millones de años atrás, a la fabricación de las primeras herramientas de piedra, para explorar los primeros lenguajes, el nacimiento de los dioses, el origen del arte, la filosofía y la ciencia, o las profundas consecuencias de la creación del dinero. Describe la aparición de la escritura...
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    $899.00

  • THE BATTLES OF ST ALBANS
    PETER BURLEY / MICHAEL ELLIOTT / HARVEY WATSON
    St Albans is unique in having been the site of two pivotal battles during the Wars of the Roses, yet this is the first book-length account to have been published. It offers a gripping account of the fighting, and of the politics and intrigue that led to it, and it incorporates the results of the latest research. The authors also plot the events of over 500 years ago onto the tw...

    $119.00

  • VATICAN VENDETTA
    PETER WATSON
    An ambitious American pope makes powerful enemies—from the Italian Mafia to the US President—in this fascinating thriller that “could be next week’s news” (Daily Mail).   What if the unused riches of the Catholic Church were called upon to combat global poverty?   Following a tragic earthquake in Italy, Pope Thomas—the first American pontiff and a transformative leader—auctions...

    $109.00

  • STONES OF TREASON
    PETER WATSON
    An art historian gets caught up in a deadly international standoff in this “inventive” political thriller (The Guardian). What would happen if Greek extremists blackmailed Britain into returning ancient sculptures? And what if that blackmail involved not only Queen Elizabeth II, but also dark secrets about her uncle, the Duke of Windsor?   When Edward Andover, Surveyor of the Q...

    $109.00

  • LANDSCAPE OF LIES
    PETER WATSON
    A mysterious painting holds the clues to a cache of priceless relics in this treasure hunt of “deepening suspense” à la The Da Vinci Code (Library Journal).   In financial trouble, Isobel Sadler considers selling a painting that’s been in her family for generations. She can’t imagine it’s worth much . . . until someone tries to steal it.   Mystified, Isobel turns to art dealer ...

    $109.00

  • THE NAZI'S WIFE
    PETER WATSON
    Stolen gold and forbidden love intertwine in this riveting novel set during the last days of the Third Reich by “a superb writer and a masterful storyteller” (Houston Chronicle).   Walter Wolff, an officer in the US Army’s art recovery unit, has been assigned to track down a priceless collection of gold coins stolen from a monastery in Austria. General Eisenhower believes the t...

    $109.00

  • CAPO
    PETER WATSON
    A young Sicilian immigrant rises through the ranks of the Mafia in this “mesmerizing” novel that “gives Puzo a run for his money” (Publishers Weekly).   Sicily, 1879: After successfully smuggling a severed human ear past the police, Silvio Randazzo completes his dangerous first rite of passage—from peasant boy to Mafia soldier. The ear is a chilling ransom demand from Antonino ...

    $109.00

  • PSYCHOLOGY AND RACE
    PETER WATSON
    Since the problems of race relations are worldwide, the international origins and perspectives of this excellent and timely book are especially advantageous. More research has been done in the United States than elsewhere on the psychology of race relations, so it is appropriate that a plurality of the chapters of this book are by American authors--a stellar group that includes...

    $1,199.00

  • OPERATION JUST CAUSE
    BRUCE W. WATSON / PETER TSOURAS
    This book offers one of the first comprehensive academic views on Just Cause, the December 1989 U.S. military intervention in Panama. It presents excellent positions for the reader to consider and give a comprehensive view of all of the factors and events that prompted the operation. ...

    $1,099.00

  • THE BATTLES OF ST ALBANS
    PETER BURLEY / MICHAEL ELLIOTT / HARVEY WATSON
    St Albans is unique in having been the site of two pivotal battles during the Wars of the Roses, yet this is the first book-length account to have been published. It offers a gripping account of the fighting, and of the politics and intrigue that led to it, and it incorporates the results of the latest research. The authors also plot the events of over 500 years ago onto the tw...

    $119.00

  • CONVERGENCIAS EL ORDEN SUBYACENTE EN EL CORAZON DE LA CIENCIA
    WATSON PETER
    Una brillante historia de la ciencia de los últimos 150 an?os que ofrece una nueva visión: distintas disciplinas ciencias están convergiendo para dar lugar a nuevos hallazgos. ...
    Agotado

    $869.00

  • HISTORIA INTELECTUAL DEL SIGLO XX
    WATSON PETER
    Agotado

    $899.00

  • CONVERGENCIAS
    PETER WATSON
    Peter Watson, autor de obras como Ideas, Historia intelectual del siglo xx o La edad de la nada, ha escrito una brillante historia de la ciencia moderna con un original y significativo giro que revela íntimas conexiones entre Física y Química, Psicología y Biología, Genética y Lingüística. Watson demuestra, con extraordinario estilo narrativo propio de una novela de detectives ...
    Agotado

    $196.00

  • LA EDAD DE LA NADA
    WATSON PETER
    Agotado

    $35.00