A History of Modern Germany

Reducere. A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for G nter Grass's The Tin Drum, the most widely read postwar Germa...

DescriptionCovering the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany, The History of Anti-Semitism pres...

Reducere. Hnefatafl, the ancient Norse game of strategy, has intrigued scholars for more than a century. It was played not only in Scandinavia, but in the ot...

DescriptionFrom the Sibert honor-winning creator behind The Unwanted and Drowned City comes a graphic novel of one of the darkest episodes in Ameri...

Publisher: Syracuse University PressAuthor(s): Matthew D. MingusIllustration(s): 1 black & white illustrationNumber of pages: 224Collection: Syracu...

IN 1991 THE UNITED STATES trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil. Then in 2003 the United States did it aga...

Reducere. The Axiom of Choice is the most controversial axiom in the entire history of mathematics. Yet it remains a crucial assumption not only in set theor...

Reducere. Throughout their stormy history the Teutonic Knights of Germany have always been the most controversial brotherhood ever to call themselves 'Knight...

Reducere. In April of 1945, just before the end of the Second World War, Mexico sent an air contingent to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with the Allied Forces: ...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Anna (Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Germany) SailerIllustrat...

In 1941, military operations were conducted by large formations along the northern coast of Scandinavia - for the first time in history of warfare....

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Reducere. The modern Middle East was forged in the crucible of the First World War, but few know the full story of how war actually came to the region. As Se...

Reducere. Depriving entire generations of their hopes for a better future, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has risen to become the world's most powerfu...

A battered box containing an odd assortment of mementoes encourages antiques dealer Reagan Bishop to step back in time. Her quest to learn Karyn Ri...

Walter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth centur...

Reducere. Communism was one of the most powerful political and intellectual movements the world has ever seen. At the height of their influence, Communists c...

Reducere. On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines traces the history of the development of military staffs and ideas on the operational level...

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Reducere. DescriptionA mazy dribble through the recent history of European soccer, showing how shifting styles and influence have shaped the game. In the ear...

From 1918 to 1933 revolution and counter-revolution followed hot on each others' heels. The barbarity of the Nazis is well-documented. Less well-kn...

A survey of recent history reveals the gloomy picture of an ongoing series of conflicts, wars, and general turmoil. Consequently, the human emotion...

How science changed the way artists understand realityExploring the Invisible shows how modern art expresses the first secular, scientific worldvie...

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, which saw kings, ladies, gentleme...

Ultimate inside view of the blitzkrieg in World War IIDiagrams, maps, and schematics illustrate key principlesHundreds of rare photos show Panzers ...

Germanicus (a.k.a. Germanicus Iulius Caesar) was regarded by many Romans as a hero in the mold of Alexander the Great. His untimely death, in suspi...

Reducere. The Herero campaign from the perspective of one of the invadersGermany's late development as a modern nation meant it missed the opportunity to col...

Reducere. IN 1936, Adolf Hitler welcomed the world to Berlin to attend the Olympic Games. It promised to be not only a magnificent sporting event but also a ...

Reducere. DescriptionA reappraisal of the Blue Rider group in the context of their legendary almanacFor just a few years at the beginning of the 20th century...

Reducere. Published originally in the pages of Le Monde, this collection of linked short stories by Qiu Xiaolong has already been a major bestseller in Franc...

Reducere. First developed and written in medieval Germany, Yiddish eventually became the everyday speech of Jews all over Europe and later globally. Yiddish ...