Zbirka: Zgodovina: dogodki in teme
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Globe(2016) ARNOLD, CATHARINEA fascinating portrait of life in Shakespeare's London, seen from the theatrical perspective, by popular historian, Catharine Arnold.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Last Tycoons(2008) COHAN, WILLIAM D.Tells the story of the world's elite and legendary investment bank - and the men who reigned over it all. In this title, the author himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes us into their mysterious and secretive world, telling a story of ruthVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Middle Sea(2007) NORWICH, VISCOUNT JOHN JULIUSThe Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the birth or growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world's six continents. This book tells the story of the Middle Sea itself - a stVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Colonialism and Homosexuality(2002) ALDRICH, ROBERT (UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA)Examining case studies, each a micro history of a particular colonial situation and a sexual encounter, this is a thorough investigation of the connections of homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s until the era of decolonization.Vezava: Mehka76,02 € -
Darker Side of Western Modernity(2011) MIGNOLO, WALTER D.Walter D. Mignolo analyzes the "colonial logic" that has driven five hundred years of Western imperialism, from colonialism through neoliberalismVezava: Mehka39,90 € -
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China Witness(2009) XINRANIncludes grandparents and great-grandparents who sum up in their own words the vast changes that have overtaken China's people over a century. This book is also at once a journey by the author through time and place, and a memorial to those who have livedVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Too Much to Know(2011) BLAIR, ANN M.Examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the Islamic world and China, focusing on the organization, composition, and reception of Latin reference books in print in early modern Europe.Vezava: Mehka41,82 € -
Coin Finds in Britain(2013) CUDDEFORD, MICHAELProvides a catalogue of commonly encountered coins, dating from ancient times until the modern day, explaining their historical context, how they might have come to be lost and where they may be found today.Vezava: Mehka13,89 € -
1688(2011) PINCUS, STEVEBased on new archival information, this book upends two hundred years of scholarship on England’s Glorious Revolution to claim that it—not the French Revolution—was the first truly modern revolutionVezava: Mehka47,52 € -
Spartacus War(2010) STRAUSS, BARRYThe story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Rise And Fall Of The British Empire(2002) JAMES, LAWRENCE* Uniquely complete account of the British Empire - Jan Morris' great Penguin trilogy PAX BRITANNICA only starts from 1837, rather than the 16th Century. * A modern classic of narrative history, updated to include the 1997 handover of Hong Kong.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Cambodia's Curse(2012) BRINKLEY, JOELA Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist "cuts a clear narrative path through the bewildering, cynical politics and violent social life of one of the world's most brutalized and hard-up countries." (Foreign Affairs)Vezava: Mehka27,08 € -
Perfect Storm(2006) JUNGER, SEBASTIANThe worst storm in history seem from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Island in Time(2010) MAK, GEERTIn this book Geert Mak returns to the small Frisian village of his childhood, Jorwert (pop. Jowert has more in common with an English village than with Amsterdam, and it's moving story of neighbours and their efforts to preserve their long established wayVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Ace Cafe Then and Now(2022)During the 1960s swarms of motorcyclists roamed along London's North Circular Road in nightly "burn ups". Their pit stop was the Ace Cafe at Stonebridge Park. This is their story as told by the boys who raced and the policemen who chased, woven against aVezava: Mehka23,82 €
