The ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile - their life source - was a divine gift. This book provides an insight into…

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Brendan Simms's formidable, game-changing history of Europe In this marvelously ambitious and exciting book, Brendan Simms…

In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology…

A narrative of the critical years in modern Ireland's history. This book presents the never loses sight of the ordinary…

Hannah Arendt is considered one of the major contributors to social and political thought in the twentieth century. This…

At the end of the Second World War Britain was in flux. It was an age of rationing and rebuilding; when hope for a better…

In 1776 the American Revolution against British rule shook the world - and the United States was born. David McCullough…

In an epic series of battles, the mighty empires of Carthage and Rome vied for supremacy of Mediterranean - before the…

'The best history of Greece around... Beautifully written and packed with insights about the culture and the people. I will…

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• Rok vydání 2023

A magisterial history of the astounding rise - and unimaginable fall - of America's most iconic corporation Perhaps no…

\'Magisterial - an outstanding book that shines a bright light one of the most important, interesting and under-studied…

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‘A richly entertaining history of the ways in which, for 3,000 years, the church has tied itself in knots over sex (and love…

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Strarting from the Ice Ages, this account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land that has come to be…

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Revolutionary Iran, A History of the Islamic Republic Second Edition je fascinující kniha, která podrobně mapuje historii…

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At midnight on 14 August 1947, Great Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire was broken into three pieces. The greatest mass…

Presents an account of the First World War. This title tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West,…

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Field Marshal Montgomery's battle plan for Normandy, following the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, resulted in one of the…

A collection that brings together a host of writings from across different regions and cultures of the Middle Ages, from the…

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• Rok vydání 2022

Mike Nichols burst onto the scene as a wunderkind: he was half of a hit improv duo with Elaine May that was the talk of the…

Traces the emergence of the world's greatest empire from its earliest beginnings in the British Isles, through its…

\nIt was the First World War and Britain was in trouble. Kaiser Wilhelm had put two warships on Lake Tanganika in Central…

• Rok vydání 2020

A journalist pulls a random day in history from a hat to see if he can make a worthwhile story from what happened, and the…

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• Rok vydání 2017

'This is the finest single-volume history of Vietnam in English. It challenges myths, and raises questions about the…

Subversive, eccentric and flamboyant - the Bohemians ate garlic and didn't always wash; they painted and danced and didn't…

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The astounding history that masterfully and decisively rewrites the causes of the First World War as we know them. Kniha…

From its humble origins as a cluster of rival chiefdoms along the banks of the Nile, ancient Egypt rose to become one of the…

Shanghai in the wake of the First World War was one of the world's most dynamic, brutal and exciting cities. Threatened from…

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• Rok vydání 2009

Revised edition of }The Alexiad{ the first narrative history of Europe by a woman written in the 11th & 12th centuries.…

Provides an account of the creation of an Asia after the Second World War - an unstoppable wave of nationalism that swept…

Attempts to reframe our understanding of Napoleon. This book creates a different context for Napoleon's career. It sees the…

Chronicles events up to the coronation of the heroic Alexius Comnenus in 1081.…

The 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of…

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• Rok vydání 2026
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Attensity!, A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement od výrobce Penguin Books Ltd.…

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• Rok vydání 2005

The period 1820-1950 is particularly rich for students and lovers of poetry. While this anthology contains, of course,…

The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great…

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Economic Government of the World, 1933-2025 od výrobce Penguin Books Ltd.…

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A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. The book…

British intellectual life between the wars stood at the heart of modernity; it was the golden age of the public intellectual…

Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual…

Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word salary comes…

Born of modest origins in Scotland in 1835, Andrew Carnegie is best known as the founder of Carnegie Steel. This is a…

• Rok vydání 2004

One of the world's foremost historians presents a fresh look at the greatest war of ancient Greece and a pivotal moment in…

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Neil MacGregor's "A History of the World in 100 Objects" takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past…

Looks at how key events in Irish history contributed to the creation of the 'Irish Nation'. This book supersedes all other…

This survey, an introduction to the history of Anglo-Saxon England looks at political history, and religious, cultural,…

This general reader's history of the ancient mediterranean combines a thorough grasp of the scholarship of the day with a…