Anglicky psaná kolektivní monografie obsahuje příspěvky k dějinám antické a středověké astronomie od odborníků z několika evropských zemí. Interdisciplinární kniha propojuje odborné perspektivy historie, geometrie... 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
Ancient Greece and Rome are considered the parents of Western civilisation. But the ancient world was much more interconnected than we realise - a place of constant exchange, commerce and theft, sex, war and enslavement. Journeying from the Levant of ... Zobraziť viac
Drawn from a former BBC QI Elf's lifetime’s search for the weird and the wonderful, The Most Interesting Book in The World is a miscellany of things too strange to be true, yet somehow are... Zobraziť viac
The tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous artist. The tech disruptor. You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius. You can also tell who it excludes, who it enables, and what it is prepared to tolerate... Zobraziť viac
For centuries, Europeans assumed that indigenous Americans lacked the sophistication to build cities and establish hierarchies. For over a millennium, prior to and after the arrival of white colonialists, however, native nations had been adapting to ... Zobraziť viac
Zdánlivě obyčejná návštěva hradu Krašova se změní v děsivou noční můru. Oldřich z Chlumu chce pomoci příbuzné, která se mu svěří s dávným prokletím hroznatovského rodu... Zobraziť viac
Zdánlivě obyčejná návštěva hradu Krašova se změní v děsivou noční můru. Oldřich z Chlumu chce pomoci příbuzné, která se mu svěří s dávným prokletím hroznatovského rodu... Zobraziť viac
Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler were together for fourteen years, a relationship that ended only with their marriage and double suicide in Berlin... Zobraziť viac
In November 1965, 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers... Zobraziť viac
Mynule lyudstva v knyzi Sapiens «Lyudyna rozumna». Maybutnye v knyzi Homo Deus «Bozhestvenna lyudyna». Nastav chas zadumatysya pro problemy sʹohodennya. Shcho oznachaye pidnesennya Donalʹda Trampa? ... 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
Dokumenty radyansʹkykh orhaniv derzhbezpeky, rozsekrecheni v Ukrayini, staly spravzhnim klondaykom dlya doslidnykiv i zhurnalistiv. Misyatsʹ za misyatsem, rik za rokom istoriyi, znaydeni Eduardom Andryushchenkom v arkhivnykh spravakh... Zobraziť viac
The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man – Vasili Mitrokhin – turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the KGB, stealing the most secret Soviet archives and smuggling them to... Zobraziť viac
Beautifully told through the eyewitness accounts of those who knew him best. This real-life story will never leave you. Yeshua lived and died over 2,000 years ago, fulfilling expectations that existed long before his birth. His birth had been... Zobraziť viac
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
Across the world today, people of all ages are doing fascinating, creative, messy things with gender. These people have a rich history - but one that is often left behind by narratives of trans lives that focus on people with... Zobraziť viac
Is there somebody out there who made the universe? When we die, is there anything else to come? And what will it be like? Questions like these have occupied human minds across the ages and throughout the world.And in search for answers, we have come up... 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
A story of courage and adventure, set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers... Zobraziť viac
