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The book presents the discoveries made by the Polish archaeological mission in Saqqara, the central part of the largest ancient Egyptian royal necropolis.The area adjacent to the Pyramid of King Djoser on the monument’s west side, so far neglected by archaeologists,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-09-08
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THE PORTLAND SPY RING was one of the most infamous espionage cases from the Cold War. People the world over were shocked when its exposure revealed the shadowy world of deep cover KGB 'illegals' - spies operating under false identities stolen from the dead.The CIA's...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2020-09-03
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After 1933, as the brutal terror regime took hold, most of the two-thirds of Germans who had never voted for the Nazis - some 20 million people - tried to keep their heads down and protect their families.They moved to the country, or pretended to support the regime to...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2020-09-03
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By the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark, a vibrant novel about Charles Dickens' son and his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback.In 1868, Charles Dickens dispatches his youngest child, sixteen-year-old Edward, to Australia. Posted to a remote sheep...
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Sceptre
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2020-09-03
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GRIPPING, MOVING AND INSPIRING: the remarkable life of a world-leading expert in chemical weapons defence."Unlike any account of warfare I've read" - Billy BillinghamFor thirty years, Hamish has served and volunteered in conflict zones around the world. As the army's...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2020-09-03
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An unforgettable 3,000-year-old journey - from Mesopotamian clay tablets trying to predict the future, to Tudor book-hunters and Nazi bonfires, and on into the dangers of our increasingly digital existence, Burning the Books shows how the preservation of knowledge is...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2020-09-03
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Discover a feminist pop history that looks beyond the Ton and Jane Austen to highlight the Regency women who succeeded on their own terms and were largely lost to history -- until now.Regency England is a world immortalized by Jane Austen and Lord Byron in their beloved...
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Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2020-09-01
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A classic account of courage, integrity, and most of all, belongingIn 1977, Natan Sharansky, a leading activist in the democratic dissident movement in the Soviet Union and the movement for free Jewish emigration, was arrested by the KGB. He spent nine years as a...
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PublicAffairs
Parution :
2020-09-01
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'If you've ever wondered what would happen if limitless money met limitless power, wonder no longer, it's all here ... Terrifying, disturbing and ghastly' Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland'Explosive' The Times'[A] Crisp page-turner of a book teeming with telling...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2020-09-01
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This volume is a resource for bioarchaeologists interested in using a structural violence framework to better understand and contextualize the lived experiences of past populations. One of the most important elements of bioarchaeological research is the study of health...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-08-27
Collection :
Bioarchaeology and Social Theory
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Wer hat noch nicht erlebt, dass er auf neugierige Fragen ausländischer Freunde nur äußerst vage antworten konnte oder an kniffeligen Quiz-Fragen rund um Schwarz-Rot-Gold gescheitert ist? Obwohl man glaubt, Deutschland zu kennen, entspricht das gefühlte Wissen nicht...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2020-08-26
Collection :
Für Dummies
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The definitive history of the Vikings -- from arts and culture to politics and cosmology -- by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertiseThe Viking Age -- from 750 to 1050 -- saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world....
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2020-08-25
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A powerful, character-driven narrative of the Korean War from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who helped uncover some of its longest-held and darkest secrets.The war that broke out in Korea on a Sunday morning seventy years ago has come to be recognized as a critical...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2020-08-25
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Learn to craft the perfect historical research paper with this approachable and practical guide Essaying the Past: How to Read, Write, and Think about History, 4th Edition continues the tradition of excellence established by the previous editions. Equal parts research...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-08-25
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A compendium of original essays and contemporary viewpoints on the 1917 Revolution The Russian revolution of 1917 reverberated throughout an empire that covered one-sixth of the world. It altered the geo-political landscape of not only Eurasia, but of the entire globe....
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-08-21
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History
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When Julie Welch called in her first ever football report at the Observer, an entire room of men fell silent. Heart in her mouth, Julie waited for the voice on the other end of the line to declare it passable. She'd done it. She was the first ever female football...
Editeur :
Trapeze
Parution :
2020-08-20
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The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865, killing nearly 700,000 Americans and costing the country untold millions of dollars.The events of this tragic war are so steeped in the collective memory of the United States and so taken for granted that it is sometimes...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2020-08-20
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From journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a "powerful revisionist account"of the most persistent idea in American history: these supposedly United States should be broken up (Eric Foner). The novel and fiery thesis of Break It Up is simple: The United...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2020-08-18
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The book is the first attempt in historiography to present the attitude of Christian Churches (Catholic, Evangelical, and Orthodox) in the Kingdom of Poland towards Jews at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.The work is based on a rich and varied source base, it...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-08-13
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The chilling and little-known story of Adolf Hitler's eight-year march to the pinnacle of German politics.On the night of January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler leaned out of a spotlit window of the Reich chancellery in Berlin, bursting with joy.The moment seemed unbelievable,...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2020-08-11
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