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
Across four centuries and multiple continents, British colonialism was above all the business of corporations. Corporations conceived, promoted, financed, and governed overseas expansion, making claims over territory and peoples while ensuring that... Zobraziť viac
Alev Scott's odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey's borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire. Their 800-year rule ended a century ago - and yet, travelling through twelve countries from Kosovo to Greece to Palestine, she uncovers a leg Zobraziť viac
Would Hiroshima have been bombed if Japanese contained a phrase meaning 'no comment'? Is it alright for missionaries to replace the Bible's 'white as snow' with 'white as fungus' in places where snow never falls? ... 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
This book presents of the photographs of some thirty human Gravettian skeletons from Předmostí near Přerov in the Czech Republic. This is one of the most important collections of early anatomically modern humans from Europe... 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
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
Robert Fisk’s bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting and incisive historical analysis... Zobraziť viac
A stunning elegy to a vanished time, Caroline Heller’s memoir traces the lives of her parents, her uncle, and their circle of intellectuals and dreamers from Central Europe on the eve of World War II to present-day America... Zobraziť viac
An authoritative rethinking of global history by a leading Yale professor. When did globalization begin? ... 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
Low life writer and alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. Now, at the age of fifty, he is living the life of a rock star, running three hundred hangovers a year and a sex life that would cripple Casanova... Zobraziť viac
A new history of the long-overlooked WWII theater in Iran and Iraq, its unrecognized significance, and its impact on local society and politics. This dynamic history is the first to construct a total picture of the experience and impact of ... Zobraziť viac
Svět samurajů - sekty elitních válečníků starého Japonska - byl velmi dlouho spojován výhradně s vojenskou historií... Zobraziť viac
Cílem této knihy je upozornit na téma z naší historie, jež je v posledních desetiletích naší historiografií spíše opomíjené, a tudíž v širším povědomí nepříliš známé. Avšak i pro ty, kdo o situaci v Sudetech kolem Mnichova něco vědí, jsou... Zobraziť viac
Mistr Eckhart (c. 1260 – c. 1328), významný německý filosof, mystik a teolog, předkládal své dílo ve dvojí podobě. Latinsky psané traktáty nás seznamují s myšlením precizně zformulovaným do nejmenšího detailu. Avšak v rodném jazyce sdílel se svými... Zobraziť viac
Válčení je stejně staré jako dějiny lidstva. Jeho vývoj můžeme sledovat od prvních zaznamenaných bitev Egypťanů až k moderní éře hrozby úplného zničení. Výpravná encyklopedie Bitvy je uceleným a skvěle obrazově... Zobraziť viac
What would make a society drain its public swimming baths and fill them with concrete rather than opening them to everyone? Economics researcher Heather McGhee sets out across America to learn why white voters... Zobraziť viac
As World War 2 played out around them, Otto and Molly find themselves facing the endless day-to-day difficulties of juggling the demands of the two sides - the Germans and the Russian-backed Partisans - as they attempt to hold their lives together... Zobraziť viac
