A History of Twentieth-Century Germany (Herbert Ulrich)(Pevná vazba)

A History of Twentieth-Century Germany (Herbert Ulrich)(Pevná vazba)

Germany in the 20th century endured two world wars, a failed democracy, Hitler's dictatorship, the Holocaust, and a country divided for 40 years after World War II. But it has also boasted a strong welfare state, affluence, liberalization and globalization, a successful democracy, and the longest

The Fourth Estate: Journalism in Twentieth-Century Ireland (O'Brien Mark)(Pevná vazba)

The Fourth Estate examines the history of journalists and journalism in twentieth-century Ireland. While many media institutions have been subjected to historical scrutiny, the professional and organisational development of journalists, the changing practices of journalism and the contribution it

Murder and Mayhem: Crime in Twentieth-Century Britain (Nash David)(Pevná vazba)

This introductory book offers a coherent history of twentieth century crime and the law in Britain, with chapters on topics ranging from homicide to racial hate crime, from incest to anarchism, from gangs to the death penalty. Pulling together a wide range of literature, David Nash and Anne-Marie

Empathy: A History (Lanzoni Susan)(Pevná vazba)

A surprising, sweeping, and deeply researched history of empathy--from late-nineteenth-century German aesthetics to mirror neurons​Empathy: A History tells the fascinating and largely unknown story of the first appearance of 'empathy' in 1908 and tracks its shifting meanings over the following

Photography: History of Photography Volumes I-IV (Guadagnini Walter)(Pevná vazba)

This history of photography, marking an ideal continuity with the Art of the Twentieth Century series, offers a specialized investigation of the medium and an international overview. The series offers a complete, up-to-date survey of photography through an original and transversal

The Doctrine of Triangles: A History of Modern Trigonometry (Van Brummelen Glen)(Pevná vazba)

An interdisciplinary history of trigonometry from the mid-sixteenth century to the early twentieth The Doctrine of Triangles offers an interdisciplinary history of trigonometry that spans four centuries, starting in 1550 and concluding in the 1900s. Glen Van Brummelen tells the story of

International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Best Antony)(Paperback)

This hugely successful global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible and seamless account of the

Red Hangover: Legacies of Twentieth-Century Communism (Ghodsee Kristen)(Pevná vazba)

In Red Hangover Kristen Ghodsee examines the legacies of twentieth-century communism twenty-five years after the Berlin Wall fell. Ghodsee's essays and short stories reflect on the lived experience of postsocialism and how many ordinary men and women across Eastern Europe suffered from the massive

Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing: Continued Lessons of Police Reform (Cooper Jonathon A.)(Pevná vazba)

Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing argues that to fully understand contemporary American policing, we must first understand its historical origins in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Such a historical grounding is further employed to consider where policing is heading now in

Hidden History of the Mississippi Blues (Stolle Roger)(Pevná vazba)

Although many bluesmen began leaving the Magnolia State in the early twentieth century to pursue fortune and fame up north, many others stayed home. These musicians remained rooted to the traditions of their land, which came to define a distinctive playing style unique to Mississippi. They didn't

A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945 (Jnger Ernst)(Pevná vazba)

Ernst Junger, one of twentieth-century Germany's most important and controversial writers, faithfully kept a journal during the Second World War in occupied Paris, on the eastern front, and in Germany until its defeat-writings that are of major historical and literary significance. These wartime

Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration (Heggie Vanessa)(Pevná vazba)

During the long twentieth century, explorers went in unprecedented numbers to the hottest, coldest, and highest points on the globe. Taking us from the Himalaya to Antarctica and beyond, Higher and Colder presents the first history of extreme physiology, the study of the human body at its physical

Twentieth-Century Europe: A Brief History, 1900 to the Present (Richards Michael D.)(Paperback)

Twentieth-Century Europe: A Brief History presents readers with a concise and accessible survey of the most significant themes and political events that shaped European history in the 20th and 21st centuries. Features updates that include a new chapter that reviews major political and economic

Foundations: How the Built Environment Made Twentieth-Century Britain (Wetherell Sam)(Pevná vazba)

An urban history of modern Britain, and how the built environment shaped the nation's politicsFoundations is a history of twentieth-century Britain told through the rise, fall, and reinvention of six different types of urban space: the industrial estate, shopping precinct, council estate, private

Rest is Noise - Listening to the Twentieth Century (Ross Alex)(Paperback / softback)

Alex Ross's sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical

Classic Cars: A Century of Masterpieces (de Burton Simon)(Pevná vazba)

A journey through the 'milestone' cars of the twentieth century, all of which have risen substantially in value over the past five to ten

Decolonization: A Short History (Jansen Jan C.)(Pevná vazba)

A concise and accessible history of decolonization in the twentieth centuryThe end of colonial rule in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean was one of the most important and dramatic developments of the twentieth century. In the decades after World War II, dozens of new states emerged as actors in

Long Walk To Freedom (Mandela Nelson)(Pevná vazba)

*The autobiography of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century. * re published to coincide with the publication of Anthony Holden's biography coming from

100 20th-Century Gardens & Landscapes (Twentieth Century Society)(Pevná vazba)

Discover 100 of the most beautiful English gardens and landscapes designed since 1914, courtesy of the Twentieth Century Society. See how English gardens and landscapes have evolved over the last century, and how they complement buildings of the period. These stunning examples, chosen by the

Last 100 Years (give or take) and All That (Murray Al)(Pevná vazba)

A fascinating and hilarious gallop through Twentieth Century British history by comedian Al

Thousand Acres (Smiley Jane)(Pevná vazba)

This powerful twentieth-century reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear centers on a wealthy Iowa farmer who decides to divide his farm among his three daughters. Ambitiously conceived and stunningly written, A Thousand Acres spins the most fundamental themes of truth, justice, love, and pride into

Warda (Ibrahim Sonallah)(Pevná vazba)

Sonallah Ibrahim's 2000 masterpiece offers readers a view of twentieth-century world events through the diary pages of his titular character 1950s Cairo: the intersection of conflicting dreams and political destinies. In this classic novel translated for the first time into English, idealistic

Toxic - A History of Nerve Agents, From Nazi Germany to Putin's Russia (Kaszeta Dan)(Pevná vazba)

Poems (Yeats W B)(Pevná vazba)

A leader of the twentieth-century Irish nationalist movement, who eventually became one of the Free States's senators, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is also the greatest poet that nation has yet