Qatar: Securing the Global Ambitions of a City-State (Roberts David)(Pevná vazba)

Qatar: Securing the Global Ambitions of a City-State (Roberts David)(Pevná vazba)

Rarely has a state changed its character so completely in so short a period of time. Previously content to play a role befitting its small size, Qatar was a traditional, risk-averse Gulf monarchy until the early 1990s. A bloodless coup in 1995 brought to power an emerging elite with a progressive

National Museum of Qatar (Jodidio Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Legacy: a gripping new novel from global bestselling author (Roberts Nora)(Pevná vazba)

A powerful new standalone novel from global bestseller Nora Roberts - a novel of a mother, a daughter and a traumatic past

Masters of the Pearl: A History of Qatar (Morton Michael Quentin)(Pevná vazba)

Qatar is a country of spectacular contrasts: from pearl fishing, its main industry until the 1930s, to gas and oil, which generate immense wealth today; to famously being at the center of both triumph and controversy in recent years for hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Almost a lifetime since he

The Age of Football - The Global Game in the Twenty-first Century (Goldblatt David)(Pevná vazba)

The critically acclaimed global story of football in the twenty-first

Hideaway (Roberts Nora)(Pevná vazba)

A powerful new novel from global bestseller Nora Roberts about finding what matters most in the least expected

Securing the State (Omand David)(Paperback / softback)

Sir David Omand served as Intelligence and Security Coordinator in the Cabinet Office from 2002-2005, coordinating counterterrorism strategy. He draws on historical examples to argue for a new outlook on the relationship between security and intelligence--one that respects human rights and avoids

Qatar: Small State, Big Politics (Kamrava Mehran)(Paperback)

The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even

Suffragette - The Battle for Equality (Roberts David)(Pevná vazba)

The story of the women's suffrage movement, told through pictures and words by the bestselling illustrator David

David Roberts' Delightfully Different Fairy Tales (Roberts David)(Pevná vazba)

A treasury of fairy tales with a difference - feminist, sparky and set in non-traditional periods, with funky clothes and recognisable settings. All beautifully illustrated by the brilliant David Roberts.A treasury of fairy tales with a difference - feminist, sparky and set in different decades of

Qatar and the Gulf Crisis (Ulrichsen Kristian Coates)(Pevná vazba)

Trump and the Puritans (Roberts James)(Pevná vazba)

The year 2020 is a hugely significant one for the United States of America, marking as it does the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower Pilgrims to the New World and their establishment of a 'godly' colony in (what was for them) the 'American wilderness'. But it is also the year of the

Shoes (Johnston Lucy)(Pevná vazba)

Shoes have always captured the imagination, and communicated the priorities and ambitions of the wearer. In the reign of Henry VIII, exaggerated shapes and wide toes were footwear's reflection of the aggressive social climate of court, while engravings of Queen Victoria show impossibly narrow

Napoleon: The Imperial Household (Cordier Sylvain)(Pevná vazba)

The dazzling splendors of the court of Napoleon I (1769-1821) reflected the grandeur and ambitions of the greatest empire of the day. This luxurious volume re-creates the ambiance and captures the spirit that prevailed in the French court during the Empire through the material manifestations of the

Global Cities: Past, Present and Future (Zhenhua Zhou)(Pevná vazba)

The pivotal nodes in the world city network are global cities---cities of supreme strategic value in global economy and politics, science and technology, culture, and society. Global Cities: Past, Present and Future explores the evolution of global cities---their formation, rise, development and

Jihad and Death - The Global Appeal of Islamic State (Roy Olivier)(Pevná vazba)

Everything you need to know about how Islamic State attracts new followers, by a world-renowned sociologist of

Crossing Continents: A History of Standard Chartered Bank (Penguin)(Pevná vazba)

For almost a hundred years from the 1860s, the City of London's overseas banks financed the global trade that lay at the core of the British Empire. Foremost among them from the beginning were two start-up ventures: the Standard Bank of South Africa, which soon developed a powerful domestic

The U.S. Navy: A Concise History (Symonds Craig L.)(Pevná vazba)

This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks on the

God's Generals the Revivalists (Liardon Roberts)(Pevná vazba)

The Generals Who Shook Nations Roberts Liardon chronicles compelling spiritual biographies of some of the most powerful preachers ever to ignite the fires of revival. Follow the faith journeys and lives of the great generals of God, including: George Whitefield, whose dramatic flair and passionate

A Global History of Architecture (Ching Francis D. K.)(Pevná vazba)

The gold-standard exploration of architecture's global evolution A Global History of Architecture provides a comprehensive tour through the ages, spinning the globe to present the landmark architectural movements that characterized each time period. Spanning from 3,500 b.c.e. to the present, this

A Velvet Empire: French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century (Todd David)(Pevná vazba)

How France's elites used soft power to pursue their imperial ambitions in the nineteenth century After Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly informal style of empire, one that emphasized economic and cultural influence rather than military conquest. A Velvet Empire is a global

The World of Ornament (Batterham David)(Pevná vazba)

Limits of the Known (Roberts David)(Paperback)

David Roberts has spent his career documenting voyages to the most extreme landscapes on earth. In Limits of the Known, he reflects on humanity's--and his own--relationship to exploration and extreme risk. Part memoir and part history, this book tries to make sense of why so many have committed

God's Generals, 5: The Missionaries (Liardon Roberts)(Pevná vazba)

They Served God to the Ends of the EarthIn his fifth God's Generals volume, Roberts Liardon chronicles some of the great evangelists who risked their lives to take the gospel message to strange and unknown cultures around the world, including... Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf--the Austrian nobleman