\nA lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by…

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

• Rok vydání 2012

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…

• Rok vydání 2010

Scrutinizes the history of the goals of the Palestinian national movement and the Zionist movement. Kniha 9780300164442 One…

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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• Rok vydání 2019

Produkt Kremlin Letters zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Yale University Press.…

• Počet stran 432
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2017

The most authoritative and engrossing biography of the notorious dictator ever written, winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for…

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

• Rok vydání 1989

Originally published as Le Gout de l'archive. Editions du Seuil, 1989. Collection La Librairie du XXIe siecle sous la…

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

The Second Crusade (1145-1149) was an extraordinarily bold attempt to overcome unbelievers on no less than three fronts.…

• Rok vydání 2026

From an acclaimed archaeological writer, a worldwide history of huntingHunting is one of humanity’s most ancient and…

Offers a comprehensive history of ancient Greece. This title brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the…

\nWorks of art are eloquent intermediaries. This title provides an introduction to the painted pottery that served specific…

Drawing on contemporary memoirs, diaries and letters, this book explores what actually happened in battle in Napoleonic…

• Počet stran 384
• Rok vydání 2012

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

• Rok vydání 2024

Exploring the significance of Tibetan mandalas from their ancient origins to the present day, this gorgeously illustrated…

• Počet stran 352
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2026

A major new history of revolutionary Iran, from the 1940s to the present Iran's revolution in 1979 shook the world. The…

• Rok vydání 2025

How Africa’s most notorious tyrant made his oppressive regime seem both necessary and patriotic "Peterson, an expert…

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

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

In this brilliant guide to modern European political ideas and thinkers spans the twentieth century, the author illuminates…

• Počet stran 496
• Rok vydání 2018

Produkt Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 - Strickland, Matthew zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Yale University Press.…

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

• 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…

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• Počet stran 424
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2020

The definitive biography of Soviet Jewish dissident writer Vasily Grossman, called “gripping" and "fascinating" by William…

Written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, Hernan Cortes's letters provide a narrative account of the conquest…

• Rok vydání 2026

A fascinating account of the Fifth Crusade, the campaign to conquer Egypt and regain the Holy LandIn 1217, the crusader…

For two thousand years the disparate groups that now reside in Zomia have fled the projects of the organized state societies…

• Počet stran 216
• Pevná / vázaná
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2021

From the author of Ten Restaurants That Changed America, an exploration of food’s cultural importance and its crucial role…

• Rok vydání 2023

A copiously illustrated global history of magic books, from ancient papyri to pulp paperbacks Grimoires, textbooks of magic…

• Čeština

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

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

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…

• Počet stran 480
• Rok vydání 2006

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

• Počet stran 352
• Pevná / vázaná
• Angličtina

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

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

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

• Rok vydání 2022

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

• Počet stran 352
• Rok vydání 2020
• Angličtina

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