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Creating God - The Birth and Growth of Major Religions (Hardcover): Robin Derricourt Creating God - The Birth and Growth of Major Religions (Hardcover)
Robin Derricourt
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What do we really know about how and where religions began, and how they spread? In this bold new book, award-winning author Robin Derricourt takes us on a journey through the birth and growth of several major religions, using history and archaeology to recreate the times, places and societies that witnessed the rise of significant monotheistic faiths. Beginning with Mormonism and working backwards through Islam, Christianity and Judaism to Zoroastrianism, Creating God opens up the conditions that allowed religious movements to emerge, attract their first followers and grow. Throughout history there have been many prophets: individuals who believed they were in direct contact with the divine, with instructions to spread a religious message. While many disappeared without trace, some gained millions of followers and established a lasting religion. In Creating God, Robin Derricourt has produced a brilliant, panoramic book that offers new insights on the origins of major religions and raises essential questions about why some succeeded where others failed. -- .

Unearthing Childhood - Young Lives in Prehistory (Hardcover): Robin Derricourt Unearthing Childhood - Young Lives in Prehistory (Hardcover)
Robin Derricourt
R2,162 R2,030 Discovery Miles 20 300 Save R132 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first book to survey the 'hidden half' of prehistoric societies as revealed by archaeology - from Australopithecines to advanced Stone Age foragers, from farming villages to the beginnings of civilisation. Prehistoric children can be seen in footprints and finger daubs, in images painted on rocks and pots, in the signs of play and the evidence of first attempts to learn practical crafts. The burials of those who did not reach adulthood reveal clothing, personal adornment, possession and status in society, while the bodies themselves provide information on diet, health and sometimes violent death. This book demonstrates the extraordinary potential for the study of childhood within the prehistoric record, and will suggest to those interested in childhood what can be learnt from the study of the deep past. -- .

Unearthing Childhood - Young Lives in Prehistory (Paperback): Robin Derricourt Unearthing Childhood - Young Lives in Prehistory (Paperback)
Robin Derricourt
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first book to survey the 'hidden half' of prehistoric societies as revealed by archaeology - from Australopithecines to advanced Stone Age foragers, from farming villages to the beginnings of civilisation. Prehistoric children can be seen in footprints and finger daubs, in images painted on rocks and pots, in the signs of play and the evidence of first attempts to learn practical crafts. The burials of those who did not reach adulthood reveal clothing, personal adornment, possession and status in society, while the bodies themselves provide information on diet, health and sometimes violent death. This book demonstrates the extraordinary potential for the study of childhood within the prehistoric record, and will suggest to those interested in childhood what can be learnt from the study of the deep past. -- .

An Author's Guide to Scholarly Publishing (Paperback, New): Robin Derricourt An Author's Guide to Scholarly Publishing (Paperback, New)
Robin Derricourt
R1,524 Discovery Miles 15 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Directed specifically to the needs of academic authors, this realistic handbook is a guide to publishing success for both beginning and seasoned scholars. Robin Derricourt uses an immensely readable series of informal letters to provide a fund of practical advice: an up-to-date manual on how to plan and prepare a book, approach a publisher, secure a contract, and build a reliable author-publisher relationship that will last throughout the process of publication and marketing. Informed by rare common sense, and a sense of humor, the book speaks clearly about the most recent developments in the rapidly changing world of electronic publishing, clarifying what can and cannot be achieved with word processors. From the possible negative responses of a publisher to the questions implied by success--new editions and subsidiary rights--"An Author's Guide to Scholarly Publishing" is indispensable reading for academics in every field.

Derricourt's candid yet encouraging suggestions will be useful at any stage of book preparation, including the process of writing, when focusing on purpose and audience benefits both the author and the future publisher, not to mention the future reader Furthermore, his "letters" include those on various kinds of books--standard monographs, technical books, conference volumes, edited volumes, collected papers, textbooks, and works built on dissertations. A reference of "nuts and bolts," this book is also quick and entertaining reading when perused from cover to cover.

The Email Tamer (Paperback): Veechi Curtis, Robin Derricourt The Email Tamer (Paperback)
Veechi Curtis, Robin Derricourt
R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
South Head Sydney and the Origins of Watsons Bay (Paperback): Robin Derricourt South Head Sydney and the Origins of Watsons Bay (Paperback)
Robin Derricourt
R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Inventing Africa - History, Archaeology and Ideas (Paperback): Robin Derricourt Inventing Africa - History, Archaeology and Ideas (Paperback)
Robin Derricourt
R878 Discovery Miles 8 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Inventing Africa" is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep past. Writers have created alluring images of lost cities, vast prehistoric migrations and golden ages of past civilizations. Debates continue on the African origins of humankind, the contributions of ancient Egypt to the world and Africa's importance to global history. Images of "Africa," simplifying a complex and diverse continent, have existed from ancient Mediterranean worlds, slave trading nations and colonial powers to today's political elites, ecotourists and aid-givers. Robin Derricourt draws on his background as publisher and practitioner in archaeology and history to explore the limits and the dangers of simplifications, arguing -- as with Said's concept of "Orientalism" -- that ambitious ideas can delude or oppress as well as inform. Defending Africa against some of the grand narratives that have been imposed upon its peoples, "Inventing Africa" will spark new debates in the history of Africa and of archaeology.

Antiquity Imagined - The Remarkable Legacy of Egypt and the Ancient Near East (Hardcover): Robin Derricourt Antiquity Imagined - The Remarkable Legacy of Egypt and the Ancient Near East (Hardcover)
Robin Derricourt
R1,606 Discovery Miles 16 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Outsiders have long attributed to the Middle East, and especially to ancient Egypt, meanings that go way beyond the rational and observable. The region has been seen as the source of civilization, religion, the sciences and the arts; but also of mystical knowledge and outlandish theories, whether about the Lost City of Atlantis or visits by alien beings. In his exploration of how its past has been creatively interpreted by later ages, Robin Derricourt surveys the various claims that have been made for Egypt - particularly the idea that it harbours an esoteric wisdom vital to the world's survival. He looks at 'alternative' interpretations of the pyramids, from maps of space and time to landing markers for UFOs; at images of the Egyptian mummy and at the popular mythology of the 'pharaoh's curse'; and at imperialist ideas of racial superiority that credited Egypt with spreading innovations and inventions as far as the Americas, Australia and China. Including arcane ideas about the Lost Ten Tribes of biblical Israel, the author enlarges his focus to include the Levant.His book is the first to show in depth how ancient Egypt and the surrounding lands have so continuously and seductively tantalised the Western imagination.

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