Women s history of the modern world

Queens of Bohemia

The first book on the women of bohemian London, who broke all of society’s taboos and helped to shape modern Britain

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Structure of World History

Seeks to understand both Capital-Nation-State, the interlocking system that is the dominant form of modern global society, and the possibilities for s

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A History of Modern Britain - Marr Andrew

Anotace: A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. This edition also includes an extra chapter charting the course from Blair to Brexit.It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and...

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Women’s Labour and the History of the Book in Early Modern England

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Modern Japan’s Place in World History

Readers will learn how new research by Japanese historians has led to the revision of conventional views on the turbulent history of Japan, once the e

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The Secret History of the Mongols - Atwood Christopher P.

Anotace: A new translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan`Bear the sword andHew asunder high and haughty necksSlash apart all strong and self-willed shoulders`Born poor into a world of dangers and hardships, Chinggis (or Genghis) Khan would grow up to unify Mongolia and conquer a vast empire stretching from modern-day...

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The Sacred History - Black Jonathan

Anotace: The Sacred History is an account of the workings of the supernatural in history. It tells the epic story of angels, from Creation, to Evolution through to the operations of the supernatural in the modern world.

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The Secret History - Tartt Donna

Anotace: FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOLDFINCH Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. ______________________________________ 'What we did was terrible, but still I don't think any of us were bad, exactly;...

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Women - neuveden

Anotace: Re-examining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the numerous important roles women have played in culture and society that are less often told. Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women`s history - from early matriarchal societies through women`s suffrage, the Suffragette movement, 20th...

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The Shape of Things: How Mapmakers Picture Our World - Robbins Dean

Anotace: Join history`s first mapmakers as they explore the wonders of the world! In these pages, you´ll find the tools ancient people used to depict their surroundings, methods different cartographers developed to survey new lands, and how we´ve arrived at modern mapmaking today. Above all else, the thread that runs throughout thousands of years of civilization is the s...

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The Museum of Scent: Exploring the Curious and Wondrous World of Fragrance - Aftel Mandy

Anotace: "Now Aftel has created this beautiful book, illustrated with treasures from her museum`s collection, so that readers at home can immerse themselves in the world of scent." - 7 x 7 "Aftel, ... explores the natural and cultural history of scent in her newest book, The Museum of Scent."- Veranda"A beautiful book about beautiful things, with a fascinating narrative ...

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Harari Noah Yuval

Anotace: The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? In this bol...

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That Sweet Enemy : Britain and France: The History of a Love-Hate Relationship - Tombs Robert

Anotace: That Sweet Enemy brings both British wit (Robert Tombs is a British historian) and French panache (Isabelle Tombs is a French historian) to bear on three centuries of the history of Britain and France. From Waterloo to Chirac`s slandering of British cooking, the authors chart this cross-channel entanglement and the unparalleled breadth of cultural, economic, and...

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Demon Copperhead: Longlisted for the Women´s Prize for Fiction 2023 - Kingsolver Barbara

Anotace: A masterpiece in storytelling from the global bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behaviour.LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN`S PRIZETHE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHORBOOK AT BEDTIME ON BBC RADIO 4AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICKWITH OVER 18,000 5* REVIEWS`Extraordinary.` OPRAH`She means to save us by telling us stories. . . She comes closer than anyone else I know.` ...

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Dancing on the Sun Stone

A uniquely transdisciplinary work that fuses modern Latin American history and literature to explore women’s lives and gendered politics in Mexico. Ma

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Little Women (Oxford World´s Classics New Edition) - Alcottová Louisa May

Anotace: Little Women has remained enduringly popular since its publication in 1868, becoming the inspiration for a whole genre of family stories. Set in a small New England community, it tells of the March family: Marmee looks after daughters in the absence of her husband, who is serving as an army chaplain in the Civil War, and Meg, Jo,Beth, and Amy experience domestic...

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The Museum of Scent: Exploring the Curious and Wondrous World of Fragrance - Mandy Aftel

<p>"Now Aftel has created this beautiful book, illustrated with treasures from her museum's collection, so that readers at home can immerse themselves in the world of scent." - 7 x 7 "Aftel, ... explores the natural and cultural history of scent in her newest book, The Museum of Scent."- Veranda "A beautiful book about beautiful things, wit...

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Women in Ancient Rome

The history of women in ancient Rome gives a unique insight into one of the world’s most dynamic super-power civilisations and, at the same time, illu

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Pathogenesis: How germs made history - Kennedy Jonathan

Anotace: A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR`Powerfully argued... Fascinating and pacy` Sunday Times, Book of the Week`Superbly written... sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger Bregman` The Times`Full of amazing facts` Observer`The book shines when it brings cutting-edge science to bear` Fi...

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Little Women (Oxford World´s Classics New Edition) - Louisa May Alcott

<p>Little Women has remained enduringly popular since its publication in 1868, becoming the inspiration for a whole genre of family stories. Set in a small New England community, it tells of the March family: Marmee looks after daughters in the absence of her husband, who is serving as an army chaplain in the Civil War, and Meg, Jo,Beth, and Amy experience domestic ...

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Hard Times Create Strong Men: Why the World Craves Leadership and How You Can Step Up to Fill the Need - Aarnio Stefan

Anotace: What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Throughout history, being a man has meant different things. Maybe being a man was about being a good hunter, or a good soldier, a good businessman or maybe good with women. Hard Times Creates Strong Men examines what it means to be a man in the modern world relative to money, sex, religion and politics. This boo...

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Stillness is the Key : An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life - Holiday Ryan

Anotace: Throughout history, there has been one quality that great leaders, makers, artists and fighters have shared. The Zen Buddhists described it as inner peace, the Stoics called it ataraxia and Ryan Holiday calls it stillness: the ability to be steady, focused and calm in a constantly busy world.Drawing on a wide range of history`s greatest thinkers, Holiday shows u...

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Alexandria: The City that Changed the World: ´Monumental´ - Daily Telegraph - Issa Islam

Anotace: A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR`Monumental and vividly imagined . . . a fitting tribute to a city that has survived, changed and grown for so many centuries`Daily Telegraph`Wonderfully entertaining . . . written with vim and vigour`Sunday Times`Lively and engrossing . . . Issa has brilliantly illuminated the history of a great city`Literary ReviewA city ...

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Rule by Secrecy : The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids - Marrs Jim

Anotace: What secrets connect Egypt`s Great Pyramids, the Freemasons, and the Council on Foreign Relations? In this astonishing book, celebrated journalist Jim Marrs examines the world`s most closely guarded secrets, tracing the history of clandestine societies and the power they have wielded - from the ancient mysteries to modern-day conspiracy theories. Searching for t...

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Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths (1509873147)

Kniha - autor Natalie Haynes, 320 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories. Stories of gods and monsters are the mainstay of epic poetry and Greek tragedy, from Hom...

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THE MARRIAGE OF OPPOSITES PA - neuveden

Anotace: `As intoxicating as the finest island rum` IndependentFrom the bestselling author of The Dovekeepers comes a love story about one of history`s most captivating `invisible` women: Rachel, the mother of Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro.Growing up on the idyllic island of St Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in faraway Paris. Rachel`s mother, a...

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Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (0241532531)

Kniha - autor Silvia Federici, 304 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages through the European witch-hunts, the rise of scientific rationalis...

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Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense - Perlmutter Saul

Anotace: *Available for pre-order: a definitive guide to thinking clearly in a world full of overwhelming information*__________In our deluge of information, it`s getting harder and harder to distinguish the revelatory from the contradictory. How do we make health decisions in the face of conflicting medical advice? How can we navigate the next uncomfortable discussion w...

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, 1. vydání - Yuval Noah Harari

<p> The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? In this bol...

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SHP History Year 9 Pupil´s Book - Banham Dale

Anotace: Develop your students` understanding and skills step by step with Schools History Project`s carefully planned approach to Key Stage 3.This textbook combines expertise in course planning with features that reflect the possibilities and requirements of the National Curriculum.It has everything you would expect from the Schools History Project, including intriguing...

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SHP History Year 9 Pupil´s Book - Dale Banham

<p>Develop your students' understanding and skills step by step with Schools History Project's carefully planned approach to Key Stage 3. This textbook combines expertise in course planning with features that reflect the possibilities and requirements of the National Curriculum. It has everything you would expect from the Schools History Project, including intrig...

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What´s the Point of Science? - kolektiv autorů

Anotace: Wonderful storytelling and hand-drawn illustrations reveal the wonder of scientific discovery through history, ages 9-12Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING!From how to stop a virus to defy gravity, and from how to predict the future to how to see the past, this boo...

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Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean - Pangonis Katherine

Anotace: Its name means `centre of the world`, and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon of innumerable cultures. Here, history has blurred with legend. The glittering surface of the sea conceals the remnants of lost civilisations, wrecked treasure ships and the bones of long-drowned sailors, traders and modern refugees.Of the many...

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Stone Blind: longlisted for the Women´s Prize for Fiction 2023 - Natalie Haynes

<p>** Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 ** In Stone Blind, the instant Sunday Times bestseller, Natalie Haynes brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before. 'Witty, gripping, ruthless' - Margaret Atwood via Twitter 'Beautiful and moving' - Neil Gaiman via Twitter 'So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, ou...

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Demon Copperhead: Longlisted for the Women´s Prize for Fiction 2023 - Barbara Kingsolver

<p>A masterpiece in storytelling from the global bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behaviour. LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR BOOK AT BEDTIME ON BBC RADIO 4 AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK WITH OVER 18,000 5* REVIEWS 'Extraordinary.' OPRAH 'She means to save us by telling us stories. . . She comes closer than anyone else I...

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A Game of Thrones: the Story Continues (The Complete Box Set of All 6 Books) - George R.R. Martin

Anotace: George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age, and is now available in a collectible box set. Now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar cast. George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has set the benchmark for contemporary epic fantasy. Labelled by Time magazine as one of the top 100 mo...

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Agatha Christie: Radio 4 Book of the Week - Worsleyová Lucy

Anotace: ** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award **`A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse`- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR`A riveting portrait` - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***`Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.` - The Times`A model of how to combine biographical information, analy...

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Love; A Curious History - Brooke-Hitching Edward

Anotace: `Edward Brooke-Hitching`s delightful book is a collection of curiosities. From a 19th-century lonely hearts ad to a nuptial blessing of the bride`s buttocks, an entertaining history of love over the millennia that proves when it comes to the heart, little has changed.` Daily Mail - - - - - - From the author of the critically acclaimed The Phantom Atlas and The M...

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American Royals - McGeeová Katharine

Anotace: Crazy Rich Asians meets The Crown in this completely addictive modern-day royal romance.The Washingtons have ruled America for almost 250 years.They`re gorgeous, fiercely famous and the beating heart of the most glorious royal court in the world.But behind the glittering ballrooms, elegant gowns, and seemingly perfect public personas lie forbidden romances and s...

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The Secret Lives of Colour (1473630835)

Kniha - autor Kassia St Clair, 288 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer. Simon GarfieldThe Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusua...

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The Weavers of Alamaxa - Elsbai Hadeer

Anotace: `Hadeer Elsbai has written a powerful story of sisterhood, love, and struggle within a rich, vibrant world with complicated characters that leap from the page to smash the patriarchy!` P. Djeli Clark, author of A Master of Djinn, on The Daughters of IzdiharFollowing up on one of the most exciting fantasy debuts, The Daughters of Izdihar, Hadeer Elsbai concludes ...

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The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived

A riveting, first-ever, sweeping biography of Thomas Watson, Jr. - more important to the history and development of the modern world than Vanderbilt,

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Astrology. The Library of Esoterica - Jessica Hundley

<p>Looking to the sky, the second volume in TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica series delves into the vibrant visual history of Western astrology. From its birth as astronomy’s sister science, to our current Age of Aquarius, the story of this ancient practice is told through more than 400 images—from Egyptian temples to contemporary art—sequenced to mirror the spin of t...

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What´s the Point of Science? - kolektiv autorů

<p>Wonderful storytelling and hand-drawn illustrations reveal the wonder of scientific discovery through history, ages 9-12 Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING! From how to stop a virus to defy gravity, and from how to predict the future to how to see the past, this...

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PC) Steam

Modern society owes much to a mystical technology known as “orbal energy.” Fifty years ago, during what’s come to be known as the “Orbal Revolution,” the invention of this technology and the “orbments” developed from it led to a period of rapid human advancement, birthing innovations of all shapes and sizes -- not the least of whi...

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Victory City: The new novel from the Booker prize-winning, bestselling author of Midnight´s Children - Rushdie Salman

Anotace: She will breathe a new empire into life - but all worlds can escape their creator...`Full of adventure...a celebration of the power of storytelling` GUARDIANIn the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who...

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Shoes A-Z. The Collection of The Museum at FIT - Valerie Steele

<p>Step inside one of the world’s most enviable closets to celebrate the empowering, sensual, playful, and practical shoe. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, ephemera, and sketches are featured in this volume, a follow-up to Fashion Designers A–Z, from the most coveted labels such as Louis Vuitton, Salvatore Ferragamo, Chanel, Gucci, Saint Laurent, Roger Vivier, Ch...

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Trolleybus World from A to Z - Konstantin Klimov

<p>This book is an attempt to reach a new, more general and holistic level of understanding the development and evolution of the world´s trolleybus systems. Based on a systematized review of trolleybus systems´ data, the book presents the development history and technical specifities of the popular urban means of transportation powered by electricity and known as tr...

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Cleopatra: The Woman Behind the Stories - Stewart Alexandra

Anotace: Discover the true story behind the legendary pharaoh in this captivating look into the life of Cleopatra.Although her name and story might be familiar, much of what we know about Cleopatra is shrouded in mystery. Her life was one of politics, murder, war, marriage and passion - but it was also one of pride, bravery, love and strength. Cleopatra may have lived as...

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The Tenth Muse - Chung Catherine

Anotace: The first thing I remember being said of me with any consistency was that I was intelligent - and I recognized even then that it was a comment leveled at me with as much disapproval as admiration. Still, I never tried to hide or suppress my mind as some girls do, and thank god, because that would have been the beginning of the end. From childhood, Katherine know...

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The Witching Tide - Meyer Margaret

Anotace: THERE IS POWER IN SILENCEEast Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer and servant, has lived for more than four decades in her beloved coastal village of Cleftwater. Everyone knows Martha, but no one has ever heard her speak.One Autumn morning, the peaceful atmosphere of Cleftwater is shattered by a sinister arrival and Martha becomes a silent witness...

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Light Is the New Black

Suitable for a breed of women who are here to be bright lights in the world - modern-day light workers, who agreed to be here at this time in history.

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Quidditch Through the Ages - Joanne K. Rowlingová

Anotace: A perennial bestseller in the wizarding world and one of the most popular books in the Hogwarts School library, Quidditch Through the Ages contains all you will ever need to know about the history, the rules - and the breaking of the rules - of the noble sport of Quidditch. Packed with fascinating facts, this definitive guide by the esteemed Quidditch writer Ken...

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PC) Steam (PC)

Modern society owes much to a mystical technology known as &ldquo;orbal energy.&rdquo; Fifty years ago, during what&rsquo;s come to be known as the &ldquo;Orbal Revolution,&rdquo; the invention of this technology and the &ldquo;orbments&rdquo; developed from it led to a period of rapid human advancement, birthing innovations of all shapes and s...

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A Reunion of Ghosts - Judith Claire Mitchell

Anotace: `What if the man who invented chemical weapons was also a grandfather, and what if his great-grandchildren grew up to be three hilarious, introverted, deeply-haunted sisters? And what if those sisters co-wrote a fascinating, funny, and deeply sad 350-page suicide note? Then you´d have A REUNION OF GHOSTS.´Anthony DoerrMeet the Alter sisters: Lady, Ve...

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Age of Mythology: Retold

From the creators of the award-winning Age of Empires franchise, Age of Mythology: Retold goes beyond history to a mythical age where gods, monsters, and humans collide. Combining the best elements of the beloved Age of Mythology with modern real-time strategy design and visuals, Retold is an epic and innovative experience for old and new players alike. Secure your domain...

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Trolleybus World from A to Z - Konstantin Klimov,Sergey Korolkov

Anotace: ANNOTATION This book is an attempt to reach a new, more general and holistic level of understanding the development and evolution of the world's trolleybus systems. Based on a systematized review of trolleybus systems' data, the book presents the development history and technical specifities of the popular urban means of transportation powered by elec...

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Dreams of a Great Small Nation : The Mutinous Army that Threatened a Revolution, Destroyed an Empire, Founded a Republic, and Remade the Map of Europe - McNamara Kevin J.

Anotace: The pages of history recall scarcely any parallel episode at once so romantic in character and so extensive in scale." ,Winston S. ChurchillIn 1917, two empires that had dominated much of Europe and Asia teetered on the edge of the abyss, exhausted by the ruinous cost in blood and treasure of the First World War. As Imperial Russia and Habsburg-ruled Austria-Hun...

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The Furies - John Connolly

Anotace: NO ONE EVER FORGETS MEETING THE SISTERS STRANGE ... The Furies: mythological snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, pursuers of those who have committed unavenged crimes. Now, private investigator Charlie Parker is drawn into a world of modern furies in two linked stories. In The Sisters Strange, the return of the criminal Raum Buker to Portland, Maine brings wi...

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Among the Mosques : A Journey Across Muslim Britain - Husain Ed

Anotace: Islam is the fastest-growing faith community in Britain. Domes and minarets are redefining the skylines of towns and cities as mosques become an increasingly prominent feature. Yet while Britain has prided itself on being a global home of cosmopolitanism and modern civilisation, its deep-rooted relationship with Islam - unique in history - is complex, threatened...

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