In the astonishing novel by the author of the bestsellers The Robber Bride, Cat's Eye, and The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood takes us back in time and into the life and mind of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century... Zobraziť viac
This groundbreaking new collection addresses the burning issue of how we interpret history today... Zobraziť viac
Behind every great king stands a queen. And behind every queen, the whole court watches on... Over the years of his reign, six different women took their place beside King Henry VIII of England as his wife and queen... Zobraziť viac
Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence... Zobraziť viac
Hidden deep in the Bavarian mountains lies the picturesque village of Oberstdorf - a place where for hundreds of years people lived simple lives while history was made elsewhere... Zobraziť viac
Strhující a mrazivá reportáž je očitým svědectvím slovenského novináře přímo z místa konfliktu a živým kaleidoskopem mnoha životních příběhů, jež autor na východě Ukrajiny posbíral na obou stranách fronty. osudu Gruzínce... Zobraziť viac
John Updike compared them to ‘the sun coming out on an Easter morning’. Bob Dylan introduced them to drugs. The Duchess of Windsor adored them. Noel Coward despised them. JRR Tolkien snubbed them. The Rolling Stones copied them... Zobraziť viac
A critically-acclaimed Sunday Times, Spectator and Independent BOOK OF 2020Now with colour photography by Michael Turek'Richly absorbing... An impressive exploration of Siberia's terrifying past... Zobraziť viac
Vydatni ukrayinky XX stolittya chasto lyshayutʹsya nepomitnymy. Pro dolyu deyakykh heroyinʹ tsiyeyi knyzhky khtosʹ, mozhlyvo, pochuye vpershe, odnak yikhnyu rolʹ v ukrayinsʹkiy istoriyi ne varto prymenshuvaty... Zobraziť viac
The first book in Bernard Cornwell’s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. BBC2’s major Autumn 2015 TV show The Last Kingdom is based on the first two books in the series... Zobraziť viac
Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven. They are strangers to her. When she is born in 1973, her parents hand her over to a childless peasant couple in the mountains... Zobraziť viac
In an age in which the lack of independent public intellectuals has often been sorely lamented, the historian Tony Judt played a rare and valuable role, bringing together history and current events, Europe and America, what was and what is with what ... Zobraziť viac
Známý český historik a popularizátor historie vybral a poutavě napsal nejzajímavější příběhy z české historie od nejstarších dob po současnost. Kniha určená zahraničním turistům a studentům... Zobraziť viac
Úspěšný evergreen nás vrací do tragikomických událostí české historie se všemi jejími falešnými představami o vesnické idyle a „mírumilovných a laskavých lidech“. Zobraziť viac
This new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political philosophy, history, and revolutionary thought for two hundred years offers readers a dire warning of the consequences that follow the mismanagement of change... Zobraziť viac
What happens when a black detective goes undercover in the KKK? An extraordinary true story. In 1978, Ron Stallworth is the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department... Zobraziť viac
From the bestselling author of Brothers in Arms comes the story of the most pivotal Allies campaign of World War II... Zobraziť viac
Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. From the ancient Romans to the present day, their real nature has been obscured... Zobraziť viac
Most humans contain between nine and twelve pints of blood. Here Rose George, who probably contains nine pints, tells nine different stories about the liquid that sustains us, discovering what it reveals about who we are... Zobraziť viac
