• Rok vydání 2020

In June 1972, the 43-foor schooner Lucette was attacked by killer whales and sank in 60 seconds. What happened next is…

Stephen Birmingham tells the rich and varied history of the Sephardic elite--an insular group of bewilderingly interrelated…

• Rok vydání 2012

Violet Jessop survived the sinking of both the Titanic and Britannic, and her lively and well-rounded memoir including her…

When Paris Sizzled vividly portrays the City of Light during the fabulous 1920s, when art and architecture, music,…

• Počet stran 168
• Rok vydání 2019

This collection celebrates a storied history of one notorious city. Meet the mobsters and victims, bootleggers, madams,…

\nThis book aims to rectify the imbalance in coverage between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali just in time for the 50th…

The Battle of Belleau Wood, stunning in both its concentration and intensity, was the fiery furnace from which the modern…

• Počet stran 384
• Rok vydání 2021

Produkt 50 Greatest Players in San Francisco 49ers History - Cohen, Robert W. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Rowman…

• Rok vydání 2015

Now in paperback! "From the first page to the last, Klein's prose retains its powers of enchantment and illumination. It is…

• Rok vydání 2012

In this richly illustrated guide, author Konstantin Nossov masterfully analyzes and recreates the weaponry, tactics, and…

- New paperback edition- The story of the expeditions of Spanish explorers told through the history of the first American…

• Rok vydání 2009

The incredible World War II narrative of the hero whose spy network and secret diplomacy changed the course of history.…

Perhaps even more than the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots are the team of the entire northeast from Rhode Island…

Originally published in 1724, this famous account chronicles the lives and exploits of the most notorious pirates from Anne…

• Rok vydání 2011

A History of the Popes tells the story of the oldest living institution in the Western world-the papacy. From its origins in…

From JFK and Margaret Thatcher, to Charles Darwin and Fidel Castro, the lives of leaders, rebels, heroes, and outlaws…

• Rok vydání 2006

A compelling history of the contradictory, often militaristic, role of Zen Buddhism, this book meticulously documents the…

• Rok vydání 2017

This essential, richly researched book provides the first comprehensive history of India-China interactions in the broader…

• Rok vydání 2018

Joshua Davis and Bruno Tropeano, two guys right out of college, felt that something was amiss. People in Maine created some…

• Rok vydání 2014

A humiliating military defeat by Bismarck's Germany, a brutal siege, and a bloody uprising-Paris in 1871 was a shambles, and…

• Rok vydání 2023

Supernatural: A History of Television’s Unearthly Road Trip is a captivating examination of the cultural phenomenon that is…

Highlighting the most important events, ideas, and individuals that shaped modern Europe, this text provides a concise…

This is the story of the last two northern white rhinos, Najin and Fatu, as the species has fallen victim to poaching, wars,…

• Počet stran 238
• Rok vydání 2021
• Angličtina

"Supernatural: A History of Television´s Unearthly Road Trip" je podrobná kniha, která zkoumá fenomén kultovního televizního…

This book examines Russia's "information war," one of the most striking features of its intervention in Ukraine. Marcel H.…

There is no sporting event more popular than the World Cup. For one month every four years, billions of people around the…

What is the relationship between the medieval crusades and the problems of the modern Middle East? Were the crusades the…

• Rok vydání 2024

Prosecco is often thought of as a cheaper alternative to Champagne. This story instead shows it as a uniquely Italian…