The history of Britain's complex relationship with Europe, untangled"[A] cool-headed, fair, and judicious analysis of Britain and the EU at a decisive period in history"- Thomas Gallagher, Brexit-Watch.org Is Britain a part of Europe? The British have... Zobraziť viac
Appointed by Philip Roth and granted complete access and independence, Blake Bailey spent years poring over Roth's personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and engaging Roth himself in breathtakingly candid conversations... Zobraziť viac
A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by ... Zobraziť viac
Named one of Book Riot's Six Great Nonfiction Books about Time. A tour of clocks throughout the centuries-from the sandglass to the telomere-to reveal the physical, biological, and social nature of time... Zobraziť viac
An insider's account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the Apostles to the modern age. In this lively and intimate account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, John McGuckin tackles the question... Zobraziť viac
Told for the first time from their perspective, the story of children who survived the chaos and trauma of the Holocaust. How can we make sense of our lives when we do not know where we come from? This was a pressing question for the youngest survivors... Zobraziť viac
The 1970s was a time of deep division and newfound freedoms. Galvanized by The Second Sex and The Feminine Mystique, the civil rights movement and the March on Washington, a new generation put their bodies on the line to protest injustice... Zobraziť viac
International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge... Zobraziť viac
This book contains 30 unique facsimiles and translations of rare historical documents. Zobraziť viac
''This is a history shaken by intimacy - a brave and rigorously humane book'' Seán HewittHow far would you go for the missing?When Clair Wills was in her twenties, she discovered she had a cousin she had never met. Born in a Mother and Baby Home in... Zobraziť viac
The Wehrmacht's last Blitzkrieg campaign was indeed a lightning war, since German forces were required to seize both Yugoslavia and Greece before redeploying immediately to the East ready to attack the Soviet Union in a matter of weeks... Zobraziť viac
In his most wide-ranging and accessible work, Fredric Jameson argues that postmodernism is the cultural response to the latest systemic change in world capitalism. He seeks here to crystallize a definition of a term which has taken on so many meanings ... Zobraziť viac
The Spartan legend has inspired and captivated subsequent generations with evidence of its legacy found in both the Roman and British Empires. The Spartans are our ancestors, every bit as much as the Athenians. But while Athens promoted ... Zobraziť viac
From the very beginning, Caesar's story makes dazzling reading. In his late teens he narrowly avoided execution for opposing the military dictator Sulla. He was decorated for valour in battle, captured and held to ransom by pirates, ... Zobraziť viac
Kniha představuje sto nejvýznamnějších přírodních památek světa. Téměř 800 unikátních fotografií dokumentuje, jak vypadá skutečný ráj na zemi. Nejpozoruhodnější přírodní divy jsou seřazeny do kapitol podle světadílů... Zobraziť viac
Protivzdušná obrana Československa v letech 1962-1980... 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
Kniha komplexně zkoumá proces pronikání humanismu a renesance do české knižní kultury a kriticky se staví proti převažující interpretační linii, vedoucí od národního obrození až po marxistickou literární vědu, která se snažila uchovat velkolepý... Zobraziť viac
Dějiny českých zemí jsou první prací, která podává soustavný výklad naší historie od pravěku až do vzniku České republiky roku 1993. Sleduje vývoj českého státu a národa, stejně jako menšin žijících na českém území, zejména Židů, ... Zobraziť viac
