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The following essay is an attempt to deal with an interesting branch of Roman military history which has not previously been made the subject of an independent treatise. In a study of this kind, which relies largely upon epigraphical evidence to which addi

In this celebrated, landmark history of the Balkans, Misha Glenny investigates the roots of the bloodshed, invasions and nationalist fervour that have come to define our understanding of the south-eastern edge of Europe. In doing so, he reveals tha ..

Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, this book sheds light on what has been called the tinderbox of Europe, whose troubles have ignited wider wars for hundreds of years.

Kniha The Battle of Hastings: The Fall of the Anglo-Saxons and the Rise of the Normans vydaná v nakladatelství PEGASUS BOOKS v roce 2022, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 352, ISBN-13: 9781643139449, zařazení do kategorie: Evropské d

Kniha The Birds of America autora John James Audubon,David Allen Sibley vydaná v nakladatelství Prestel Publishing v roce 2021, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 448, ISBN-13: 9783791379142, zařazení do kategorie: Historie.

*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingIt would be hard if not outright impossible to overstate the impact Roman Emperor Constantine I had on the history of Christianity, Anc

„A truly revolutionary idea… Clear, tight, disciplined, beautifully structured, and brilliantly reasoned.“–Ayn Rand Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial „truth,“ the public good, doing one's duty–these are among the seductive catchphra

The CIA's 2013 release of its book The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance 1954–1974 is a fascinating and important historical document. It contains a significant amount of newly declassified material with respect to the U-2 and

The magnificent, unrivaled history of codes and ciphers – how they're made, how they're broken, and the many and fascinating roles they've played since the dawn of civilization in war, business, diplomacy, and espionage – updated with a new chapter on computer cryptography and the Ultra secret.

The bestselling author of the thrilling work on the Vietnam War, „The Best and the Brightest,“ offers unrivaled research and formidable journalistic skills to shed light on another dark corner of American history: the Korean War.

The authors of The Red Web examine the shifting role of Russian expatriates throughout history, and their complicated, unbreakable relationship with the mother country–be it antagonistic or far too chummy. The history of Russian espionag

Sourcebooks is a clear leader in baby names and a refreshed edition of the #1 baby name book in the country, The Complete Book of Baby Names, will solidify our place in the marketplace across the category. includes: updated cover 100,000 names inc ..

The second volume of the new series Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses points out the roots of the concept of „human rights“ in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It shows how far the universal validity of „human rights“ opposes in some crucial ..

Kniha The Corpus Hermeticum vydaná v nakladatelství FV éditions v roce 2020, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 136, ISBN-13: 9791029911019, zařazení do kategorie: Starověké dějiny.

Kniha The Corpus Hermeticum vydaná v nakladatelství FV éditions v roce 2020, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 136, ISBN-13: 9791029911026, zařazení do kategorie: Starověké dějiny.

From a renowned historian who writes with „maximum vividness“ („The New Yorker“) comes the most authoritative, readable single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the holy land Nine hundred years ago, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy w ..

*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of medieval accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Let us begin this narration, brethren, from the old times of Vladimir to this present time of Igor, who strengthened his mind with courage, wh

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 – 1900) was a German philologist, philosopher, cultural critic, poet and composer. He wrote several critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, ir

‚Pacey and potentially revolutionary‘ Sunday Times ‚Iconoclastic and irreverent … an exhilarating read‘ The Guardian ‚This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast‘ Nassim Nicholas Taleb For generations, our remote ancestors have been cas ..

A searing and highly original analysis of the First World War and its anguished aftermath Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Finalist for the Kirkus Prize – Nonfiction In the depths of the Great War, wit

*Includes pictures *Profiles Spangler's life and looks at the theories and suspects regarding her disappearance *Includes online resources, footnotes, and a bibliography for further reading "Can't wait any longer, Going to see Dr. Scott. It will work best

An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him.

*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts about the dodo*Includes a bibliography for further reading"The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he wa

The Dresden Codex, which is also known as the Codex Dresdensis, is a pre-Columbian Mayan book of the eleventh or twelfth century created by the Yucatan Maya. It is believed to be a copy of an original text produced between three and four hundred years earl