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Was Roger Williams too pure for the Puritans, and what does that have to do with Rhode Island? Why did Augustine Herman take ten years to complete the map that established Delaware? How did Rocky Mountain rogues help create the state of Colorado? All this

Stein's new book looks at American history through the lens of its borders, but, while „How The States Got Their Shapes“ told why, this book gives the who. This book reveals the human dimension in the historical arc with figures from the well-known to the obscure.

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEARA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our urgent, collective history resounds in places all around ..

Kniha How the World Made the West : A 4,000-Year History v roce 0000, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, ISBN-13: 9781526605191, zařazení do kategorie: Starověké dějiny.

Kniha How the World Made the West autora Josephine Quinn vydaná v nakladatelství Bloomsbury Publishing v roce 2024, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 560, ISBN-13: 9781526605184, zařazení do kategorie: Starověké dějiny.

** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. F ..

The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the historical dramas of the times – most notably in the court of Henry VIII – what was life really like for a commoner like you or me? This is a time traveller's guide to daily life in Tudor England.

Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? Join Michael Pollan on a journey to the frontiers of the human mind. Diving deep into an extraordinary world – from shamans and magic mushroom hunts to the pioneering labs mapping our brains – and putti ..

Kniha How to Fight a War autora Mike Martin vydaná v nakladatelství C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 272, ISBN-13: 9781787389304, zařazení do kategorie: Vojenská historie.

An acclaimed music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz

Censored and condemned, this is a highly controversial Marxist critique of how our favourite cartoons are vehicles for capitalist ideology.

Kniha How to Slay a Dragon vydaná v nakladatelství Harper Collins Publishers v roce 2021, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 224, ISBN-13: 9781982164119, zařazení do kategorie: Evropské dějiny.