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Fall of the Roman Republic (Penguin Classics)(2006) PLUTARCHTaken from the "Lives", a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection describes the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 BC. Deeply influential on Shakespeare and many other later writers, the works explore corruption, dVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Anatomies of Revolution(2019) LAWSON, GEORGE (LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE)A comprehensive account of how revolutions begin, unfold and end, featuring a wide range of cases from across modern world history. Drawing on international relations, sociology, and global history, Lawson outlines the benefits of a 'global historical socVezava: Mehka55,13 € -
Treasures of Tutankhamun(2021)The essential guide to the greatest hits from the tomb of Tutankhamun, presented in a beautiful compact package.Vezava: Trda18,21 € -
Twopence to Cross the Mersey(1993) FORRESTER, HELENThe poignant account of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the 1930s, and the brilliant first volume of autobiography. A bestseller ever since it was published in February 1993. One of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever reaVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
History of South Africa(2000) WELSH, FRANK‘A remarkable feat of scholarship, fairness and readability, full of lively detail with a freshness of style which brings new life to the narrative’ Anthony SampsonVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Russia: People and Empire(1998) HOSKING, GEOFFREY‘It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians’ extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.’ Philip Marsden, SpectatorVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Holocaust(1989) GILBERT, MARTINThis is a very thorough account of the experience of the Jews of Europe during World War II. It is virtually a day-by-day account, in men and women's own words, of the horrifying events of the Holocaust - the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish race.Vezava: Mehka30,84 € -
Faust’s Metropolis(1999) RICHIE, ALEXANDRA‘Beautifully conceived and marvellously researched. I haven’t read a better book on Berlin.’ Gordon A. CraigVezava: Mehka36,44 € -
Freedom at Midnight(1997) COLLINS, LARRY,LAPIERRE, DOMINIQUEThe electrifying story of India’s struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all the surviving participants – from Mountbatten to the assassinsVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Spanish Holocaust(2013) PRESTON, PAULSelected as the Sunday Times History Book of the Year for 2012, this is a meticulous work of scholarship from the foremost historian of 20th-century Spain.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Honourable Company(1993) KEAY, JOHNDuring 200 years the East India Company grew from an association of Elizabethan tradesmen into a powerful organization. As a commercial enterprise it came to control half the world's trade and as a political entity it administered an empire. This book looVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Dancing in Time(2022) HYLTON, ROBERTWith a foreword by Oti Mabuse. Choreographer Robert Hylton navigates an extraordinary array of photographs, periodicals and ephemera from the British Library collections, which reveal the true origins of the popular dance styles that have, at one point orVezava: Trda35,05 € -
Outrageous Fortune(2021) MILLER, WILLIAM IAN (THOMAS G. LONG PROFESSOR OF LAW, THOMAS G. LONG PROFESSOR OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)In this book, William Ian Miller offers his reflections on the perverse consequences of so-called 'good things.' With wit and sensitivity, along with a large measure of fearless self-scrutiny, he points to and invites us to recognize the gloomy, neurotic,Vezava: Trda44,78 € -
Fieldwork of Empire, 1840-1900(2019) WISNICKI, ADRIAN S.Fieldwork of Empire, 1840-1900: Intercultural Dynamics in the Production of British Expeditionary Literature examines the impact of non-western cultural, political, and social forces and agencies on the production of British expeditionary literature; it iVezava: Trda223,95 € -
Woodbine Willie(2013) HOLMAN, BOB (AUTHOR)The fascinating story of one of the unsung heroes of World War One.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
