The siren passionately in love with Mark Antony, the seductress who allegedly rolled out of a carpet she had herself smuggled in to see Caesar, Cleopatra is a figure shrouded in myth... Zobraziť viac
A riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution... Zobraziť viac
An updated edition of this indispensable reference, surveying the history of textiles from 25,000 years ago to the present... Zobraziť viac
An essential visual overview for students and readers with an interest in Sienese art, history and Renaissance culture... Zobraziť viac
Historians and theorists explore the anthropology and history of war Originating from the Engelsberg Seminar of 2015, this anthology gathers texts from internationally renowned historians, journalists... Zobraziť viac
In a Polish forest a young woman befriends a boar. An Englishman sets up home with two beavers in Saskatchewan. A zoologist watches a fish make a conscious decision.Darwin finds the evidence for evolution in the backyards of pigeon fanciers... Zobraziť viac
Even in the midst of runaway economic inequality and dangerous social division, it remains an axiom of modern life that meritocracy reigns supreme and promises to open opportunity to all... Zobraziť viac
A revised edition of this classic survey that presents a thorough overview of Georgia O'Keeffe's life and work... Zobraziť viac
Monografia Lexikológiai vizsgálatok palóc nyelvjárásokban (Lexikologické výskumy v polovskom nárečí) sa zaoberá výskumom polovského nárečia na Slovensku. Je to maďarské nárečie, ktoré veľmi dobre zachovalo špecifické prvky tohto... Zobraziť viac
Creative Historical Thinking offers innovative approaches to thinking and writing about history. Author Michael J. Douma makes the case that history should be recognized as a subject intimately related to individual experience and positions its... Zobraziť viac
Während die Donaumonarchie sich ihrem Ende zuneigt, atmet Prag noch die Luft alter majestätischer Zeiten; gleichzeitig verwandelt sich die Stadt jedoch auch schon in eine moderne europäische Metropole... Zobraziť viac
This book, unique of its kind, informs the reader about the history and development of Slovakia and the Slovaks. The chapters focus on Slovakia’s political history as a nation living under Hungarian rule; the formation of a common democratic state... 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
The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the presentThe Story of the Country House is an authoritative and vivid account of the British country house, exploring how they have evolved with the cha Zobraziť viac
“It is the best-run and highest-quality Czech newspaper in the entire free world.” With these heart-warming words Jiří Voskovec belauded Hlas domova, the exile periodical issued by František Váňa in remote Australia for almost three decades... Zobraziť viac
Discover how the migration of peoples has shaped the modern world... Zobraziť viac
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of a groundbreaking book on creativity with this limited anniversary hardcover, with a new afterword, color endpapers pulled from Austin Kleon's sketchbooks, and a ribbon marker... Zobraziť viac
Tallet and Lehner narrate this thrilling discovery and explore how the building of the pyramids helped create a unified state, propelling Egyptian civilization forward... 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
Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction, presents a bravura rendition of the Norse gods and their world from their origin though their upheaval in Ragnarok... Zobraziť viac
