Kindred is the definitive guide to the Neanderthals. Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins.... Zobraziť viac
The little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally ill. In the first years of the Weimar Republic, the German psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn gathered a remarkable collection of works by schizophrenic patients that would astonish... Zobraziť viac
In the summer of 1849, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italy's legendary revolutionary hero, fled Rome and led 4,000 of his men hundreds of miles through Umbria and Tuscany, then across the Apennines, Italy's mountainous spine... Zobraziť viac
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation... Zobraziť viac
Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. The Beatles learn to be brilliant in an hour and a half. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic wishes ignored. A US Senator begins ... Zobraziť viac
A radical look at Jane Austen as you've never seen her – as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. The Genius of Jane Austen celebrates Britain's favourite novelist 200 years after her death and explores why her ... Zobraziť viac
On 28 March 1944, Italian sisters Tati (six) and Andra (four) were roused from their sleep and taken to Auschwitz, to the infamous Kinder Block presided over by Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death... Zobraziť viac
Causes of death have changed irrevocably across time. In the course of a few centuries we have gone from a world where disease or violence were likely to strike anyone at any age, and where famine could be just one bad harvest away... Zobraziť viac
Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful. In February 1942 RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly-identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied Europe, codenamed... Zobraziť viac
On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell... Zobraziť viac
Ačkoli válka skončila oficiálně v květnu 1945, trvalo celé desetiletí, než se Evropa opět postavila na nohy. Válka zanechala třicet milionů obětí, rozvrátila ekonomiku a instituce - policii, média, dopravu, místní i národní vlády... Zobraziť viac
Liberální demokracie není absolutním vítězem studené války a ohlášený konec dějin se nekoná. Vladimir Putin se opevnil ve své mocenské pozici a fašistické představy o potřebě pevné ruky začínají ve světě opět rezonovat. Zobraziť viac
Kdo přišel s myšlenkou "konečného řešení židovské otázky" a jak vznikly politické a společenské podmínky k jejímu uskutečnění? Kdo zabíjel a kdo byl přímým spolupachatelem? Kdo naopak pomáhal a zachraňoval? A kdo určoval... Zobraziť viac
Jevgenij Nikolajev byl příslušníkem sovětského Lidového komisariátu vnitřních záležitostí (NKVD). V letech 1941 a 1942 bojoval na Leningradském frontu a v seznamu nejúspěšnějších sovětských odstřelovačů je uveden pod číslem... Zobraziť viac
„Zabili mi mámu. Máminy ruky bych se nikdy nepustila ... Musela jsem utéct, ale máma mě držela... Moc silně. Nevím, jak se mi to povedlo, ale nakonec jsem se vysmekla. A utekla jsem do stodoly. Věřil bys tomu? ... Já jsem tam mámu nechala. Zobraziť viac
Odhalte dlouho utajovaný příběh Victora Capesia, hlavního lékárníka největšího nacistického tábora smrti v Osvětimi. Victor Capesius byl původem z Rumunska a pracoval jako prodejce německé farmaceutické firmy Bayer. V pětatřiceti... Zobraziť viac
Within its pages is summed up a complete view of the cosmos and how human beings should respond to it... Zobraziť viac
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) is the story of a boy in Missouri in the 1840s. Tom Sawyer's parents are dead and he lives with his aunt in a small village next to the long Mississippi river. One night, Tom and his friend, Huckleberry Finn see Injun J Zobraziť viac
Mark Twain's classic of smalltown life along the banks of the Mississippi features loveable rascal Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn - a social outcast and son of the town drunk. Dogged his nemesis - the villainous Injun Joe - Tom embarks with .. Zobraziť viac
How did the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia approach non-heterosexuality? How did young girls and boys come to realize their queer desires and identities within a state known for repressing individuality? What did they ... Zobraziť viac
