A new, updated edition including new speeches from Queen Elizabeth II and John Boyega in the year 2020. This collection of extraordinary speeches ranges from ancient times to the twenty-first century... Zobraziť viac
When troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave mistake, and its ramifications continue to reverberate through the lives of millions... Zobraziť viac
A toy train. A stack of letters. A tiny pulse glass, inherited from her great-great-grandfather, which was used to time a patient's heartbeat before pocket watches... Gillian Tindall, one of our most admired domestic history writers, examines seemingly... Zobraziť viac
The Peaky Blinders as we know them, thanks to the hit TV series, are infused with drama and dread. Fashionably dressed, the charismatic but deeply flawed Shelby family blind enemies by slashing them with the disposable safety razor blades stitched... Zobraziť viac
When he receives an invitation to deliver a lecture in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, international lawyer Philippe Sands begins a journey on the trail of his family's secret history. In doing so, he uncovers an astonishing series of coincidences that ... Zobraziť viac
Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA's African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America's space program. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, ... Zobraziť viac
London, May 1940. Britain is under threat of invasion and Neville Chamberlain’s government is about to fall. It is hard for... Zobraziť viac
This entertaining and fact-packed guide provides all the information you’ll need to travel back in time to Elizabethan... Zobraziť viac
Written in the twilight of the Roman Republic, the poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus offers a delicious insight into the passions and gossip of high Roman society. From the poet and his friends to cultural and political titans, including Caesar, ... Zobraziť viac
Obrazovo-textová publikácia - sprievodca mestom. Milan Kolcun ponúka 101 potuliek - krátkych príbehov o pamätihodnostiach mesta Košice These are the stories of the buildings and other curiosities in Košice, each in 3 minutes. You can start reading... Zobraziť viac
With an introduction by Kevin Powers A groundbreaking piece of journalism which inspired Stanley Kubrick's classic Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket. We took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality... Zobraziť viac
How did a near-extinct species, eking out a meager existence with stone axes, become the dominant power on earth, able to harness a knowledge of nature ranging from tiny atoms ... Zobraziť viac
A Pelican introduction to the century of Russia's revolutionary experience. What caused the Russian Revolution? Did it succeed or fail? Why are we still all living with its consequences? ... Zobraziť viac
This is the gripping story of the five Munich university students who set up an underground resistance movement in World War... Zobraziť viac
The epic history of Dunkirk, May 1940: when over 300,000 trapped Allied troops were dramatically rescued from destruction at the hands of Nazi Germany by an extraordinary seaborne evacuation. The true history of the soldiers, sailors, ... Zobraziť viac
Methuen Publishing Ltd: Possibly the best thing of its kind ever done ... Quotation is hopeless: every sentence clamours for... Zobraziť viac
Pan: Cornwall 1794. The birth of a son to Elizabeth and George Warleggan serves only to accentuate the rift between the... Zobraziť viac
Známý český historik a popularizátor historie vybral a poutavě napsal nejzajímavější příběhy z české historie od nejstarších dob po současnost. Kniha určená zahraničním turistům a studentům... Zobraziť viac
Monografia je upraveným a doplneným vydaním slovenskej publikácie Boj o Slovensko a Trianon 1918 – 1920. V porovnaní so slovenskou verziou má koncepčnú... Zobraziť viac
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? ... Zobraziť viac