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Русский излом. Роман в трех частях
Алона Китта
Роман «Русский излом» повествует о жизни двух поколений семей Астафьевых, Талановых и Беренбоймов на фоне трагических событий русской истории первой половины двадцатого века – революции, гражданской войны, коллективизации и сталинских репрессий....
Хочу, чтобы меня слышали! Книга 2. Золото Разрушителей
Юрий Широков
Во второй книге романа вместе с известными вам героями вы будете спасать старинные артефакты и золото Российской империи, окунетесь в атмосферу времен окончания Гражданской войны, побываете на мюнхенской Олимпиаде, снова попадете на войну –...
Очерки по истории станицы Митякинской и Тарасовского района. Книга 2
Геннадий Коваленко
Книга рассказывает об истории станицы Митякинской и впоследствии Тарасовского района с конца 1917 по 1945 год. В ней также приведены краткие биографии замечательных людей нашего края.
Мудрость веков в словах великих. Сборник афоризмов
Группа авторов
«Молодёжь говорит: я не хочу жить чужим умом, я сам обдумаю. Зачем же тебе обдумывать обдуманное. Бери готовое и иди дальше. В этом сила человечества.»Л. ТолстойЯ думаю, что если запомнить несколько ярких афоризмов да сказать их вовремя и к...
Листы из моего портфеля…
Христиан Вильгельм фон Фабер дю Фор
Русская кампания Наполеона – одно из самых значимых и, пожалуй, знаменательных военных событий европейской истории. Кампания 1812 года на многие века определила ход развития всех европейских стран. И тогда, и теперь она увлекает историков,...
Орбека. Дитя Старого Города
Юзеф Игнаций Крашевский
Роман «Орбека» относится к реалистической части наследия Крашевского. К тому же автор выступает тут как психолог. В нём показана реальная жизнь Варшавы XIX века. Роман посвящен теме любви. Шляхтич Орбека одиноко живёт в своей деревне. Любит...
The Last Caudillo. Alvaro Obreg?n and the Mexican Revolution
Jurgen Buchenau
The Last Caudillo presents a brief biography of the life and times of General Alvaro Obreg?n, along with new insights into the Mexican Revolution and authoritarian rule in Latin America. Features a succinct biography of the life and times of a...
Locus Amoenus. Gardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance
Alexander Samson
Locus Amoenus provides a pioneering collection of new perspectives on Renaissance garden history, and the impact of its development. Experts in the field illustrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans...
Contemporary China. A History since 1978
Yongnian Zheng
Using new research and considering a multidisciplinary set of factors, Contemporary China offers a comprehensive exploration of the making of contemporary China. Provides a unique perspective on China, incorporating newly published materials...
Contemporary Japan. History, Politics, and Social Change since the 1980s
Jeff Kingston
The second edition of this comprehensive study of recent Japanese history now includes the author's expert assessment of the effects of the earthquake and tsunami, including the political and environmental consequences of the Fukushima reactor...
A History of Modern Africa. 1800 to the Present
Richard J. Reid
Updated and revised to emphasise long-term perspectives on current issues facing the continent, the new 2nd Edition of A History of Modern Africa recounts the full breadth of Africa's political, economic, and social history over the past two...
A History of Modern Germany. 1800 to the Present
Martin Kitchen
Featuring revised and extended coverage, the second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers an accessible and engagingly written account of German history from 1800 to the present. Provides readers with a long view of modern German...
Europe between Democracy and Dictatorship. 1900 - 1945
Conan Fischer
Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe’s turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century, from the optimism at the turn of the century to the successive waves of destruction of the First and Second World Wars. Written...
The Western Mediterranean and the World. 400 CE to the Present
Teofilo Ruiz F.
From the Straits of Gibraltar to Sicily, the European northern Mediterranean nations to the shores of North Africa, the western Mediterranean is a unique cultural and sociopolitical entity which has had a singular role in shaping today’s global...
African American Voices. A Documentary Reader, 1619-1877
Steven Mintz
A succinct, up-to-date overview of the history of slavery that places American slavery in comparative perspective. Provides students with more than 70 primary documents on the history of slavery in America Includes extensive excerpts from slave...
Protestants. A History from Wittenberg to Pennsylvania 1517 - 1740
C. Dixon Scott
Protestants: A History from Wittenberg to Pennsylvania, 1517-1740 presents a comprehensive thematic history of the rise and influence of the branches of Christianity that emerged out of the Protestant Reformation. Represents the only English...
Pacific Eldorado. A History of Greater California
Thomas Osborne J.
Osborne's work is the first history text to explore the sweep of California's past in relationship to its connections within the maritime world of the Pacific Basin. Presents a provocative and original interpretation of the entire span of...
Beyond Borders. A History of Mexican Migration to the United States
Timothy Henderson J.
Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States details the origins and evolution of the movement of people from Mexico into the United States from the first significant flow across the border at the turn of the twentieth...
The Portuguese Empire in Asia, 1500-1700. A Political and Economic History
Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Featuring updates and revisions that reflect recent historiography, this new edition of The Portuguese Empire in Asia 1500-1700 presents a comprehensive overview of Portuguese imperial history that considers Asian and European perspectives....
Times Are Altered with Us. American Indians from First Contact to the New Republic
Roger Carpenter M.
Times Are Altered with Us: American Indians from Contact to the New Republic offers a concise and engaging introduction to the turbulent 300-year-period of the history of Native Americans and their interactions with Europeans—and then...
The Wobbling Pivot, China since 1800. An Interpretive History
Pamela Crossley Kyle
This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since the eighteenth century builds its story around the delicate relationship between central government and local communities. Rejects the traditional view of China as a wholly harmonious...
Poland in the Modern World. Beyond Martyrdom
Brian Porter-Szucs
Poland in the Modern World presents a history of the country from the late nineteenth century to the present, incorporating new perspectives from social and cultural history and positioning it in a broad global context Challenges traditional...
Running for Freedom. Civil Rights and Black Politics in America since 1941
Steven Lawson F.
Running for Freedom, Fourth Edition, updates historian Steven Lawson’s classic volume detailing the history of African-American civil rights and black politics from the beginning of World War II to the present day. Offers comprehensive coverage...
The Making of Modern South Africa. Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy
Nigel Worden
The new edition of The Making of Modern South Africa provides a comprehensive, current introduction to the key themes and debates concerning the history of this controversial country. Engagingly written, the author provides a sharp, analytical...
Power in the 21st Century. Conversations with John Hall
Michael Mann
Michael Mann is one of the most influential sociologists writing today. His three-volume work The Sources of Social Power, the third volume of which has just been completed, has transformed our way of thinking about power and has rewritten the...
Spaniards in the Colonial Empire. Creoles vs. Peninsulars?
Mark Burkholder A.
Spaniards in the Colonial Empire traces the privileges, prejudices, and conflicts between American-born and European-born Spaniards, within the Spanish colonies in the Americas from the sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries. • Covers three...
The Italian Renaissance. Culture and Society in Italy
Питер Бёрк
In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions which existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries...
A History of Modern Europe. From 1815 to the Present
Albert Lindemann S.
A History of Modern Europe surveys European history from the defeat of Napoleon to the twenty-first century, presenting major historical themes in an authoritative and compelling narrative. Concise, readable single volume covering Europe from...
Mothers Making Latin America. Gender, Households, and Politics Since 1825
Erin O'Connor E.
Mothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated from—or unimportant to—central developments in Latin American history since independence. Presents...
Gender in History. Global Perspectives
Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
Updated with new material to reflect the latest developments in the field, Gender in History: Global Perspectives, 2nd Edition, provides a concise overview of the construction of gender in world cultures from the Paleolithic era to modern times....
Asia. A Concise History
Arthur Cotterell
From one of the world's leading historians?a comprehensive narrative of the 3,000 years that have formed Asia's people, culture, and global destiny Tracing its origins in Mesopotamia to its modern role on the global geopolitical stage, historian...
Native America. A History
Michael Oberg Leroy
This history of Native Americans, from the period of first contact to the present day, offers an important variation to existing studies by placing the lives and experiences of Native American communities at the center of the narrative. Presents...
Two Oxen Ahead. Pre-Mechanized Farming in the Mediterranean
Paul Halstead
This revealing study shows how careful analysis of recent farming practices, and related cultural traditions, in communities around the Mediterranean can enhance our understanding of prehistoric and Greco-Roman societies. Includes a wealth of...
Contemporary America. Power, Dependency, and Globalization since 1980
M. Heale J.
This history of America’s recent past focuses on the importance of the United States’ interaction with the outside world and includes detailed accounts of the presidencies of Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush. Provides a substantial account of...
Belonging. Solidarity and Division in Modern Societies
Montserrat Guibernau
It is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community – from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and...
Fear and Progress. Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain, 1939-1975
Antonio S?nchez Cazorla
Utilizing hundreds of confidential documents from authorities in the Franco government, Fear and Progress: Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain, 1939-1975 recounts the experiences of Spanish citizens who lived during the 40-year Franco dictatorship....
Caliphs and Kings. Spain, 796-1031
Roger Collins
Roger Collins, a leading historian, investigates a time in Spanish history known for its multi-religious society – when Christians, Jews and Muslims lived in apparent harmony – revealing a fuller, more complex picture of this fascinating period....
Working Hard for the American Dream. Workers and Their Unions, World War I to the Present
Randi Storch
Working Hard for the American Dream examines the various economic, social, and political developments that shaped labor history in the United States from World War I until the present day. Presents an overview of labor history that also...
The Strange Non-death of Neo-liberalism
Colin Crouch
The financial crisis seemed to present a fundamental challenge to neo liberalism, the body of ideas that have constituted the political orthodoxy of most advanced economies in recent decades. Colin Crouch argues in this book that it will shrug...
Ancient Egyptian Tombs. The Culture of Life and Death
Steven Snape
This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians’ belief in the afterlife. Investigates the roles of tombs in the development of...
Ordinary Courage. The Revolutionary War Adventures of Joseph Plumb Martin
James Martin Kirby
This remarkable memoir is one of the most celebrated documents to emerge from the tumult of America’s Revolutionary War. The ordinary and yet exceptional experiences of a young soldier in Washington’s army are given a new life in this fourth...
The Rise of Western Christendom. Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000
Peter Brown
This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity’s first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color images, and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European...
Cultural Hybridity
Питер Бёрк
The period in which we live is marked by increasingly frequent and intense cultural encounters of all kinds. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips – recently voted...
A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents 1837 - 1861
Joel Silbey H.
A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents presents a series of original essays exploring our historical understanding of the role and legacy of the eight U.S. presidents who served in the significant period between 1837 and the start of the Civil...
Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920
Steven Riess A.
Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920 presents the second edition of Stephen A. Riess’s well-loved synthesis of the development of sport during one of the most transformational times in the nation’s history. New edition maintains the book’s...
Economic Theory and the Ancient Mediterranean
Donald Jones W.
Economic Theory and the Ancient Mediterranean presents a comprehensive introduction to the application of contemporary economic theory to the ancient societies of the Mediterranean Sea from the period of 5000 BCE to 400 CE. Offers an accessible...
A Companion to Marcus Aurelius
Marcel Ackeren van
A Companion to Marcus Aurelius presents the first comprehensive collection of essays to explore all essential facets relating to contemporary Marcus Aurelius studies. • First collection of its kind to commission new state-of-the-art scholarship...
A Companion to George Washington
Edward Lengel G.
Utilizing new primary source material from the Papers of George Washington, a documentary editing project dedicated to the transcription and publication of original documents, A Companion to George Washington features a collection of original...
A Concise History of World Population
Massimo Bacci Livi
This fifth edition of the essential history of world population is updated with the most recent and significant scholarship on the topic. Reworked sections analyze the impact of environmental and climate change, discuss declining fertility in...
A Companion to Harry S. Truman
Daniel Margolies S.
With contributions from the most accomplished scholars in the field, this fascinating companion to one of America's pivotal presidents assesses Harry S. Truman as a historical figure, politician, president and strategist. Assembles many of the...
