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Das Schicksal der Vertriebenen und Flüchtlinge kann nicht als die deutsche Version von „Vom Winde verweht“ dargestellt werden. Gemessen an seiner Bedeutung steht dahinter die größte Völkervertreibung der Menschheitsgeschichte. Dem Autor dieses Standa ..

Si è scritto molto sulle grandi scoperte geografiche dell'età di Colombo, assai meno sull'esperienza che quei primi viaggiatori europei fecero incontrando le popolazioni native. Questi incontri cominciarono in realtà un secolo prima, quando i primi s ..

An ambitious and fascinating account of a nation's history

Kniha Scotland: History of a Nation autora David Frost vydaná v nakladatelství Lomond Books v roce 2013, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 406, ISBN-13: 9781842043868, zařazení do kategorie: Skotsko.

The original ‚self-instructor‘ of the Boy Scout Movement, Scouting for Boys (1908) is probably the most influential manual for youth ever published. Yet it is an extraordinary hodge-podge of jingoist lore, tracker legend, extracts from adventure fict ..

In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest – 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects – had been carved u ..

Kniha Scythian Empire autora Christopher I. Beckwith vydaná v nakladatelství Princeton University Press v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 416, ISBN-13: 9780691240534, zařazení do kategorie: Všeobecné a světové dějiny.

The Scythians were warlike nomadic horsemen who roamed the steppe of Asia in the first millennium BC. Using archaeological finds from burials and texts written, mainly, by Greeks, this book reconstructs the lives of the Scythians, exploring their bel ..

Kniha Sea in the Middle autora Thomas E Burman,Brian A. Catlos,Mark D. Meyerson vydaná v nakladatelství University of California Press v roce 2022, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 496, ISBN-13: 9780520296527, zařazení do kategorie:

For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until the arrival of European explorers they were the only people to have ever li ..

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the horses' lives and races *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Americans have always loved animals, and those living prior to World War II were still clos

The critically acclaimed, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller–a gripping story of the strife and tragedy that led to San Francisco's ultimate rebirth and triumph. Salon founder David Talbot chronicles the cultural history of San Francisco