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From a master biographer and leading scholar of eighteenth-century literature comes an award-winning new portrait of the…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nA fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK\'s most renowned concert pianists\n…

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With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and…

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An introduction to an original poetic voice from eastern Ukraine with deep roots in the unique cultural landscape of…

\nA gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout medieval knights played a…

\nAn engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, from its surprising survival over the decades to today’s crises\n…

An imaginative reassessment of thelred "the Unready," one of medieval England's most maligned kings and a major Anglo-Saxon…

An extensively revised edition of Tim Jeal's classic biography published to mark the bicentenary of the great explorer…

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This book, the most thoroughly researched and accurate history of Czechoslovakia to appear in English, tells the story of…

The first intellectual biography of Primo Levi to describe the intersection of his roles as both chemist and writer…

This new edition of Frank Ledwidge's eye-opening analysis of British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan unpicks the causes…

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Janusz Korczak devoted himself to the care of orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto after the Nazi occupation of Poland. This volume…

A collection of three of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's most important political writings - "The Social Contract"; "The First…

A century has passed since the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Ferdinand, yet the repercussions of the…

A trenchant look at how the coronavirus reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary society…

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Now in a new, affordable edition with updated notes, a superbly readable translation of Kant's classic work…

\nAn invaluable companion for any writer seeking to make the writing life a more complex and cooperative venture\n…

Offers an account of how the Internet is transforming gossip, the way we shame others, and our ability to protect our own…

Rebecca West's never-before-published 'Survivors in Mexico' brings to readers a work by a major 20thh-century author. An…

The unicorn tapestries are one of the most popular attractions at The Cloisters, the medieval branch of The Metropolitan…

A major, general history of the French Revolution, which draws on a host of unfamiliar and under-utilised sources to evoke…

A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence…

The twentieth century gave the city its outstanding university campus and recent regeneration has led to a revival of the…

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This title is a comprehensive architectural guide to Bath, England's finest Georgian city. Full of new discoveries and…

In this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written.…

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• Rok vydání 2024

A vivid and intimate account of the Ukrainian Revolution, the rare moment when the political became the existential What is…

• Rok vydání 2025

\nFrom Ukraine\'s leading writer-activist comes an intimate account of resistance and survival in the earliest months of the…

\nAn engaging and accessible examination of what ails insurance markets-and what to do about it-by three leading economists\n…

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This work questions the extent to which the American Constitution furthers democratic goals. It reveals the Constitution's…

An internationally renowned architect, urban planner, and scholar describes the major technological forces driving the…

A renowned historian eludes the pitfalls of partisanship and tackles one of the world's most perplexing and divisive issues…

Offers an analysis of US counterinsurgency operations in Iraq, and along with it lessons for America's military and…

Produkt Invention of News - Pettegree, Andrew zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Yale University Press.…

The Second Crusade (1145-1149) was an extraordinarily bold attempt to overcome unbelievers on no less than three fronts.…

Domesticity is generally treated as an aspect of women's history. This study of the 19th-century middle class shows how…