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Am 22. Februar 2013 jährt sich die Hinrichtung der Geschwister Hans und Sophie Scholl und Christoph Probst zum siebzigsten Mal. Sie hatten zusammen mit noch anderen Freunden einen Widerstandskreis g……続きを見る

Alles begann mit einer E-Mail: «Ich bin ein hochrangiger Geheimdienstmitarbeiter ...» Was folgte, war die spektakulärste Enthüllung von Staatsgeheimnissen der Geschichte. Edward Snowden, ein junges ……続きを見る

Südamerika wurde nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zum Fluchtpunkt zahlreicher NS-Verbrecher und Kollaborateure. Es gab jedoch bald vielseitige Bemühungen, die Justizflüchtigen aufzuspüren und sie vor Geri……続きを見る

Mit den Fortschritten in der Medizin, vor allem aber mit der Verbesserung des Lebensstandards schwindet immer mehr das Bewusstsein, dass Krankheiten einst ein "geschichtsmächtiger" Faktor waren. So ……続きを見る

Der "idealisierte Rebell" und der "Dandy des Bösen" - beide sind unzweifelhaft Schlüsselfiguren gewesen. Ohne den einen wäre die 68er-Bewegung und ohne den anderen die RAF nicht zu verstehen. Und de……続きを見る

Opening at the height of the Renaissance, the book chronicles the dawning of a new age on the European continent. Koenigsberger paints a detailed picture of the Reformation and its significance as i……続きを見る

The second edition of Steven Ellis's formidable work represents not only a survey, but also a critique of traditional perspectives on the making of modern Ireland. It explores Ireland both as a fron……続きを見る

For Aleksandar Hemon, football is more than a sport. It certainly is not ‘exercise’. It is the beautiful game – and never more so than in The Matters of Life, Death, and More. From the celebrated au……続きを見る

"It's a very weird sensation to be shot at… Very often you see the gunman when it's too late or you don't see him at all. You might as well just be targets on a rifle range. I often wondered if I wo……続きを見る

Justice in the Marketplace in Early Modern Spain examines two late scholastic economic treatises, the Provechoso tratado de cambios of Cristóbal de Villalón (1542) and the Instrución de mercaderes o……続きを見る

Channel 4's The Mill captivated viewers with the tales of the lives of the young girls and boys in a northern mill. Focusing on the lives of the apprentices at Quarry Bank Mill, David Hanson's book ……続きを見る

The Mind of the Master Class tells of America's greatest historical tragedy. It presents the slaveholders as men and women, a great many of whom were intelligent, honorable, and pious. It asks how p……続きを見る

A History of British Elections since 1689 represents a unique single-volume authoritative reference guide to British elections and electoral systems from the Glorious Revolution to the present day. ……続きを見る

'God was bored with Napoleon,' wrote Victor Hugo, and the Emperor was duly defeated at Waterloo in 1815 and exiled to St Helena, where he died an agonizing and horrifying death. The Emperor's real l……続きを見る

This book explores changes in rural households of the Georgia Piedmont through the material culture of farmers as they transitioned from self-sufficiency to market dependence. The period between 188……続きを見る

1848 was a turbulent but momentous time in Europe. Within this context, the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein were caught between the rising nationalism and desire for unification of the Prussian/Ge……続きを見る

For more than 30 years, renowned psychoanalyst Vamik D. Volkan has applied the theories of his profession to societies in conflict, venturing into cauldrons of unrest as observer, mediator, and prac……続きを見る

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written. This classic did as much as or more than any other book to motivate the abolitionist to conti……続きを見る

Most of us know that we are not exercising our minds and bodies as much as we should. The Elite Forces Manual of Mental and Physical Endurance uses techniques developed by special forces units to tr……続きを見る

A definitive portrait of one of the most compelling monarchs England has ever had: Elizabeth I. 'We are a prince from a line of princes.' Lisa Hilton's majestic biography of Elizabeth I, 'The Virgin……続きを見る

'A fabulous story, superbly told' Max Hastings The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over twenty years. It also finished the career of the charismatic Napoleon Bonapa……続きを見る

Napoleon: The End of Glory tells the story of the dramatic two years that led to Napoleon's abdication in April 1814. Though crucial to European history, they remain strangely neglected, lying betwe……続きを見る

In Berlin Now, and on the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city. Over the last five decades, no other city has changed more than Berlin. D……続きを見る

This is the first major re-assessment of Ivan the Terrible to be published in the West in the post-Soviet period. It breaks away from older stereotypes of the tsar – whether as ‘crazed tyrant’ and ‘……続きを見る

The seas, oceans and rivers of the world are one of the last great wild frontiers. Here, gigantic herbivores and voracious predators make their homes. There may be no real Loch Ness monsters, but se……続きを見る

Mammals don’t lay eggs. Or do they? Fish can’t walk. Or can they? Mammals can’t fly. Or can they? The World’s Strangest Animals collects more than 40 of the most unusual animals from all kinds of ha……続きを見る

DISCOVER THE CREATURES THAT COME ALIVE AS DARKNESS FALLS… What goes on in the animal world while we are asleep? Nighttime is when some creatures come to life. They roam around in the darkness, searc……続きを見る

“A powerful diagram of the moral life from Shakespeare to the present...a book crowded with insights.”ーGeoffrey Hartman, New York Times One of the twentieth century’s foremost literary critics trac……続きを見る

In this volume, Anthony Reid positions Southeast Asia on the stage of world history. He argues that the region not only had a historical character of its own, but that it played a crucial role in sh……続きを見る

Among the pressing concerns of Americans in the first century of nationhood were day-to-day survival, political harmony, exploration of the continent, foreign policy, and--fixed deeply in the collec……続きを見る