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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 ..

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

"I am perhaps the only man who has passed through the two supreme cataclysms of recorded history in high executive office…I was in this second struggle with Germany for more than five years the head of His Majesty's Government. I write therefore fr ..

The unforgettable history of colours and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-coloured volume

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, yo

At its peak, the Inca empire was the largest on Earth. Yet in the year 1532, it was conquered by fewer than 200 Spanish adventurers. How could this happen? Approaching the answer clue by clue, scholar William Sullivan decodes the myths of the Incas t ..

After a hall of records was discovered beneath the Romanian Sphinx in 2003, an ancient parchment surfaced in the highest mountains of Tibet. This book tells the story of the detailed political intrigues behind these remarkable finds and also how these matt

The shinobi, or ninja, is one of the most widely recognized figures in the world of espionage–and also one of the most misrepresented. What do we really know about the historical shinobi, his tactics, and his role in medieval Japanese society? In Se ..

The history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The first mention of espionage in world literature is in the Book of Exodus.'God sent out spi

Lawrence M. Principe is the Drew Professor of the Humanities in the Department of the History of Science and Technology and the Department of Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introductio ..

The first book to clearly explain the science used by paleontologists and the new, cutting-edge techniques that led to the discovery of Seismosaurus, the longest dinosaur yet known----and possibly the largest land animal to have ever lived. The book ..

‚Philosophy is written in this great book which is continually open before our eyes – I mean the universe…‘ Galileo's astronomical discoveries changed the way we look at the world, and our place in the universe. Threatened by the Inquisition for da ..

Kniha Selected Writings 1920–1969 autora Chi Minh Ho vydaná v nakladatelství University Press of the Pacific v roce 2001, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 372, ISBN-13: 9780898753370, zařazení do kategorie: Jihovýchodní Asie.

Selling the American Way U.S. Propaganda and the Cold War Laura A. Belmonte „Well researched and clearly written, Selling the American Way is a welcome addition to a fast-growing body of literature on propaganda and the ‚cultural Cold War.‘“–Journal ..

« SELVA » : ce petit mot de langue brésilienne ponctue chaque jour, depuis des années, les conversations des légionnaires servant au 3e Régiment étranger d’infanterie, signifiant tantôt un remerciement, une négation, une question, ou concrètement l’a ..

Japan's Sengoku jidai (‚Warring States Period‘) was a time of crisis and upheaval, a chaotic epoch when the relatively low-born rural military class of ‚bushi‘ (samurai warriors) succeeded in overthrowing their social superiors in the court throughout much

Kniha Sensory History of Ancient Warfare autora CONOR WHATELY vydaná v nakladatelství Pen & Sword Books Ltd v roce 2021, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 192, ISBN-13: 9781473895126, zařazení do kategorie: Starověké dějiny.

This revised edition of West's revolutionary reinterpretation of the civilization of Egypt challenges all that has been accpeted as dogma concerning this ancient and enigmatic land.It features a new introduction linking Egyptian science with the pe ..

After World War II, most scientists in Germany maintained that they had been apolitical or actively resisted the Nazi regime, but the true story is much more complicated. In Serving the Reich, Philip Ball takes a fresh look at that controversial his

In this worldwide survey, Clive Gamble explores the evolution of the human imagination, without which we would not have become a global species. He sets out to determine the cognitive and social basis for our imaginative capacity and traces the evide ..

Kniha Sexual Politics of Empire vydaná v nakladatelství University of Illinois Press v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 256, ISBN-13: 9780252086847, zařazení do kategorie: Sociální a kulturní historie.

Two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery surrounding the wreckage of a World War II German U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, its ruined interior a macabre wasteland of twisted metal, tangled wires, and human bones. High school & older.

A gripping eyewitness account of a major 20th-century military conflict by the UK's most popular writer on geopolitics; The shattering of Yugoslavia in the 1990s showed that, after nearly 50 years of peace, war could return to Europe. It came to its ..