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Hailed by Israel's founder David Ben-Gurion, Days of Lead is a gripping best seller recounting the author's life on the front line during Israel's War of Independence. Exquisitely written with a po……続きを見る

Hélène Ahrweiler est l'une des grandes figures des études byzantines de ces quarante dernières années ; elle a suscité la vocation de nombreux élèves et s'est attiré l'amitié et la considération de ……続きを見る

"Digital Humanities Research Methods" offers a comprehensive exploration into the methodologies employed within the interdisciplinary field of digital humanities. Through a blend of theoretical insi……続きを見る

'To harness the ether for those who dwell upon the earth is one of the loveliest services that the modern age can render to humanity-Upward Radio!'-Sarojini Naidu's note in the AIR visitors' book Fo……続きを見る

Over two centuries have passed since his death on 4 May 1799, yet Tipu Sultan’s contested legacy continues to perplex India and her contemporary politics. A fascinating and enigmatic figure in India……続きを見る

Few places in the world carry the heavy burden of history as effortlessly as Kashi, or Varanasi, has. The holy city embodies the very soul of our civilization and personifies the resilience that we ……続きを見る

Yet if he holds your hand and crosses the road, he will keep you in check. The cold water that he brings before he asks for water when he is thirsty really understands you. The one who keeps you in ……続きを見る

”’Lykkes mit seneste eksperiment, kan I godt vinke farvel til tyngdeloven! Vores forestillinger om tid og rum vil undergå en forvandling. Mere tør jeg ikke røbe af hensyn til myndighederne. Men vent……続きを見る

CONOCE LA CULTURA DE LOS ÁRABES DE LA PLUMA DE IKRAM ANTAKI «El poeta Abul-Atahiya había grabado en el interior de su anillo: " Maldiga dios a la gente". Y la gente que conoció eran aquellos árabes ……続きを見る

En Égypte ancienne, le principal rôle que l'on attendait de la femme était celui de mère car il ancrait sa place dans son foyer mais également dans sa communauté. Le désir de maternité pouvait être ……続きを見る

Fifteen Brave Men and Women of Bharat who Never Succumbed to the Challenges of Invaders But were Lost and Forgotten in the Annals of History. These are the stories of those Bravehearts who Fought to……続きを見る

Explores the delicate interplay between emigration of Jews from Israel to Germany and the construction of a new identity in the shadow of antisemitism both past and present in their new home. Critic……続きを見る

Art is a form of self- expression. Good art does not go out of style. It reflects the society. It is a unique medium to express the creator. Art gives insight into human condition. It expresses the ……続きを見る

Classical mechanics is a part of physics that deals with the motion of point masses (very small things) and rigid bodies (large things that can rotate as a whole but cannot change their shape). This……続きを見る

All too often, the focus of conversation in India is on our failure as a socio-economic polity. We despair about our inability to realize our full potential as a country: we find fault with our poli……続きを見る

Explores the duality between humans and Earth through a focus on the economic system changes that began with grain agriculture and has now reached its apogee in global capitalism. Humans are in dang……続きを見る

By about 750 B.C. the Greeks had established about fifty city-states on the southern peninsula of Italy. To the north lived the tribes of the Etruscans. The Romans adopted many Etruscan customs over……続きを見る

This India travel pictorial captures the mind-boggling geographic and cultural diversity of the Indian subcontinent. Exciting India brings readers the major attractions of India through spectacular ……続きを見る

This volume engages with memory of the Holocaust as expressed in literature, film, and other media. It focuses on the cultural memory of the second and third generations of Holocaust survivors, whil……続きを見る

The Hidden Russia, first published in 1960, is a detailed recounting of the author's ten-years as a political prisoner inside the prisons and slave labor camps of the former Soviet Union. From the m……続きを見る

Singapore has been known as the Lion City since the late 13th century when it was discovered by Sumatran Prince Sang Nila Utama, who saw what he thought was a Lion on the island and renamed it Singa……続きを見る

Human history has produced hundreds of epic writers, poets, novelists, and historians to narrate what’s occurred in the past 5,000 years of human beings’ cultural history. There’s abundant informati……続きを見る

GEEF IEMAND DE MACHT DE LEUGEN TOT WAARHEID TE VERHEFFEN EN DE WAARHEID HOUDT OP TE BESTAAN In 2010 krijgt het gezin Daeseman een aanslagbrief in de bus. Aanvankelijk zijn ze niet ongerust. Belastin……続きを見る

Uses the interdisciplinary approach of evolutionary economics to explore the history of land domestication in the United States. On July 9, 1920, William Krall, a coal miner in Wyoming, was shot by ……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive picture of Armeno-Turkish relations for the brief period of Ottoman Constitutional rule between 1908 and 1914. Kaligian integrates internal documents of the Armeni……続きを見る

An indispensable study of the Egyptian economy from 1952 to the present day, new in paperback What are the long-term structural features of the Egyptian economy? What are the factors that have facil……続きを見る

Was Savarkar really a co-conspirator in the Gandhi murder? Was there a pogrom against a particular community after Gandhi's assassination? Decades after his death, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar continue……続きを見る

Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni's quest to retrace the trail of Rama's fabled travels during his years in exile began with their trying to locate Chitrakoot on the map and realizing that they had……続きを見る

Salima Ikram es profesora de Egiptología en la Universidad Americana de El Cairo. La autora, arqueóloga especializada en el antiguo Egipto, ha publicado varios libros, académicos y divulgativos, ent……続きを見る

Interviews with former Prime Ministers and Cabinet Ministers along with previously unpublished analysis by the World Bank, IMF and USAID provide entertaining and interesting insights into Egypt's ec……続きを見る