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Snow and Steel(2015) CADDICK-ADAMS, PROF. PETER, TD, VR, BA (HONS), PHD, FRHISTS, FRGS, KJSnow and Steel will be a huge reassessment of Hitler's last great throw of the dice: 'The Battle of the Bulge', the battle for the Ardennes 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945.Vezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Black Prince of Florence(2017) FLETCHER, CATHERINE‘A spectacular, elegant, brilliant portrait of skulduggery, murder and sex in Renaissance Florence’ Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year 1531 – after years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and aVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Lives, Volume V(1917) PLUTARCHPlutarch (ca. AD 45–120) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six Parallel Lives are biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs, one Greek figure and one similar Roman, though the last four lives are single. They not only record careers and illustriVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Roman History, Volume IV(1916) DIO CASSIUSDio Cassius (Cassius Dio), ca. AD 150–235, was born in Bithynia. Dio’s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
When Sorrow Comes(2021) MATTHES, MELISSA M.In the wake of national tragedies, it matters who is mourned and who is overlooked. Focusing on Protestant sermons, Melissa Matthes argues that, since WWII, America’s religious majority has defined and redefined the nation and belonging through post-crisiVezava: Trda40,31 € -
Emperor Who Never Was(2020) GANDHI, SUPRIYADara Shukoh was the heir-apparent to the Mughal throne in 1659, when he was executed by his brother Aurangzeb. Today Dara is lionized in South Asia, while Aurangzeb, who presided over the beginnings of imperial disintegration, is scorned. Supriya Gandhi’sVezava: Trda45,40 € -
The History of Akbar(2020) ABU'L-FAZLThe History of Akbar, Volume 6 by Abu’l-Fazl details the twenty-third to twenty-eighth years of Akbar’s reign, including accounts of the quelling of rebellions in Bihar, Bengal, and Kabul, and final victory in Gujarat. The Persian text, presented in the NVezava: Trda47,68 € -
Stealth(2020) WESTWICK, PETER (DIRECTOR OF THE AEROSPACE HISTORY PROJECT, DIRECTOR OF THE AEROSPACE HISTORY PROJECT, THE HUNTINGTON-USC INSTITUTE ON CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST)The story of the technology that revolutionized aeronautics and changed modern warfareVezava: Trda36,44 € -
Adaptation under Fire(2020) BARNO, LT. GENERAL DAVID (LT. GENERAL (RET.), LT. GENERAL (RET.), U.S. ARMY),BENSAHEL, NORA (VISITING PROFESSOR OF STRATEGIC STUDIES AND SENIOR FELLOW OF THE MERRILL CENTER, VISITING PROFESSOR OF STRATEGIC STUDIES AND SENIOR FELLOW OF THE MERRILL CENTER, JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (SAIS))Vezava: Trda55,11 € -
Nigeria(2018) CAMPBELL, JOHN (RALPH BUNCHE SENIOR FELLOW FOR AFRICA POLICY STUDIES, RALPH BUNCHE SENIOR FELLOW FOR AFRICA POLICY STUDIES, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS),PAGE, MATTHEW T. (FELLOW, FELLOW, CENTRE FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT)In this overview of Africa's most populous country, Ambassador John Campbell and Matthew T. Page assess the socioeconomic, political, and security challenges that Nigeria is facing, as well as the country's future potential.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
