Most Popular Books by Philip Freeman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

(Book). This book reassesses Miles Davis'' "electric period" and analyzes its continuing influence on contemporary music. While jazz purists often revile this phase which encompasses the entire second half of his career, from 1967 until his death in 1991 this book takes a new, appreciative look at this music and shows its importance to Davis'' career and to jazz as a whole. The author also reveals surprising connections between Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, particularly the ways they fed each other''s creativity. This book will stir up the longtime debate about this important music and give Davis'' legions of fans refreshing insights into his work.

Usia lanjut kerap dipandang dari dua sisi yang berlawanan. Di satu ujung, sebagian orang mengidealkan dan mengidentikkan lanjut usia dengan kebijaksanaan. Di ujung lain, lansia tak jarang dipandang sebagai orang menyebalkan yang terus saja mengeluh, meratapi lenyapnya masa muda. Cicero tidak ingin terperangkap dalam dua pandangan itu. Sekalipun sering mengejek seniornya yang suka melantur dan bicara bertele -tele, dia juga menegaskan bahwa usia lanjut bukanlah penggalan hidup yang layak ditakuti, melainkan untuk dinikmati sepenuh -penuhnya karena bisa menjadi bagian hidup yang luar biasa. Buku ini menyarikan gagasan Cicero tentang hidup menua yang tertuang dalam risalah pendek karyanya, De Senectute. Risalah itu, yang dia ditulis ketika menginjak usia 60-an, membabarkan beberapa hal penting dalam hidup menua, terutama bahwa usia lanjut yang elok tidak dibangun menjelang usia pensiun, melainkan bermula pada usia muda. Keugaharian, kebijaksanaan, pemikiran jernih—semua yang menjadi penopang selagi orang menua—adalah kebiasaan yang harus dipelajari selagi muda. Pikiran, seperti otot, harus dilatih. Orang-orang muda yang serba murung tidak menjadi lebih bahagia seiring mereka menua.

To his contemporaries, Francis John Haverfield was the ''father of Romano-British studies'', and his death on September 30th 1919 was greeted with widespread lamentation. In the decades immediately following his death, Haverfield''s reputation survived largely undiminished, in fact his view of the Romanisation of Britain became so widely accepted that it held sway for almost a century, and is only now being re-examined by both positive and negative interpreters of his views. What is clear however, is that his immense contribution to the study of Roman Britain is worthy of attention.

A substantial integrated and interpretative report of the archaeological evidence for the occupation and defense of this impressive multivallate hillfort between the late Bronze Age and the Saxon and early medieval periods. Chapters examine the construction sequence of the castle, largely based on its ceramic sequence, and finds recovered from the `massacre levels'' resulting from the Roman violent conquest of the fort during the 1st century AD. Production resources and residues, largely associated with metal and stone working, agricultural features and implements as well as dress accessories and domestic items are also examined in some detail.