Mathilde Leduc-Grimaldi, James L. Newman, Guido Gryseels, Dominique Allard
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Jan-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: Ohio University Press, ISBN-13: 9780821423660)
In 1871, American writer Henry M. Stanley traveled from Zanzibar to Tanganyika in search of the missing explorer Dr. David Livingstone at the behest of the New York Herald’s impresario editor. In 1872, Stanley emerged from centra...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Jan-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: Omnibus Press, ISBN-13: 9781785588457)
How Anita came to be with Brian is really the story of how the Stones became the Stones. She almost single-handedly engineered a cultural revolution in London by bringing together the Stones and the jeunesse dorée…The Stones came...Loe edasi...
John Quincy Adams is regarded as one of the greatest diplomats and secretaries of state in U.S. history. He shaped Americas foreign policy in line with his nationalist leanings, modernized the U.S. economy, was a strong opponent of slavery, and i...Loe edasi...
The first biography of Julia Kristeva-one of the most important intellectuals of the last 100 years. It connects her personal journey with the history of her ideas, clarifies her legacy within the context of postwar European thought, and demon...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jan-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: Bloomsbury Academic USA, ISBN-13: 9781501341342)
The first biography of Julia Kristeva-one of the most important intellectuals of the last 100 years. It connects her personal journey with the history of her ideas, clarifies her legacy within the context of postwar European thought, and demon...Loe edasi...
A vivid portrait of the man behind the writings. As one of the most enduringly popular and controversial novelists of the last century, the 70th anniversary of George Orwells death in 2020 offers an opportunity to assess his rele...Loe edasi...
George Farquhar (1677–1707) is one of the most successful and enduringly popular Restoration playwrights. His two masterpieces, The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux Stratagem, are still regularly performed today. Yet aspects of Farq...Loe edasi...
The 1943 battle to free the Soviet Black Sea port of Novorossiisk from German occupation was fought from the beach head of Malaia zemlia, where the young Colonel Leonid Brezhnev saw action. Despite widespread scepticism of the states appropria...Loe edasi...
This first-hand witness account - originally written by Ludmila Miklashevskaya in 1976 and here translated into English by historian Elaine MacKinnon for the first time - tells the important story of one womans persecution under Stalin. From M...Loe edasi...
Following the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the Congress System became the primary instrument of diplomacy in Europe. So central was the Austrian Chancellor Metternich to the political-legal Congress System that the period has often been referr...Loe edasi...
Sir Ranulph Fiennes looks back on a life lived at the very limits of human endeavour. An updated and revised edition of Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know, published to celebrate the authors 75th year....Loe edasi...
The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin shows how this one mans life takes us beyond the crude stereotypes of the Clash of Civilisations even while his legacy helps explain them: an intimate portrait of a towering figure of world history t...Loe edasi...
Rupert Murdochs extraordinary career has no parallel. His control of Fox news, which so successfully supports the Trump presidency, is a key force in American politics. In the UK, his control of The Sun and The Times leaves politicians scrambl...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jan-2020, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: W H Allen, ISBN-13: 9780753545188)
In the Summer of 1940, after the Nazi occupation of Poland, an underground operative called Witold Pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interned at a new concentration camp on the border of the Reich....Loe edasi...