Subtitled, "The Last Years Of The British Empire In India". A narrative history of the final years of the British presence in India, arguing that it laid the foundation for the violence between India and Pakistan. Zobraziť viac
Offers insight into the key economic, social, and political developments that have shaped both the individual countries of South Asia and the region as a whole. Zobraziť viac
Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian Studs Terkel hosted a legendary daily radio programme in Chicago - presenting listeners with his singular take on an eclectic range of music from classical,... Zobraziť viac
Fire Island: a slim strip of land off the coast of New York, and a place of hedonism, reinvention, liberation... Zobraziť viac
As Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent new epic, ... Zobraziť viac
The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known . . . of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect—a man divided ... Zobraziť viac
The 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end in September 1066, when King Harald Hardrada of Norway died leading ... Zobraziť viac
Warfare: A Visual History combines historical engravings and diagrams with an engaging modern text to create a visual study of humankind’s extraordinary ingenuity in inventing new ways to wage war... Zobraziť viac
#1 New York Times Bestseller The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism ... Zobraziť viac
Canongate Books: While travelling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading seemed to reflect... Zobraziť viac
This magnificently illustrated book brings together 200 of the finest and most significant Ancient Egyptian treasures and artifacts preserved in museums in North America and around the world... Zobraziť viac
