Underground Modernity: Urban Poetics in East-Central Europe, Pre- And Post-1989 (Kliems Alfrun)(Pevná vazba)

East of Nowhere (Ponzio Fabio)(Pevná vazba)

In 1987, Fabio Ponzio embarked on a photographic odyssey across Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Starting in Istanbul, and making his way to Poland, Ponzio found little food in the shops and long lines to buy bread. With supplies dwindling in the shops and immense crowds to buy

Possession in Languages of Europe and North and Central Asia(Pevná vazba)

Ancient West Asian Civilization: Geoenvironment and Society in the Pre-Islamic Middle East (Tsuneki Akira)(Pevná vazba)

The History (Attaleiates Michael)(Pevná vazba)

In 1039 Byzantium was the most powerful empire in Europe and the Near East, controlling the Balkans south of the Danube and all of Asia Minor into Armenia and Syria. By 1079 it had become a politically unstable state half the size, menaced by powerful enemies on all sides. The History of Michael

Jewish Space in Central and Eastern Europe: Day-To-Day History (Lempertiene Larisa)(Pevná vazba)

This volume is a compilation of articles written by renowned scholars and promising young researchers, in which the Jewish space is revealed as diverse forms of life and relations that developed in the rich context of urbanism, social life, leisure and economic activities, and coexistence with the

Water of Life (Wilson Anne)(Pevná vazba)

This important book looks at the entire history of distilling in the Middle East and Europe from the earliest experiments by the Pythagorean alchemists of Ptolomaic Egypt in the fourth century BC to the commercial production of spirits to drink in the British Isles to the year 2000. It is important

Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989 (Pavitt Bruce)(Pevná vazba)

'Experiencing Nirvana' is a photo journal, grunge rock micro-history, and an inside look into a crucial eight-day period in the touring life of Nirvana. In the last days of 1989, the young band goes from breaking up in Rome to winning over the influential British music press at Sub Pop s LameFest

Globalization on the Margins: Education and Post-Socialist Transformations in Central Asia (2nd Edition) (HC) (Silova Iveta)(Pevná vazba)

Reflecting on almost three decades of postsocialist transformations, the second edition of Globalization on the Margins explores continuities and changes in Central Asian education development since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, with a particular focus on the developments that took

Kings as Judges: Power, Justice, and the Origins of Parliaments (Boucoyannis Deborah)(Pevná vazba)

How did representative institutions become the central organs of governance in Western Europe? What enabled this distinctive form of political organization and collective action that has proved so durable and influential? The answer has typically been sought either in the realm of ideas, in the