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She heard voices. A kingdom listened. In the darkest days of the Hundred Years War, France stood on the edge of collapse. English armies controlled vast territories, cities were falling, and hope wa……続きを見る

She was a philosopher, mathematician, teacher, and one of the most extraordinary women of the ancient world. Then Alexandria turned against her. Hypatia: The Last Light of Alexandria tells the power……続きを見る

From a small hillside village in Grenada to the highest judicial office in Canada, the life of Julius Alexander Isaac is a story of perseverance, intellect, and unwavering integrity. Born in Morne D……続きを見る

A fascinating look at how Japanese department stores of the twentieth century influenced modern life, identity, and the concept of a dreamworldーand why they continue to loom so large in our imagina……続きを見る

Maak kennis met 100 baanbrekende vrouwen dwars door de straten van Amsterdam Amsterdam telt ruim 7.200 straten, pleinen en hofjes, maar slechts 320 dragen de naam van een vrouw. Achter die schaarse ……続きを見る

Inside the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking power in Ireland Sinn Féin, long widely-regarded as the political wing of the Provisional IRA, is ……続きを見る

Ireland’s accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973 provided great opportunities, as well as significant challenges to its relatively small civil service. This book traces Ireland’s……続きを見る

Este livro é fruto da pesquisa realizada para a Monografia de conclusão do Curso de Pós-Graduação em História Social do Trabalho na Universidade Estadual de Maringá(UEM). O tema, Os Operários da Con……続きを見る

對數千年歷史進行大膽、全面的鳥瞰，提供了對過去真正的全球視角。這是一項了不起的成就。 ──彼徳．梵科潘（Peter Frankopan），《絲綢之路：從波斯帝國到當代國際情勢，横跨兩千五百年人類文明的新世界史》作者 ……続きを見る

Uma abordagem arrojada ao conceito de Ocidente e de como moldou a nossa História. O Ocidente não é uma coisa ou um lugar, mas uma ideia. Uma ideia que é excecionalmente poderosa ー o conceito de uma……続きを見る

La galardonada historiadora Naoíse Mac Sweeney dinamita los mitos establecidos sobre los orígenes y el desarrollo de Occidente a través de catorce personajes históricos que nos ofrecen una visión nu……続きを見る

O que está em jogo quando a estátua de Borba Gato é incendiada em São Paulo ou quando a estátua de um traficante escravista é jogada num rio na Inglaterra? Mac Sweeney discute como o Ocidente é uma ……続きを見る

"Finely researched and lucidly written . . . details the rise, ebb, and flow of the idea of a common Celtic identity linking Ireland and Wales." ー The New York Review of Books Who are the Celts, an……続きを見る

This book discusses Marx’s relations with Russia, which have always been ambivalent. In his youth, and indeed a good way into the 1860s, Marx might even be called a “Russophobe.” Around 1870, howeve……続きを見る

A David and Goliath story about Ireland’s role as prime real estate for the world’s largest tech multinationals, and the considerable impact it has had on us as individuals. At the start of the mill……続きを見る

Neste trabalho, utilizamos a forma divertida dos quadrinhos, procurando dar vida e interesse aos acontecimentos na narrativa da História da fundação da Cidade de Santos.Achamos ser esta uma maneira ……続きを見る

**“A bold, sweeping bird’s eye view of thousands of years of history that provides a truly global perspective of the past. A fantastic achievement.”ーPeter Frankopan, internationally bestselling aut……続きを見る

This book addresses provides a series of in-depth portraits of men and women who have been labelled ‘terrorists’, from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Bridging historical methodologies and theore……続きを見る

Community Identity and Archaeology explores the concept of community identity and its application in archaeology, using the modern Turkish sites of Aphrodisias and Beycesultan as case studies to ill……続きを見る

This book examines the concept of legitimacy as it may be used to explain the success, or failure, of key stability operations since the end of the Cold War. In the success of stability operations, ……続きを見る

The hugely popular Japanese artist Takehisa Yumeji (1884–1934) is an emblematic figure of Japan’s rapidly changing cultural milieu in the early twentieth century. His graphic works include leftist a……続きを見る

PROSE Award for Excellence in Archeology and Ancient History Finalist 2019 From the palaces of Homeric epic to the ancestral seat of Roman emperors, Troy in antiquity was a place couched in myth. Bu……続きを見る

In this new volume, Jan Haywood and Naoíse Mac Sweeney investigate the position of Homer's Iliad within the wider Trojan War tradition through a series of detailed case studies. From ancient Mesopot……続きを見る

This book presents a compelling and highly sophisticated politico-legal history of a particular security operation that resulted in one of the most high-profile torture cases in the world. It reveal……続きを見る

Chief of Staff of the IRA, successor to Michael Collins as Commander in Chief of the National Army, founding member of Cumann na nGaedheal and later leader of Fine Gael: Richard Mulcahy was a leadin……続きを見る

*A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week* 'A fantastic achievement' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously witty book has the potential to upset the ……続きを見る

This volume is the first book-length account of Yves Montand’s controversial tour of the Soviet Union at the turn of the years 1956/57. It traces the mixed messages of this internationally visible a……続きを見る

This book examines foundation myths told about the Ionian cities during the archaic and classical periods. It uses these myths to explore the complex and changing ways in which civic identity was co……続きを見る

In 1942, the federal government expelled more than 22,000 Japanese Canadians from their homes in British Columbia. From 1942 to 1949, they were dispossessed, sent to incarceration sites, and dispers……続きを見る

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical f……続きを見る