The true story of what took place in Donald Trump's White House during a disastrous 2020 has never before been told in full... Zobraziť viac
A gripping narrative of the intertwined lives of the four philosophers whose ideas reshaped the twentieth century. The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein, ... Zobraziť viac
Velikiye Luki had been an important Russian fortress city since the 13th century and had become an important rail-hub by the 19th century. In August 1941, the Germans occupied the city of 30,000 during Operation Barbarossa... Zobraziť viac
Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Paabo's mission to answer this question: what can we learn from the genomes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Beginning with the study of DNA in Egyptian mummies in the early 1980s and... Zobraziť viac
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the... Zobraziť viac
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor, arguably the most celebrated and mythologised jewel in... Zobraziť viac
Kniha je přepracovaným a doplněným přehledem archeologie a historie pozdně mykénského a geometrického Řecka a společenství geometrických stylů rané doby železné v Evropě a severní Eurasii, ve vztahu k egyptským a předovýchodním.... Zobraziť viac
In 1933, aged eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on his 'great trudge', a year-long journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Three decades later he wrote A Time of Gifts, the sparklingly original account of the first... Zobraziť viac
For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers, its influence spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle-East, its military force successfully fighting off attacks by the Parthians, Germans, Persians and Goths... Zobraziť viac
The Wehrmacht's last Blitzkrieg campaign was indeed a lightning war, since German forces were required to seize both Yugoslavia and Greece before redeploying immediately to the East ready to attack the Soviet Union in a matter of weeks... Zobraziť viac
Kindred is the definitive guide to the Neanderthals. Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins.... Zobraziť viac
Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad... Zobraziť viac
Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives? What if we are missing equally powerful but less visible networks - leaving them to the ... Zobraziť viac
With the addition of an evocative new preface, Mary McAuliffe takes the reader back to these perilous years following the abrupt collapse of the Second Empire and France's uncertain venture into the Third Republic... Zobraziť viac
Tato práce je druhým svazkem řady zveřejňující výsledky Česko-uzbecké archeologické expedice v jižním Uzbekistánu. Zatímco první díl byl věnován výkopům na centrální lokalitě Šerabádské oázy zvané Džandavláttepa, druhý... Zobraziť viac
We are an astonishing species. Over the past millennium of plagues and exploration, revolution and scientific discovery, woman's rights and... Zobraziť viac
Exciting investigations in north-west China are about to reveal more of the mysteries of the huge mausoleum of the Qin... Zobraziť viac
Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users... Zobraziť viac
A Pozsonyi Kifli Polgári Társulás egyik alapítója, ifj. Papp Sándor és Július Cmorej könyve a legendás pozsonyi péksütemény történetéről. A gazdagon illusztrált kötetben sok régi recept is található.... Zobraziť viac
The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire. When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve... Zobraziť viac
