Richard E. Blanton Livres

The ultimate guide to stage fighting technique and basic swordplay, this book covers everything an actor must do to give a dynamic and convincing performance as a stage combatant. “âThis bookã is more than a manual... A necessity! Richard Lane's concepts are vital...'Why' and 'When' are explained and make 'How' easier to understand and execute...Read this, pay heed and you will avoid sin and suffering...I raise my sword on high and salute you, Richard. Well done!” –Oscar F. Kolombatovich, former Fencing Master, Metropolitan Opera, New York, and Executive Secretary, Historical Fencing Society

Blanton and Fargher develop is strongly empirical, historically deep, and more synthetic approach to investigating human cooperation, using findings from fields as diverse as neurobiology, primatology, ethnography, history, art history, and archaeology.

A new perspective on early Andean civilization focused on emergent social complexity during the first and second millennia B.C.

Oaxaca, Mexico, is one of the world's important places where state-building and urbanism first appeared. This account, written by prominent archaeological researchers, provides a highly readable yet comprehensive path to acquaint readers with one of the earliest and best-known examples of Native American state formation.