Early Modern English Foodways: A Critical Sourcebook is the first anthology devoted to food-related writing in Renaissance England. Bringing together seventy passages from a two-hundred-year sweep of British history, the volume demonstrates...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226847597)
The story of a bold political experiment in nineteenth-century France to establish power through finance. Amid the rise of industrial capitalism and revolutionary turbulence in France, finance was reimagined to be an instrument of e...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226847573)
The story of a bold political experiment in nineteenth-century France to establish power through finance. Amid the rise of industrial capitalism and revolutionary turbulence in France, finance was reimagined to be an instrument of e...Loe edasi...
Over the past two decades, academic, sociological/historical writing on football has flourished, mainly on the back of the debate over the games early development. This book adds to that debate, providing more information on the early meetings of...Loe edasi...
Moses and Homer explores the eradication of the Jewish tradition from German intellectual history between 1770 and 1800 and analyzes the numerous ruptures triggered by the exclusion of the representatives of Judaism from the German-speaking...Loe edasi...
Based on an extensive body of Russian and German sources, this book reconstructs the fate of the approximately 1.5 million soldiers and officers of the Russian army held in German prisoner of war camps during the First World War. Moving beyond insti...Loe edasi...
In April 1986 a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to contaminate the land and poison the people for years to come. While officials tried to hush up the accident, Svetlana Alexievich...Loe edasi...
How does the historian track down evidence? For even the most experienced researchers this can be a hard task, often accomplished as much by luck as judgement. Primary Sources in British Archives explains how to locate and gain access to so...Loe edasi...
This is the first biography to explore in detail the life of Dark Age historian, The Venerable Bede. Based on the most up-to-date research and historical and archaeological evidence, this book pieces together Bedes life and those of the monks and nu...Loe edasi...
This textbook explores vital networks and relationships among geographies and cultures that shaped medieval societies. Designed for students new to the subject, this second edition has been fully updated to include expanded coverage of Africa, the...Loe edasi...
This textbook explores vital networks and relationships among geographies and cultures that shaped medieval societies. Designed for students new to the subject, this second edition has been fully updated to include expanded coverage of Africa, the A...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008699987)
A rollicking narrative history set during the extraordinary summer of 1726 when Jonathan Swift arrived in London from Dublin, with a draft of Gullivers Travels in his bag....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Jonathan Cape, ISBN-13: 9781787333161)
What do we leave behind when we move to a new place and what do we carry with us, physically and emotionally, wherever we land? Here are the voices of people who have come to Britain to make a new life: a Czech-Roma lawyer in Reading, an...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The Bodley Head Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781847927583)
A ground-breaking history of modern Britain that puts the experiences of disabled people to the fore for the first time. A timely and enjoyable untold history PHILIPPA GREGORY A rare feat of a book: so many extraordinary sto...Loe edasi...
History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nations story and now lovingly restored. In this moving and revelatory boo...Loe edasi...
The Périgord of sixteenth-century France is a wild region on the edge of the reaches of royal authority-its steep, forested valleys roamed by bands of brigands and gypsies, its communities divided by conflict between Catholics and converts to the ne...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682476017)
Step into the covert world of Russian espionage with this revealing insiders 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...
A book about finding home amidst the ancient mountains and lakes of northern Greece. A story of people, pelicans, borders and bears. A story of shelter, generosity and welcome. A stor...Loe edasi...
The story of the Norse Earls of Orkney, whose lands once covered much of Scotland, and whose reach extended as far as Scandinavia, continental Europe and even the Mediterranean.Lords of the Salt Road reveals the dramatic hist...Loe edasi...
