The Aztecs: Lost Civilizations (Berdan Frances F.)(Pevná vazba)

The Aztecs: Lost Civilizations (Berdan Frances F.)(Pevná vazba)

In this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan shines fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, etiquette, origin myths, and human sacrifice. While the Aztecs are often described as 'stone age,'

Atlantis and Other Lost Civilizations (Snedden Robert)(Pevná vazba)

The Sumerians: Lost Civilizations (Collins Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The Sumerians are widely believed to have created the world's earliest civilization on the fertile floodplains of southern Iraq from about 3500 to 2000 BCE. They have been credited with the invention of nothing less than cities, writing, and the wheel, and therefore hold an ancient mirror to our

The Greeks: Lost Civilizations (Matyszak Philip)(Pevná vazba)

This book is a portrait of Ancient Greece--but not as we know it. Few people today appreciate that Greek civilization was spread across the Middle East, or that there were Greek cities in the foothills of the Himalayas. Philip Matyszak tells the lost stories of the Greeks outside Greece,

Paradise Lost: A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Brown David S.)(Pevná vazba)

Pigeonholed in popular memory as a Jazz Age epicurean, a playboy, and an emblem of the Lost Generation, F. Scott Fitzgerald was at heart a moralist struck by the nation's shifting mood and manners after World War I. In Paradise Lost, David Brown contends that Fitzgerald's deepest allegiances were

The Aztec Empire: An Enthralling Overview of the History of the Aztecs, Starting with the Settlement in the Valley of Mexico (History Enthralling)(Pevná vazba)

Anne Frank: The Collected Works (Frank Anne)(Pevná vazba)

Wright - Brice Brooks Pfeiffer

Acclaimed as the “father of skyscrapers”, the quintessentially American icon Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) was an architect of aspiration. He believed in giving cultivated American life its fitting architectural equivalent and applied his idealism to structures across the continent, from

Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs (Townsend Camilla)(Pevná vazba)

In November 1519, Hernando Cort s walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the narrative offered by the Spaniards. After all, we

Titian's Pietro Aretino (Prose Francine)(Pevná vazba)

An essay by Xavier F. Salomon, Frick Curator, paired with a contribution by author Francine Prose bring to life one of Titian's most personal and revealing portraits. Author of lives of saints, scurrilous verses, comedies, tragedies, and innumerable letters, Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) attained

Things We Lost to the Water (Nguyen Eric)(Pevná vazba)

Love Without Reason: The Lost Art of Giving a F*ck (Gaston Larayia)(Pevná vazba)

Activist, documentary filmmaker, and founder of the nonprofit Lunch on Me, LaRayia Gaston offers inspiring and practical guidance for bringing kindness, generosity, and love to a world in need. If the world's problems feel overwhelming and making a difference seems impossible, you're not alone. So

The Last Pictures (Paglen Trevor)(Pevná vazba)

Human civilizations' longest lasting artifacts are not the great Pyramids of Giza, nor the cave paintings at Lascaux, but the communications satellites that circle our planet. In a stationary orbit above the equator, the satellites that broadcast our TV signals, route our phone calls, and process

Lost Folkestone (Taylor Alan F.)(Paperback / softback)

The Kent coastal town of Folkestone lies at the foot of the North Downs, with France visible across the Strait of Dover. The town developed around the harbour built in the nineteenth century, both as a resort and a port for cross-Channel ferries. Hotels, theatres and a pier were built in this era

The Learning Curve (Paige Frances)(Pevná vazba)

Making Civilizations: The World Before 600 (Gehrke Hans-Joachim)(Pevná vazba)

Distinguished historians of the ancient world analyze the earliest developments in human history and the rise of the first major civilizations, from the Middle East to India and China. In this volume of the six-part History of the World series, Hans-Joachim Gehrke, a noted scholar of ancient

The Indus: Lost Civilizations (Robinson Andrew)(Paperback)

The Indus civilization flourished for half a millennium from about 2600 to 1900 BCE, when it mysteriously declined and vanished from view. It remained invisible for almost four thousand years, until its ruins were discovered in the 1920s by British and Indian archaeologists. Today, after almost a

Art of Smurfs - The Lost Village (Miller-Zarneke Tracey)(Pevná vazba)

The Lost Bloc (Yuan Liu)(Pevná vazba)

The Lost Bloc is a fascinating photographic adventure through formerly--or, in some cases, currently--socialist countries that are still united by their communist past and enriched with local traditions, customs, and religions. Inspired by nostalgia and personal experience, photographer Liu Yuan

Lost Ireland (Fitzpatrick Orla)(Pevná vazba)

Pavilion's 20-title Lost series crosses the Atlantic to chronicle some of the precious losses from across the island of Ireland.Pavilion Books' Lost series traditionally looks at the cherished places of a city that time, progress and fashion have swept aside. However, using the new expanded

The Lost Lands (Rise of the Dragons, Book 2), 2 (Khoury Jessica)(Pevná vazba)

Minecraft: The Lost Journals: An Official Minecraft Novel (Lafferty Mur)(Pevná vazba)

Forgotten Archives 3: The Lost Signal Corps Photos (Neely Darren)(Pevná vazba)

Song for Will - The Lost Gardeners of Heligan (Robinson Hilary)(Pevná vazba)