The Birth of the Modern World, 1780 – 1914

DescriptionThis thematic history of the world from 1780 to the onset of the First World War reveals that the world was far more 'globalised' at thi...

Reducere. It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial pow...

Reducere. To modern sensibilities, nineteenth-century zoos often seem to be unnatural places where animals led miserable lives in cramped, wrought-iron cages...

Reducere. There may not be a more fascinating a historical period than the late fourteenth century in Europe. The Hundred Years' War ravaged the continent, y...

Publisher: University of Wales PressAuthor(s): John B ElliottIllustration(s): NoNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 155 x 235 x 1...

The Magical Imagination: Magic and Modernity in Urban England, 1780–1914 - Karl Bell

DescriptionIn this remarkable book Michel Foucault, one of the most influential thinkers of recent times, calls us to look critically at specific h...

The world faces an environmental crisis unprecedented in human history. Carbon dioxide levels have reached heights not seen for three million years...

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Reducere. The remarkable story of the birth of Our Savior, retold in large type and fully illustrated, is both interesting for children and easy to understand.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A New York Times Notable Book Named a best book of the year by Amazon, Wall Street Journal...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Reducere. AMERICAN HAUNTINGS THE RISE OF THE SPIRIT WORLD AND THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN GHOST HUNTER BY TROY TAYLORDo you believe in ghosts? You're not alone. ...

8 lectures, Koberwitz, June 7-20, 1924 (CW 327)The audio book, complete and unabridged (10 CD set), is read by respected actor and speech teacher P...

Reducere. From the Author of Off Color: The Violent History of Detroit's Notorious Purple Gang It was the winter of 1919, and it was the height of a gang war...

Reducere. As the benevolent forces of Progress whisk us towards a better and more secure tomorrow, there are always those in society who insist on dragging t...

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

Metals, Culture and Capitalism: An Essay on the Origins of the Modern World - Jack Goody

Reducere. Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind's essential link to the animal world. --The Ne...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lawton JilesLawton Jiles is a charter member of the Bakersfield Country Music Museum who led Buck Owens' band in 1961 and 1...

Reducere. In the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players--including Shoeless Joe Jackson--agreed to throw the 1919 World Serie...

Reducere. This test book serves as a companion resource to The Story of Civilization: The Making of the Modern World. With this book, students can test their...

Reducere. "Disturbing and riveting...Grann has proved himself a master of spinning delicious, many-layered mysteries that also happen to be true...It will se...

Reducere. "Disturbing and riveting...Grann has proved himself a master of spinning delicious, many-layered mysteries that also happen to be true...It will se...

Reducere. Deep in the heart of seventh-century Arabia, a new prophet named Muhammad has arisen. As his message of enlightenment sweeps through Arabia and uni...

The thrilling story of the Schneider Trophy, a series of glamorous air races that captivated both sides of the Atlantic and became a driver and cel...

Reducere. In The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89, Edmund S. Morgan shows how the challenge of British taxation started Americans on a search for constitutiona...

Reducere. Astrophysicist George Smoot spent decades pursuing the origin of the cosmos, "the holy grail of science, " a relentless hunt that led him from the ...

Reducere. Fran ois Ewald's landmark The Birth of Solidarity--first published in French in 1986, revised in 1996, with the revised edition appearing here in E...

'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detectorPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Amit KatwalaNumber of pa...

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every coun...

Reducere. DescriptionAims to simplify and demystify the Tarot - the ancient oracle, and make it accessible to anyone who would like to read the cards. The me...

CELEBRATING THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF MARCEL PROUST "Proust not only brought to the fore the beauty of centuries past but also set the ...

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Reducere. In this brilliant work, the most influential philosopher since Sartre suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emerge...

Reducere. Follow Ernest Hemingway's exploits on the Bahamian island of Bimini from 1935 to 1937, the very moment in time when the International Game Fish Ass...

Reducere. Having banished eastern Native peoples to lands west of the Mississippi, President Andrew Jackson's government by 1833 needed a new type of soldier...

Reducere. America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society...

Publisher: Imagine & WonderAuthor(s): Ruth McCartneyNumber of pages: 32Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 222 x 222 x 11Cover type: HardbackIllustra...

Reducere. CD 1: Romance Without Finance - Charlie ParkerDexter's Minor Mad - Dexter GordonJay Bird - J. J. JohnsonHearing Bells - Milt JacksonChase 'N' Lion ...

In fact Michelangelo Antonioni's film Blow Up was inspired by Bailey. After Bailey, photography would never be the same again. David Bailey - Birth...

'Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively, provocative and positive history it deserves.' Irvine Welsh, GuardianA dramatic and intrig...

Reducere. Established by the Catholic Church in 1231, the Inquisition continued in one form or another for almost seven hundred years. Though associated with...

Reducere. In the tradition of Why Nations Fail, this book solves one of the great puzzles of history: Why did the West become the most powerful civilization ...

Reducere. A New York Times BestsellerThe leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory -- the freshest and most important idea a...

JaHyun Kim Haboush offers a compelling counternarrative to Western historiography, which ties Korea's idea of nation to the imported ideologies of ...

Reducere. For too long those who explain emotional discomfort on the basis of lived experience and those who blame chemistry have been at loggerheads. As Dr....

Publisher: The History Press LtdPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 243 x 260 x 34Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe...