Venice and its Jews. 500 Years Since the Founding of the Ghetto, Paperback - Donatella Calabi

Published to mark the 500th anniversary of the creation of the Venice ghetto, and accompanies an exhibition currently taking place in Venice. Relev...

The ghetto today: a story told in pictures, a history in the making. The forty-four black-and-white photographs presented here have been selected f...

The Venice Ghetto was founded in 1516 by the Venetian government as a segregated area of the city in which Jews were compelled to live. This interd...

The full extent of philosopher Martin Heidegger's anti-semitism as revealed in his recently published notes from time spent in the Black Forest is ...

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Based on never previously explored personal accounts and archival documentation, this book examines life and death in the Theresienstadt ghetto, se...

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The League of the Iroquois was a true representational democracy--so much so that the United States Constitution is said to have been modeled on so...

In Act of Creation, Stephen C. Schlesinger tells a pivotal and little-known story of how Secretary of State Edward Stettinius and the new American ...

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Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): John CarrPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 234 x 27Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingYugoslavia was arguably one of the most unusual geopo...

A fascinating and unique history of the launch of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service through the unusual life of its founder, Mansfield Cumming.

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DescriptionA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, THE ECON...

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Reducere. Jews in Nazi-occupied Warsaw during the 1940s were under increasing threat as they were stripped of their rights and forced to live in a guarded gh...

Reducere. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot comes an extraordinary and gripping account of Irena Sendler--the "female Oskar Sc...

Reducere. The first popular history of the Emancipation of Europe's Jews in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries--a transformation that was startling to t...

This is a meticulously researched and liberally illustrated account with exquisite drawings of key people and selected works. Biographic profiles f...

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Publisher: Temple Lodge PublishingAuthor(s): Michael SpenceNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 157 x 233 x 25Cover type: Paperbac...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marek Adam WozniakA military history of ancient Persia from its founding to the the end of the Sasanid Empire translated fr...

Reducere. Roger Williams purchased the fertile Aquidneck Island from the Narragansett tribe in 1637. It was here that Anne Hutchinson, along with William Cod...

Despite competing with much larger imperialist neighbors in Southeast Asia, the Kingdom of Thailand--or Siam, as it was formerly known--has succeed...

This set contains about 5 hours of romantic listening pleasure. Great performances by artists, such as Mela Tenenbaum, Sara Crombach, Klara Wurtz, ...

The essays and lectures colleced in this volume focus on the relationship of the Catholic Church with the other "Abrahamic" faiths, primarily Islam...

Publisher: Alpha EditionAuthor(s): Ernesto P MolmentiNumber of pages: 310Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 16Cover type: Paperback / so...

Despite the odds, it is one of the world's longest-surviving and most fascinating airlines.

Reducere. A JPS bestseller, this is the definitive work of scholarship on the medieval conception of the Jew as devil--literally and figuratively. Through do...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking work, Sallie Tisdale traces women Buddhist masters and teachers across continents and centuries, drawing upon historical, cu...

Black Georgetown Remembered is a journey through more than two hundred years of history. This one-of-a-kind book invites readers to consider how th...

Suitable for printers, publishers and graphic designers who have extended the boundaries of their profession both aesthetically and technically, th...

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Reducere. The French Revolution: Its Causes, Its History and Its Legacy After 200 Years, Paperback

Reducere. In 1768 the sixty-year struggle to open the lands of the Kayaderosseras Patent north of Albany for settlement was finally resolved. The long confli...

Reducere. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has become a symbol of heroism throughout the world. A short time before the uprising began, Pawel Frenkel addressed a m...

Reducere. Not Since Carrie is Ken Mandelbaum's brilliant survey of Broadway's biggest flops. This highly readable and entertaining book highlights almost 200...

Experts analyse the impact of World War II on individual countries and regions, and how its legacy continues to shape political and military thinki...

Reducere. DescriptionBehind the pristine beaches and world renown of Hilton Head Island lies a history that dates back to the early exploration of the nation...

Honoring and celebrating achievements from the First Nations women and the French Huguenot Women of Fort Caroline to the unprecedented number of et...

The book covers her life in Whitchurch, Burton on Trent, Everton, Liverpool and finally in Middlesex. It describes her school and investigates the ...

The book covers her life in Whitchurch, Burton on Trent, Everton, Liverpool and finally in Middlesex. It describes her school and investigates the ...

Reducere. Behind the pristine beaches and world renown of Hilton Head Island lies a history that dates back to the early exploration of the nation. In 1663, ...