Subtitled, }A History Of Collective Joy{. Sold over 4000 copies in hardback.

Every year millions of Americans visit national parks and monuments, state and municipal parks, battlefield areas, historic houses, and museums. For anyone interested in our natural and manmade heritage, this book offers guidance for exploring educational and recreational resources.

With a new introduction from renowned Egyptologist, John Romer.

Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta „a possession for all time,“ and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesm

With over 1,000 colourful images, Robert Opie brings to life the 1920s and captures the mood of this radical decade in Great Britain. The Twenties were a time for change and invention. The arrival of the wireless provided a new form of entertainment ..

In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and "Eine kurze Weltgesch ..

Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Soviets, the Japanese and the Nazis – All built empires they hoped would last forever: all were destined to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in his magnificent book, their empire buil ..

With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the country's elected prime minister, ushered in a quarter-century of brutal rule under the Shah, and stimulate

This book is a compilation of several sections of a larger work, a book by the name of African Origins of Civilization, Religion, Yoga Mysticism and Ethics Philosophy. It also contains some new previously unpublished additional evidences not containe ..

Burgen und Schlösser, Residenzen, Landhäuser, Villen und Stadtpalais, ja sogar Klöster und manche Pfarrhöfe haben eines gemeinsam – sie waren Bühne und Kulisse für die gesellschaftliche Oberschicht früherer Epochen. Ihr Wandel in Typus und Stil ist d ..

Covers the history and the material culture of Crete, Greece and the Aegean Islands from c. 3000 1100 BCE.

Invaluable first-hand accounts, providing insights into the characters and beliefs of the crusaders, translated from the Old French by Caroline Smith.