‚An epic of survival‘ – MICHAEL PALIN'A „grade-A classic“‚ – SUNDAY TIMES'Utterly enthralling‘ – GEOFF DYER, GUARDIAN'Deeply engrossing' – NEW YORK TIMESLISTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMESThe harrowing, survival ..

A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate vision of a world that is about to change forever. Kafka falls in love; Louis Armstrong learns to play the trumpet; Coco Chanel opens her first boutique; ..

Com'era la vita quotidiana nella Roma Imperiale? Quali volti si incontravano nelle vie o sulle gradinate del Colosseo? Quali atmosfere si respiravano nelle case, nei palazzi? Alberto Angela conduce il lettore nella folla delle strade, all'interno del ..

The past is a foreign country – this is your guide. We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558–1603) as a golden age. But what was it actually like to live in Elizabethan England? If you could travel to the past and walk the streets of London in the ..

NUEVO FORMATO XL. Los destinos cruzados de tres personajes cada uno de ellos pertenecientes a una de las tres grandes religiones queconvivían por entonces en Espa?a se perfilan sobre un fondo históricoque constituye un vivo retrato de la Andalucía de ..

FEATURING UPDATED AND NEW MATERIAL******THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY ‚EMPIRE STATE OF MIND‘THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'The real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced – accepting, not ignoring, the past' ..

From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind's military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. The war's new weaponry, from tanks to shrapnel, enabled slaughter on an industria ..

Knjiga o meji v Istri je temeljni dokument, ki pripelje do spoznanja o naravi Slovencev. O tisti naravi, ki je slovensko deželo pripeljala do stopnje odtujevanja lastne zemlje.

История мореплавания – это и хроника гибели кораблей. По подсчетам современных океанографов, в наши дни на дне морей и океанов покоится не менее одного миллиона судов. Множество кораблей погибло на скалах и подводных рифах около берега. Многие нашли ..

Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc? Non! The French sentenced her to death for wearing trousers. Was the guillotine a ..

Лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе 2015. Главной техногенной катастрофе XX века посвящена четвертая книга знаменитого художественно-документального цикла „Голоса Утопии“ Светланы Алексиевич, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе "за многог ..

Михаил Петрович Погодин — один из первых историков, положив-ших начало новой русской историографии. Его всегда отличал интереск истории Домонгольской Руси и критическое отношение к историче-ским источникам. Именно Погодин открыл и ввел в научный обор ..