ROLAND - History 2

"A highly original and often hypnotic work . . . exactly the type of book that readers in search of striking European voices should embrace" John Boyne, author of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS A co……続きを見る

The Herules, Rugians and Gepids have usually been regarded as playing only a secondary role in history, overshadowed by the Goths and Huns. Unjustly, since these three peoples played major roles bet……続きを見る

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi leaders conspired to commit some of the most heinous crimes in history for which the surviving members were indicted at the Nuremberg War Crimes trials in 1946. However, bo……続きを見る

For his exploits and astuteness, Roland de Vries has rightfully been called the ‘Rommel of the SADF’. In this forthright, warts-and-all but compassionate autobiography he recounts the fascinating st……続きを見る

Monash and Chauvel is a gripping narrative history that follows the extraordinary campaigns of the two most outstanding battlefield commanders of the First World War across all the Allied armies: Jo……続きを見る

Am 22. Juni 1941 trat die deutsche Wehrmacht zum Angriff auf die Sowjetunion an. Damit begann die Eskalation zum Weltkrieg mit Schauplätzen auf nahezu der ganzen Erde. Ein Schwerpunkt der Operatione……続きを見る

• Four months pregnant, Vera Wohlauf, wife of a serving SS officer, took sadistic pleasure in rounding up victims for Treblinka. • Like creatures from a Grimms' fairytale, female members of a Nazi '……続きを見る

Before his death in 1870, Robert E. Lee penned a letter to Col. Charles Marshall in which he argued that we must cast our eyes backward in times of turmoil and change, concluding that "it is history……続きを見る

This book traces the history of the Third Reich, from the Nazi movement's beginnings in the beer halls of 1920s Germany to the outcome of the Nuremberg trials, which took place in the aftermath of t……続きを見る

How should we believe in God today? If we look beyond our little lives to the vast cosmos, we may even ask: Why all that? And even if we spiritually feel the universe: Why believe any religion? Afte……続きを見る

The field of Global History has experienced an unprecedented boom in the last two decades and carved itself deeply into the practice of historical research. Despite this, its conceptual foundations ……続きを見る

Eastern Front Sniper is a long overdue and comprehensive biography of one of World War IIs most accomplished snipers.Mathus Hetzenauer, the son of a Tyrolean peasant family, was born in December 192……続きを見る

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In the brilliant dual biography, the award-winning write……続きを見る

This is Volume 9 of The Mythology of All Races, an anthropological study of Oceana, with chapters covering Polynesia, Melanesia, Indonesia, Micronesia, and Australia. 続きを見る

Der heutige Band ist der erste, der sich mit der Geschichte der Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmethodik e. V. beschäftigt. Uns ist es gelungen, mit Dr. David Weiss einen Historiker zu gewinnen, der die GfA……続きを見る

Am 22. Juni 1941 trat die deutsche Wehrmacht zum Angriff auf die Sowjetunion an. Damit begann die Eskalation zum Weltkrieg mit Schauplätzen auf nahezu der ganzen Erde. Ein Schwerpunkt der Operatione……続きを見る

A fascinating history of marginalized identities in the medieval world While the term “intersectionality” was coined in 1989, the existence of marginalized identities extends back over millennia. By……続きを見る

'It was hot in the Jordan valley'. Join Jesus, or rather Yeshua, as he walks up to Jerusalem for his climactic confrontation with the Temple authorities. Discover his Jewish context through the dail……続きを見る

Tracing the Gospel text from script to illustration to recitation, this study looks at how illuminated manuscripts operated within ritual and architecture. Focusing on a group of richly illuminated ……続きを見る

This book covers the whole system of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, dealing with Deng Xiaoping’s theory, the socialist market economy, a moderately well-off (Xiaokang) society, China’s prac……続きを見る

In the late fifteenth century, the production of print editions of Claudius Ptolemy’s second-century Geography sparked one of the most significant intellectual developments of the eraーthe productio……続きを見る

Unsere aktuelle Lebenswelt wird tiefgreifend geprägt von großer überregionaler Mobilität und schneller Kommunikation. Das Buch stellt zentrale Entwicklungen in der Geschichte von Mobilität und Kommu……続きを見る

Around 700 BCE, the Nubians ruled an empire that stretched from southern Palestine to the tropical regions of Africa. It lasted for nearly 1000 years and was so powerful that even the Emperor August……続きを見る

What evidence is there that evil entities can possess human beings and force them to commit horrific murders? Black magic murders, Satanic sex cults and demonic possession are the diabolical practic……続きを見る

Dès la première image, nous embarquons pour un voyage dans le temps au cœur de ce village au nom unique en France. Outre le patrimoine architectural, composé de nombreux petits édifices religieux di……続きを見る

Jusqu’aux années 1960, l’empire colonial français a été défendu par des unités militaires très spécifiques. En Afrique du Nord, des régiments de chasseurs indigènes, devenus tirailleurs, ainsi qu’un……続きを見る

Lorsque l’Allemagne déclare la guerre à la France le 3 août 1914, l’ouverture des hostilités surprend Lyon en pleine Exposition internationale urbaine. Lyon, qui a une réputation hospitalière établi……続きを見る

Donald Maclean was a star diplomat, an establishment insider and a keeper of some of the West’s greatest secrets. He was also a Russian spy… Codenamed ‘Orphan’ by his Russian recruiter, Maclean was ……続きを見る

Seit dem 19. Jahrhundert steht für die Geschichtsforschung fest, dass Karl der Große mit seinem Bruder derart zerstritten war, dass nur dessen früher Tod den Ausbruch eines Bruderkriegs verhindert h……続きを見る

Essays reconsidering key topics in the history of late medieval Scotland and northern England. The volume celebrates the career of the influential historian of late medieval Scotland and northern En……続きを見る