Relive a bygone age of discovery and romance with this XL volume of vintage travel ephemera from 1869 to 1939... Zobraziť viac
There was a huge upsurge of global interest in US politics during the Trump presidency, culminating in the November 2020 election, the victory of the Democrat candidate Joe Biden and the subsequent, horrifying response in the storming of the US capitol... Zobraziť viac
Mount Fuji has long been a centerpiece of Japanese cultural imagination, and nothing captures this with more virtuosity than the landmark woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)... Zobraziť viac
Rich with individual characters, scenes and snapshots of daily life, Metropolis is at once the story of these extraordinary places and of the vital role they have played in making us who we are... Zobraziť viac
Budete zavedeni do válkou zmítaného města Aleppo, ve kterém před rokem zavládlo Arabské jaro. Olof Jarlboro se dostal do Sýrie ilegálně. Ve své práci se rozhodl zaměřit na povstalce FSA (Free Syrian Army - Svobodná syrská armáda) bojující proti režimu.. Zobraziť viac
Who Betrayed the Jews? is a groundbreaking study that examines the various ways Jews were betrayed by their fellow countrymen during the Holocaust. In many cases they regarded themselves as a person of their nation first and a Jew the second... Zobraziť viac
A visual history like no other, this award-winning book brings you the golden age of New York jazz. The collection features Nippoldt’s superb illustrations of jazz scenes and protagonists alongside vivid facts and amusing anecdotes... Zobraziť viac
Soon after the Caudine Forks fiasco, where Roman citizens had suffered the humiliation of being forced to pass under the yoke, an act symbolising their loss of warrior status, the tactical formation adopted by the Roman army underwent a radical change... Zobraziť viac
What does history really consist of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - sleeping, eating, having sex, endeavouring to get comfortable. And where did all these normal activities take place? At home... Zobraziť viac
Osprey's Campaign title for the first battle of the desert war, Operation Compass, which was originally envisaged as a spoiling attack, combined with a reconnaissance in force to disrupt the Italian forces that had advanced into... Zobraziť viac
Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Galen presents a comprehensive account of the afterlife of the corpus of the second-century AD Greek physician Galen of Pergamum. In 31 chapters, written by a range of experts in the field... Zobraziť viac
Bee Wilson is the beloved food writer and historian who writes as the 'Kitchen Thinker' in the Sunday Telegraph, and is the author of Swindled!. Her charming and original new book,Consider the Fork, explores how the implements we use in the kitchen ... Zobraziť viac
Between 152 and 138 BC a series of wars from Africa to India produced a radically new geopolitical situation. In 150 Rome was confined to the western Mediterranean, and the largest state was the Seleukid empire... Zobraziť viac
An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly influential forces in modern American life—the humble parking spot... Zobraziť viac
Have you ever wondered who the third man on the moon was? Did you know that Dick Whittington really was the medieval Mayor of London? Why was a pigeon a hero to the American army? What's the difference between a dolmen and a barrow?.. Zobraziť viac
From the burrows and secret bunkers beneath our feet to imagined hellscapes and surrealist dreamscapes, the disquieting, alarming,and wonderful visuals span natural and constructed subterranea and imagined and subconscious worlds... Zobraziť viac
Kniha nabízí shrnutí sociálních, hospodářských a kulturních aspektů těžby kovů v českém Krušnohoří. Jednotlivé kapitoly se věnují vzniku a vývoji horních měst od 14. do 16. století... Zobraziť viac
One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history? ... Zobraziť viac
A gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collision. Milad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem, but... Zobraziť viac
