American Exceptionalism. A New History of an Old Idea, Hardback - Ian Tyrrell

A powerful dissection of a core American myth.Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Ian TyrrellNumber of pages: 288Publication date:...

Reducere. Ever since John Winthrop told his fellow colonists in 1630 that they were about to establish a City upon a Hill, the idea of having a special place...

Benoit Godin is a Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal.

A comprehensive history of the struggle to define womanhood in America, from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuryPublisher: Yale University ...

Shiraz Maher charts the intellectual underpinnings of salafi-jihadism from its origins in the mountains of the Hindu Kush to the jihadist insurgenc...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Paul E. CeruzziIllustration(s): 88 figuresNumber of pages: 536Collection: History of ComputingPublication date: ...

DescriptionCombining a fascinating, thought-provoking and - above all - readable text with over 800 photographs, plans, and sections, this exciting...

The individual volumes of Sir Anthony Kenny's acclaimed History of Western Philosophy have been hailed as "wonderfulauthoritativehugely rewarding" ...

DescriptionSpirited interior d cor inspired by a love of old, a quest for authenticity, and the artful blending of old with new. Holly Kuhn's signa...

Publisher: Prentice Hall PressAuthor(s): Winifred GallagherNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 212 x 25Cover type: Paperbac...

In this illuminating work of history, Shlaes follows the struggles of those now forgotten people, from a family of butchers in Brooklyn who dealt a...

Reducere. DescriptionTanzania, the land and the people have been subject of a great deal of historical research, but there remains no readily accessible and ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe American Century began in 1941 and ended on January 20, 2017. While the United States remains a military giant and is still an econo...

From one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, an innovative and comprehensive account of religion in the ancient Roman and Mediterran...

Reducere. A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propel...

A radical retelling of the most important event in English history - the Norman invasion of 1066.

Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. Sweeping in its scope and c...

A global history of self-taught artists advocating for a nuanced understanding of modern and contemporary art often challenged by the establishment...

Publisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Panikos PanayiIllustration(s): 32 b-w illus.Number of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 132 x ...

Presenting the history of Western philosophy, this book charts the story of philosophy from the founders of Christian and Islamic thought through t...

Reducere. "An audacious, entertaining page-turner. Dan Jones covers a thousand years of history with elegance and panache."--Dan Carlin, host of Hardcore His...

Reducere. The word "German" was being used by the Romans as early as the mid-first century B.C. to describe tribes in the eastern Rhine valley. Nearly two th...

Reducere. Told in easy-to-understand language with helpful timelines and selections from historical writings, this engaging new introduction will appeal espe...

Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most i...

The second volume of the leading military historian's account of the liberation of Europe across the final years of the war, from D-Day forward.

In November 1519, Hernando Cort�s walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That st...

Publisher: Fordham University PressAuthor(s): Kate HeslopIllustration(s): 10 color illustrationsNumber of pages: 288Collection: Fordham Series in M...

An illuminating new biography of one of Britain's biggest and most influential bands, written with the full input and cooperation of Simple Minds, ...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): David WengrowNumber of pages: 720Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 36Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Reducere. DescriptionThe American King James Bible replaces archaic Middle English words with modern English words without changing the grammar or sentence s...

Death at Dozier School is the history of the controversial and oft-sensationalized "Boot Hill" Cemetery at the former Dozier School for Boys in Mar...

Reducere. The best one-volume history of the United States ever written (Joseph J. Ellis), now updated to cover the Obama and Trump presidenciesIn America, E...

'Helps re-centre how we look at the world and opens up new perspectives on how we can look at regions, peoples and places that have been left to on...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021Publisher: Harper...

DescriptionA pathbreaking history of Sufism, from the earliest centuries of Islam to the presentAfter centuries as the most important ascetic-mysti...

This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meanings from medieval Europe to 20th-century America. It prov...

A pathbreaking history of Sufism, from the earliest centuries of Islam to the presentAfter centuries as the most important ascetic-mystical strand ...

Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Da...

New B-format paperback - The definitive history of the virulent and fatal plague outbreaks that wiped out half of London's populations from the med...

The Bright Ages recasts the European Middle Ages for what it was, capturing this 1, 000-year era in all its complexity and fundamental humanity, br...

Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Da...