Russia: A Short History, Paperback - Abraham Ascher

Russian historian Abraham Ascher offers a skillful blend of engaging narrative and fresh analysis in this concise introduction to Russian history. ...

Reducere. In this authoritative and accessible book, one of the world's most renowned historians provides a concise and comprehensive history of capitalism w...

The history of the Latvian people begins some four and a half millennia ago with the arrival of the proto-Baltic Indo-Europeans to northern Europe....

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"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soo...

Traces the story of glass from its origins in Mesopotamia some 5000 years ago, to the creation of the elegant vessels of the Islamic Near East, the...

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Reducere. This short history of divination with cards looks at three main traditions: the French, the British, and the Anglo-American gone 'French'. The styl...

A short history of Reading Gaol from its 19th-century origins to the present day.Publisher: Two Rivers PressAuthor(s): Peter StoneleyNumber of page...

The structure of the book is chronological, with digressions. From Roman and then Norman London, we move on to Chaucer's London - the city of the P...

From the author of the critically acclaimed Bosnia: A Short History comes a 'magisterial work of history' TLS

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

Intended for the student of Italian history and culture as well as the general reader, this new edition presents a clear and concise account of the...

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Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Jeremy BlackIllustration(s): 16 Illustrations, black and white; 24 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 25...

Reducere. Are antisemitism and white supremacy manifestations of a general phenomenon? Why didn't racism appear in Europe before the fourteenth century, and ...

DescriptionA concise and accessible history of decolonization in the twentieth centuryThe end of colonial rule in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean w...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Noel MalcolmThis updated edition of Noel Malcolm's highly-acclaimed Bosnia: A Short History provides the reader with the mo...

Tells the narrative of the Second World War.

A particularly vicious and bloody civil war has racked Algeria for a decade. Amnesty International notes that since 1992, in a population of 28 mil...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Saraiya FaroqhiAuthor: Suraiya FaroqhiIn a concise and colorful style, Suraiya Faroqhi lays out the history of one of the m...

Reducere. Anti-black racism still infects American society. African Americans are more likely than whites to be killed by police, to be pulled over, arrested...

Post-traumatic stress disorder--and its predecessor diagnoses, including soldier's heart, railroad spine, and shell shock--was recognized as a psyc...

In this extraordinary book, the controversial and profoundly influential Hans K ng chronicles the Roman Catholic Church's role as a world power thr...

This is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the Second World War. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and ...

From its origins as a primitive Dutch outpost to the sprawling urban complex it is today, the defining characteristic of New York has been constant...

Reducere. "Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout."--P...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Thomas P. KasulisPhilosophy challenges our assumptions--especially when it comes to us from another culture. In exploring J...

Reducere. From the ancient cultures of the Middle East have sprung three of the world's major religions, outstanding accomplishments in literature and scienc...

Reducere. Muslims are neither new nor foreign to the United States. They have been a vital presence in North America since the 16th century. Muslims in Ameri...

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Publisher: Ebury PublishingAuthor(s): Mark GaleottiNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 126 x 197 x 21Cover type: Paperback / soft...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Norman P. TannerThe editor of the magisterial Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils provides the best overview of the councils...

DescriptionFew events in the history of the world have aroused the passions of the decent, the fair, the peaceful, and the just as much as the brut...

Author: Ion Bulei

Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity abou...

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Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "a brisk, exciting tour of Russia's long journey from its Kievan origins, " Russia: A History cuts through the m...

Reducere. A Short History of British Civilisation, From the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century This book has arisen out of my love of Britain and of a...

DescriptionAn accessible and colorful illustrated narrative of the manufacturing and social history of a favorite British tipple.Uncovering the mys...

Explore the fascinating history of south-east Asia A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spo...

A moving journey through the history of the Vietnam War, packed with gripping accounts of struggle, sacrifice, and braveryThis is the definitive st...