History of Europe in the Modern World, Paperback

Reducere. Featuring an extensive, provocative introduction by historian Martin Malia, this authorized English translation of The Communist Manifesto, edited ...

Vikings have a colorful history that directly affects the world today. The Viking's legacy made a big impact on several places in history which hav...

For Westerners, the modern state of Azerbaijan may be hard to pinpoint. This small, oil-rich country in the southern Caucasus, on the southwestern ...

Reducere. Cardinal Ratzinger addresses the challenges and responsibilities that both the Church and society in Europe face after the collapse of Marxism. Bot...

Reducere. In his treatise on European economic history (The Servile State, 1912) Hilaire Belloc explores the many failings of the Capitalist system. He expla...

Reducere. Uncover the history of Chile, the South American country with a rich and tumultuous history.From the Atacama desert, the driest desert in the world...

Reducere. In 1936, the people of Spain rose up, overthrew their masters and took power into their own hands. In the villages and small towns of Aragon, they ...

Updated in 2017. Celtic Christianity is as exciting as it is intriguing, from the first native Christians in the British Isles, through to the grea...

From the Iron Age to the High Middle Ages, the ancient Celts were an engine of change for the whole of Europe. This title lets us travels back in t...

Professional Basketball in 1939-40: On the Cusp of Depression and WarBy: John HogrogianProfessional basketball began its modern history in 1946, wh...

A biography of Wilhelm von Habsburg that intends to reconstruct the life of this extraordinary man - a man who remained loyal to his Ukrainian drea...

Throughout history, the Balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural, and economic mixing and clashing between Europe and A...

DescriptionFully illustrated with detailed color plates, this is a fascinating study into the armies, organization, armor, weapons, and fortificati...

Reducere. Description#1 Amazon Best Seller ─ Dystopian Alternate History: An ambitious feat of engineering and a continent in crisis For fans of Philip K. Di...

Reducere. Medieval history comes alive in Frances and Joseph Gies s Life in a Medieval City, used as a research resource by George R. R. Martin in creating t...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Dutch East India CompanyOnce valued at close to seven trillion dollars by today's standards, the Dutch East India Company, formed in...

Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. Moving through past, present and future, this is a family history that journeys between America, Pakistan, ...

Examines what went wrong with the atheist dream, and explains why religion and faith are destined to play a central role in the twenty-first centur...

The Vikings hold a particular place in the history of the West, both symbolically and in the significant impact they had on Northern Europe. Magnus...

Reducere. DescriptionAge of EnlightenmentFrom its beginnings as a loosely definable group of philosophical ideas to the culmination of its revolutionary effe...

Reducere. A new translation of the infamous Renaissance classic, in a striking deluxe edition The original blueprint for realpolitik, The Prince shocked sixt...

Reducere. June 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars...

Reducere. December 1944. When the Daredevil Tankers of the 740th Tank Battalion moved into the breach against Kampfgruppe Peiper in the ice and snow of the B...

DescriptionThe University of Oxford is the third-oldest university in Europe and remains one of the greatest universities in the world. Institution...

Reducere. The captivating story of the world's favorite saint is now retold for a modern audience by one of the great novelists of our time. Perhaps more tha...

In this lively and ambitious book, James Sheehan charts what is perhaps the most radical shift in Europe’s history: its transformation from war-tor...

Reducere. One of Library Journal's 10 Best Books of 2015Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United the States, New York Times bestselling author...

DescriptionThe groundbreaking history of how climate change transformed Europe and the world, from a renowned archaeologist -- updated with a new p...

Reducere. "Lars Brownworth's The Normans is like a gallop through the Middle Ages on a fast warhorse. It is rare to find an author who takes on a subject so ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Dark Ages, then keep reading...Following the fall of Rome in 476 CE, the entire dynamic of E...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Celts, then keep reading...Today, the word Celtic means so many things. To most of us, it me...

Reducere. The first complete, in-depth study of the origins of division in extreme and mean ratio (DEMR)-"the Golden Number"-this text charts every aspect of...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of England, then keep reading...There are few places that entice the imagination quite like England...

DescriptionAn engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. The mass murder of European Jews by the Nazis, stands out ...

Groundbreaking and remarkably relevant to modern emergency relief efforts, The Long Road Home tells the epic story of how the mammoth refugee probl...

Reducere. 100 Easy, must-have Jewish recipes for any occasion Jewish food is steeped in diverse cultural traditions, featuring a wide array of ingredients, f...

Comprehensive in its scope and brilliantly readable, this is a superb follow-up to the author's bestselling Penguin History of the World. Beginning...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David A. BellThe twentieth century is usually seen as "the century of total war." But as the historian David Bell argues in...

Reducere. In 1936, the British monarchy faced the greatest threats to its survival in the modern era--the crisis of abdication and the menace of Nazism. The ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sir Norman AngellThat American interest in the problems here discussed is hardly less vital than that of Europe I am even m...

Reducere. To be a moral witness is perhaps the highest calling of journalism, and in this unforgettable, highly readable account of contemporary slavery, aut...

In this age of high technology, GM foods and industrial farming, many people are looking for an alternative way to live, that honours and respects ...

The big economic story of our times is not the Great Recession. It is how China and India began to embrace neoliberal ideas of economics and attrib...

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...

Reducere. The riveting true story of America's first modern military battle, its first military victory during World War One, and its first steps onto the wo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Richard E. RubensteinEurope was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek lang...

DescriptionThis beautifully illustrated book is intended as background reading for travelers on one of the most popular sections of the Silk Road--...

This revised edition builds upon and updates its twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization o...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of England, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: History of England: A Capt...

To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and wh...

One thousand years ago, a traveler to Baghdad or the Chinese capital Kaifeng would have discovered a vast and flourishing city of broad streets, sp...

Reducere. General Wesley K. Clark recounts his experience leading NATO's forces to a hard-fought and ultimately successful victory in Kosovo in 1999. As the ...

Reducere. If there is a fundamental truth of geopolitics, it is this: whoever controls the core of Europe controls the entire continent, and whoever controls...

Reducere. DescriptionNow It Can Be Told comprises of Philip Gibbs recollections regarding the First World War, in which he served as an officially commission...

Reducere. A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission o...

The imperial expansion of Europe across the globe was one of the most significant events to shape the modern world. Among the many effects of this ...

Description Throughout Germany's tumultuous twentieth century, photography was an indispensable form of documentation. Whether acting as artists, w...

Reducere. In the history of the modern world, there have been few characters more sinister, sadistic, and deeply demented than Baron Ungern-Sternberg. An ant...

When black women were brought from Africa to the New World as slave laborers, their value was determined by their ability to work as well as their ...

In March 1896 a well-disciplined and massive Ethiopian army did the unthinkable-it routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy's war of conq...

"Expanded, revised and translated edition of Goauter le monde: une histoire culturelle du goaut aa l'aepoque moderne, published in French by PIE Pe...

Reducere. Just about every aspect of papermaking is covered in this book. Dard Hunter discusses the history of papermaking from its invention in China to its...

One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracie...

Reducere. The current revival of antisemitism in Europe and the demonization of Jews in parts of the Muslim world give special importance to the exposure of ...

Understanding China and the Chinese is of paramount importance in today's world. With China's rapid economic growth and increasing political influe...

Reducere. "No one is likely to underrate the importance for the rest of Europe--and, indeed, for world history--of the German reaction, beginning in the days...

Reducere. The road across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela in the northwest was one of the three major Christian pilgrimage routes during the Middle ...

DescriptionIn the growth of towns and the revival of commerce, historians have seen the development of a bourgeois and capitalist Europe, but Pierr...

Reducere. Since its beginnings, Poland has been a moving target, geographically as well as demographically, and the very definition of who is a Pole has been...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen the legendary Romulus killed his brother Remus and founded the city of Rome in 753 BCE, Plovdiv--today the second-largest city in B...