In 1799 Napoleon's army uncovered an ancient stele in the Nile delta. Its inscription, recorded in three distinct scripts -... Zobraziť viac
Drawing on interviews with Gorbachev himself, transcripts and documents from the Russian archives, and interviews with... Zobraziť viac
Karin Bojs grew up in a small, broken family, and at her mother's funeral she felt this more acutely than ever. As part of... Zobraziť viac
In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexievich set out to write her first book, The Unwomanly Face of War, when she realized that she grew up surrounded by women who had fought in the Second World War but whose stories were absent from official narratives... Zobraziť viac
From the bestselling author of The Lost City of Z, now a major film starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller and Robert Pattison, comes a true-life murder story which became one of the ... Zobraziť viac
A life of the greatest French statesman of modern times In six weeks in the early summer of 1940, France was over-run by German troops and quickly surrendered. The French government of Marshal Pétain sued for peace and signed an armistice... Zobraziť viac
In this book A.D. Lee charts the rise to dominance of Christianity in the Roman empire. Using translated texts he explains the fortunes of both Pagans and Christians from the upheavals of the 3rd ... Zobraziť viac
From Homer's poems to contemporary science fiction, literature through the ages has continuously invented imaginary and legendary lands, projecting there all those wishes, dreams, ... Zobraziť viac
A kötet ízelítőt nyújt az antik költészet magyar fordítás- és hatástörténetéből, különös hangsúlyt helyezve Ovidius műveinek régi magyar hatástörténetére. Az első rész Gyöngyösi István heroida-fordításait helyezi fordítástörténeti ... Zobraziť viac
In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, ... Zobraziť viac
In a panoramic and pioneering reappraisal, Pieter Judson shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered so much, for so long, to millions of Central Europeans. Across divides of language, religion, region, and history, ordinary women and men felt ... Zobraziť viac
A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today’s world, written by... Zobraziť viac
Ghosts are woven into the very fabric of life. In Britain, every town, village, and great house has a spectral resident, and... Zobraziť viac
Czech Republic offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, ... Zobraziť viac
In the course of compiling his highly acclaimed, three-volume life of Kafka, Reiner Stach made one astounding discovery after another: original writings, unexpected photographs, inconsistencies in handwritten texts, surprising excerpts from letters, ... Zobraziť viac
Among the world's authoritarian governments there have always been those based not on ideology, nor a leader's personal mission, nor even charisma, but simply on raw power sustained by fear of punishment and hope of reward. Here a distinguished group... Zobraziť viac
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike... Zobraziť viac
Millions of readers have been enthralled by the saga that began in The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, which now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire... Zobraziť viac
The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with... Zobraziť viac
