Aristocrats: Power, Grace, and Decadence: Britain's Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the Present, Paperback - Lawrence James

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Reducere. Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one co...

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On a cold day on the thirtieth of January 1649 in London, an anonymous executioner severed the head of King Charles I of England. The watching crow...

Sets out in a new and authoritative way the history of the essay; explains how the essay has come to mean what it does, surveys the widely various ...

Reducere. Treats the Pantheon from the unique perspective of its construction history, survival, and reception through history.

Tells the story of Judaism from the Medieval ghettos through the Enlightenment to the tragedy of the Holocaust and the birth of modern Israel, with...

Reducere. Christians everywhere have been missing the truth about grace--and the result is defeat and frustration. In this life-changing book, Dr. James Rich...

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Reducere. The most comprehensive survey of Polish history available in English, God's Playground demonstrates Poland's importance in European history from me...

DescriptionThe only comprehensive photographic guide to the ferns, clubmosses, quillworts and horsetails of Britain This is a comprehensive, lavish...

Reducere. An inspiring collection of daily devotions and prayers from great Christian writers of the past, including Augustine, Charles Spurgeon, John Bunyan...

The most comprehensive introduction to the greatest political thinkers written by a team of international experts.

In a journey spanning 2, 000 years, this book describes the ties of trade, migration and investment between India and the rest of the world, showin...

What is German history? Where did it take place? And what role did Germans living outside of Central Europe play in it? This polycentric history of...

DescriptionArt, music, literature, and science in Vienna at the turn of the last century presented a series of wrenching dualities: reality and ill...

Contributor(s): Author: James VernonThis wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the pres...

An insider's look at the history of Witchcraft The evolution of Wicca is as dynamic and colorful as the Witches who helped shape it. One of the mos...

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Reducere. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - A hugely ambitious, "delightfully readable, genuinely informative" portrait (The New York Times) of the...

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Reducere. Art Since 1900 introduces students to the key theoretical approaches to modern and contemporary art. A flexible year-by-year structure and extensiv...

The Twentieth-Century World, 1914 to the Present introduces students to five distinct historical themes in 20th century history - politics, economi...

Explores Jewish women's lives in what is now Eastern and Western Europe, Britain, Israel, Turkey, North Africa, and North America. The volume focus...

Women in World History brings together the most recent scholarship in women's and world history in a single volume covering the period from 1450 to...

Modern Greece is an updated and enhanced edition of a classic survey of Greek history since the beginning of the 19th century. Giving equal weighti...

Reducere. The colorful characters, poets and thinkers who populate this book range from Romania, Serbia, Greece, England, France and also include exiles from...

Northamptonshire's central position astride some of England's major routes made it the scene of decisive battles, skirmishes and sieges whose evide...

Can a long-term perspective on human adaptations to climate change inform Ireland's response to the crisis we face today?Climate and Society in Ire...

The first book on Deborah Hays, founding member of Judson Dance and a key innovator of postmodern dance in AmericaOffering fresh perspective on per...

The extraordinary military heritage of Macclesfield, looking at its role in Britain's battles from 1066-1656.

A fully updated, authoritative and exceptionally readable history of Britain from the Romans to the present.

Bedfordshire has always been strategically important. From Iron Age hillforts to medieval sieges and battles it has seen significant military actio...

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America's Entangling Alliances challenges the belief that the US resists international alliances. By documenting thirty-four alliances--categorized...

To a large extent, the story of French filmmaking is the story of moviemaking. From the earliest flickering images of the late nineteenth century t...

Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from 1815 to the present day. It provides a journey ...

A riotous, technicolour account of the evolution of heavy music.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Jr MooresIllustration(s): 19 illustrationsNumbe...

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Reducere. A prose poem is a poem written in prose rather than verse. But what does that really mean? Is it an indefinable hybrid? An anomaly in the history o...

In The Great British Bobby, Clive Emsley traces the development of Britain's forces of law and order from the earliest watchmen and constables of t...

This second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers a comprehensive overview of German history from its transformation as a loose patchwork o...

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A magisterial survey of the ways in which postwar Irish writers have witnessed the frustration of the promise of Irish independence.

Reducere. This two-volume reader is intended to accompany undergraduate courses in the history of Russian cinema and Russian culture through film. Each volum...