A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution (Popkin Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution (Popkin Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern world The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society -- even if, after more than two hundred years, they are more contested than ever before. In A New World

The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (Jisheng Yang)(Pevná vazba)

Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail. As a major political event and a crucial turning point in the history of the People's Republic of China, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)

French New Wave: A Revolution in Design (Nourmand Tony)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive celebration of the visual imagery of the French New Wave with its explosive and groundbreaking poster artThe French New Wave of the 1950s and 1960s is one of the most important movements in the history of film. Its fresh energy and vision changed the cinematic landscape, and its

Dead Lies Dreaming - Book 1 of the New Management, A new adventure begins in the world of the Laundry Files (Stross Charles)(Pevná vazba)

A new adventure begins in the world of the Laundry Files: in a nightmarish vision of a Britain where magic has gone mainstream, a policewoman and a group of petty criminals are pulled into a heist to steal a book of spells that should never be opened

The Glory and the Sorrow: A Parisian and His World in the Age of the French Revolution (Tackett Timothy)(Pevná vazba)

An intimate history of an ordinary Parisian citizen and his neighbors that reflects on the origins and radicalization of the French Revolution. What was it like to live through one of the most transformational periods in world history? In The Glory and the Sorrow, eminent historian Timothy Tackett

The Complete Illustrated History of World War II: An Authoritative Account of the Deadliest Conflict in Human History, with Details of Decisive Encoun (Sommerville Donald)(Pevná vazba)

This authoritative book begins with the aftermath of World War I, when new political movements and grievances took shape. The book then covers the war in detail from the advance of Nazi forces across Europe to Operation Barbarossa, and from the battles in North Africa to the war in the Pacific

The History of European Conservative Thought (Giubilei Francesco)(Pevná vazba)

Modern conservatism was born in the crisis of the French Revolution that sought to overturn Christianity, monarchy, tradition, and a trust in experience rather than reason. In the name of reason and progress, the French Revolution led to the guillotine, the dictatorship of Napoleon Bonaparte, and a

Silk Roads - A New History of the World (Frankopan Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The Age of Revolution (Kovacs Charles)(Paperback)

An overview of world history from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, including the French, American and Industrial Revolutions. Kovacs chooses pertinent stories which create a tapestry showing the development of humankind from medieval times, when every person had their place in the hierarchy

The French Revolution: A History in Documents (Alpaugh Micah)(Paperback)

The French Revolution: A History in Documents explores the rapidly evolving political culture of the French Revolution through first-hand accounts of the revolutionary (and counterrevolutionary) actors themselves. It demonstrates how radical Enlightenment philosophy fused with a governmental crisis

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World - Illustrated Edition (Frankopan Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart

Writers and Revolution: Intellectuals and the French Revolution of 1848 (Beecher Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

The revolution of 1848 has been described as the revolution of the intellectuals. In France, the revolution galvanised the energies of major romantic writers and intellectuals. This book follows nine writers through the revolution of 1848 and its aftermath: Alphonse de Lamartine, George Sand, Marie

History of the Second World War in 100 Maps (Black Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

In this highly original work Jeremy Black, one of world's leading military and cartographic historians, shows how fundamental maps were to the conflict as he charts its historical sweep across each of the major

Graphic Design: A New History (Eskilson Stephen J.)(Pevná vazba)

A classic and indispensable account of graphic design history from the Industrial Revolution to the present Now in its third edition, this acclaimed survey explores the evolution of graphic design from the 19th century to the present day. Following an exploration of design's prehistory in ancient

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals (Field Jacob F.)(Pevná vazba)

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals provides a new perspective on the grand sweep of our planet's making, taking readers from the time of the dinosaurs to the time of Dolly, the first cloned mammal. This book will include a great variety of beasts from across the animal kingdom, some

Tale of Two Cities (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Dickens's classic story of the French Revolution. While the turmoil of the Revolution rages around them, the lives of the members of the Evremonde family are profoundly affected by the actions of one man - Sydney Carton. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form,

Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from the Rights of Man to Robespierre (Israel Jonathan)(Paperback)

How the Radical Enlightenment inspired and shaped the French Revolution Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers--that the Revolution was shaped by the radical ideas of the Enlightenment. Yet in recent decades, scholars have

History of the French Revolution (Michelet Jules)(Paperback)

Liberty or Death: The French Revolution (McPhee Peter)(Paperback)

In this strikingly new account of the impact of the French Revolution in Paris, across the French countryside, and around the globe, the author draws startling conclusions about life during the years of upheaval and the Revolution's perplexing, fascinating legacy

In Pursuit of Politics: Education and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France (O'Connor Adrian)(Pevná vazba)

Sheds new light on the cultural origins and practical ambitions of the French Revolution through an analysis of debates over education in eighteenth-century

The Barbarian Invasions: A Genealogy of the History of Art (Michaud Eric)(Pevná vazba)

How the history of art begins with the myth of the barbarian invasion--the romantic fragmentation of classical eternity.The history of art, argues ric Michaud, begins with the romantic myth of the barbarian invasions. Viewed from the nineteenth century, the Germanic-led invasions of the Roman

The French Revolution (Carlyle Thomas)(Paperback)

Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution opens with the death of Louis XV in 1774 and ends with Napoleon suppressing the insurrection of the 13th Vendemaire. Both in its form and content, the work was intended as a revolt against history writing itself, with Carlyle exploding the

The Oxford History of the French Revolution: Third Edition (Doyle William)(Paperback)

Since its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the Revolution's most authoritative and comprehensive one-volume history in English, and has recently been translated into Chinese. Running from the accession of Louis

Dior - The New Look Revolution(Pevná vazba)

The Dior Bar suit is one of the most influential designs in the history of fashion. On February 12, 1947, Christian Dior presented this voluminous skirt combined with a jacket featuring a tiny waist, a pronounced bust, and enhanced hips in his first collection in the salons of 30 Avenue Montaigne