An examination of the rise of Islam, the life of Muhammad, and the Islamic principles of faith. Jonathan Bloom and Sheila…

Now available in paperback, a glorious illustrated edition of the international bestseller…

• Čeština

In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt 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…

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

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

\nThe gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to…

\nAn engaging and authoritative history of Scotland\'s influence in the world and the world\'s on Scotland, from the Thirty…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nThe definitive biography and assessment of the wily and formidable prince who unexpectedly became monarch-the most…

\nA provocative account of the seismic shift in attitude toward the supernatural in seventeenth and eighteenth century…

A collection of the writings of survivors of the Gulag, the Soviet concentration camps. It includes the personal stories of…

• Rok vydání 2022

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

• Rok vydání 2022

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

\nA fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies—from ciphers to…

• Rok vydání 2018

A uniquely personal yet deeply informed exploration of the hidden history of class in American life…

A penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of…

For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in…

• Rok vydání 2016

The definitive history of Austria s multinational army and its immense role during three centuries of European military…

\nA feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy\n…

A biography of the influential jazz pianist, Bill Evans. Peter Pettinger, himself a concert pianist, describes Evans's life,…

\nThe surprising story of Iran\'s transformation from America\'s ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest…

\nA powerful and poignant translation of Vergil\'s epic poem, newly equipped with introduction and notes\n…

\nA compelling, authoritative account of the brilliant, conflicted, visionary world of Tudor England\n…

\nAn investigation into the evolution of the seven-day week and how our attachment to its rhythms influences how we live\n…

The untold story of the crises and compromises that united a continent…

\nA new edition of a seminal work-one that explores crucial changes within Europe from the fifteenth to the eighteenth…

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

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• Angličtina

A lively new biography of Tutankhamun―published for the hundredth anniversary of his tomb’s modern discovery The…

A major new biography of Edith Tudor Hart, the photographer and Soviet agent who recruited Kim Philby Edith Tudor Hart has…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nThe first in a ground-breaking two-volume history of Henry III\'s rule, from when he first assumed the crown to the moment…

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

\nA fascinating, richly illustrated exploration of the poignant origins of Rudyard Kipling\'s world-famous children\'s…

\nThe gripping account of the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier force—and how its Central Pacific campaign in 1944 marked the…

In this enthralling account of the entwined histories of Britain, Spain, and their empires in the Americas, distinguished…

Outlines how Christianity transformed the ancient world in ways we may have forgotten: bringing liberation from fatalism,…

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• Angličtina

An enchanting history of the otherworld of elves and fairies, from the nature spirits of Iceland and Ireland to Avalon and…

\nThe most complete English-language collection of the prose of Tadeusz Borowski, the most challenging chronicler of…

• Počet stran 560
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2009

Presents the history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict. This book presents an account of the military…