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The M48 Patton main battle tank was one of the most successful and longest-serving designs produced in the United States, and it is a popular subject with tank modelers and enthusiasts. When it came into service in 1949 it represented a significant advance

It is precisely with the emergence of history as we know it today that Professor Gilbert s important book is concerned. . . . Instead of treating these two great figures in isolation, Professor Gilbert puts them into the context of their times, into ..

‚Anybody who loves the printed word will be bowled over by this amusing, erudite, beautiful book about books. It is in every way a triumph. One of the loveliest books to have been published for many, many years.‘ Alexander McCall SmithFrom the author ..

Perhaps the French philosopher's masterpiece, which is concerned with an extraordinary question: What does it mean to be mad?

‚Do you see your son, standing over there, in the antechamber? Well, I am going to shoot him.‘ The story of the great and mad Cambyses, King of Persia, told by part-historian, part-mythmaker Herodotus of Halicarnassus. Introducing Little Black Classi ..

Kniha Maestro autora Cooper vydaná v nakladatelství Assouline v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 288, ISBN-13: 9781649803177, zařazení do kategorie: Historie.

"Jede neue geglückte Fahrt macht die Seefahrer verwegener, plötzlich ist eine Generation von jungen Menschen zur Stelle, denen das Abenteuer mehr gilt als das Leben. »Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse« – der alte Seemannsspruch hat wieder ..

Remarkable firsthand account by one of the few survivors of Magellan's epochal journey (1519–1522). Remarkably detailed record of new lands, flora and fauna, shipboard life, etc. Introduction. 28 halftones. Map.

An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion.

Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returned ..

Kniha Magna Carta of Humanity vydaná v nakladatelství InterVarsity Press v roce 2021, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 288, ISBN-13: 9780830847150, zařazení do kategorie: Historie a archeologie.

From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels poets, novelists, philosophers who, through their epic quarrels, passionate love stories, heartbreaking grief, and radical id ..