Few forces have shaped our world as powerfully – or as secretly – as mafias. Groups such as La Cosa Nostra, the Medellín Cartel, New York’s Five Families, the Japanese yakuza and Russian vory are notorious, endlessly covered in news stories and popular... Zobraziť viac
The story of the fall of the Ottoman Empire, published to coincide with the centenary of its dissolution... Zobraziť viac
Máloktorá sila pretvorila svet tak významne – a tajne – ako mafia. Cosa Nostra, Medellínsky kartel či jakuza sú notoricky známe, no kroniky a články často opomínajú ich skutočnú úlohu pri formovaní národov, ekonomík a spoločností. Ryan Gingeras čerpá z... Zobraziť viac
Explore how shadowy organizations shaped our modern world. From past origins to global impact, uncover the forces behind notorious figures and their empires. Zobraziť viac
Ve své knize Mafie: Celosvětové dějiny bere Ryan Gingeras čtenáře na fascinující cestu světem organizovaného zločinu plným stínů a odhaluje mu jeho dalekosáhlý dopad na současnou společnost. Poutavé vyprávění pokrývá dvě století, sahá od zákulisních... Zobraziť viac
The Ottoman Empire had been one of the major facts in European history since the Middle Ages. Stretching from the Adriatic to the Indian Ocean, the Empire was both a great political entity and a religious one... Zobraziť viac
After six hundred years of ruling over the peoples of North Africa, the Balkans and Middle East, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire encompassed a series of wars, insurrections, and revolutions spanning the early twentieth century, the political,... Zobraziť viac
