In 476 AD, the last of Rome's emperors, known as „Augustulus,“ was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen. With the imperial vestments dispatched to Constantinople, the curtain fell on the Roman empire in Western Europe

Revolution, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in 1815 with a famous victory. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revoluti ..

Recovering the history of the revolutionary Jewish tradition

Richard, Duke of York, was one of the most powerful men of his age. Descended from Edward III and the father of Edward IV and Richard III, he was known after his death as ‚King by Right‘. This is the story of the man who almost became king

A nuanced and comprehensive study of the political dynamics between Russia and key countries in Southeast Europe

This new and original translation of Sallust's „Conspiracy of Catiline“ and „War of Jugurtha“ uses a fresh, modern English idiom that preserves the flavor of the historian's famous epigrammatic style. Fully outfitted for comprehension and efficient refe

Parue en 2006 et rapidement épuisée, la première édition de "Samouraï sur porte-avions” méritait d’être revisitée. C’est donc une seconde édition gonflée et beaucoup plus riche que vous propose l’auteur. Le texte a en effet pu être largement enrichi ..

This newly updated and revised second edition of John Heine's Scientific Diving Techniques covers the details of research methods underwater. Included are general scientific diving guidelines, an overview of aquatic habits and ecosystems, speci

An ambitious and fascinating account of a nation's history

Kniha Seven Military Classics of Ancient China autora Sun Tzu vydaná v nakladatelství Arcturus Publishing Ltd v roce 2017, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 384, ISBN-13: 9781784287214, zařazení do kategorie: Čína.

This book is an excellent summary and was the first time that fighting with firearms was clearly and explicitly disassociated from classical target/range shooting. This is the concept that spawned most modern pistol techniques because it is simpl

Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its ec