Civilization 75

The book that follows may seem outlandish but then that's the whole point of the conspiracy. Those who seek to suppress the truth trade on the fact that the true reality of the world would seem like……続きを見る

«La Grecia Eterna» del guatemalteco Enrique Gómez Carrillo es una guía de viajes a través de la Hélade, que hará las delicias de los lectores amantes de poetas como Goethe o Lord Byron. Sin duda alg……続きを見る

**'He writes history like nobody else. He thinks like nobody else ... He sees the world as a whole, with its limitless fund of stories' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times Where have the people in any par……続きを見る

Tom Holland's 'stirring new translation' (Telegraph) of Herodotus' Histories, one of the great books in Western history - now in paperback The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of……続きを見る

Pioneering art historian Jacob Burckhardt saw the Italian Renaissance as no less than the beginning of the modern world. In this hugely influential work he argues that the Renaissance's creativity, ……続きを見る

Florence in the fifteenth century was the undisputed centre of the Italian Renaissance. Its legacy is apparent today in every aspect of human endeavour. Our art and science, our learning and literat……続きを見る

Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. But what do we mean by civilization? We believe in a western tradition of open……続きを見る

From Alexandria to York, this unique illustrated guide allows us to see the great centres of classical civilization afresh. The key feature of Cities of the Classical World is 120 specially drawn ma……続きを見る

Following the collapse of Medici rule in fifteenth-century Florence, the centre of Renaissance activity moved first to Rome and finally to Venice. In the Rome of Julius II and Leo X which Michelange……続きを見る

Across the Middle East, the Mediterranean and the Nile Delta, awe-inspiring, monstrous ruins are scattered across the landscape - vast palaces, temples, fortresses, shattered statues of ancient gods……続きを見る

Adolf Hitler je 19. avgusta 1934. postao Firer Njemačke. Zašto 19? Zašto? Ko je bio Adolf Hitler? Ova knjiga će pokazati odnos između Adolfa Hitlera i 11. septembra Mnogo je ljudi koji dovode u pita……続きを見る

The heroes of John Pilger's narrative are the many ordinary people he has witnessed coping with their lives in difficult and often brutal conditions: dissidents in the Soviet Union; victims of confl……続きを見る

'Man does for the reader that most difficult of tasks: he conjures up an ancient people in an alien landscape in such a way as to make them live.' - Guardian The people of the first nomadic empire l……続きを見る

Winner of the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2019 Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize and the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award 'Astonishing, staggering' Ben Okri, Daily Te……続きを見る

We are an astonishing species. Over the past millennium of plagues and exploration, revolution and scientific discovery, woman’s rights and technological advances, human society has changed beyond r……続きを見る

Longlisted for the RUNCIMAN AWARD, 2021 Medicine is one of the great fields of achievement of the Ancient Greeks. Hippocrates is celebrated worldwide as the father of medicine and the Hippocratic Oa……続きを見る

Epidemics have afflicted people for millennia. They express a growing civilization and reminds us of our vulnerability. They set cultures back again and again at regular or irregular intervals, forc……続きを見る

Geheimnisvolle Unterwelten sind die weißen Flecken in der modernen Forschung. Das Autoren-Duo Daniela Mattes und Roland Roth ist der Sache nachgegangen und legt schier unglaubliche Berichte vor über……続きを見る

Infektionskrankheiten, Seuchen und Epidemien begleiten die Menschheit seit ihrer Entstehung. Dank der Entwicklung effektiver Antibiotika sind bakterielle Erkrankungen heutzutage in der Regel gut zu ……続きを見る

Franzi dachte sich im Jahr 2019: Nächstes Jahr schreibe ich jeden Monat eine Kolumne. Gesagt. Getan.
Doch nur eine Kolumne pro Monat reichte Franzi nicht. Es sollten mehr sein. Ostern und Weihnachte……続きを見る

Neighbours, Distrust, and the State overturns many of our ideas about how the poorer working class lived together, and thought about each other, from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.……続きを見る

Discover the Cro-Magnon and the origins of our species! Have you ever wondered how humans evolved? Have you often wondered if we descended from Neanderthals? Did you always believe that there was so……続きを見る

Herta ist Mutter von 4 Kindern, die jetzt erwachsen sind. Sie sind aufgewachsen in Not und Armut während des ersten Weltkrieges und der Zweit danach. Es ist das Jahr 1932, auf Hertas Geburtstag, als……続きを見る

Frau ist das Rätsel - aus der Sicht des Mannes. Weil sie anders ist. Nicht nur anders aussieht, sondern vor allem anders denkt, fühlt, reagiert und entscheidet. Mann reagiert wie ein Mann. Sieht sic……続きを見る

В книге осуществлена ещё одна попытка переосмыслить или как-то обосновать некоторые факты, дошедшие до наших дней в легендах и мифах различных народов (Шумеров, Вавилона, Греков, Рима, Египта и т.д.……続きを見る

Avallon, die mythische Insel der Bronzezeit, ist fester Bestandteil der verschiedenen Artussagen. In den christianisierten Nacherzählungen der Sage von Geoffrey of Monmouth, Thomas Malory, Robert de……続きを見る

o autor, Mario Bordignon Enauréu, mais conhecido como Mestre Mario, é um irmão salesiano, italiano que mora no Brasil desde de 1973 e desde 1980 trabalha com o povo Bororo. É formado em artes plásti……続きを見る

Haben die Amerikaner die Mondlandung nur vorgetäuscht? Diese Fragen und die unwahrscheinlichsten Theorien um die Beantwortung dieser Fragen geistern seit Jahren durch die Medien, mit dem Einzug des ……続きを見る

THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity ……続きを見る

Le Canada est une odyssée continentale. Ce territoire majestueux, marqué par des climats extrêmes, relie bien plus que l’Atlantique au Pacifique. Il y a, oui, une utopie canadienne figée dans son im……続きを見る