• Rok vydání 2022

• Čeština

This volume presents translations of ancient Sumerian poems, including a number of compositions that have never before been…

• Rok vydání 2020

• Rok vydání 2023

\nAn incantatory poetic novel that interweaves the legends, tragedies, and histories of a village in Vietnam\n…

\nA portrait of Jane Austen\'s England told through the career paths of younger sons-men of good family but small fortune\n…

This account of King John's reign is a study both of the king and his political misfortunes, and also of his times. John is…

Germans of the generation born just before the outbreak of World War I lived through a tumultuous and dramatic century. This…

The story of the Grail. Perceval progresses from a naive boyhood in rural seclusion to a position of high respect as a…

Exploring Mexican, American, and Indian sources ranging from diplomatic correspondence and congressional debates to…

Helps you in understanding the history of late ancient and medieval Christianity and the history of Christian piety. This…

The captivating tale of the plans and personalities behind one of New York City's most radical and recognizable buildings…

Between 1950 and 1975, some of the postwar era's most innovative artists flocked to a very unexpected place: New Jersey.…

\nA bold new history of the rise and expansion of the Norman Dynasty across Europe from Byzantium to England\n…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nA not-for-the-squeamish journey back through the centuries to urban England, where the streets are crowded, noisy, filthy,…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nAn award-winning historian makes the case for food\'s cultural importance, stressing its crucial role throughout human…

• Rok vydání 2021

• Rok vydání 2020

• Rok vydání 2022

\nThe first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver Cromwell-providing a major new interpretation of one of the greatest…

\nThe definitive history of the druids in Britain, from their ancient origins to the present day\n…

• Angličtina

The definitive biography of the celebrated composer, published in English to coincide with the centenary of his death…

Chronicles attempts to develop baseball outside the United States, the strategies that teams such as the Los Angeles Dodgers…

A landmark biography of the charismatic king beloved of fourteenth-century England…

Presents the history of the bicycle, an invention that precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. This book recounts…

Encompasses the entire life of Ivan the Terrible and views him in the context of his own time. Notorious for a policy of…

A monumental work, decades in the making: the first atlas to illustrate the entire scope of the transatlantic slave trade…

An authoritative and refreshingly original consideration of the government and culture of ancient Sparta and her place in…

• Rok vydání 2000

The fourth and final part of a four-volume set of art criticism by Richard Cork, written over a 30-year period. It offers a…

• Rok vydání 2019

A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire--the Amritsar Massacre--to mark…

A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nA concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to…

\nA new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding of this famously \"out of touch\" queen\n…

\nA fascinating study of the root motivations behind the political activities and philosophies of Putin\'s government in…

\nA prominent scholar explores King Arthur\'s historical development, proposing that he began as a fictional character…

Suitable for theatre artists and students alike, this anthology includes the full texts of sixteen important examples of…

Questions long-perceived views of post-World War II America and its position in the world, especially after Vietnam. The…

This book is the indispensable guide to the history of architecture in Venice, encompassing the city's fascinating variety…

A new look at the legacy of WWI, a war fought for peace yet followed by a century of devastating violence…

The first single-volume history of Reformed Protestantism from its sixteenth-century origins to the present…

The story of North Korea's information underground and how it inspires people to seek better lives beyond their country's…

Presenting the history of the men who directed and determined the outcome of the mid-seventeenth-century British wars such…

A groundbreaking reassessment of the crucial but unrecognized roles Germany's Jews played at home and at the front during…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nMore than just a single-minded warrior-king, Henry V comes to life in this fresh account as a gifted ruler acutely…

\nAn engaging, richly illustrated account of parish churches and churchgoers in England, from the Anglo-Saxons to the…