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Colossus(2010) COPELAND, B. JACK, AND OTHERS (PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY IN NEW ZEALAND, AND DIRECTOR OF THE TURING ARCHIVE FOR THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING)Shrouded in secrecy until recently, Colossus was the world's first fully-functioning electronic computer, built during the Second World War and used at Bletchley Park to crack the codes of high-level Nazi communications. This collection of essays delves iVezava: Mehka24,52 € -
First Emperor(2009) QIAN, SIMA,BRASHIER, K. E. (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF RELIGION (CHINESE) AND HUMANITIES (CHINESE), REED COLLEGE)Sima Qian tells the story of the First Emperor, founder of the Qin dynasty, in whose reign the Great Wall was built and whose tomb was guarded by the famous terracotta warriors excavated in 1974. His account details the ruthless exercise of power but alsoVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Journal of the Plague Year(2010) DEFOE, DANIELA Journal of the Plague Year is Defoe's fictional reconstruction of the effects of the Great Plague of 1665 on London. He brings vividly to life the devastation and suffering wrought by the disease,and its effect on the city. This revised edition includesVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Poverty & Development(2021)The most comprehensive, interdisciplinary and student-focused introduction to international development available.Vezava: Mehka87,49 € -
Smashing Hitler's Panzers(2019) ZALOGA, STEVEN J.In his riveting new book, Steven Zaloga describes how American foot soldiers faced down Hitler’s elite armored spearhead—the Hitler Youth Panzer Division—in the snowy Ardennes forest during one of World War II’s biggest battles, the Battle of the Bulge. ZVezava: Trda43,07 € -
Tigers in the Mud(2020) CARIUS, OTTOWWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger, and Otto Carius was one of the most successful commanders to ever take a Tiger into battle, destrVezava: Mehka29,33 € -
History of Art History(2021) WOOD, CHRISTOPHER S.An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments.Vezava: Mehka45,24 € -
Shadow of the Sun(2002) KAPUSCINSKI, RYSZARDCreates an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations. This book gives a sustained meditation on themosaic of peoples and practices we call 'Africa', and an impassioned attempt toVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Rome and Jerusalem(2008) GOODMAN, MARTINIn 70CE, after four years of Jewish rebellion, Roman legions devastated the great city of Jerusalem. Sixty years later, its ruin was completed when Emperor Hadrian built a new city on top of it that Jews were forbidden even to enter. This title explores tVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Green Flag(2000) KEE, ROBERTTHE GREEN FLAG stands as the most comprehensive and illuminating history of Irish Nationalism yet published. For many years available as three separate volumes (THE MOST DISTRESSFUL COUNTRY, THE BOLD FENIAN MEN and OURSELVES ALONE), this outstanding histoVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Viking Age Iceland(2001) BYOCK, JESSEMedieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defense forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. This book brings together findings in anthropology and ethnography interwoven with historical fact and masterfulVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Three Victories and a Defeat(2008) SIMMS, BRENDANTells the story of Britain's scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Among the Bohemians(2003) NICHOLSON, VIRGINIASubversive, eccentric and flamboyant - the Bohemians ate garlic and didn't always wash; they painted and danced and didn't care what people thought. They sent their children to co-ed schools; explored homosexuality and Free Love. They were often drunk, brVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Prime Minister(2001) HENNESSY, PETERExplores the formal powers of the Prime Minister and how each incumbent has made the job his or her own. Drawing on unparalleled access to many of the leading figures, as well as the key civil servants and journalists of each period, the author has builtVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Pity of it All(2004) ELON, AMOSPresents history of German Jews, tracing the journey of a people and their culture from the mid eighteenth century to the eve of the Third Reich. This book chronicles a 150-year period of achievement and integration that at its peak produced a golden ageVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
History of Histories(2009) BURROW, JOHNDescribes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of the past has had in the western world over the past 2500 years, treating the practise of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of thVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Gulag(2004) APPLEBAUM, ANNEReveals one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century: the system of Soviet camps that are responsible for the deaths of countless millions. This work presents history of the camp: from its origins under the tsars, to its colossal expansion under StalinVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Mediterranean in the Ancient World(2002) BRAUDEL, FERNANDPresents general reader's history of the ancient mediterranean that combines a grasp of the scholarship of the day with a great historian's gift for imaginative reconstruction and inspired analogy. This book features notes that allow the reader to appreciVezava: Mehka23,82 €
