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Sexually speaking: what every woman needs to know about sexual health
Par Ruth K Westheimer, Pierre A Lehu, Amos Grünebaum. 2012
Addresses the most pressing health issues women face today and provides everything needed to take charge of your health -…
from finding a gynecologist to having a happy sex life to planning or avoiding a pregnancy. Covers questions related to sexuality, hormones, STDs, pregnancy, menopause, fibroids, and ovarian cancer, and helps you overcome embarrassment and other common obstacles to understanding and safeguarding your personal health. Includes sex. c2012.Secrets of the mummies: uncovering the bodies of ancient Egyptians (An I was there book)
Par Shelley Tanaka, Peter Brand. 1999
Four mummies, from a mighty pharaoh to a poor weaver, are studied scientifically to reveal the lives and times of…
these three-thousand-year-old people. Also describes embalming and mummification, life in ancient Egypt, and the scientific techniques now used to study mummies. Grades 3-6. 1999.Secrets of lost empires: reconstructing the glories of ages past
Par Michael Barnes. 1996
Tying in with a BBC2 television series, this book records attempts to solve the mysteries which surround the construction of…
some of the world's great archaeological treasures, without the help of modern technology. The building of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Coliseum of Ancient Rome and Stonehenge are examined. 1996.Secrets of the Great Pyramid
Par Peter Tompkins, Livio Catullo Stecchini. 1971
Describes the adventures and discoveries of those who have investigated the mystery of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Tompkins analyzes…
the history of the Great Pyramid and argues that it is not simply a tomb. He also discusses the questions of who built the pyramid, how they did it, and other theories about the pyramid. 1978, c1971.Rubicon: the triumph and tragedy of the Roman Republic
Par Tom Holland. 2004
Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness which would herald the catastrophe of…
its fall. It is a story of incomparable drama. This was the century of Julius Caesar, the gambler whose addiction to glory led him to the banks of the Rubicon, and beyond; of Cicero, whose defence of freedom would make him a byword for eloquence; of Spartacus, the slave who dared to challenge a superpower; of Cleopatra, the queen who did the same. This text brings to life this strange and unsettling civilization, with its extremes of ambition and self-sacrifice, bloodshed and desire. 2004.Rome, the biography of a city: The Biography Of A City
Par Christopher Hibbert. 1985
Rome's often bloody history unfolds as a pageant of patrons and parasites, saints and tyrants, poets and warriors. Reveals the…
influence of Greek customs, gods and art on life in Imperial Rome. 1985.Romans (History in a hurry. #6.)
Par John Farman. 1998
Rome: the Augustan age: a sourcebook
Par John Ferguson, Kitty Chisholm. 1981
This is a compilation of primary sources in translation, covering Roman politics, art, literature, social history, and philosophy. The anthology…
has been designed to accompany the Open University course A293 Rome: The Augustan Age. 1981.Ramsès II, le pharaon triomphant: sa vie et son époque
Par Paul Couturiau, K. A Kitchen, Christel Rollinat. 1985
Ramses II, le bâtisseur d'Abou Simbel, est sans nul doute le pharaon qui incarne le mieux la puissance et la…
grandeur des rois de l'ancienne Égypte. L'auteur nous trace ici un vaste et vigoureux tableau de la civilisation égyptienne au Nouvel Empire. 1985. Titre uniforme: Pharaoh triumphant.Ramsès II, le plus grand des pharaons
Par Philippe Beaudoin, Joyce A Tyldesley. 2001
Une biographie de ce pharaon qui a vécu au cours du 13e siècle avant notre ère. Dans un contexte vivant…
et représentatif de la vie quotidienne, l'auteure retrace les nombreuses facettes du personnage (guerrier, dieu, époux, père et mortel) durant son long règne (environ soixante ans). 2001.Pourquoi l'autre et pas moi?: le droit à la jalousie
Par Louise Auger. 1988
L'auteur s'intéresse surtout à la jalousie "normale", quotidienne, celle que nous avons tous ressentie. Si être en proie a la…
jalousie provoque toujours la souffrance, cela ne tous transforment pas pour autant en désaxes. Il s'agit simplement d'un signal d'alarme. 1988.Prehistory: the making of the human mind (Modern Library chronicles)
Par Colin Renfrew. 2009
Predynastic Egypt (Shire Egyptology ; #7)
Par Barbara Adams. 1988
The Predynastic cultures of Egypt before the country's unification under one king in about 3000 BC, were discovered independently by…
de Morgan and Flinders Petrie in the 1890s. Since then, the study of this period has split into many specialities, with little to meet the increasing general interest in the beginnings of Egyptian culture. This book is a factual introduction to the remains of this era and how without a written language they can provide information. 1988.Pompeii: the life of a Roman city (Profile Ser.)
Par Mary Beard. 2008
The ruins of Pompeii destroyed by Vesuvius in AD 79 offer the best evidence we have of life in the…
Roman empire. This book will rise to the challenge of making sense of its remains. What kind of town was it? Some strong language. 2008.Persian fire: the first world empire, battle for the West
Par Tom Holland. 2005
The text dramatises the conflict 2500 years ago between the global superpower Persia, and the two 'terrorist' Greek states Athens…
and Sparta. The book also examines the whole extraordinary panorama of East and West. From the temple priests of Babylon to the Spartan secret police; from the Persian love of ducks and gardens to the Athenian relish for prostitutes; from Darius, murderer, usurper and the supreme political genius in the history of the Middle East, to Themistocles, the man who saved the West. 2005.L'Orgasme au masculin
Par Bruno Boutot, Roland Vallée. 1980
Ce livre se divise en deux parties: la première établit le bilan des informations disponibles sur les différentes composantes de…
la sexualité masculine; la deuxième faite de récits individuels, témoigne de la diversité des vécus quotidiens. Descriptions régulières de nature sexuelle. 1980.Noah's flood: the new scientific discoveries about the event that changed history
Par William B. F Ryan, Walter C Pitman. 1998
Two geophysicists present the results of years of international research that sought historical data from the mid-sixth millennium B.C. to…
confirm biblical and mythical accounts of a great flood. They explore linguistic, archaeological, and other evidence of an inundation around the Black Sea and hypothesize that a diaspora followed. 1998.Néron, le poète ensanglanté
Par Roger Caratini. 2003
Beaucoup ont fait de Néron le personnage le plus inhumain et le plus "sanglant" de l'histoire romaine. L'auteur nous en…
dresse un portrait beaucoup moins caricatural: un prince ni plus ni moins cruel que ses prédécesseurs. Une biographie d'accès facile, qui n'hésite pas par moments à recourir à des procédés romanesques, mais qui demeure soucieuse de la vérité historique et qu'anime un véritable esprit de vulgarisation. Nombreuses citations d'historiens de l'Antiquité. 2003.New pregnancy & birth book: The Complete Practical Guide For All
Par Miriam Stoppard. 2004
The complete practical guide for all parents-to-be from best-selling pregnancy and childcare author Dr Miriam Stoppard. Taking you and your…
partner through every stage of pregnancy and birth - from preconceptual planning to the first days of life - this updated handbook explains the physical and emotional changes you will experience during pregnancy. With reassuring advice on nutrition, exercise, antenatal care and your choices in childbirth. 2004.NCT complete book of pregnancy (Nct Ser.)
Par Daphne Metland. 2000
This guide to pregnancy covers every stage of pregnancy from conception through to labour, birth and the early days with…
a new baby. It includes accounts of real birth stories to give you an idea of what to expect. The text also includes: what to eat when pregnant; a guide to antenatal tests; pain relief in labour; getting to know your newborn baby; and breastfeeding. 2000.