Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules provided the impetus for early exploration, and made possible the voyages of discovery that ensued. The... Zobraziť viac
Which countries were under a dictatorship? Where did the Beatles perform live outside the UK? Where were atomic bombs tested? Which nations boycotted the 1966 World Cup? What was the route of the Hippy Trail? The 1960s was a momentous decade whose... Zobraziť viac
History is not, and has never been, inert, certain, merely factual, and beyond reinterpretation. Taking readers from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, James M. Banner, Jr., explores what historians do and... Zobraziť viac
Kings throughout medieval and early modern Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. Only in France, however, did the royal mistress become a quasi-institutionalized political position. This study explores the emergence and development... Zobraziť viac
In sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, the female silhouette underwent a dramatic change. This very structured form, created using garments called bodies and farthingales, existed in various extremes in Western Europe and beyond, in the form... Zobraziť viac
The Next World War takes readers behind the scenes of the most dangerous era of international tensions since the end of the Cold War, as countries and military forces prepare for potential large-scale combat on a scale unseen since 1945... Zobraziť viac
Few forces have shaped our world as powerfully – or as secretly – as mafias. Groups such as La Cosa Nostra, the Medellín Cartel, New York’s Five Families, the Japanese yakuza and Russian vory are notorious, endlessly covered in news stories and popular... Zobraziť viac
A brilliantly readable, beautifully illustrated general history of ancient Egypt, from the builders of the first pyramids to Cleopatra Zobraziť viac
'Learned, entertaining and highly approachable' BOB MORTIMER 'A treat' ALICE LOXTON 'Five stars from me...' AL MURRAY An unmissable collaboration... Zobraziť viac
Unravel a forgotten mystery. A journey of secrets, courage, and unexpected bonds. Discover a world where shadows hold the truth. Zobraziť viac
Few people beyond South Carolina’s Lowcountry knew of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston—Mother Emanuel—before the night of June 17, 2015, when a twenty-one-year-old white supremacist walked into Bible study and slaughtered... Zobraziť viac
Slovenský spisovateľ a historik Jozef Leikert sa štyridsať rokov zaoberá študentskými udalosťami po 17. novembri 1939, keď nacisti násilím zatvorili české vysoké školy, na ktorých študovalo aj veľa Slovákov. Na príkaz Adolfa Hitlera boli na výstrahu... Zobraziť viac
Progress is power. Narratives of progress, the stories we tell about whether a society is moving in the right or the wrong direction, are immensely potent. Progress has built cities, flattened mountains, charted the globe, delved the oceans and space,... Zobraziť viac
Conspiracy, mutiny and liberation on America’s waterfront by the award-winning author of The Slave Ship. Freedom Ship is a gripping history of stowaway slaves and the vessels that carried them to liberty. Up to 100,000 fugitives successfully fled... Zobraziť viac
A celebration of 75 years of publishing at Thames & Hudson – a delight for bibliophiles, historians, art lovers and fans of the T&H brand. In 1949 Walter and Eva Neurath founded Thames & Hudson with a clear aim: to create a 'museum without walls'... Zobraziť viac
But what if the rules were different? Imagine a world in which women have all the power. A world in which they work together to shape their societies and their futures. In reality, women's communities have always existed, and continue to thrive... Zobraziť viac
"Tyll", der neue Roman des Erfolgsautors Daniel Kehlmann - er veröffentlichte u.a. "Die Vermessung der Welt", "Ruhm", "F" und "Du hättest gehen sollen" -, ist die Neuerfindung einer legendären Figur: ein großer Roman über die Macht der Kunst... Zobraziť viac
Tokyo today is one of the world’s mega-cities, and the centre of a scintillating, hyper-modern culture – but not everyone is aware of its past. Founded in 1590 as the seat of the warlord Tokugawa family, Tokyo, then called ‘Edo’, was the locus of... Zobraziť viac
"A könyvek segítenek embernek maradni egy embertelen világban." London, 1944 A II. világháború idején a befejezetlen Bethnal Green metróállomás csaknem ötezer embernek nyújt menedéket: a légiriadók elől a város lakói az alagutakba menekülnek, és ... Zobraziť viac
Our solar system is an extraordinary place where asteroids careen off course and solar winds hurl charged particles across billions of miles of space. Yet we seldom consider how these events, so immense in scale, influence our own fragile blue planet... Zobraziť viac
