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In Search of the Ninja(2013) CUMMINS, ANTONY, MAWho were the real Ninja, what skills did they possess and how were they employed in warfare? The Samurai versus ninja myth is dispelled and the realities of ninja skills are analysed. The book explores newly discovered connections to ancient Chinese manuaVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA(2013) ASHDOWN-HILL, JOHNThe Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard’s last 150 days.Vezava: Mehka20,89 € -
Most Secret(2013) HEAZELL, PADDYAt this highly atmospheric and often inhospitable location on the Suffolk coast, the Royal Flying Corps (later RAF) conducted crucial experiments and trials, some brilliant, others futile, on effective gunnery, accurate bombing and improved navigational aVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Scottish Castles Story(2014) ALEXANDER, MARCThe castle is an evocative structure, no matter its setting, and this is no truer than in Scotland, where the multitude of castles reflect the country’s turbulent history: its many conflicts and skirmishes, whether against invaders from the north, the EngVezava: Trda14,01 € -
Military Wives(2015) LEGG, PENNYFor as long as there have been armed forces there have been camp followers – the families who move with the military to stay with their men.Vezava: Trda11,88 € -
Cambridge International AS Level International History, 1870–1945 Coursebook(2019) WADSWORTH, PHILThis series is for the Cambridge International AS History syllabus (9489) for examination from 2021.Vezava: Mehka56,08 € -
Blue(2018) PASTOUREAU, MICHELA beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color blue throughout the agesBlue has had a long and topsy-turvy history in the Western world. The ancient Greeks scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most Americans and Europeans now cite it aVezava: Trda56,55 € -
Cambridge Companion to American Catholicism(2021)The volume provides a broad overview of American Catholicism, in all its richness and diversity. Designed for classroom use and accessible to the general reader, it serves those looking to deepen their knowledge of US Catholicism from a historical and conVezava: Mehka55,13 € -
Hellenistic Anthology(2020)Makes accessible a wide range of important poetic texts from the third and second centuries BC. It provides help with the background to these writers and with the Greek of these often allusive and challenging works. This second edition has been thoroughlyVezava: Mehka55,13 € -
Culture of Growth(2018) MOKYR, JOELWhy Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial RevolutionDuring the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the detaVezava: Mehka35,55 € -
Translator of Desires(2021) IBN 'ARABI, MUHYIDDIN"A complete facing-page translation of the Tarjuman, which consists of sixty-one poems composed between 1202 and 1215 CE and published in 1215 at the earliest. The first word of the title can refer to a translator, interpreter, or biographer, on the one hVezava: Mehka32,31 € -
Historical Dynamics(2018) TURCHIN, PETERMany historical processes are dynamic. Populations grow and decline. Empires expand and collapse. Religions spread and wither. Natural scientists have made great strides in understanding dynamical processes in the physical and biological worlds using a syVezava: Mehka56,55 € -
Roman Market Economy(2017) TEMIN, PETERThe quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to showVezava: Mehka48,47 € -
Information(2021)A landmark history that traces the creation, management, and sharing of information through six centuriesThanks to modern technological advances, we now enjoy seemingly unlimited access to information. Yet how did information become so central to our everVezava: Trda81,81 € -
Drama of Celebrity(2019) MARCUS, SHARONA bold new account of how celebrity worksWhy do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the privileges and pleasures of fandom? Do celebrities ever deserve the outsized attention they receive?In this fascVezava: Trda40,39 € -
History of the British Isles(2016) BLACK, JEREMY (UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, UK)This book tells the story of a group of islands, their peoples, and their remarkable impact on the rest of the world. Concise and authoritative, it provides a balanced and absorbing narrative of an extraordinary shared past. This new edition brings the stVezava: Mehka48,10 €
