Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia (Osterhammel Jrgen)(Pevná vazba)

Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia (Osterhammel Jrgen)(Pevná vazba)

How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of AsiaDuring the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic and colorful book, J

Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia (Osterhammel Jrgen)(Paperback)

How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of AsiaDuring the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic book, J rgen Osterhammel

Far East & Australasia 2000(Pevná vazba)

A systematic survey of all the countries of East Asia, South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. This book keeps up to date with economic and political developments. It presents over 1300 pages of statistics, directory material and

Prayer - Encounter with the Living God (Ilarion)(Pevná vazba)

The Lost Samurai: Japanese Mercenaries in South East Asia, 1593-1688 (Turnbull Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

East Asia Strategic Review - China's Rising Strategic Ambitions in Asia(Pevná vazba)

Presents Indian perspectives on the growing influence of China in Asia. These perspectives are particularly seen in the light of expanding Chinese political and economic engagement in Asia. As a major country in Asia, the Indian perspectives contribute the necessary input towards the ongoing debate

The Making of Korea in East Asia: A Korean History (Allen Chizuko)(Paperback)

The Making of Korea in East Asia: A Korean History provides students with a comprehensive exploration of the history of Korea from its origins to present day.The text is organized into eight chapters. The opening chapters discuss the geography and prehistory of Korea, the rise of Koguryŏ and

Globalization: A Short History (Osterhammel Jrgen)(Paperback)

'Globalization' has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soon embraced by the general public and integrated into numerous languages. But is this much-discussed phenomenon really an invention of modern times? In

The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (Osterhammel Jrgen)(Paperback)

A panoramic global history of the nineteenth centuryA monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. J rgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth

Raj Quartet - Vol 2 (Scott Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Records the encounter between East and West through the experiences of a dozen people caught up in the upheavals of the Second World War and the growing campaign for Indian

Birds of South-East Asia (Arlott Norman)(Pevná vazba)

This comprehensive new field guide is an excellent addition to the world-renowned series - the ultimate reference book for travelling

Asian Elements: Graphic Design in the East (Publications Sandu)(Pevná vazba)

Across the diverse continent of Asia, there is an abundance of cultural blending, leading to many distinctive visual styles that nevertheless reference and converse with one another. Asian Elements comprises two sections: A guide to traditional Eastern illustrations and patterns including zodiac,

Sussex: East: With Brighton and Hove (Antram Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

The East Sussex volume of The Buildings of England covers an area ranging from the High Weald in the north of the county to the massive ridge of the South Downs and the resort towns and ancient ports of the coast. Its coastal resorts are particularly distinguished, none more so than Brighton and

Feasts From the Middle East (Comptoir Libanais)(Pevná vazba)

A celebration of authentic Middle Eastern food, Feasts from the Middle East is packed with over 100 deliciously fresh, fragrant and flavourful dishes, inspired by the souks of

A Short History of South-East Asia (Church Peter)(Paperback)

Explore the fascinating history of south-east Asia A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spotlighting this fascinating region. With revised chapters for all of the countries in this geographic area, this interesting text paints a remarkable

Company and the Shogun: The Dutch Encounter with Tokugawa Japan (Clulow Adam)(Paperback)

The Dutch East India Company was a hybrid organization combining the characteristics of both corporation and state that attempted to thrust itself aggressively into an Asian political order in which it possessed no obvious place and was transformed in the process. This study focuses on the

Jrgen Messensee (Messensee Jrgen)(Pevná vazba)

Jurgen Messensee (born 1936) occupies an important position in the fields of painting and drawing in Austria. In recent years Messensee has been supplementing his drawings and paintings with the jet print, greatly enlarging his own drawings and then painting them. In this process, the artist is

Christianity in East and Southeast Asia (Ross Kenneth R.)(Pevná vazba)

Taking the analysis of worldwide Christianity to a deeper level of detail, this volume focuses on Christianity in East and Southeast Asia, covering every country and offering both reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps

James Sowerby: The Enlightenment's Natural Historian (Henderson Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The mid-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century was a time of illustrious achievements in the world of botanical art. Artists who once sought to please the whims of wealthy patrons were turning to scientists for inspiration, and they now had access to countless new botanical specimens thanks to

That Thing (Balwit Avital)(Pevná vazba)

A close encounter with an intelligent octopus provides a lesson in the value of curiosity and kindness to

Being Evil: A Philosophical Perspective (Russell Luke)(Pevná vazba)

We regularly encounter appalling wrongdoing, with the media offering a depressing parade of violent assault, rape, and murder. Yet sometimes even the cynical and world-weary amongst us are taken aback. Sometimes we confront a crime so terrible, so horrendous, so deeply wrong, that we reach for the

Proof of Conspiracy (Abramson Seth)(Pevná vazba)

The story of how Trump's international collusion with Russia and the Middle East is endangering

African Star over Asia - The Black Presence in the East(Paperback / softback)

Bruegel. The Complete Works - Jürgen Müller, Thomas Schauerte

Discover the complete works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the most significant artist of Flemish Renaissance painting. This XL monograph gathers all 40 paintings, 65 drawings, and 89 engravings—each piece a unique witness to both the religious mores and the close-knit folk culture of Bruegel’s