Les cuirassés de la classe "Yamato” ont indubitablement marqué l’histoire de la construction navale mondiale. Leur déplacement et leurs dimensions en firent en effet des navires hors normes. Développés puis construits dans le plus grand secret, les c ..

This masterpiece was written by George Catlin between the years 1832 and 1839 as a collection of notes, letters and paintings which illustrate his travels throughout North America. His paintings comprised the first record to illustrate the Plains Indians a

A perceptive and fascinating history of religion, from the former Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Ranges beyond the major world religions of Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism, and examines where reli ..

*Includes pictures *Includes medieval accounts of Loki *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Much of what is known of the Norse myths comes from the 10th century onwards. Until this time and, indeed, for centuries

A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages.

In der Wehrmacht gab es zwischen 1935 und 1945 zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, Orden und Ehrenzeichen. Die schier unüberschaubare Fülle und die verschiedenen Ausführungen machen dieses Sammelgebiet außerordentlich interessant. Die Reihenfolge der behandel ..

Ethnic minority issues played an important role in the history of Czechoslovakia, from 1918, during World War II and in the years immediately following it. Czechoslovakia became a model for solving ethnic and minority problems and legal regulations h ..

The story of the contest between humans and the sea, played out in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic from early prehistory until AD 1500.

„A remarkable–and singularly chilling–glimpse of human behavior. . .This meticulously researched book…represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust.“–Newsweek Chris

Oxford International Primary History develops inquisitive and engaged learners through a six-year primary history course. Helping students contextualise historical events, it provides a firm foundation to analyse both local and international histor ..

War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World. A ground-breaking and comprehensive history of the Roman Peace, ‚Pax Romana‘ takes the reader on a journey from the bloody conquests of an aggressive Republic through the age of Caesar and Augustus to the g ..

A new edition of the bestselling comprehensive radical history of the planetIn this monumental book, Chris Harman achieves the impossible-a gripping history of the planet from the perspective of struggling peoples throughout the ages.From the ear ..