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Great Capitals Without Walls: A Dynamic Reading of China's Ancient Capitals
SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2016
This book is another work by the archaeologist Xu Hong, following The Earliest China and Why China?, in the "Reading Early China" series. The title ph…
Tibet Code 1
Chongqing Publishing House · 2008
The story begins with an envelope. Years later, in Pennsylvania, the Tibetan mastiff expert Zhuo Muqiangba suddenly receives an envelope from a strang…
National Geographic Magazine, February 1964 (Vol. 125, No. 2)
National Geographic Society · 1964
This is the February 1964 issue of the American National Geographic magazine, Volume 125, Number 2, published in 1964 by the National Geographic Socie…
National Geographic Magazine, December 1947 (Volume 92, Issue 6)
National Geographic Society · 1947
The December 1947 issue of the American National Geographic magazine, Volume 92, Number 6, is a classic illustrated geography magazine from the early …
The Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us About Our Future
CITIC Press · 2018
A book that pulls archaeology out of the dusty archives and points it directly at the future. Kelly does not write like a textbook: he begins with his…
At the Dawn of Civilization: Historical Lessons from Early Civilizations
CITIC Press · 2025
This book is by David Wengrow, Professor of Comparative Archaeology at University College London and co-author of The Dawn of Everything. Its original…
National Geographic Magazine, February 1922 (Vol. 41, No. 2)
National Geographic Society · 1922
This is the February 1922 issue of National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 41, No. 2. The issue centers on the Caribbean and Central America: it includes a…
Patriarchy: The Origins and End of Male Dominance
Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2025
Patriarchy seems an age-old, self-evident order of human society — but where did it come from, and why does it recur across such different cultures an…
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
CITIC Press · 2019
Where do we come from? Children learning to speak have wondered about this question, and our ancestors created myths such as Nüwa creating humanity an…
National Geographic Magazine, September 1960 (Vol. 118, No. 3)
National Geographic Society · 1960
This issue is Volume 118, No. 3 of the American National Geographic, published in September 1960. The cover feature is "Where Elephants Have the Right…
National Geographic Magazine, February 1944 (Vol. 85, No. 2)
National Geographic Society · 1944
This is the February 1944 issue of the American National Geographic magazine, Volume 85, Number 2, edited by Gilbert H. Grosvenor and published by the…
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
CITIC Press · 2024
In 1843, a team led by French archaeologist Paul-Émile Botta unearthed stone blocks carved with reliefs and inscriptions near a small village northeas…
National Geographic, September 1987 (Vol. 172, No. 3)
National Geographic Society · 1987
This is the September 1987 issue of National Geographic magazine, U.S. edition, i.e., Volume 172, No. 3. The cover of this issue features a photograph…
National Geographic, June 1979 (Vol. 155, No. 6)
National Geographic Society · 1979
This issue is the June 1979 National Geographic, Vol. 155, No. 6, published by the National Geographic Society in Washington. The cover story is "Amer…
The Xia Dynasty: Heaven Worship and the Transformation of Huaxia
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2025
Did the Xia dynasty really exist? Was Yu's taming of the waters myth or history? Did Tai Kang's loss of the throne, Hou Yi's usurpation, and Shao Kang…
National Geographic Magazine, May 1940 (Vol. 77, No. 5)
National Geographic Society · 1940
This is the May 1940 issue of the American National Geographic magazine, Volume 77, Number 5, published by the National Geographic Society in Washingt…
Origami Warriors, Volume 1
Ching Win Publishing · 1996
Origami Warriors is a science fiction adventure comic created by Taiwanese manga artist Zhou Xianzong. Serialization began in 1995 in comic monthlies …
Hawkman Vol. 4 #4
This volume is the fourth issue of the Hawkman Vol. 4 series, corresponding to the original Hawkman Vol. 4 #4, "Beasts of Burden," with an August 2002…
National Geographic Magazine, October 1961 (Vol. 120, No. 4)
National Geographic Society · 1961
This is the October 1961 issue of National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 120, No. 4, edited by Melville Bell Grosvenor, with a cover showing a woman of Te…
National Geographic, February 2013 (Vol. 223, No. 2)
National Geographic Society · 2013
This is the February 2013 issue of National Geographic (US edition), Volume 223, No. 2, about 148 pages in total, presenting six features through full…