La-na - History 9

13-årige Lillys far vender hjem efter at have tilbragt hele 2. verdenskrig i England. Men han er slet ikke, som Lilly havde ønsket sig, og der går ikke længe, før han bliver kaldt til søs, og denne ……続きを見る

What is the “real Russia”? What is the relationship between national dreams and kitsch, between political and artistic utopia and everyday existence? Commonplaces of daily living would be perfect cl……続きを見る

Des dels ibers fins a l'actualitat, els moments clau per entendre d'on venim i qui som els catalans. Quantes vegades hem sentit a parlar de la Guerra dels Segadors i, realment en sabem gaire cosa? P……続きを見る

ONCE upon a time there was a beautiful Princess, who loved all lovely things, and most she loved the flowers and the blossoming trees in her father’s garden. Now there was a humble man called Silvio……続きを見る

Nesta reedição e ligeira adaptação do texto de sua pesquisa de mestrado, Camila Narduchi nos conduz a um passado não tão distante da cidade de São Paulo, numa breve caminhada em meio a peculiares ev……続きを見る

Compreender o passado de uma nação é um processo trabalhoso. O passado em si é sempre uma realidade confusa e complicada, cujo estudo demanda seriedade e respeito às fontes primárias. Já o Direito A……続きを見る

The phrase "hopeful politics" has dominated our public discourse in connection with the inspiring rise of Nelson Mandela in South Africa and the remarkable election of Barack Obama as president of t……続きを見る

La política cultural que lideró Nelson Rockefeller se caracterizó por dos movimientos: la exhibición y la recolección. El primero de ellos fue la preparación de la muestra “La Pintura Contemporánea ……続きを見る

This book is a study of shame in English society in the two centuries between c.1550 and c.1750, demonstrating the ubiquity and powerful hold it had on contemporaries over the entire era. Using insi……続きを見る

New edition with added material. At the beginning of the twentieth century, a young crippled boy in North India met a spiritual teacher in the Nath tradition of the great teachers Matsyendranath and……続きを見る

íñigo López de Mendoza, el Marqués de Santillana (Carrión de los Condes, Palencia, 1398-Guadalajara, 1458). España.Hijo de Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, almirante de Castilla. Su nombre original era Iñi……続きを見る

From George Washington to George W. In the course of the 2008 presidential campaigns, Americans became involved in the political process at a level rarely seen in modern history. But even before the……続きを見る

You're no idiot, of course. You know that World War I was the Great War, and you're familiar with its images; muddy trenches, poison gas, and a no-man's land of craters and barbed wire. But when it ……続きを見る

From the winner of the Nobel Prize for work that stands as "a monument to suffering and courage in our time" (Swedish Academy). Before the United States' invasion, a million Soviet troops fought a d……続きを見る

The book discusses the representation of Amazonian indigenous cultures in art and anthropological exhibitions through the analysis of a series of case studies of temporary exhibitions taking place i……続きを見る

A wide-ranging exploration of the story of Ruth, a foreigner who became the founding mother of the Davidic dynasty “A virtuoso exploration of the Book of Ruth as an admirable touchstone in the realm……続きを見る

Ende der 1820er Jahre erschienen in einem der bedeutendsten Presseorgane Europas, der Augsburger Allgemeinen Zeitung, zahlreiche russlandkritische Artikel. Als Gegenreaktion engagierte die russische……続きを見る

A landmark and revealing joint biography of Elizabeth and John Macarthur, from one of Australia’s most respected historians. Elizabeth and John Macarthur were the first married couple to travel volu……続きを見る

Con la sola ayuda de una grabadora y una pluma, Svetlana Aleksiévich se empeña en mantener viva la memoria de la tragedia que fue la URSS, en narrar las microhistorias de una gran utopía. «El comuni……続きを見る

The Little Book of Cambridgeshire is a compendium full of information which will make you say, 'I never knew that!' Contained within is a plethora of entertaining stories about the county and its fa……続きを見る

Drawing on diaries, letters and personal accounts from British conscripts who served on the Western Front in the latter half of the Great War, this is the first book to explore the contribution they……続きを見る

The book contains an analysis of the Second Amendment, its text, and legislative history. The text also contains a comparison to the laws of Switzerland which relate to weapons and a conclusion. 続きを見る

Se nel «Mulino di Amleto» ci ha introdotto al «pensiero arcaico», mostrandoci come il «mýthos», che si vorrebbe contrapposto al «lógos», sia invece a sua volta una «scienza esatta», qui Giorgio de S……続きを見る

For centuries Jewish shtetls were an active part of Belarusian life; today, they are gone. The Belarusian Shtetl is a landmark volume which offers, for the first time in English, an illuminating loo……続きを見る

Blood, Bilge and Iron Balls is a set of wargame rules for naval battles in the age of sail. With them you can recreate the triumphs of Nelson or Hawke or tackle pirates on the Spanish Main. The rule……続きを見る

With engaging text, extensive quotations, and more than 100 striking photographs, this volume captures the world of the iconic Texas Revolutionary. When Sam Houston crossed the Red River for the fir……続きを見る

An Indigenous oral history collection featuring traditional Dene stories and personal stories from a Dene elder. Our parents always taught us well. They told us to look on the good side of life and ……続きを見る

This true crime collection reveals centuries of rogues, murderers, spurned lovers and accused witches who called Long Island home. Author and historian Kerriann Flanagan Brosky uncovers some of the ……続きを見る

“I was taught from the start not to be silent.” For years, renowned activist and scholar Ilana Hammerman has given the world remarkable translations of Kafka. With A Small Door Set in Concrete, she ……続きを見る

Take a ghostly journey through Long Island’s historyーphotos included! Ghosts lurk at the Execution Rocks Lighthouse, where Revolutionary War Patriots were brutally tortured and killed by the Britis……続きを見る