When Patrick Modiano was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature he was praised for using the 'art of memory' to bring to life the Occupation of Paris during the Second World War. Born just after the war, ... Zobraziť viac
Vlastní typologické vymezení obcí bezesporu přispěje do rozsáhlé a stále pokračující diskuze o vývojových tendencích českého venkova. Vypracovaná typologie potvrdila předpoklad významu velikosti obce a geografické polohy pro... Zobraziť viac
Kniha zaplňuje jednu z dalších částí dějin státního mechanismu v českém prostředí. Předložená publikace je psána tak, aby uspokojila zejména zájemce o problematiku organizace moderní veřejné správy a správního práva... Zobraziť viac
Adolf Hitler se v roce 1933 stal německým kancléřem. O rok později byly všechny strany s výjimkou nacistů postaveny mimo zákon, svoboda tisku byla jen vzpomínkou a Hitlerova dominance se zdála být kompletní. Přesto se našli stateční... Zobraziť viac
Po dvaceti pěti letech vychází zcela nový překlad deníku Anne Frankové. Poprvé v češtině s názvem, který svému dílu zamýšlela dát sama jeho autorka. Deník v dopisech si Anne Franková vedla od 12. června 1942 do 1. srpna 1944. Psala si ho jen pro... Zobraziť viac
Autor, profesor Čižmár, venoval štúdiu a napísaniu diela desiatky rokov, niet divu, veď dejiny matematiky v takomto rozsahu a hĺbke spracovania na Slovensku doteraz knižne... Zobraziť viac
Detailed historical coverage from the early Stone Age to the Romans. 25 halftones and maps. Zobraziť viac
As a journalist, historian and novelist born into a family that included two past presidents of the United States, Henry Adams was constantly focused on the American experiment. The Education of Henry Adams (1918) recounts his own and the country''s... Zobraziť viac
In 1120 the wife of a Norman draper's merchant gave birth to a baby boy in London's bustling Cheapside. Despite his sickly constitution, middle-class background and unremarkable abilities, ... Zobraziť viac
Am 1. Januar 2013 feiert der jüngste Staat der EU seinen 20. Geburtstag. Grund genug, sich mit der in der geographischen Mitte Europas liegenden Slowakei zu beschäftigen. Hannes Hofbauer und David X. Noack zeichnen ... Zobraziť viac
From the civil wars of the Late Republic to Constantine's bloody reunification of the Empire, elite corps of guardsmen were at the heart of every Roman army. Whether as bodyguards or as shock troops in battle, ... Zobraziť viac
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Dark Continent and Hitler's Empire, comes a visionary, far-reaching history of two centuries of international government that also goes to the heart of current world crises... Zobraziť viac
This compelling history of Europe's Cold War follows the dramatic arc of the conflict that shaped the development of the continent and defined world politics in the second half of the twentieth century... Zobraziť viac
Did American's 'greatest generation of soldiers' commit horrendous crimes against civilians in Europe during World War II? Is this an absurd idea, or something which did occur but was generally kept from the American public? ... Zobraziť viac
Aelian's work on tactics is a hugely significant piece of ancient military literature, yet the last new edition in English was published in 1814. Although writing (in his native Greek) in the second century AD, Aelian drew heavily on earlier works, ... Zobraziť viac
This powerful work puts to rest the long-held myth that Chinese civilization is monolithic, unchanging, and perennially cut off from the rest of the world. An inviting history of China from the days of the ancient Silk Road to the present, ... Zobraziť viac
Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides – the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonisingly widespread. A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the ... Zobraziť viac
Immanuel Wallerstein’s highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century’s greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development ... Zobraziť viac
Immanuel Wallerstein’s highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century’s greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, ... Zobraziť viac
Hitler's panzer armies spearheaded the blitzkrieg on the Eastern Front. They played a key role in every major campaign, not simply as tactical tools but also as operational weapons that shaped strategy... Zobraziť viac
