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Gutenberg Revolution(2009) MAN, JOHNThe invention of one man - Johann Gutenberg - had caused a revolution. Printing by movable type was a discovery waiting to happen. Born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg struggled against a background of plague and religious upheaval to bring his remVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Muslim Spain Reconsidered(2014) HITCHCOCK, RICHARD (EMERITUS PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER)Covers the period from 711 to1502, giving readers a substantial overview of what it was that made Muslim Spain a unique and successful society, and of its powerful legacy in the formation of modern Spain.Vezava: Mehka44,78 € -
Brief History of the Crusades(2004) HINDLEY, GEOFFREYIslam and Christianity and their ancient struggle for world supremacyVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Burma Campaign(2011) MCLYNN, FRANKA vivid, brutal and enthralling account of the Burma Campaign – one of the most punishing and hard-fought military adventures of World War Two. The Burma Campaign was one of the most punishing and protracted military adventures of World War Two.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Castle(2012) MORRIS, MARCBe it ever so grand or ever so humble, a castle was first and foremost a home. To understand castles – who built them, who lived in them, and why – is to understand the forces that shaped medieval Britain.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Call Of The Litany Bird(2011) GIBBS, SUSANA compelling personal account of living through the atrocities as Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, whilst bringing up a family on a farm amidst the chaos.Vezava: Trda29,93 € -
Prometheans(2010) ADAMS, MAXThe story of four maverick brothers, and a thrillingly ambitious portrait of Britain in an era of technological and political revolution.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
My Life(2005) CLINTON, PRESIDENT BILLPresident Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid self-portrait of a world leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the people of America and the entiVezava: Mehka30,83 € -
Leprosy in Medieval England(2009) RAWCLIFFE, CAROLEA major reassessment, based on hitherto unpublished manuscript material, of a disease whose history has attracted more myths and misunderstandings than any other.Vezava: Mehka70,67 € -
E. J. Rudsdale's Journals of Wartime Colchester(2010) PEARSON, CATHERINEE J Rudsdale's journals of wartime ColchesterVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Argumentative Indian(2006) SEN, AMARTYA, FBAIndia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpoints. This title brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary India.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Freedom and Organization(2009) RUSSELL, BERTRANDWritten in the approachable style that has made Russell’s works so revered, this is a major work of political history in which significant economic and political forces and events that shaped the nineteenth century are examined.Vezava: Mehka32,06 € -
Spy Who Loved(2013) MULLEY, CLAREThe remarkable story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville – Churchill's favourite spy, the longest-serving during WW2, and recipient of the George Medal, an OBE and the Croix de Guerre.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Attila The Hun(2006) MAN, JOHNHe launched two violent attacks against the eastern and western halves of the Roman empire, attacks which earned him his reputation for mindless devastation, and brought an end to Rome's pre-eminence in Europe. Attila was coarse, capricious, arrogant, rVezava: Mehka15,41 €










