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Hitler 1889-1936(2001) KERSHAW, IANDrawing on a huge range of sources, this book recreates the world which first thwarted and then nurtured Hitler in the author's youth, from early childhood to the first successes of the Nazi Party. It charts the rise of Adolf Hitler, from a bizarre misfitVezava: Mehka28,03 € -
History of Contemporary Italy(1990) GINSBORG, PAULContemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain - the countries have roughly the same extent, population size and GNP - and yet they are fantastically different. This book presents an account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past decades. IVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Daily Life in Ancient Rome(1991) CARCOPINO, JEROMEIn this portrait of life in Ancient Rome, the author begins by painting a backcloth on which the social, political, cultural and religious aspects of the community are drawn. He enlarges on the details of everyday life, following the typical routine of aVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
London(2000) PORTER, ROYLooking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, and Spark. It is a celebration of the city and alsoVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Rome(1987) HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHERA guide to the use of the avian embryo in studies of vertebrate development. It includes approaches to analysis of the chick genome, gene knock-out studies using RNA interference, morpholinos, and other techniques. It focuses on providing practical guidanVezava: Mehka30,84 € -
Glencoe(1973) PREBBLE, JOHN'You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy.' This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 February 1692, when the Campbells slaughtered their hostsVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Highland Clearances(1973) PREBBLE, JOHNIn the terrible aftermath of the battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Offering a reconstruction of Culloden, the author recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed into famine and poverty. WhVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
First World War(1974) TAYLOR, PROFESSOR A J PPresents an account of the First World War. This title tells the story of the conflict from the German advance in the West, through the Marne, Gallipoli, the Balkans and the War at Sea to the offensives of 1918 and the state of Europe after the war. ContaVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave(2009) DOUGLASS, FREDERICKFrederick Douglass's Narrative recounts his life as a slave in Maryland and escape to freedom in 1838. An important slave autobiography, it is significant both for what it tells us about slave life and about its author. It is here reprinted with contexualVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Comedy and Religion in Classical Athens(2018) BARRENECHEA, FRANCISCO (UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK)A detailed study of how Aristophanes manipulates traditional narratives of important religious experiences (oracles, healings, epiphanies) to engage with the religious discourse of his time, with a particular focus on the comedy Wealth. This book opens upVezava: Trda123,83 € -
Arvo Part's White Light(2017)This book presents a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to the study of the contemporary composer Arvo Pärt and his reception. The volume charts his influence on areas including film, cultural programming, new media, cultures of listening, politics and perVezava: Trda127,78 € -
Byzantine Legal Culture and the Roman Legal Tradition, 867–1056(2017) CHITWOOD, ZACHARY (JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITAT MAINZ, GERMANY)This social history of Byzantine law offers an introduction to one of the world's richest yet hitherto understudied legal traditions. The first study of its kind, it explores and reinterprets the seminal legal-historical events of the Byzantine Empire undVezava: Trda160,51 € -
Representation and Scepticism from Aquinas to Descartes(2017) ADRIAENSSEN, HAN THOMASLooking at key figures and lesser-known names, this volume is the first to show how the theory of representation was seen as a source of scepticism by medieval and early modern philosophers alike. This book will be of interest to philosophers and historiaVezava: Trda160,51 € -
Routledge History of the Domestic Sphere in Europe(2022)This book addresses the multifaceted history of the domestic sphere in Europe from the Age of Reformation to the emergence of modern society. By focusing on daily practice, interaction, and social relations, it shows continuities and social change in EuroVezava: Mehka87,49 € -
Shaping the Archive in Late Medieval England(2017) NOVACICH, SARAH ELLIOTT (RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY)Tracing three episodes in sacred history - the loss of Eden, the loading of Noah's Ark, and the Harrowing of Hell - Sarah Elliott Novacich shows how medieval writers and artists pondered ways of preserving and transmitting the past, and considered the pleVezava: Trda83,89 €
