We all know how the people of Pompeii died. But what about how they lived? __________In 24 hours, Pompeii will vanish. The morning of the eruption was a day like any other. Julia Felix opens her tavern for another day of business, defying every conve...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197582855)
In September 1645, the directors of the West India Company gathered to discuss the most important crisis in the companys history, one that would determine the fate of a burgeoning Dutch imperial project in the New World. In this book, Alexander...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197582848)
In September 1645, the directors of the West India Company gathered to discuss the most important crisis in the companys history, one that would determine the fate of a burgeoning Dutch imperial project in the New World. In this book, Alexander...Loe edasi...
The deeds (and misdeeds) of aristocrats, past and present, never lose their appeal, whether on our screens or in real life. But who are they, and why do they matter Forming Aristocracy is the story of the great aristocratic lineages of Europe: famili...Loe edasi...
Sari: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040639498)
The long eighteenth century is often seen as a time when consumption was driven by novelty, fashion and an expanding world of goods. This book takes an innovative approach to the supply of and demand for consumer goods in this period by exploring the...Loe edasi...
Sari: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040509647)
The long eighteenth century is often seen as a time when consumption was driven by novelty, fashion and an expanding world of goods. This book takes an innovative approach to the supply of and demand for consumer goods in this period by exploring the...Loe edasi...
Absorbing and exhilarating . . . This book will literally expand your horizons MICHAEL PALINA panoptic, deeply researched and compelling history of our nation PATRICK BARKHAMA fascinating, immersive history of Britains footpaths and routeways fr...Loe edasi...
With a foreword from Graham NortonThis is the official 70th anniversary celebration and your ultimate backstage pass to the magic of Eurovision, the cultural phenomenon that has united millions of people across the globe. The history of the show is t...Loe edasi...
Ian Robertson Hamilton was an unknown law student at Glasgow University until Christmas Eve 1950. On that night, assisted by Alan Stewart, Gavin Vernon and Kay Matheson, he took the Stone of Destiny from beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster Ab...Loe edasi...
Sari: Nineteenth-Century Science, Technology and Medicine: Sources and Documents
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040852170)
Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports readers in making sense of the material themselves t...Loe edasi...
An indispensable resource for academics and general readers, this fully translated and revised edition of De grootste slavenhandelaren van Amsterdam. Over Jochem Matthijs en Coenraad Smitt (Walburg Pers, 2022) examines the emergence of private Dutch...Loe edasi...
An indispensable resource for academics and general readers, this fully translated and revised edition of De grootste slavenhandelaren van Amsterdam. Over Jochem Matthijs en Coenraad Smitt (Walburg Pers, 2022) examines the emergence of private Dutch...Loe edasi...
Sari: Nineteenth-Century Science, Technology and Medicine: Sources and Documents
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040852095)
Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports readers in making sense of the material themselves t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Indiana University Press, ISBN-13: 9780253075567)
In the Danube Delta, on the border between Romania and Ukraine, a shrinking community of Russian Old Believers-Orthodox Christians who rejected seventeenth-century religious reforms in Russia-has struggled for survival, withdrawn from the world while...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Indiana University Press, ISBN-13: 9780253075574)
In the Danube Delta, on the border between Romania and Ukraine, a shrinking community of Russian Old Believers-Orthodox Christians who rejected seventeenth-century religious reforms in Russia-has struggled for survival, withdrawn from the world while...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300289480)
An engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the end of Roman Britain and the beginnings of England In 410 CE, Roman rule of Britain collapsed, bringing a centuries-long occupation to an end. A century later, Britain was dividing into two areas with co...Loe edasi...
Alexander Ivanovich Herzen, Robert N. Harris, Robert N. Harris, Kathleen F. Parthé
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674304079)
An annotated translation of Alexander Herzens monumental memoir Past and Thoughts-the first new English-language edition in a century-captures the tumultuous life and penetrating cultural and political insights of the writer widely regarded as the f...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691246949)
A new history of slavery and the French RevolutionThe First Emancipation is a dramatic account of how slavery and race profoundly influenced the course of the French Revolution and had a central impact on the lives of key leaders, including Mirabeau,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691287553)
A new history of slavery and the French RevolutionThe First Emancipation is a dramatic account of how slavery and race profoundly influenced the course of the French Revolution and had a central impact on the lives of key leaders, including Mirabeau,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040611357)
This book presents an alternative argument to the established opinion that witchcraft began to decline in the eighteenth century and that by the early twentieth century at the latest, it had largely ceased to exist.The idea that witchcraft disappeare...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040591543)
This book presents an alternative argument to the established opinion that witchcraft began to decline in the eighteenth century and that by the early twentieth century at the latest, it had largely ceased to exist.The idea that witchcraft disappeare...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9781501516818)
Unlike much of early medieval Europe, the early English converted to Christianity through missional efforts, not martial conquest. Thus early English converts had freedom to construct their Christian identity, producing a religious subjectivity that...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9781501516788)
Unlike much of early medieval Europe, the early English converted to Christianity through missional efforts, not martial conquest. Thus early English converts had freedom to construct their Christian identity, producing a religious subjectivity that...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682474297)
Step into the covert world of Russian espionage with this revealinginsiders account of how the Russian Intelligence Services (RIS)operate across the globe. Drawing on years of CIA field experience, Sean M. Wiswesser exposes the tactics, tradecraft,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682474297)
Step into the covert world of Russian espionage with this revealinginsiders account of how the Russian Intelligence Services (RIS)operate across the globe. Drawing on years of CIA field experience, Sean M. Wiswesser exposes the tactics, tradecraft,...Loe edasi...
Mark A. Walters, Imran Awan, Mika Hagerlid, Alexander Kondakov, Jennifer Schweppe
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110892864)
The De Gruyter European Handbook on Hate Crime offers a comprehensive overview of key themes and the latest research on hate crime across Europe. Against a backdrop of growing political and legal tensions surrounding identity and rights, it provides...Loe edasi...
Mark A. Walters, Imran Awan, Mika Hagerlid, Alexander Kondakov, Jennifer Schweppe
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110799989)
The De Gruyter European Handbook on Hate Crime offers a comprehensive overview of key themes and the latest research on hate crime across Europe. Against a backdrop of growing political and legal tensions surrounding identity and rights, it provides...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111615288)
In der Popularkultur besitzt die Renaissance Kultcharakter und wird in Bestseller-Romanen, im Film und in Computerspielen publikumswirksam inszeniert. Die neuere Fachwissenschaft hingegen auert gegen sie groe Vorbehalte: Erfasste sie nur die mannlich...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111615400)
In der Popularkultur besitzt die Renaissance Kultcharakter und wird in Bestseller-Romanen, im Film und in Computerspielen publikumswirksam inszeniert. Die neuere Fachwissenschaft hingegen auert gegen sie groe Vorbehalte: Erfasste sie nur die mannlich...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Louisiana State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780807186985)
After the collapse of the National Socialist regime in May 1945, France became one of four principal occupying powers in a defeated Germany. Within their zone of occupation along the Upper and Middle Rhine, French occupiers participated in the Allied...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Louisiana State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780807186992)
After the collapse of the National Socialist regime in May 1945, France became one of four principal occupying powers in a defeated Germany. Within their zone of occupation along the Upper and Middle Rhine, French occupiers participated in the Allied...Loe edasi...
Stories of the Stones explores how ancient monuments - standing stones, megaliths and earthworks - have been reimagined across the centuries in folklore, literature, art and popular culture. From medieval myths to Romantic fascination and from folk-h...Loe edasi...
Stories of the Stones explores how ancient monuments - standing stones, megaliths and earthworks - have been reimagined across the centuries in folklore, literature, art and popular culture. From medieval myths to Romantic fascination and from folk-h...Loe edasi...
"e;Mittelalterbilder"e; sagen mehr als tausend Worte, das gilt auch fur die Jahre 1914 bis 1918. Doch bereits zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts spielte deren Rezeption eine bedeutende Rolle in der Offentlichkeit Bayerns. Ausgehend von einer Star...Loe edasi...
From the bestselling author of The Land Where Lemons Grow, a luminous account of Sicilian history, geography, culture and cuisine, as seen from the slopes of EtnaFor centuries, Mount Etna has sent lava to engulf the towns and villages, terraced field...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780197823200)
One of three surviving collections of Latin bucolic poetry, the seven Eclogues transmitted under the name of Calpurnius Siculus are generally assigned to the reign of Nero, although the debate on dating continues, with proposals ranging between the l...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780197823217)
One of three surviving collections of Latin bucolic poetry, the seven Eclogues transmitted under the name of Calpurnius Siculus are generally assigned to the reign of Nero, although the debate on dating continues, with proposals ranging between the l...Loe edasi...
This book examines a small group of sixteenth-century Antwerp artworks depicting the butchering of beached whales, revealing how these images represent a pivotal moment in European attitudes toward nature. It argues that these "e;cetaceous units&...Loe edasi...
This book examines a small group of sixteenth-century Antwerp artworks depicting the butchering of beached whales, revealing how these images represent a pivotal moment in European attitudes toward nature. It argues that these "e;cetaceous units&...Loe edasi...
The 2nd edition of Nicholas Doumaniss A History of Greece provides a masterful exploration of Greek history from early antiquity to the present. Doumanis surveys the ancient, medieval and modern periods to convincingly make the case for Greek cultur...Loe edasi...
Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest is the definitive history of the Eurovision Song Contest and its political and cultural significance. Drawing on pioneering archival research, Dean Vuletic traces the contests evolution, covering its ea...Loe edasi...
Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest is the definitive history of the Eurovision Song Contest and its political and cultural significance. Drawing on pioneering archival research, Dean Vuletic traces the contests evolution, covering its ea...Loe edasi...
This book draws on the rich historical record of the Russian royal court to demonstrate how green spaces have been used as an instrument of diplomatic and political influence. Ekaterina Heath convincingly argues that parks like Pavlovsk are a fruitfu...Loe edasi...
The 2nd edition of Nicholas Doumaniss A History of Greece provides a masterful exploration of Greek history from early antiquity to the present. Doumanis surveys the ancient, medieval and modern periods to convincingly make the case for Greek cultur...Loe edasi...
This book draws on the rich historical record of the Russian royal court to demonstrate how green spaces have been used as an instrument of diplomatic and political influence. Ekaterina Heath convincingly argues that parks like Pavlovsk are a fruitfu...Loe edasi...
Arisiag and Morar, Norse and Gaelic, the river-mouth bay and the great water, part of na garbh Chriochan (The Rough Bounds), an area so rugged and desolate it was itself known as the Highlands of the Highlands. From Borrodale (fort-dale) to Kil...Loe edasi...
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EMPEROR OF ROME AND SPQRThe rock star scholar of Ancient Rome FINANCIAL TIMES The reigning Queen of Classics SPECTATORWhats exciting about a piece of bread 4,000 years old? Or some pots of paint abandoned in the er...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040466841)
The sources in this volume concentrate on British investments in Latin America-both material and imaginative-including new post-independence opportunities for tourism. Excerpts from the narratives of British entrepreneurs such as Francis Bond Head, J...Loe edasi...
Sari: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040626085)
1989 in the East revisits the processes that led to the collapse of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the USSR. This disintegration appeared to be the result of complex mobilisations where the repertoires of action, the...Loe edasi...
Sari: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040577165)
1989 in the East revisits the processes that led to the collapse of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the USSR. This disintegration appeared to be the result of complex mobilisations where the repertoires of action, the...Loe edasi...
