In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever“A landmark book: lucid,... Zobraziť viac
Published originally in two volumes in 1890, this extraordinary study of primitive myth and magic, collected from sources around the world, led Frazer to identify parallel patterns of ritual, symbols and belief across many centuries and many different... Zobraziť viac
The gripping, untold story of how six epic journeys launched the three communist revolutions that changed world history forever.From the streets of Petrograd during the heady autumn of 1917,to Mao's stunning victory in October 1949, and Fidel's triumph... Zobraziť viac
A revelatory new account of one of the world’s most remote, mysterious and misunderstood places: Easter Island. Zobraziť viac
The secret history of Barbie and what Mattel has done to keep her on top. For nearly seven decades, Mattel billed Barbie as the first adult dolla revolutionary alternative to the baby dolls before her, which had treated little girls as future mothers... Zobraziť viac
1808, Franciaország. Egész Európa Bonaparte Napóleon lába előtt hever. Győzedelmes seregei minden ellenséges hadat szétzúztak az Atlanti-óceán partjaitól Oroszországig, rendőrminisztere, Fouché, pedig könyörtelenül elbánik a hatalma ellen ... Zobraziť viac
For most of history, antisemitism has been understood as a menace from Europe’s political Right, the province of blood-and-soil ethno-nativists who built on Christendom’s long-standing suspicion of its Jewish population and infused it with racist... Zobraziť viac
Others make war; you, happy Austria, marry.' For three centuries, the astute positioning of their many princesses and princes had kept the Habsburgs at the peak of European power. By 1764, after a generation of costly war, confronted by shaken... Zobraziť viac
The Baltic Sea is more than an inland sea – it is a historic geopolitical stage. From maritime travel in the Viking era to a NATO-dominated region, this brackish inland sea has been a lifeline for people and countries in northern Europe... Zobraziť viac
Souhrnný přehled dějin španělských výbojů a všech španělských území v Africe přináší informace o hlavních procesech a charakteristických rysech vývoje, o jeho zvláštnostech a odlišnostech i o jeho vztahu k ostatnímu.... Zobraziť viac
Invisible Armies presents an entirely original narrative of warfare, which demonstrates that, far from the exception, loosely organized partisan or guerrilla... Zobraziť viac
A physicist turned politician. A nation's dreams of democracy. This is the gripping story of how one man's fight for Russia's future ended in tragedy. Zobraziť viac
When the University of Chicago Press launched the land-mark "History of Cartography" series nearly thirty years ago, founding editors J. B. Harley and David Woodward hoped to create a new basis for map history. They did not, however, anticipate the... Zobraziť viac
Tato kniha by měla zaplnit dosud prázdné místo na českém trhu, na němž neexistuje žádná kniha, zabývající se historií nejslavnějšího cyklistického závodu Tour de France. Ten je přitom v posledních letech v Česku stále populárnější... Zobraziť viac
From the master of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world's greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge.A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFTSeft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the ... Zobraziť viac
SAPIENS - STRUČNÉ DĚJINY LIDSTVA sleduje z dlouhodobé perspektivy revoluční zvraty na cestě lidského rodu od vzniku Homo sapiens až po současnost. Dramatický je příběh bezvýznamného lidoopa, který před dvěma miliony let někde... Zobraziť viac
Po bestselleru Sapiens – Úchvatný i úděsný příběh lidstva obrací Yuval Noah Harari zájem k budoucnosti. Analyzuje, jaké důsledky mohou nastat, když se tradiční kolektivní mýty lidstva utkají s novými „božskými“ technologiemi... Zobraziť viac
The siren passionately in love with Mark Antony, the seductress who allegedly rolled out of a carpet she had herself smuggled in to see Caesar, Cleopatra is a figure shrouded in myth... Zobraziť viac
Mystery cults are one of the most intriguing areas of Greek and Roman religion. In the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis, participants dramatically reenacted the story of Demeter’s loss and recovery of her daughter Persephone; in the Bacchic cult... Zobraziť viac
The late 1990s and early aughts were a time of hope―for democracy and free press. The Soviet Union had failed, leaving behind a number of independent countries where the Scorpions’ 1990 pop ballad “Wind of Change” became a rallying cry... Zobraziť viac
