To many observers, European law seems like the endpoint of a mostly random walk through history. Certainly the trajectory of... Zobraziť viac
TASCHEN: Wanderlust Rediscover the golden age of adventure Global travel can be a wearying business: Mass tourism,... Zobraziť viac
Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic colour; or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? Throughout history, artist pigments have been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dung, ... Zobraziť viac
The first major survey to reveal the ways in which Classical mythology has inspired art throughout the last 2,500 years.... Zobraziť viac
The remarkable excavation of a previously unidentified city in Israel from the time of King David, shedding new light on the link between the bible and history. King David is a pivotal figure in the Bible, which tells his life story in detail and ... Zobraziť viac
He emerged from nowhere to seize the presidency, defeat populism and upend French party politics. Who is Emmanuel Macron? How far can he really change France? ... Zobraziť viac
Our understanding of the ‘tree of life’, with powerful implications for human genetics, human health and our own human nature, has recently completely changed... Zobraziť viac
Not many of us can claim to have dipped our handkerchiefs in Charles I's blood after his execution, or to have watched Vesuvius erupt, but that's about to change... Wyllie, Acton & Goldblatt's Time Travel Handbook offers eighteen ... Zobraziť viac
As Germany and then Japan surrendered in 1945 there was a tremendous hope that a new and much better world could be created from the moral and physical ruins of the conflict. Instead, the combination of the huge power of the USA and USSR and ... Zobraziť viac
Written during the Italian Renaissance, Niccolo Machiavelli's astute observations on how to read people and situations,... Zobraziť viac
From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself... Zobraziť viac
This landmark work answers two of the most fundamental questions in history - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting survivors and perpetrators of the Third Reich and the Holocaust... Zobraziť viac
Anova Books: Graham Marsh and Glyn Callingham's classic collection of a range of the finest record sleeves produced by the... Zobraziť viac
This ambitious volume, worldwide in scope and ranging from antiquity to the present, examines the human encounter with Unreason in all its manifestations, the challenges it poses to society and our responses to it. In twelve chapters organized chronologic Zobraziť viac
Blood and Land is a dazzling, panoramic account of the history and achievements of Native North Americans, and why they matter today. It is about why no understanding of the wider world is possible without comprehending the original inhabitants ... Zobraziť viac
The fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in 1815 with a famous victory. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revolution to the Regency, Zobraziť viac
A stunning anthology of great stories of war and peace collected and edited by Max Hastings... Zobraziť viac
2013 jährt sich zum 25. Mal das Ende des planmäßigen Dampfbetriebes bei der Deutschen Reichsbahn. Dieser Bildband berichtet mit eindrucksvollen Farbfotos über den Einsatz der letzten Dampflokomotiven in der DDR zwischen 1979 und 1988.... Zobraziť viac
The media reports on the latest scientific discoveries and breakthroughs can seem like a foreign language, from black holes, to dark matter and exoplanets to leap seconds. Finally get to grips with these difficult concepts by reading ... Zobraziť viac
The Tadao touch. Ando's complete works to date 1975 - 2014. Philippe Starck describes him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Philip Drew calls his buildings "land art" as they "struggle to emerge from the earth." ... Zobraziť viac
