Dreamworlds of Race: Empire and the Utopian Destiny of Anglo-America (Bell Duncan)(Pevná vazba)

Early Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries: Kinship, Community and Identity (Sayer Duncan)(Pevná vazba)

This book moves beyond the examination of grave goods to place community at the forefront of cemetery studies. It reveals that early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries were pluralistic, multi-generational places where the physical communication of digging a grave was used to construct family and community

South Central Is Home: Race and the Power of Community Investment in Los Angeles (Rosas Abigail)(Pevná vazba)

The End of Empire. Cyprus: A Soldier's Story (Bell Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Martin Bell, the former BBC war reporter and Independent MP, served as a soldier in the Suffolk Regiment during the Cyprus emergency between 1957 and 1959. In a chocolate box in the attic many years later he found more than 100 letters that he had sent home to his family. He was not a journalist

The Design of Race: How Visual Culture Shapes America (Fine Peter Claver)(Pevná vazba)

Bland Fanatics - Liberals, Race and Empire (Mishra Pankaj)(Pevná vazba)

One of the most acclaimed essayists writing today on the political hysteria plaguing the

Bland Fanatics: Liberals, Race, and Empire (Mishra Pankaj)(Pevná vazba)

A wide-ranging, controversial collection of critical essays on the political mania plaguing the West by one of the most important public intellectuals of our time. Decades of violence and chaos have produced a political and intellectual hysteria ranging from imperial atavism to paranoia about an

A More Perfect Reunion: Race, Integration, and the Future of America (Baker Calvin)(Pevná vazba)

A provocative case for integration as the single most radical, discomfiting idea in America, yet the only enduring solution to the racism that threatens our democracy. Americans have prided ourselves on how far we've come from slavery, lynching, and legal segregation-measuring ourselves by

The Art of Destiny (Bungie)(Pevná vazba)

Timed to the release year of the game, The Art of Destiny showcases the stunning art and design behind one of the most highly anticipated new franchises in gaming today. From the mysterious dunes of Mars to the jungles of Venus and the abandoned aerospace installations on the Moon, Destiny takes

Bordering Britain: Law, race and empire (El-Enany Nadine)(Pevná vazba)

(B)ordering Britain argues that Britain is the spoils of empire, its immigration law is colonial violence and irregular immigration is anti-colonial resistance. In announcing itself as postcolonial through immigration and nationality laws passed in the 60s, 70s and 80s, Britain cut itself off

Letters (Poliziano Angelo)(Pevná vazba)

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of the Age of Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico. His correspondence gives us an intimate glimpse of the revival of classical literature from the pen of a man at the very center

Miscellanies (Poliziano Angelo)(Pevná vazba)

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of Florence in the age of Lorenzo de' Medici, 'il Magnifico.' The poet's Miscellanies, including a 'first century' published in 1489 and a 'second century' unfinished at his

Miscellanies (Poliziano Angelo)(Pevná vazba)

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of Florence in the age of Lorenzo de' Medici, 'il Magnifico.' The poet's Miscellanies, including a 'first century' published in 1489 and a 'second century' unfinished at his

Empire of Lies (Khoury Raymond)(Pevná vazba)

Empire is a sweeping thriller in the tradition of The Man in the High Castle, Fatherland and Underground Airlines from New York Times bestselling author Raymond Khoury.Istanbul, 1683: Mehmed IV, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is preparing to lay siege to Vienna, capital of the Holy Roman Empire,

Royals and Rebels - The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire (Atwal Priya)(Pevná vazba)

Traitors of Rome (Eagles of the Empire 18) (Scarrow Simon)(Pevná vazba)

The enthralling new Cato and Macro adventure in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. AD 56. Battle-hardened veterans of the Roman army Tribune Cato and Centurion Macro are garrisoned at the eastern border, aware

Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface (Clark Robin)(Pevná vazba)

During the 1960s and 1970s, a loosely affiliated group of Los Angeles artists--including Larry Bell, Mary Corse, Robert Irwin, James Turrell, and Doug Wheeler--more intrigued by questions of perception than by the crafting of discrete objects, embraced light as their primary medium. Whether by

Mantegna and Bellini (Campbell Caroline)(Pevná vazba)

An innovative study of the relationship between Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini, two masters of the Italian Renaissance Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431-1506) and Giovanni Bellini (active c. 1459; died 1516) each produced groundbreaking paintings, marked by pictorial and technical innovations, that

Utopian Negotiation: Aphra Behn and Margaret Cavendish (Holmesland Oddvar)(Pevná vazba)

Aphra Behn (1640-1689) and Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) were two of the boldest women authors of seventeenth century England. They made gestures toward a utopian future involving female emancipation and gender agreement, but depicted a world too complex for simple answers. In the first

The Essence (Gestalten)(Pevná vazba)

The empire of scent: explore the realm of perfumes, smells, and aromatic incense to reveal the enduring allure of fragrance. Scents are linked with our most cherished memories--life without the ability to smell is unimaginable. Dive deep into the essentials of olfaction; open up the psychology and

Story of Rome (Dickins Rosie)(Pevná vazba)

The story of the Roman Empire, from the myth of Romulus and Remus to the foundations of the vast Empire and the Emperors who ruled it and its eventual collapse, retold as a story for children growing in reading confidence. Usborne Young Reading has been developed with reading experts from

Horace - Poems (Horace)(Pevná vazba)

Horace saw the death of the Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire, and was personally acquainted with the emperor Augustus and the poet

Dawn of the Horse Warriors: Chariot and Cavalry Warfare, 3000-600bc (Noble Duncan)(Pevná vazba)

The domestication of the horse revolutionized warfare, granting unprecedented strategic and tactical mobility, allowing armies to strike with terrifying speed. The horse was first used as the motive force for chariots and then, in a second revolution, as mounts for the first true cavalry. The

Rebel by vocation: Sen O'Faolin and the generation of The Bell (Carson Niall)(Pevná vazba)

The Art of Destiny: Volume 2 (Bungie)(Pevná vazba)

The Art of Destiny 2 is a celebration of the dynamic art and visual style that fans have come to love. With exclusive, never-before-seen imagery, developer commentary, and featuring hundreds of pieces of concept art, each step of the process is meticulously detailed, from in-game cinematics to