In this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written.…

A study of King James II and his reign, drawing on a wide array of primary sources from France, Italy and Ireland, as well…

A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence…

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

Covers the Kosovo War, and the overthrow of Milosevic, with close-up accounts of his trial at the Hague, and subsequent…

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The Wars of the Roses (1455-85) were a major turning point in English history. This title examines the difficult economic,…

Explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London where a boisterous and diverse group of men and…

\nWho set the mysterious fire that burned down much of New York City shortly after the British took the city during the…

\nA balanced biography of Golda Meir, who was both adored and abhorred, from award-winning author Deborah E. Lipstadt\n…

\nA spirited dive into the life and career of a performer, writer, and director who dominated twentieth-century American…

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During the glory days of the French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509-1564) experienced a profound conversion to the…

Yemen is the dark horse of the Middle East. Untangling Yemen's history before examining the country's role in both al-Qaeda…

A magisterial history of South Africa, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present. It also…

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Produkt Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda - Peterson, Derek R. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Yale University…

In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone…

Despite a long and eventful reign, Britain's George II is a largely forgotten monarch, his achievements overlooked and his…

A biography that provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose reign (1135-1154), with its 'nineteen…

Dramatic social and economic change during the middle ages altered the lives of the people of Britain in far-reaching ways,…

How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This book examines how a more cohesive British nation was…

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\nA new portrait of Betty Friedan, the author and activist acclaimed as the mother of second-wave feminism\n…

A groundbreaking history of nuclear weapons across the world, from their invention to the end of the Cold War How should we…

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An illuminating work revealing the long history of xenophobia and what it means for today's divided world Over the last few…

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A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of Spain's best-known king…

The story of humanity's last major source of food from the wild and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization…

Stanley Kubrick revolutionized Hollywood with movies like Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Orange,…

The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. This book reconstructs the first 150 years of the…

Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of four rival modern nationalist ideologies from common medieval notions of citizenship.…

\nAn incisive account of how Mussolini pioneered populism in reaction to Hitler\'s rise-and thereby reinforced his role as a…

Alchemy, An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science od výrobce Yale University Press.…

An anthology of Ancient Egyptian literature, revised to offer fresh translations of all the texts as well as some 25 new…

Offering an account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide, this book includes a preface that takes the story up to 2008…

\nThe first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East\n…

A history of battle from the age of Homer through the decline of the Roman empire, this work surveys a millennium of warfare…

\nA provocative manifesto, arguing for a new understanding of the Jews\' peoplehood\n…

MI9, A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two od výrobce Yale University Press.…

\nThe extraordinary story of the Popish Plot and how it shaped the political and religious future of Britain\n…

From one of our most innovative singers, a vibrant history of song stretching from Hildegard von Bingen and Benjamin Britten…

William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598) was Elizabeth I's closest adviser. This revealing biography shows, the driving…