Once a top-secret training manual for CIA field agents in the early Cold War Era of the 1950s, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to the general public. An amazing historical artifact, thiseye-opening ... Zobraziť viac
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the... Zobraziť viac
From the esoteric account of the evolution of the species to the occult roots of science, from the secrets of the Flood to the esoteric motives behind American foreign policy, ... Zobraziť viac
For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first complete history of the Mediterranean, from the erection of temples on Malta around ... Zobraziť viac
Turn the pages of the most famous books of all time and marvel at the stories behind them. Over 75 of the world's most celebrated, rare, and seminal books are examined and explained in this stunning treasury... Zobraziť viac
The end of the Second World War signalled the rapid end of the European African empires. In 1945, only four African countries were independent; by 1963, thirty African states created the Organization of African Unity. Despite formidable problems... Zobraziť viac
William Blake’s spectacular illustrations for “The Divine Comedy”. Celebrated around the world as a literary monument, The Divine Comedy, completed in 1321 and written by Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), is widely considered the greatest work ever ... Zobraziť viac
Lonely Planet Iran is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hike among the Castles of the Assassins in Alamut Valley, Lose yourself in Esfahan's historic bazaar, or ski ... Zobraziť viac
Zentralbauten, d.h. Kirchen über dem Grundriss eines Kreises, eines Vier- oder Mehrecks, eines griechischen Kreuzes o.ä., gehören für die Renaissanceforschung seit Jacob Burckhardt zu den wichtigsten Paradigmata der Architektur dieser Epoche... Zobraziť viac
Presents a story of how a Chinese product has for two millennia allowed knowledge, ideas and religions to spread across the world. In this book the author traces the invention's voyage... Zobraziť viac
Even though Jesus had only one Mother, and there is only one Virgin Mary, tracing her mundane faces and varieties of her devotion across the centuries and continents has led us to the conclusion that there are as many... Zobraziť viac
This ambitious volume, worldwide in scope and ranging from antiquity to the present, examines the human encounter with Unreason in all its manifestations, the challenges it poses to society and our responses to it... Zobraziť viac
A thrilling history of the dramatic siege of Acre in 1291, the bloody climax to the two hundred years of the Holy Land Crusades. The city of Acre, powerfully fortified and richly provisioned, was the last crusader stronghold... Zobraziť viac
A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, ... Zobraziť viac
Fascinujúci sprievodca po pamiatkach, chutiach, kuriozitách a múdrosti Japonska Či už plánujete svoje prvé dobrodružstvo, alebo spomínate na jedinečný výlet svojho života, kniha Japonsko vám má čo ponúknuť... Zobraziť viac
Antiquarian, archaeologist, vulcanologist, and envoy to the British Embassy in Naples, Sir William Hamilton (1731 – 1803) was a leading European figure of his time. Though the romance between his wife Lady Emma Hamilton and ... Zobraziť viac
Římské lampy byly charakteristickou formou vnitřního osvětlení. Díky reliéfním dekoracím se staly přitažlivými exponáty drobného umění v moderních sbírkách. V antickém světe však znamenaly mnohem víc — s distribuční sítí klenoucí se přes tři kontinenty... Zobraziť viac
By legitimizing bigotry and redefining so-called American values, a revived Klan in the 1920s left a toxic legacy that demands reexamination today... Zobraziť viac
Starting with the Ottoman conquests in the sixteenth century, this landmark book follows the story of the Arabs through the era of European imperialism and the Superpower rivalries of the Cold War, to the present age of unipolar American power... Zobraziť viac
The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and cultivated self-distrust and... Zobraziť viac
