What was the mood of the British people during the middle and later years of the Second World War? How did they react to the major military and domestic events of the period? What issues were uppermost in their minds? What incidents caused particular... Zobraziť viac
In the late nineteenth century, a time when Africa was being parcelled among European powers, King Leopold of Belgium seized vast, untapped territories around the Congo River. Under his brutal regime, resources were plundered, natives oppressed and... Zobraziť viac
A wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated history of mermaids and mermen from the classics to cosplay... Zobraziť viac
Ancient shipwrecks in crystal seas, mythical princesses preserved in ice and astonishing lost rituals - this is the story of archaeology... Zobraziť viac
How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West’s intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? ... Zobraziť viac
A fascinating collection of some of the most significant, interesting, and groundbreaking letters ever written... Zobraziť viac
A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day... Zobraziť viac
A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account—and how they became a cultural sensation... Zobraziť viac
From the author of the critically acclaimed and globally successful The Phantom Atlas, The Golden Atlas and The Sky Atlas comes a stunning new work. The Madman's Library is a unique, beautifully illustrated journey through the entire history... Zobraziť viac
A highly illustrated account of how the Roman legions crossed the sea to conquer Britannia in AD 43. For the Romans, Britannia lay beyond the comfortable confines of the Mediterranean world around which classical civilization had flourished... Zobraziť viac
Now in its third edition, Worldviews: An Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science strengthens its reputation as the most accessible and teachable introduction to the history and philosophy of science on the market... Zobraziť viac
Jako další z edice UNESCO vydává nakladatelství FOIBOS BOOKS knihu o historickém jádru města Telče. Telč představuje jedinečné celistvě dochované drobnější středověké město s vodním opevněním, dominantním zámkem dochovaným... Zobraziť viac
A journey into the German Reich, through the eighteen territories memorialized in the Hall of Liberation - from Prussia and Hanover to Bavaria and Austria. And this is a tale not just of buildings, but of people too, whether Swabians or Bohemians... Zobraziť viac
At a bleak, isolated military school on the fringes of the Austro- Hungarian Empire, four young cadets - Torless, Beineberg, Reiting and their victim Basini - drift even further away from their school- fellows into a private world of ritual, secrecy and t Zobraziť viac
The Gulag Archipelago is Solzhenitsyn's masterwork, a vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators and also of heroism, a Stalinist anti-world at the heart of... Zobraziť viac
When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, a new era in human history opened. Written only a year after the disaster, John Hersey brought the event vividly alive with this heartrending acco Zobraziť viac
Brings together a group of highly respected specialists to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of modern science in national, transnational, and global contexts. Exploring local contexts of science... Zobraziť viac
Edward the Confessor, the last great king of Anglo-Saxon England, canonized nearly 100 years after his death, is in part a figure of myths created in the late middle ages... Zobraziť viac
In late 1946, Stig Dagerman was assigned by the Swedish newspaper Expressen to report on life in Germany immediately after the fall of the Third Reich. First published in Sweden in 1947, German Autumn, a collection ... Zobraziť viac
This book provides a comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c.1500-1700. Often referred to as the Scientific Revolution, this period saw major transformations in fields as diverse as anatomy and astronomy... Zobraziť viac
