Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned by her mother, and persecuted and tormented by her brother and father. All because of a unique and dangerous talent: witchcraft. Zobraziť viac
This book describes and analyses many interesting events in the political development of Europe from the Ancient world to the present day and offers opportunities for a comparative approach, which lays emphasis not only on the historical, economic and... Zobraziť viac
Located at the heart of Europe between east and west, Czechoslovakia was the pivot of twentieth-century European history. Created in 1918 out of the ruins of an empire, it remained a beacon of democracy in a continent darkened by fascism and communism... Zobraziť viac
An astonishingly wide-ranging history of Russian nationalism chronicling Russia's yearning for Empire and how it has affected its politics for centuries. In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine... Zobraziť viac
Dialog Karla Hvížďaly, novináře-zvědavce z Prahy, s Jiřím Přibáněm, právním filosofem z britského Cardiffu, nad uzlovými body naší historie, ku příležitosti 100. výročí republiky, v širokém teritoriálním i časovém kontextu... Zobraziť viac
This gorgeously illustrated collection of airline route maps transports readers to another time. Hundreds of images span a century of passenger flight, from the rudimentary trajectory of routes to the most intricately detailed birds-eye views of land... Zobraziť viac
V době, kdy končí rozsáhlá rekonstrukce věže Staroměstské radnice v Praze, která si kladla za cíl vrátit tuto historickou budovu do její původní podoby, vychází dvousetstránková publikace pod prostým názvem Staroměstská radnice... Zobraziť viac
He is one of the great voices in African-American history: Booker T. Washington rose from a boyhood in shackles in West Virginia-he was eight when the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution freed all slaves in 1865-to the status of national hero... Zobraziť viac
Daniel Kroupa, Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová, Jolyon Naegele a Jan Sokol se v rozhovorech s Olgou Sommerovou a Petrem Placákem vracejí k událostem sametové revoluce. Nejde jen o vzpomínky přímých účastníků, ale především o úvahy o naší nedávné historii a... Zobraziť viac
This text addresses the physics of climate change, especially for past climates such as the ice ages and for potential future climates and consequent global warming. Zobraziť viac
This spectacular compilation of plates, representing a superb collection of ancient vases, is the fruit of a collaboration between Sir William Hamilton (1730 - 1803), British diplomat and collector, and Pierre-François Hugues d’Hancarville (1719-1805), .. Zobraziť viac
Examining the body language displayed in works of art is a whole new way of looking at art. The gestures portrayed can reflect the mores of a particular period in history, the customs of a certain culture or a fashion in artistic styles... Zobraziť viac
As world powers realign their cultural, economic and political outlooks, there is no better time to consider how Afro-Eurasia's complex network of ancient trade routes - which spanned the vastness of the steppe, vertiginous mountain ranges... Zobraziť viac
"Trinity" was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Trinity is now also the extraordinary story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls; his intellectual son, the atomic spy, ... Zobraziť viac
Here, in more than one thousand full-colour illustrations, is the history of Western costume, from ancient Egypt to Paris fashion. John Peacock's meticulous drawings are organized in chronological sections and accompanied ... Zobraziť viac
More tracks the development of the world economy, starting with the first obsidian blades that made their way from what is now Turkey to the Iran-Iraq border 7000 years before Christ, and ending with the Sino-American trade war that we are in right now... Zobraziť viac
The first book to tell the visual story of the USSR’s war against religion of all denominations, from the 1917 revolution to its fall in 1991. ‘We’ve finished the earthly tsars and we’re coming for the heavenly ones!’... Zobraziť viac
Until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Slovakia's identity seemed inextricably linked with that of the former state. This book explores the key moments and themes in the history of Slovakia from the Duchy of Nitra's ninth-century origins to ... Zobraziť viac
A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders. Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, ... Zobraziť viac
For as long as there have been nations, there has been an "international"-a sphere of cross-border relations. But for most of human history, this space was sparsely occupied. States and regions were connected by long-distance commerce and ... Zobraziť viac
