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Dr. Jeffrey valós tényeket feldolgozó, krimiszerűen izgalmas könyve a nácik Nagy-Britanniában, Európában és az Amerikai Egyesült Államokban folytatott egy évtizedes kémtevékenységét mutatja be. Anna……続きを見る

Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if history had happened differently? What if . . . · Watergate hadn’t been uncovered? · Communism had failed? · Japan had not struck Pearl Harbor?……続きを見る

Circa 1974, the year of mandatory integration, Bo Willims a High School football star at Grimsley High School, Greensboro, N.C., suffered a career-ending injury. He was later falsely accused of drug……続きを見る

**'A**n outstanding revisionist portrait of an age' Telegraph **'Targoff tells their stories with vim and vigour' i Paper '[A] fascinating excavation of four intellectual powerhouse women' Tina Brow……続きを見る

?Cedrus libani?, so heißt der Baum, der seit Jahrtausenden die Geschichte der Menschheit begleitet. Schon die Phönizier verehrten ihn, wie sollten sie auch nicht? Ein Baum, der so alt werden kann, h……続きを見る

We don't know if you know this, but the United States is weird. Don't believe us? Here are 76 essays on all the weird, quirky, strange things we just kind of accept in our country, from Homecoming m……続きを見る

Homes of the Past tells the powerful story of how immigrant Jewish scholars in 1940s New York sought to build a museum to commemorate their lost worlds and people. Among the Jews who arrived in the ……続きを見る

Name Unknown: The Life of a Rusian Queen offers an example of an eastern European queen as a corrective to the western European focus of medieval queenship studies. Through a chronological approach,……続きを見る

A beautiful novel exploring the little-known story of Anne Frank's life before she went into hiding – from bestselling, award-winning author Alice Hoffman and published in cooperation with the Anne……続きを見る

Explores how watery spaces provoke radical modes of screening queer corporeality in a diverse range of contemporary Latin American films. Honorable Mention, for the 2025 British Association of Film ……続きを見る

The inspirational autobiography of the hero pilot who landed a crippled flight in New York’s Hudson Riverーnow a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks. On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a r……続きを見る

A 2019 EDGAR AWARDS NOMINEE (BEST FACT CRIME) • A BANFF MOUNTAIN BOOK AWARDS FINALIST Two modern adventurers sought a treasure possessed by the legendary “Wild Men of Borneo.” One found riches. The ……続きを見る

This is a study of Hellenistic athletics from the perspective of the victors. By analyzing agonistic epigrams as poetry on commission, it investigates how successful athletes and horse owners and th……続きを見る

In 1807, Robert Fulton, using an English mail-order steam engine, chugged four miles an hour up the Hudson River, passing into popular folklore as the inventor of the steamboat. However, the true fi……続きを見る

An intellectual history of three Founding Fathers whose unique approaches to the Enlightenment helped shape America. American historian Darren Staloff delves into the political and intellectual live……続きを見る

This book challenges commonplace assertions that the humanities are presently undergoing a severe crisis as a result of a longstanding decline. Rather than hearkening to the widespread, reactive cal……続きを見る

O último volume da coleção História da Vida Privada no Brasil debruça-se sobre os contrastes e limites do público e do privado em nosso país a partir dos anos 1930. Após passar pela América portugue……続きを見る

Die Anthologie 'Russische Geschichte in Meisterromanen' eröffnet dem Leser ein faszinierendes Panorama der literarischen Auseinandersetzung mit der russischen Vergangenheit. Durch die spannungsgelad……続きを見る

A unique insiders' account of what CIA intelligence analysts do and why it matters The common perception of a CIA officer is someone who collects secret intelligence abroadーa spy. However, the crit……続きを見る

A survey of the various forms of armour worn by the Roman soldier from 112 BC to 192 AD, featuring a wealth of illustrations and plates. From the Latin warriors on the Palatine Hill in the age of Ro……続きを見る

Recognizing the urgent need for students to understand the emergence of the United States' power and prestige in relation to world events, Gary W. Reichard and Ted Dickson reframe the teaching of Am……続きを見る

This book examines the largely-neglected shift in Max Weber’s work from political economy to economic sociology. Considering the importance of his recognitionーmade during his research on the Protes……続きを見る

Half a million Hong Kong residents fled their homeland during the thirteen years before Hong Kong's reversion to China in 1997. Nearly half of those returned within the next several years. Filled wi……続きを見る

Este tercer volumen de estudios binacionales argentino-chilenos continúa y profundiza las indagaciones acerca de la construcción de sentidos sociales en el espacio denominado Araucanía-Norpatagonia. 続きを見る

At first sight, crossing Central Africa alone in 1960 in a VW Beetle, 40-year-old American-born Louise D'Oliveira might have seemed to be a tourist thrill seeker. Instead, her mission was that of a ……続きを見る

Popular Music and Parenting explores the culture of popular music as a shared experience between parents, carers and young children. Offering a critical overview of this topic from a popular music s……続きを見る

This volume bridges the divide between film and media studies scholarship by exploring audience expectations of film and TV genre in the age of digital streaming, using qualitative thematic and quan……続きを見る

In "Why We Fight: What Causes War and the Roadmap to Peaceful Existence," delve into the heart of humanity's oldest question: Why do we wage war? With raw honesty and poignant insight, this book nav……続きを見る

Tout au long de l'histoire, l'être humain a laissé derrière lui des traces de sa présence, riches d'indices sur la vie que l'on menait autrefois. De la préhistoire à nos jours, une multitude d'objet……続きを見る

In de loop van de geschiedenis heeft de mens altijd kruimels achtergelaten die ons een hint geven van hoe het leven er vroeger uitzag. Van de prehistorie tot nu onthullen voorwerpen een originele bl……続きを見る