História (10089 kníh v kategórii )
Máme v ponuke historické knihy, stačí si len vybrať. Vyber sa a ponor sa do časov dávno minulých....
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Šlomo Avineri Theodor Herzl a založení židovského státu
Profesor politologie na Hebrejské univerzitě v Jeruzalémě Shlomo (Šlomo) Avineri (1933) je autorem monografie věnované zakladateli politického sionismu Theodoru Herzlovi. Kniha není určena jen těm, kdo se zajímají o dějiny Státu Izrael, ale všem, které zajímá historie Evropy na sklonku 19. a na počátku 20. století. Shlomo Avineri konfrontuje události tohoto období, tak jak je ve svých denících zaznamenal Theodor…
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Christopher Matthew The Tactics of Aelian EN
Aelian's work on tactics is a hugely significant piece of ancient military literature, yet the last new edition in English was published in 1814. Although writing (in his native Greek) in the second century AD, Aelian drew heavily on earlier works, such as Asclepiodotus, to put together a comprehensive manual of warfare in the Hellenistic period (late 3rd to early 1st centuries BC). His Tactica thus examines all…
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Marián Hronský The Struggle for Slovakia and the treaty of Trianon EN
Monografia je upraveným a doplneným vydaním slovenskej publikácie Boj o Slovensko a Trianon 1918 – 1920. V porovnaní so slovenskou verziou má koncepčnú úpravu s väčším dôrazom na vedecký charakter práce súvisiaci so širšou pramennou bázou a celkovým heuristickým charakterom. Cieľom práce je osvetliť postavenie Slovenska v období od rozpadnutia Rakúsko-Uhorska do podpísania mierovej zmluvy s Maďarskom v Trianone, ako…
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Brendan I. Koerner The Skies Belong to Us EN
In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of sixties idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week, using guns, bombs, and jars of acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands, where they imagined being hailed as heroes; others aimed to swap hostages for sacks of…
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Martin Gaži The Rožmberks
K výročí čtyř staletí od vymření Rožmberků, kdysi nejmocnějšího šlechtického rodu Českého království, byla uspořádána souhrnná výstava, která upozorňuje na politické, kulturní, hospodářské a zejména patronátní...
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Jiří Holý The Representation of the Shoah in Literature, Theatre and Film in Central Europe: 1950s and 1960s
Publikace shrnuje příspěvky z mezinárodního workshopu konaného v listopadu 2011 v Praze. Seminář se zabýval tématem šoa/holokaustu v literatuře, v divadle a filmu v padesátých a šedesátých letech...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms EN
An essential point of reference for anyone wanting to widen their vocabulary, this dictionary offers more than 140,000 alternative and opposite words as well as thousands of real examples of usage from the Oxford English Corpus to help you find the word you need quickly and easily. Authoritative, accessible, and completely up to date, The Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms is an invaluable guide for anyone…
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Paul J. Kosmin The Land of the Elephant Kings EN
The Seleucid Empire (311 - 64 BCE) was unlike anything the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds had seen. Stretching from present-day Bulgaria to Tajikistanthe bulk of Alexander the Great's Asian conquests the kingdom encompassed a territory of remarkable ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity; yet it did not include Macedonia, the ancestral homeland of the dynasty. The Land of the Elephant Kings…
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Simcha Jacobovici, Charles Pellegrino The Jesus Family Tomb EN
Were the remains of Jesus's body found over 25 years ago and the truth hidden? Now, 'The Jesus Tomb' tells the shattering story of what may very well be the greatest archaeological find of all time - the discovery of the Jesus family tomb.
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The Jena Codex
Anglická verze faksimile Jenského kodexu a komentářového svazku. Věrné barevné faksimile proslulého pozdně středověkého iluminovaného rukopisu z konce 15. století, jehož originál se nalézá ve sbírce rukopisů Knihovny...
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James Ball, Valentina D'Efilippo The Infographic History of the World EN
The History of the World, but not as you know it. A new type of history is here – all 13.8 billion years of it, exploded into a visually jaw-dropping feast of facts, trends and timelines that tell you everything you’d ever want to know about the history of the world. From the primordial soup to the technological revolution of the 21st century, interesting stuff has been going on; and ever since prehistoric man…
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František Emmert The Holocaust EN
This book contains 30 unique facsimiles and translations of rare historical documents.
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Frank McDonough The Hitler Years
On 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the German Chancellor of a coalition government by President Hindenburg. In a few months he installed a dictatorship, jailing and killing his leftwing opponents, terrorising the rest of the population...
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