This much needed new edition provides a complete and essential guide to this fast developing, ever changing and often tense region. This book, fully updated for 2024, examines the origins and development... Zobraziť viac
Od autora bestselleru Jak Irové zachránili civilizaci se nám dostává fascinující pohled na to, jak středověcí myslitelé vytvořili základy moderních intelektuálních hnutí. Na návštěvách velkých evropských měst - monumentálního Říma, ... Zobraziť viac
From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader - an MIT-credentialled scientist, popular podcast host and SpaceX mission manager - an illuminating chronicle of exploration that spotlights humans' insatiable desire to continually push into new... Zobraziť viac
Vyberanie pápežských desiatkov v Uhorsku v 13. a 14. storočí na obranu Svätej zeme sa konalo v rokoch 1281 – 1375. Záznamy z vyberania z rokov 1281 – 1331 a 1338 – 1375 nie sú pre nás natoľko zaujímavé pre ich obsahovú stránku... Zobraziť viac
In The War on the West, international bestselling author Douglas Murray asks: if the history of humankind is one of slavery, conquest, prejudice, genocide and exploitation, why are only Western nations taking the blame for it?... Zobraziť viac
Against the wishes of Hitler, German forces under Erich von Manstein were forced to retreat following the failure of their offensive at Kursk in July 1943. The weakened force had only one possible refuge, behind the wide Dnepr River... Zobraziť viac
Keď o sebe poviem, že som feministka, k čomu sa vlastne hlásim? Ako si poradiť so systémovou diskrimináciou žien? Aké obete majú zmysel v mene vyššieho dobra? Aká je to problémová žena? Problémová znamená v prvom ... Zobraziť viac
Do you feel like we're living in the end times? Does it seem like everything is on fire, and one disaster follows another?Here's a small comfort: you're not the first to feel that way. If there's one thing that people throughout history have agreed on... Zobraziť viac
It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter started to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before nineteen men and women had been hanged and an elderly man crushed to death... Zobraziť viac
The twentieth century War and Peace, a broad portrait of an age and a searing vision of Stalinist Russia, Life and Fate is also the story of a family, the Shaposhnikovs, whose lives in the army, the gulag, a physics institute, ... Zobraziť viac
Kniha Sedmkrát o Brně historiků Jiřího Čejky a Dany Olivové předkládá čtenáři v sedmi kapitolách sedm historických obrazů Brna. V jednotlivých kapitolách jsou slovem i obrazem zachyceny důležitější momenty historických dějů, z nichž některé svým... Zobraziť viac
Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other... Zobraziť viac
„Dodnes nemůžu pochopit, jak jsem to já, taková malá holčička, mohla všechno přežít. Bez táty, bez mámy." V první polovině 40. let bylo do Sovětského svazu násilně deportováno několik set tisíc Polek. Končily coby... Zobraziť viac
A gripping narrative of the intertwined lives of the four philosophers whose ideas reshaped the twentieth century. The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein, ... Zobraziť viac
The powerful, bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds, alongside moving extracts from the diary of the German officer who saved his life... Zobraziť viac
Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their long, ... Zobraziť viac
Looking at defining moments in Winston Churchill's life and revealing his key principles, philosophies and decisions, this book will teach you how to think just like Churchill. Remembered for his leadership during the Second World War, ... Zobraziť viac
We live in a time of unprecedented upheaval, with questions about the future, society, work, happiness, family and money, and yet no political party of the right or left is providing us with answers. Rutger Bregman, a bestselling Dutch historian, ... Zobraziť viac
Russian historian Abraham Ascher offers a skillful blend of engaging narrative and fresh analysis in this concise introduction to Russian history. Newly updated on the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, ... Zobraziť viac
Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's—Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them... Zobraziť viac
