• Rok vydání 2017

François Hartog is perhaps the most important historian of historiography today... Regimes of Historicity should be required…

This is one of the most important works in Indian literature and a source of religious inspiration in both medieval and…

\nThis book is a hands-on manual for crafting and conducting useful experiments in real-life settings.\n…

The Book of Swindles, a seventeenth-century story collection, offers a panoramic guide to the art of deception. Ostensibly a…

\nClimate of Contempt offers a voter-centric, bottom-up explanation of national climate and energy politics, one that…

Heiss provides the most detailed account available of the 1951 seizure of British oil holdings in Iran by prime minister…

Produkt Refiguring the Spiritual - Taylor, Mark C. (Chair and Professor, Columbia University) zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od…

From the seventeenth-century attempts to formulate a "history of man" to Freud's Moses and Monotheism, de Certeau examines…

Looks at the history of American participation in politic, explains the reasons for public apathy, and assesses the ability…

Pan Ku's celebrated and influential History of the Former Han has been a model for dynastic history since its appearance in…

An historical account of the political and intellectual atmosphere of the USA in the early 20th century, which contends that…

• Čeština

A disturbing account of the Vichy period, demonstrating how in the interests of stability, French national feeling favored…

In this lively and accessible book, addressed to believers, \"recovering\" believers, disbelievers, nonbelievers, and…

A translation of The Lotus Sutra which has been regarded as one of the illustrious scriptures in the Mahayana Buddhist canon.…

\nIn The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries, Donald R. Prothero tells the fascinating stories behind the most…

\nIn Chronos, a leading French historian ranges from Western antiquity to the Anthropocene, pinpointing the crucial turning…

What Is Japanese Cinema? is a concise and lively history of Japanese film that shows how cinema tells the story of Japan's…

• Rok vydání 2014

Eleven original essays by internationally-known scholars examine Stallone's contributions to mainstream cinema, independent…

• Rok vydání 2017

Amy Allen fractures critical theory from within by dispensing with its progressive reading of history while retaining its…

• Angličtina

An important account of the historical roots of the Tiananmen Square incident, Wang Fan-Isaac autobiography documents events…

Charts the flight of some of this century's most important thinkers from Nazi Germany to the United States. Jay explores the…

This collection presents the best of George Bernard Shaw's witticisms and other turns-of-phrase. It surveys Shaw's passion…

This illustrated historical reference work provides an interpretive overview of each of the countries of Eastern Europe,…

A biography that connects the theorist's maverick intellect and political commitments to the turbulent times in which he…

Produkt Government of God - Benard, Cheryl a Kalilzad, Zalmay zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Columbia University…

At once an intimate account of the diarists' lives and a testimony to the greater struggles and advances of Japanese…

This study charts the history of neighbourhood-based initiatives in the USA to illuminate the enduring dilemmas and…

One of the most distinguished filmmakers of the French new wave.... [de Baecque and Herpe] pull off the high-wire act of…

Ernst Junger, one of twentieth-century Germany\'s most important and controversial writers, faithfully kept a journal during…

\nIn this groundbreaking book, the leading scholar and practitioner Victor D. Cha shines a light into the “black box” of…

\nBuried Beneath the City uses urban archaeology to retell the history of New York, from the deeper layers of the past to…

In Secular Translations, anthropologist Talal Asad reflects on his lifelong engagement with secularism and its…

An authoritative account of the Jewish Resistance during World War II.…

The history of the black struggle for civil rights and political and economic equality in America is tied to the strategies,…

Set on the eve of the Rape of Nanjing-when Japanese troops invaded the historic capital city, massacred hundreds of…

Updated to reflect changes in the composition of New York City's immigrant population, this volume aims to show how new…

This translation of the 5th-century Indian epic love story of Kannaki and Kovalan follows the conventions of classical Tamil…

The 12th-century bishop Otto of Freising was an outstanding historian of his century. "The Two Cities" was his masterwork,…

Grand, sensational, and exotic, Art Deco design was above all modern, exemplifying the majesty and boundless potential of an…

Exploring a tumultuous time in Japanese 19th-century history, when the country began to emerge from self-imposed exile, this…

\nOne Up offers a pioneering empirical analysis of strategy in the video games industry to explain how it has gone from the…

J. Robert Rossman and Mathew D. Duerden present a comprehensive and accessible introduction to experience design. They…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nPeace on Our Terms is the first book to demonstrate the centrality of women\'s activism to the Paris Peace Conference and…