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This fourth edition of Sir John Hale’s classic history of England and the Italian Renaissance includes a detailed introduction by Edward Chaney survey…

This is an updated edition of Conrad Totman’s authoritative history of Japan from c.8000 BC to the present day. The first edition was widely praised f…

Offers a broad and unique look at Ancient Egypt during its long age of imperialism Written for enthusiasts and scholars of pharaonic Egypt, as well as…

Colonial America: A History to 1763, 4th Edition provides updated and revised coverage of the background, founding, and development of the thirteen En…

Когда в мае 1945 года американские солдаты освобождали концентрационный лагерь Бухенвальд, в котором погибло свыше 60 000 человек, они не могли повери…

This book provides an accessible and up-to-date account of the rich military history of the nineteenth century. It takes a fresh approach, making nove…

This Companion brings together 32 new essays by leading historians to provide a reassessment of British history in the early twentieth century. The co…

Winner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize This book introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity, and identity of the Byzantines. This volu…

If the twenty-first century seems an unlikely stage for the return of a 14th-century killer, the authors of Return of the Black Death argue that the p…

*НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН И (ИЛИ) НАПРАВЛЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ДЫМАРСКИЙ ВИТАЛИЙ НАУМОВИЧ, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТ…

This book covers the entire historical range of the Sioux, from their emergence as an identifiable group in late prehistory to the year 2000. The auth…

The fundamental and explosive changes in the U.S. economy and its business system from 1860 to 1920 continue to fascinate and engage historians, econo…

The mass of the Roman people constituted well over 90% of the population. Much ancient history, however, has focused on the lives, politics and cultur…

This entertaining guide covers the period from 1485 to 1603, exploring the life and times of everyday people (from famine and the flu epidemic, to edu…

«Жизнь в средневековом замке» – бестселлер, познакомивший бесчисленное количество читателей с повседневным миром человека эпохи Средневековья. Исследу…

Media practices and the everyday cultures of transnational migrants are deeply interconnected. Mediating Migration narrates aspects of the migrant exp…

The Emergence of Monasticism offers a new approach to the subject, placing its development against the dynamic of both social and religious change. Fi…

The story of cuisine and the social history of eating is a fascinating one, and Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat covers all its aspects in this classic hist…

Created especially for the Australian customer! The simple and easy way to get your mind around Australia's military history More people are visiting …

An account for 35 years of normal life before the onslaught of virtual intruders (over a score of them besides the Robinson's goats) raiding regularly…

The tenth to the thirteenth centuries in Europe saw the appearance of popular heresy and the establishment of the Inquisition, the expropriation and m…

The second edition of Watergate: A Brief History with Documents presents a collection of relevant historic documents from Nixon's acceptance speech at…

Covers the history of the entire African continent, from prehistory to the present day A Companion to African History embraces the diverse regions, su…

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This is Joan’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls.During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The wo…

Curing their Ills traces the history of encounters between European medicine and African societies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Vaughan'…

This is the first major synthesis of Greek religion to appear for a generation. A clearly structured and readable survey for classical scholars and st…

The Guns of Navarone and its three sequels, in which the same characters are sent on other wartime missions, together in one volume for the first time…

Деревню Свибло, где проживает Катерина, в июле сорок первого оккупировали немцы. В 18 лет ей пришлось напрямую столкнуться с ужасами войны — на ее гла…

История Англии – это непрерывное движение и череда постоянных изменений. Но всю историю Англии начиная с первобытности пронизывает преемственность, та…

A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity examines the social and cultural landscape of the Late Antique Mediterranean. The text offers a pictur…

Who were the scientific geniuses behind some of the most innovative and important discoveries in modern medicine? Medical science in the 21st century …

Picture the perfect family…Now forget it & read this.An achingly funny novel on modern motherhood and married life, as told through the e-mail corresp…

Перед вами — художественно-историческое исследование, посвященное Касимовскому царству. Расположенное между Муромом и Рязанью татарское государство бы…

Роман В.Н. Есенкова «Страсть» повествует о том периоде жизни Ф.М. Достоевского, когда писатель с молодой женой, скрываясь от многочисленных кредиторов…

Nineteenth-Century Europe offers a much-needed concise and fresh look at European culture between the Great Revolution in France and the First World W…

The 17th Century Parisian doctor who made blood transfusion history… In 1667 a Parisian doctor by the name of Jean-Baptiste Denis performed an operati…

Gender History Across Epistemologies offers broad range of innovative approaches to gender history. The essays reveal how historians of gender are cro…

Рассуждения Алексея Величко об ограничениях и формализации власти монарха. Ключевые вопросы этой проблемы: имеет ли ограничения власть монарха и можно…

Это глубокий рассказ о том, как Н.В. Гоголь работал над вторым томом «Мёртвых душ», работал трагически-тяжело. Первая книга о Н.В. Гоголе под название…

This history of the Nordic peoples in the period 750-1050 focuses on their homelands and colonies, demonstrating the fluidity and incoherence of the w…

‘Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500. He places these diseases within an international perspective, a…

Declared a terrorist menace yet elected to government in a free election, Hamas now stands as the most important Sunni Islamist group in the Middle Ea…

НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНО…

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