Deals with a murder trial in the insular Bukharan-Jewish community of Forest Hills, Queens, that captured national…

An engaging guide to the various ways in which war is now waged˘€”and how to adapt to this new reality…

Produkt South China Sea - Hayton, Bill zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Yale University Press.…

Arguing for the benefits of boredom, this title dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential…

• Rok vydání 2013

Winner of the 2013 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize…

Produkt When Britain Saved the West - Prior, Robin zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Yale University Press.…

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

Produkt Traces of Survival zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Yale University Press.…

A guide to the buildings of Nottingham, from its medieval beginnings to the innovative architecture of the 21st century.…

• Rok vydání 2023

\nThe first history of childhood in Tudor England\n…

\nThe unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nA provocative account showing that \"China\"-and its 5,000 years of unified history-is a national myth, created only a…

• Rok vydání 2024

\nThe first account of the new Taliban—showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors\n…

• Rok vydání 2024

\nA lively and inviting history of Belfast—exploring the highs and lows of a resilient city\n…

\nA moving, deeply researched account of survivors\' experiences of liberation from Nazi death camps and the long, difficult…

Presents a fresh view of the upbringing of English children in upper and professional class families over three centuries.…

Compares and contrasts the historical course of Britain and America, exploring the significance of their similarities and…

Presenting an environmental history of China, this book is based on literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and…

The essential companion to musical London…

This biography provides a comprehensive reappraisal of Henry II, the man and king. W.L. Warren explores a whole range of…

A lavishly illustrated and long-overdue guidebook to the rich natural history of Long Island Sound and its coastlines, a…

• Rok vydání 1955

\nVaccines have saved more lives than any other single medical advance. This book recounts a devastating episode in 1955 at…

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

\nThe dramatic story of a man who stood at the center of British intelligence operations, the ultimate spymaster of World…

\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…

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

\nThoroughly revised and updated, a new edition of the most popular guide to the UN for students and interested readers\n…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nA concise history of how American law has shaped-and been shaped by-the experience of contagion\n…

\nThirty years after the Soviet Union\'s collapse, this book reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia…

The first collection of Thoreau's writings on the flowering plants of Concord, with more than 200 drawings by renowned…

A guide to life in Florence and the theaters, restaurants, galleries, and salons that are frequented by visiting cultural…

Explores the status and authority of law and the nature of political allegiance through close readings of three classic…

A well-rounded, well-informed critique of the Pacific island nation of Japan, its society, economy, demography, and politics…

"Rather than the proverbial melting pot, Wilson asks us to recognize a West that is at least a place where, against a…

An expert's guide to the skills of the greatest conductors…

Modern-day London abounds with a multitude of gardens, enclosed by railings and surrounded by houses, which attest to the…

In this exploration of the era of the Grand Tour, contributors from the fields of history, art history, literary history and…

\nAn insightful new biography of the central figure of the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly…

\nA timely look at the impact of China\'s booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia\n…

\nA powerful new history of the Great Strike in the miners’ own voices, based on more than 140 interviews with former miners…

\nAn incisive account of modern Spain, from the death of Franco to the Catalan referendum and beyond\n…

• Rok vydání 2023

\nA thought-provoking, authoritative biography of one of history\'s most maligned rulers\n…

\nA comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with…

\nThe first account of Britain\'s convoys during the Napoleonic Wars-showing how the protection of trade played a decisive…

\nA rich and fascinating exploration of the Volga-the first to fully reveal its vital place in Russian history\n…