Cyrus Schayegh's socio-spatial history traces how a Eurocentric world economy and European imperialism molded the Middle East... Zobraziť viac
1558. Noch immer wacht die altehrwürdige Kathedrale von Kingsbridge über die Stadt. Doch diese ist im Widerstreit zwischen Katholiken und Protestanten zutiefst gespalten. Freundschaft, Loyalität, Familie - nichts scheint mehr von... Zobraziť viac
Drawing the Human Head describes in detail of how emotions and feelings are reflected in people’s faces and of how to depict them. It is a systematic structured textbook for learning the skills necessary to draw the human head, a useful manual for ... Zobraziť viac
Chosen as a Book of the Year by the Sunday Times and the Evening Standard 'Authoritative and provocative... For its range and breadth, it is a tour de force and a must read' Evening Standard It could have been a very different story.... Zobraziť viac
Commissioned in 1750, the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power and wealth of a great Venetian family, but the fortunes of the Veniers waned midconstruction and the project was abandoned. Empty, unfinished, and decaying, ... Zobraziť viac
Brunhilde Pomsel described herself as an 'apolitical girl' and a 'figure on the margins'. How are we to reconcile this description with her chosen profession? Employed as a typist during the Second World War, she worked closely with one of ... Zobraziť viac
A prescient, thoughtful and chilling examination of the current state of the world. If there are lessons from history, now is the time when we need to heed them, so that we do not end up in another Great Power war because of the fatal combinations of... Zobraziť viac
The definitive history of Rome and its citizens. Rome is often remembered for its spectacular collapse. Yet for more than two thousand years - through civil wars, plagues, invasions and religious upheaval - the Roman state survived, adapted and... Zobraziť viac
What modern economics can tell us about ancient RomeThe quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution... Zobraziť viac
Compared to modern standard, the Roman army of the imperial era was surprisingly small. However, when assessed in terms of their various tasks, they by far outstrip modern armies – acting not only as an armed power of the state in external and internal... Zobraziť viac
Just after midnight on Saturday, 2 September 1939, a German U-boat quietly slipped out of its berth and into the North Sea. This was the first of a Nazi onslaught of submarines and airplanes turning peaceful shipping lanes and fishing spots around... Zobraziť viac
The fighting around the town of Demyansk was one of the longest encirclement battles on the Eastern Front during the Second World War, stretching from February 1942 to February 1943... Zobraziť viac
Velikiye Luki had been an important Russian fortress city since the 13th century and had become an important rail-hub by the 19th century. In August 1941, the Germans occupied the city of 30,000 during Operation Barbarossa... Zobraziť viac
In From Nicopolis to Mohács, Tamás Pálosfalvi offers an account of Ottoman-Hungarian warfare from its start in the late fourteenth century to the battle of Mohács in 1526. During this period of one century and a half, the Kingdom of Hungary was... Zobraziť viac
A beautifully designed hardback gift edition with gold edging. Believed to have been first published more than two thousand years ago, The Art of War is the classic Chinese book of military strategy... Zobraziť viac
A historical figure's attempts to secure freedom for America and her slaves winning a reputation for reckless bravery in a succession of major battles and sieges, John Laurens distinguished himself as one of the most zealous, self-sacrificing... Zobraziť viac
1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats... Zobraziť viac
Even in the midst of runaway economic inequality and dangerous social division, it remains an axiom of modern life that meritocracy reigns supreme and promises to open opportunity to all. The idea that reward should follow ability and effort is ... Zobraziť viac
Jeden z největších románů 20. stol. slavného argentinského autora pojednává o pronásledování židů španělskou inkvizicí v Jižní Americe. Marcos Aguinis vytvořil velkolepý portrét španělské... Zobraziť viac
A remarkable account by a pioneering woman explorer who was described by Rudyard Kipling as 'the bravest woman of all my knowledge'.Until 1893, Mary Kingsley lived the typical life of a single Victorian woman, tending to sick relatives and keeping... Zobraziť viac
