The first one-volume, complete history of Europe, as told by Europeans themselves, from Homo Erectus to the Celts, to Greek wisdom and Roman grandeur, all...
Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, forty-four-year-old lawyer and African National Congress activist Nelson Mandela had...
The untold story of a group of Irish cities and their remarkable development before the age of industrialization...
Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the ",land of no...
Slovenský spisovateľ a historik Jozef Leikert sa štyridsať rokov zaoberá študentskými udalosťami po 17. novembri 1939, keď nacisti násilím zatvorili české vysoké školy, na ktorých...
The Handbook of Private International Law is a valuable tool for anyone interested in this dynamically evolving field of law. It is designed to be...
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of How to Be an Artist:&,nbsp,a deliciously readable survey of the art world in turbulent timesJerry Saltz...
Seven minutes past midnight on 9 March 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a more...
In dramatic stories and sweeping panoramas, distinguished historian John T. McGreevy tells the mesmerising story of a Church torn between the forces of reform and...
Find your style. Increase your confidence. Uplift your life.Throughout my life, I have encountered fear and I know how much it has stopped me in...
The extraordinary women featured in this book defied early twentieth-century conventions to carry out ground breaking field research in distant parts of the world where...
A major new history of revolutionary Iran, from the 1940s to the present &,nbsp, Iran's revolution in 1979 shook the world. The Pahlavi dynasty came...
Packed with illustrations and fascinating facts, this book tells the story of the events that shaped our world. From the origins of the first humans...
A penetrating look into the extreme plutocracy Vladimir Putin has created and its implications for Russia's future This insightful study explores how the economic system...
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Take a step – if you dare – into the shadows, and discover the blood-curdling history of horror across the world in this gruesomely illustrated...
A clear, concise and detailed analysis of the eclectic and beautiful visual and material culture of Catholicism. Focusing on a carefully curated selection of Catholic...
'A daring and mesmerizing twist on the art of biography' - Douglas Smith, author of Rasputin: The Biography'Anyone who loves [Dostoevsky's] novels will be fascinated...
We live in a world where many aspects of late twentieth century science fiction have become technological reality. As gadgets and technology in general have...
A groundbreaking history of the ancient goddesses of love and warThe figure of a goddess who represents both love and war can be found in...
