History of Europe in the Modern World, Paperback

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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. 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...

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. "In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, o...

DescriptionEgypt, Greece, and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world. It is written for the general reader and ...

Reducere. Appearing under many different guises, mermaids have a long, varied history dating back many centuries. Our modern day perception of mermaids is pr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Warren TreadgoldThis is the first comprehensive and up-to-date history of Byzantium to appear in almost sixty years, and th...

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

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

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

Reducere. At its height, the Carolingian empire spanned a million square kilometres of western Europe - from the English Channel to central Italy and norther...

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

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

DescriptionAs recently as the 1970s, gay and lesbian history was a relatively unexplored field for serious scholars. The past quarter century, howe...

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 ...

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

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

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...

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

How can we define "Judaism, " and what are the common threads uniting ancient rabbis, Maimonides, the authors of the Zohar, and modern secular Jews...

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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...

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...

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...

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. 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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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...