Gulag: A History (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback)

Gulag: A History (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback)

In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held

Gulag Voices: An Anthology (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback)

A unique anthology of Gulag memoirs, edited and annotated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum Anne Applebaum wields her considerable knowledge of a dark chapter in human history and presents a collection of the writings of survivors of the Gulag, the Soviet concentration camps. Although

Gulag. Historie - Anne Applebaumová

Gulag - obrovské množství sovětských koncentračních táborů - byl systém represí a trestů, jehož racionalizované zlo a institucionalizovaná nelidskost soutěžily s holocaustem. Do světového povědomí vstoupil Gulag v roce 1972, poté, co vyšla rozsáhlá práce, kterou z

Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes, the consequences of which still resonate today, as Russia has placed Ukrainian independence in its sights once more--from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron

Gulag - A History of the Soviet Camps (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Reveals one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century: the system of Soviet camps that are responsible for the deaths of countless millions. This work presents history of the camp: from its origins under the tsars, to its colossal expansion under Stalin's reign of terror, its zenith in the late

Red Famine - Stalin's War on Ukraine (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback / softback)

In 1932-33, nearly four million Ukrainians died of starvation, having been deliberately deprived of food. It is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of the twentieth century. With unprecedented authority and detail, Red Famine investigates how this happened, who was responsible, and

History of Flight (Giulieri Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Twilight of Democracy - The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends (Applebaum Anne)(Pevná vazba)

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - 'How did our democracy go wrong? This extraordinary document ... is Applebaum's answer.' --Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism

Fitzrovia: A Social History 1900-1950 (Basu Ann)(Paperback)

This history spotlights Fitzrovia's enterprising twentieth-century immigrant workers. Ann Basu's family of Jewish tailors lived here before the Second World War, just where the BT Tower stands today. At that time the women's fashion trade and the new car industry were sweeping into Fitzrovia;

Between East and West - Across the Borderlands of Europe (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback / softback)

As Europe's borderlands emerged from Soviet rule, the author travelled from the Baltic to the Black Sea, through Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and the Carpathian mountains. Rich in vivid characters and stories of tragedy and survival, this book illuminates the soul of a place, and the secret history

Soumrak demokracie - Anne Applebaumová

Renomovaná americká novinářka a historička se ve své nejnovější knize věnuje znepokojivému fenoménu posledních let - antidemokratickým trendům, které jsou stále patrnější jak ve východní a západní Evropě, tak i ve Spojených státech

Rudý hladomor - Anne Applebaumová

V roce 1929 Stalin zahájil proces zemědělské kolektivizace, která se v podstatě stala druhou ruskou revolucí. Miliony větších i menších zemědělců byly postupně přinuceny odevzdat svou půdu nově vytvořeným agrárním podnikům – družstevním kolchozům nebo státním

Iron Curtain - The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56 (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback / softback)

At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to a completely new political and moral system: Communism

Evropský Gulag / European Gulag

Když slyšíme slovo 'gulag', vybaví se nám nejprve kniha Souostroví GULAG Alexandra Solženicyna: systém tisíců táborů nucených prací rozesetých po celé rozloze Sovětského svazu. Téměř totožný systém však existoval v každé zemi, kterou po druhé světové válce ovládli

Gulag Archipelago - (Abridged edition) (Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr)(Paperback / softback)

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY JORDAN B. PETERSON 'Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece...The Gulag Archipelago helped create the world we live in today' Anne Applebaum THE OFFICIALLY APPROVED ABRIDGEMENT OF THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO VOLUMES I, II & III A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police,

Gulag Archipelago (Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr)(Paperback / softback)

The Gulag Archipelago is Solzhenitsyn's masterwork, a vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators and also of heroism, a Stalinist anti-world at the heart of the Soviet Union where the key to survival lay not in hope but in despair. The

Elizabeth's Bedfellows - An Intimate History of the Queen's Court (Whitelock Professor Anna)(Paperback / softback)

Political Islam in Tunisia - The History of Ennahda (Wolf Anne)(Paperback / softback)

A definitive political history of Tunisia's moderate Islamist 'Renaissance

The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr I.)(Paperback)

The history of the United Soviet Socialist Republics is a bloody one, especially before and during the time of Stalin. Tens of millions of innocent people were tortured, imprisoned and killed; entire minority populations were targeted. In The Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn draws a

The Shaman's Coat: A Native History of Siberia (Reid Anna)(Paperback)

The fascinating history of an unknown peopleA vivid mixture of history and reporting, The Shaman's Coat tells the story of some of the world's least-known peoples-the indigenous tribes of Siberia. Russia's equivalent to the Native Americans or Australian Aborigines, they divide into two dozen

Writing Material Culture History (Gerritsen Anne)(Paperback)

Writing Material Culture History 2e examines the methodologies used in the historical study of material culture. Looking at archaeology, anthropology, art history and literary studies, the book provides students with a fundamental understanding of the relationship between artefacts and historical

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (Applebaum Anne)(Pevná vazba)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - 'How did our democracy go wrong? This extraordinary document ... is Applebaum's answer.' --Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism

Selected Writings (Freud Anna)(Paperback / softback)

Anna Freud was one of the most creative and innovative thinkers in the history of psychoanalysis, whose pioneering work in child analysis and development revolutionized the treatment of the young. This book offers an overview of her entire career, displaying the richness, variety and originality of