(Išleidimo metai: 31-Jul-2025, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: W H Allen, ISBN-13: 9780753560143)
Zeinab Badawi, award-winning broadcaster and President of SOAS, tells an epic story of the oldest inhabited continent in the world from an African perspective, for fans of William Dalrymple, David Olusoga and Peter Frankopan. *SHORTLISTED...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 26-Jun-2025, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781805263159)
As Russia rattles its sabers in the Baltic, Neil Taylor reconsiders the history of Estonia and its struggle to achieve statehood. With only 1.3 million inhabitants, Estonia is one of Europes least populous nations-yet it boasts one of the co...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 05-Jun-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008644796)
The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man Vasili Mitrokhin turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the KGB, stealing the most secret Soviet archives and smuggling them to th...Daugiau...
ROBERT FISK HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDINGAND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE NOAM CHOMSKY In this final work from renowned journalist Robert Fisk, he picks up reporting on...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 24-Apr-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008626525)
The fascinating story of ancient words new revelations await The Guardian A magisterial feat New Scientist ________________________________...Daugiau...
A vibrant guide to the world of literature, from dramatic plays to engrossing novels Literature has inspired every civilisation, from Greek myth to todays graphic novels. John Sutherland, who has researched, taught and written on th...Daugiau...
A lucid guide to humankinds greatest thinkers, from Aristotle to Peter Singer A primer in human existence: philosophy has rarely seemed so lucid, so important, so worth doing and so easy to enter into. . . . A wonderful introduct...Daugiau...
A vital guide to poetry from ancient times to the present ( A) fizzing, exhilarating book.Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times, LondonDelightful.New York Times Book Review Poetry is...Daugiau...
A character-filled history that brings the American saga to life This is a little history with a big heart, meant to be savored more than studied, read out loud like poetry, or perhaps sung like a hymn.Joseph J. Ellis, author of...Daugiau...
The internationally bestselling guide to the extraordinary human story, for the curious of all ages The world has existed for over 4 billion years, but humanity arrived much more recently. Here E. H. Gombrich brings to life the full...Daugiau...
The Baltic will decide the course of the West in the coming years.These nine borderlands are not only the historical battleground of Russian aggression; they are also a factory of ideas for how to revive Europe. Shaped by the past o...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 06-Feb-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780241600269)
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2024 Like a long winters dream, this haunting and visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful history One...Daugiau...
This book examines Nordic civil societies from 1800 until today, by studying the roles of voluntary action and associations in the Nordic region and beyond.Through its diverse and historically informed analyses of civil society, traditional...Daugiau...
DISCOVER THE MOST-TALKED ABOUT THRILLER OF THE YEAR . . . Reads like a lost le Carrč. Smiley is back at the Circus in the safest of hands RICHARD OSMAN Karlas Choice is a note-perfect tribute to le Carré that feels fresh and new...Daugiau...
A book that calls us to witness our place in history Sally Rooney An urgent and moving essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrative from the Womens Prize shortlisted author of Enter Ghost. Award-winning author Is...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 19-Sep-2024, Hardback, Leidėjas: The Bodley Head Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781847928054)
** THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ** Visionary ... buy or borrow this book, read it, take it to heart OBSERVER Everyone who cares about freedom should read this book ANNE APPLEBAUM Passionat...Daugiau...
The myths and reality behind the state of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflictfrom the most eloquent writer on Palestinian history (New Statesman) The outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 10-Sep-2024, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: The Sutherland House Inc., ISBN-13: 9781998365463)
Dancing makes you feel heaps better DianaIn 1981, after the wedding of the century, Anne Allan, a dancer, and ballet mistress with the London City Ballet, was offered an unusual assignment. Her Royal Highness Diana, the Princess...Daugiau...
Deep Water is a major achievement....Bradleys skills both as novelist and essayist converge here to create this wise, compassionate and urgent book, characterized throughout by a clarity of prose and a bracing moral gaze that searches wa...Daugiau...
This book critically analyzes the Palestinian legal arguments against Israeli occupation and in favor of Palestinian statehood.For the past two decades, Palestinians have chosen to pursue their claims against the Israeli occupation through...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 23-Jul-2024, Hardback, Leidėjas: Allen Lane, ISBN-13: 9780241627891)
**A Sunday Times Bestseller** **An Economist Best Book of the Year** The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an aut...Daugiau...
CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES * TELEGRAPH * PROSPECT The best account of the ongoing conflict its preconditions and its present-day horrors Prospect Do you know what is at stake in Ukraine? Urgent, co...Daugiau...
A social history that reveals the roots of AI in the spatial computation of industrial factories and the surveillance of collective behaviour-- A social history of AI that finally reveals its roots in the spatial computation of industria...Daugiau...
Known for speaking with the birds, for professing poverty, receiving the stigmata and for initiating the Franciscan order, Francis of Assisi is one of the most radical and inspiring figures in Christianity.In this outstanding and celebrated...Daugiau...
Few philosophers have had a more lasting impact on the philosophy of history than Friedrich Hegel. Reason and Revolution is Herbert Marcuses brilliant interpretation of Hegels philosophy and the influence it has had on political thought,...Daugiau...
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth familiarized itself with Christian Hebraism in the first half of the 16th century. In Search of the Genuine Word of God sketches out the process in three chapters. The first one deals with the development of mod...Daugiau...
**THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (The Times), SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023** Like Sally Rooney mixed with a political thriller RUSSELL KANE Intense, unflinchingly honest, it broke my heart a million times MARIAN KEYES Abso...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 16-Feb-2023, Hardback, Leidėjas: Pitkin Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781841659565)
Fully illustrated with beautiful photographs, this special commemorative book by royal biographer Brian Hoeywho had the privilege of meeting Diana on several occasionspays tribute to the life of this remarkable young woman.Diana, Pri...Daugiau...
Volodymyr Viatrovych, Lubomyr Luciuk, Marta Daria Olynyk
(Išleidimo metai: 15-Feb-2023, Hardback, Leidėjas: McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN-13: 9780228014669)
Soviet counterinsurgency officers assembled a comprehensive archive documenting the ideological worldview, operational structures, and activities of the Ukrainian nationalist movement. Viatrovych and Luciuk have curated a selection of these docu...Daugiau...
The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come .The Bright Ages is a rare thinga nuanced historical work t...Daugiau...
Als Bischofssitz gegrundet, durch den Hansehandel mit Russland reich geworden, dank der Landesuniversitat als Embach-Athen geruhmt, sowjetisches Sperrgebiet: Dieses Buch fuhrt seine Leserinnen und Leser durch die spannende und wechselhafte Geschich...Daugiau...
The 78 cards in the Tarot deck each have their own imagery, symbolism and story. This beautiful hand-bound edition showcases each card from the Rider-Waite set, the one most commonly used by Tarot readers, from number 0 - The Fool - to number 21 - T...Daugiau...
The story of a man who rose from peasant stock to become Estonias most famous medieval chronicler - The third novel in a historical trilogy by Estonias most famous writer...Daugiau...
Russias Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine came from nowhere? Felshtinsky and Stanchevs gripping history chronicles Ukraines story from its origins to its modern day struggle to ward off Russian interference. A bestseller published after Russia annexed t...Daugiau...
While the PP and PPK were intended for police work, the Walther P 38 was produced for the Germany military; all three pistols have garnered a formidable international reputation since the 1930s.The innovative Walther PP (Polizeipist...Daugiau...
Modern slavery is widespread, but systemic injustice in society means this crime is able to perpetuate, hidden in plain sight. This exposé shares moving survivor stories uncovering the harsh reality of modern slavery, and reveals what is going o...Daugiau...
The World We Have Lost is widely regarded as a classic of historical writing and remains as fresh and exhilarating today as upon its first publication. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Kevin Schürer....Daugiau...
A new edition of this best-selling history of Britain, from Roman times, now updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century.The Oxford History of Britain tells the story of Br...Daugiau...
It is absolutely brilliant, I think every woman should read it PANDORA SYKES, THE HIGH LOW My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist will read this book in a state of hushed and humble respect ... Essential reading ELIZABETH...Daugiau...
A history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict told from the Palestinian perspective, arguing the period since the Balfour Declaration of 1917 has amounted to a hundred years of colonial war against the Palestinians. A landmark history o...Daugiau...
This book takes the concept of piracy as a starting point to discuss the instability of property as a social construction and how this is spatially situated. Piracy is understood as acts and practices that emerge in zones where the construction an...Daugiau...
This volume offers a comprehensive analysis of contemporary Russian conservatism. It studies how the conservative turn under Putin manifested itself in the debates on geopolitics, morality, religion, the nation, and the Soviet past....Daugiau...
