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
The ultrarich hold more of America’s wealth than they did in the heyday of the Carnegies and Rockefellers. Here, Evan Osnos’s incisive reportage yields an unforgettable portrait of the tactics and obsessions driving this new Gilded Age, in which... Zobraziť viac
Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be ‘great’, to gain historical immortality. And he did so through deeds and words: his actions as a soldier and politician, gilded by his writings as a journalist and historian... Zobraziť viac
Too often history focuses on the tales of kings, or those (often men) who were given the credit for shaping our stories. Yet, what fascinates most are the figures who have passed through the cracks of history, people like... Zobraziť viac
Tisztelt Olvasó, egy kivételes, terjedelmes, elbeszélő kiadvány – „a Magyar Királyság és Pozsony őseink szemével” címmel – került a napokban a szlovák és a magyar piacra. Történelmi szempontból ez egy jelentős teljesítménye a szerzőjének... Zobraziť viac
For years KGB operative Vasili Mitrokhin risked his life hiding top-secret material from Russian secret service archives beneath his family dacha. When he was exfiltrated to the West he took with him what the FBI called... Zobraziť viac
Yehuda Bauer, one of the world's premier historians of the Holocaust, here presents an insightful overview and reconsideration of its history and meaning. Drawing on research he and other historians have done in recent years... 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
The dark history of a poisonous sisterhood... 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
China’s rise to superpower is seemingly a modern phenomenon, but it has a long history. This book follows China’s geopolitical transformation on the world stage, from struggling to defend herself against the British in the Opium Wars, to rivalling... Zobraziť viac
A harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of the bombing of Nagasaki – and the acts of human kindness it left in its wake.On 9th August 1945, the Japanese city of Nagasaki is hit by an atomic bomb. Forty thousand people are killed instantly. Doctor... Zobraziť viac
History is a weapon. The powerful have their version of events, the people have another. And if we understand how the past was forged, we arm ourselves to change the future.This is a history of struggle, revolution and social change: of hominins,... Zobraziť viac
Illustrated thoroughly, Biomolecular Archaeology is the first book to clearly guide students through the study of ancient DNA: how to analyze biomolecular evidence (DNA, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates) to address important archaeological questions... Zobraziť viac
It was Thomas Jefferson who envisioned the United States as a great `empire of liberty.` In the first new one-volume history in two decades, David Reynolds takes Jefferson`s phrase as a key to the saga of America - helping unlock both its grandeur and... Zobraziť viac
This amazing book tells the stories of forty regular people and their heroic actions from October 7. Of how these individuals embodied the essence of heroism. They exemplified the highest level of courage. Amidst the challenges and fear, they provided... Zobraziť viac
'A phenomenal, transfixing work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer' Bryan Washington'A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it's a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory' Megan AbbottA historic presidential... Zobraziť viac
History is dominated by A-list deaths: queens beheaded; archdukes assassinated. But what about everyone else? How did ordinary people depart this life and grieve for loved ones - and which of the old ways might help us prepare for the end?... Zobraziť viac
An epic history of the birth of news in Europe. News moves. It is a battle, a scandal, a disaster. It is a letter, a newspaper, a proclamation. News is a material thing, but also something between us, something we take into us and feel... Zobraziť viac
The gripping story of Taiwan's past and precarious present from one of Taiwan's top foreign correspondents... Zobraziť viac
