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Что таит в себе жизнь актёра? Некоторые из нас могут представить или предположить, как живут аборигены сцены. Но внешняя жизнь очень сильно отличается…

With original essays by leading scholars, this book explores the social history of the medieval eastern Roman Empire and offers illuminating new insig…

Spanning the period from Alexander the Great's accession to the throne in 336 BC to the defeat by Octavian of Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC, this volu…

Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny.

In this book Toner offers a new way of looking at Roman society at all levels, not just among the elite, by examining the imperial games and the baths…

Дорогой читатель! Искренне надеюсь, что время, проведённое с моей книгой, не окажется потраченным зря. Среди моих стихов найдётся и немного переживани…

This book presents in translation 175 of the most revealing documents that have survived on stone and papyrus from the Hellenistic period. Presents ov…

This book offers a comprehensive overview of Britain's development since the end of the Second World War. It comprises 23 contributions from leading a…

This book invites readers to join in a fresh and extensive investigation of one of Ancient Greece’s greatest inventions: democratic government. Provid…

The first book to focus on the social impact of warfare and the Roman army in Late Antiquity. Explores the implications of war and the army in a broad…

В сборник вошли 11 басен Юлии Глинской. Автор хочет, чтобы басня не высмеивала, а заставляла задуматься. Басни понравятся тем, кто ищет доброе в людях…

This book comprises 11 essays on Stalinism by both eminent historians and younger scholars who have conducted research in the newly opened Russian arc…

This history traces the development of democracy in Europe from its origins in ancient Greece up to the present day. Considers all the major watershed…

This book focuses on the work of the great sixteenth-century traveller and map-maker Andre Thevat and explores the interrelations between representati…

By examining his military and political career, home life and relationships with women, Always I Am Caesar provides a vivid portrait of Caesar’s life …

Когда-нибудь каждый столкнется с неизбежностью и необратимостью смерти. Как жить с этой неизбежностью? Именно об этом сборник "О жизни и смерти".

Fidel Castro is one of the most interesting and controversial personalities of our time – he has become a myth and an icon. He was the first Cuban Cau…

This book challenges the reputation of the Spanish Inquisition as an instrument of religious persecution, torture and repressionand looks at its wider…

This book aims to understand the different readings of Castiglione's Cortegiano or Book of the Courtier from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

This is the first biography in English of King Hammurabi, who ruled Babylon from 1792 to 1750 BC and presents a rounded view of his accomplishments. D…

Январь-июнь 1942 г. Осажденный Севастополь из последних сил противостоит яростным атакам немецких войск… К несчастью – этот эпизод Великой Отечественн…

North Carolina 2nd edition is a single volume, fascinating history of the state that covers political, economic, cultural and social dimensions of the…

Spain, 1157-1300 makes use of a vast body of primary and secondary source material to provide a balanced overview of a crucial period of Spanish as we…

The Reformation Movement in Germany provides readers with a strong narrative overview of the most recent work on the Reformation in the German lands.

This collection of twenty-four original essays by leading scholars in American women's history highlights the most recent important scholarship on the…

A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of historical debates about this period, focusing on the whole British Isles. An autho…

This sweeping history of the Serbian people starts with the settlement of the Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula in the seventh century and ends with the d…

Written by the late Patrick Wormald, one of the leading authorities on Bede’s life and work over a 30-year period, this book is a collection of studie…

This history of Spain in the period between the end of Roman rule and the time of the Arab conquest challenges many traditional assumptions about the …

This concise overview of the history and historiography of the American South puts the major problems and issues of that region into clear, accessible…

This well-illustrated, concise text will serve as a benchmark study of the Nasca people and culture for years to come.

Just who are ‘the Malays’? This provocative study poses the question and considers how and why the answers have changed over time, and from one region…

Slavery and Emancipation is a comprehensive collection of primary and secondary readings on the history of slaveholding in the American South combinin…

This sharp and authoritative account of American foreign relations analyzes the last fifteen years of foreign policy in relation to the last forty yea…

A Companion to American Indian History captures the thematic breadth of Native American history over the last forty years. Twenty-five original essays…

Like its highly popular and distinctive predecessor, this new edition of Indians in American History strives to fully integrate Indians into the conve…

The Persians is a succinct narrative of Iranian history from the time of Cyrus the Great in 560BC to the present day. A succinct narrative of Iranian …

This beautifully illustrated new biography of Cleopatra draws on literary, archaeological, and art historical evidence to paint an intimate and compel…

In a major revision of this popular text, Dr. Justus Doenecke integrates scholarly research conducted in the 1990s to offer readers a fresh picture of…

A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain presents 33 essays by expert scholars on all the major aspects of the political, social, economic and cultur…

Guides students through a rich menu of American history through food and eating This book features a wide and diverse range of primary sources coverin…

This book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods and sources employed in 'doing' ancient history, as opposed to 'reading' it. The book:…

This sourcebook presents a wealth of material relating to every aspect of Roman spectacles, especially gladiatorial combat and chariot racing. Draws o…

In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war. Argues that the biotechnology revolut…

A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction addresses the key topics and themes of the Civil War era, with 23 original essays by top scholars in t…