The storming of Badajoz was an epic action which involved Wellington's infantry in some of the most savage hand-to hand…

This fully updated fourth edition of the highly successful guide, Teaching Thinking, explores how to use discussion in the…

'A wonderful introduction to history's most influential scribblers' - Steven PinkerWhat is truly at stake in politics?…

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The battle of Talavera in 1809 was one of the major battles of the Peninsular War and Arthur Wellesley's first victory in…

This illustrated study explains how Japan's all-conquering air forces spearheaded the invasions of Malaya and the Dutch East…

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Although the Crusader was built first and foremost as a Navy interceptor, as has often been the tradition with US fighters,…

When we make Nature ill - it makes us ill. With the ever-increasing impacts of climate change, habitat destruction, global…

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Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie MedalApple Best Books of 2021From the New York Times bestselling author of Dreamland, a…

All boaters - whether at sea, on rivers or canals, and whether on dinghies, yachts, canalboats or motor-cruisers - need to…

Well-researched biography of Che Guevara, using interviews with family and associates, and archives from Argentina, Mexico,…

Highlights recent works from key practitioners and examines the changing role of textiles.…

The first decades of the twenty-first century have been beset by troubling social realities: coalition warfare, global…

The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader brings together seminal texts from antiquity to the end of the nineteenth…

A human right to housing represents the law's most direct and overt protection of housing and home. Unlike other human…

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In 1882, D.B. Munro wrote that a new Grammar of the Homeric dialect is sorely wanted. Monro's 2nd edition (1891), long out…

The edition of this successful introductory guide has been thoroughly updated and expanded to take into account latest…

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The German Library is a new series of the major works of German literature and thought from medieval times to the present.…

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The main instrument with which the Bolsheviks imposed communism on Russia was the Red Army. Traditionally the origins of…

Examines the design, development and operational history of the Soviet Union's Cold War SPAAGs: the ZSU-37, ZSU-57-2, the…

The bestselling author of "Alex's Adventures In Numberland" takes readers on a journey of mathematical discovery,…

In 1912, the Balkan states formed an alliance in an effort to break free from the crumbling Ottoman Empire. Forming an army…

New editions of the first two volumes in Dikotter's comprehensive history of Mao's communist China, a regime which killed…

The T-54 and T-55 tanks are the most widely manufactured tanks of all time. They have become ubiquitous to wars around the…

Naval action in World War I conjures up images of enormous dreadnoughts slugging it out in vast oceans. Yet the truth is…

This is one of the classic books on craftsmanship and design. In it, David Pye explores the meaning of skill and its…

This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only…

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Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Pevná, Počet stran: 432, Nakladatelství: Bloomsbury Publishing, Autor: Emily Dreyfuss,Brian…

For over 50 years one family dominated England's high offices of state. William and Robert Cecil, father and son, held…

No word is more central to the contemporary political imagination and action than 'resistance'. In its various…

With a rich avifauna of more than 350 species that includes 29 endemics, the island of Sri Lanka is one of Asia's most…

"I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation...It's a…

A set of Gothic Western wargaming rules that combines the best of the weird western and gothic horror genres.…

amuel Beckett once wrote that were he in the 'unfortunate position' of a critic studying his work, one of his points of…

Alain Badiou's Being and Event continues to impact philosophical investigations into the question of Being. By exploring the…

This comprehensively revised and updated edition of a classic textbook introduces German film history from its beginnings to…

A positional textbook introducing Christian eschatology not only as a set of beliefs, but as a way of doing and…

Kniha 9781474261883 Cicero's Ideal Statesman in Theory and Practice Jonathan Zarecki…

Kniha 9781501314292 Maximalist Novel Stefano Ercolino…

The first undergraduate level text to provide conceptual tools for thinking about costume.…

Sustainability is a watchword of policy-makers and planners around the world, with cities providing the main focus for…

This is the first English-language history of the legendary French 75mm field gun, which revolutionized artillery firepower…

In 1939 more than 140,000 New Zealanders enlisted to fight overseas during World War II. Of these, 104,000 served in the…

Jimi Hendrix in his own words. An intimate, posthumous memoir from one of the great gods of rock and roll. A unique record…

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One of America's foremost experts on Saudi Arabia explains why the country has been stable for so long and what its future…

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The Roman Empire was not only built by the strength of the legions but also by a Navy that was the most powerful maritime…

This title explains and illustrates the 19th-century transition of Japanese armies from traditional Samurai equipment and…

Alexander's phalangites clash with Persian foot-soldiers in three key battles of the Ancient World.In this highly…

During World War II, Germany, Japan, and Italy built approximately 2,000 small, inherently stealthy, naval craft to perform…