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A passionate history of a world unfolding across many continents and five centuries by one of our greatest and internationally bestselling historians.

Kniha BEN HUBBARD – Poison autora BEN HUBBARD vydaná v nakladatelství Welbeck Publishing Group v roce 2019, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 176, ISBN-13: 9780233006116, zařazení do kategorie: Sociální a kulturní historie.

Despite years of stagnation, Japan remains one of the world's largest economies and a country which exerts a remarkable cultural fascination. David Pilling's new book is an entertaining, deeply knowledgeable and surprising analysis of a group of isla

As well as a riveting account of the military engagements, Morris also looks at the political dimensions, examining the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis on newly opened documents.

It was the decade of daring Expressionist canvases, of brilliant book design, of the Bauhaus total work of art, of pioneering psychology, of drag balls, cabaret, Metropolis, and Marlene Dietrich’s rising star in theater and silent film. Between the p ..

Kniha Best Weapon for Peace vydaná v nakladatelství University of Wisconsin Press v roce 2022, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 346, ISBN-13: 9780299333140, zařazení do kategorie: Evropské dějiny.

Kniha Beyond the Wall autora Katja Hoyer vydaná v nakladatelství Penguin Books v roce 2024, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 336, ISBN-13: 9780141999340, zařazení do kategorie: Východní Evropa.

The Nigerian civil war of the late 1960s was one of the first occasions when Western consciences became aware of the suffering and atrocity being played out in the African Continent. This book talks about this incident.

Revealing the true history of Ancient Isreal according to recent archaeological findings.

Traces the history of early Judaism, Christianity and Islam against the geographical canvas of the Ancient Near East. This book draws from the insights in archeology, paleo-anthropology, forensic science and biblical literature to narrate the story o ..

13.8 billion years of human and cosmic history summarised in one big book. At DK, we believe in the power of discovery. So with this brand-new history book, you can easily discover how we got to where we are within the context of our Universe.Prepare ..

Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2017From the author of the bestselling study of the 1948 War of Independence comes an incisive look at the Occupied Territories, picking up the story where The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine left off. In this ..

‚A compassionate, wide-ranging study.‘ Terry Eagleton, The Guardian Despite 21st-century fears of a modern ‚epidemic‘ of loneliness, its history has been sorely neglected. A Biography of Loneliness is the first history of its kind to be published ..

In this ground-breaking new study,Jacques Le Goff, arguably the leading medievalist of his generation, presents his view of the primacy of the Middle Ages in the development of European history. *"[A] superb and necessary book. This provocative asse ..

In 1957, the University of Chicago Press asked acclaimed best-selling historian Daniel J. Boorstin to oversee a series of accessible yet authoritative books that, together, would tell the whole history of the American people. The result, published ov ..

„Stimulating, encyclopedic, and often downright funny, this is a book worth remembering.“ –Stephen O'Shea, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) "A lively, full-to-bursting history of the turbulent tenth century in Europe…Collins presents chaotic uphe ..

In 1993, a band of U.S. soldiers in Somalia were on a mission to capture two lieutenants of a Somali warlord. Through the night, in the longest sustained fighting by American troops since Vietnam, they battled thousands of armed Somalis. By morning, ..

„Riveting. . . a testament to a misconceived war, and to the ease with which ordinary men, under certain conditions, can transform into monsters.“–New York Times Book Review This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st A

„Rebecca West's magnum opus . . . one of the great books of our time.“ –The New Yorker Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West's classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia illumi

Kniha Black Sunday: When Weather Claimed the Us Fifth Air Force vydaná v nakladatelství AVONMORE BOOKS v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 136, ISBN-13: 9780645246988, zařazení do kategorie: Druhá světová válka.

A timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize 2020

Kniha Blazing World autora Healey,Dr Jonathan (University of Oxford,UK) vydaná v nakladatelství Bloomsbury Publishing v roce 2024, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 512, ISBN-13: 9781526621696, zařazení do kategorie: Historie.

New York Times Bestseller " A] fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich." – Washington Post The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. Yet as

Sides' extraordinary book brings the history of the American conquest of the West to ringing life. It is a tale with many heroes and villains, and at the center of it all stands the remarkable figure of Kit Carson–the legendary trapper, scout, and s ..