Dominion. The Making of the Western Mind, Paperback - Tom Holland

'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific le...

The conversion of the emperor Constantine to Christianity in 368 AD brought a transformation to Christianity and to western civilization, the effec...

Reducere. " This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of...

Publisher: Explore Books (London)Author(s): Tom FeilingIllustration(s): 2 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2017Dimen...

Reducere. A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst f...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Michael MassingNumber of pages: 1008Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 230 x 48Cover type: PaperbackRedesco...

Reducere. DescriptionA historian of antiquity shows how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imaginationCrucifixion, the Romans believed, was the wors...

A brief and original prehistory of the world

DescriptionA new edition of the bestselling classic - published with a special introduction to mark its 10th anniversary This pioneering account se...

Reducere. A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine's adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent developm...

A popular telling of the story of the revival of European intellectual life after the collapse of civilisation that followed the fall of the Roman ...

Using the form of a novel it shows how under the guidance of a Hermit a young man in danger of taking his own life is taught how to develop and dee...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Tom McCarthyPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 28Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lectu...

Reducere. The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view.

Reducere. A vivid historical account of the social world of Rome as it moved from republic to empire. In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the foun...

DescriptionThe formation of England happened against the odds--the division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings, the pr...

The Making of the Modern Christmas - J. M. Golby

Reducere. Crestinismul. Istoria unei idei si a modului in care aceasta ne-a modelat lumea Crestinismul este cea mai de durata si mai importanta mostenire a l...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Tom McCarthyNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 198 x 131 x 28Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Reducere. A haunting, magnificently written memoir by Ivan Doig about growing up in the American West Ivan Doig grew up in the rugged wilderness of western M...

DescriptionIn 1800, the Holland Land Company assigned surveyor Joseph Ellicott the task of selling at a profit 3.3 million acres of land west of th...

Reducere. A thrillingly panoramic and incredibly timely account of the rise of Islam, from the acclaimed author of Rubicon and Persian Fire. The evolution of...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Susan (University of Auckland, New Zealand) WatsonNumber of pages: 336Collection: Contemporary Studi...

Reducere. Tiny You tells the story of one of the most successful political movements of the twentieth century: the grassroots campaign against legalized abor...

Reducere. O istorie minunata, plina de spirit si de informatii, a uneia dintre cele mai mari civilizatii ale umanitatii si a evenimentelor si popoarelor care...

From television documentaries and a steady output of critical works to retrospective art exhibitions and Austin Powers, the sixties fascinate us. T...

Contributor(s): Author: Tom ChaffinIn 1845, seven years after fleeing bondage in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was in his late twenties and already ...

Reducere. Description The day-by-day inside story of the making of Tombstone (1993) as told to the author by those who were there--actors, extras, crew memb...

The Making of the Cape Verdean is a book written about Cape Verdeans who migrated from the Cape Verde Islands in the late 1800's to the 1970's to N...

Reducere. This newly revised and updated edition is a compact history of the land owners who made settlement in Buffalo and Western New York possible, starti...

This book will change your view of the New Testament and deserves to radically alter New Testament studies in Universities, Theological Colleges an...

Reducere. In the summer of 1974 the movie Death Wish stunned audiences with its powerful story of an enraged businessman who hits the streets with a handgun ...

Reducere. Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definiti...

A compelling account of the crucial year in post-war history, in the tradition of Margaret MacMillan's award-winning and bestselling }The Peacemake...

The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805–1927 - C. I. Hamilton

Description During and after World War I, over one million Ottoman Greeks were expelled from Turkey, a watershed moment in Greek history that resul...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

"Hypnotic....It is ever tempting to try to fathom his restless spirit and his determination to challenge fate."--Janet Maslin, New York Times Werne...

Reducere. ``White unites a novelist's knack of dramatization and a historian's sense of significance with a synthesizing skill that grasps the reader by the ...