The book "e;Muhammad Ali: His Biography, Works, and Influence"e; is one of the most important references documenting the beginnings of the modern Egyptian state.
Ismail Sedky's "e;My Memoirs"e; is a rare political and historical document that boldly reveals the behind-the-scenes details of a crucial phase in Egypt's modern history under foreign occupation.
Hinter den glanzvollen Portrats groer Personlichkeiten schlummert oft ein anderes Ich - ein geheimes Leben, das Geschichte schrieb, aber selten erzahlt wurde.
Nach dem Anschluss 1938 zwangen die Nazis den osterreichischen Bundeskanzler Kurt Schuschnigg zum Rucktritt und hielten ihn sieben Jahre lang in Haft, bis ihn 1945 die Alliierten befreiten.
In this rich historical work, Mohamed Farid takes us on a fascinating journey into the depths of the Roman state, from the founding of the city of Rome to the demise of the king of Carthage.
Youssef al-Dibs's book, "e;A Brief History of Syria,"e; presents an intense and exciting journey through the history of the Levant, beginning with its earliest eras when it was inhabited by scattered tribes, extending to the time of Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire, then to the eras of the Islamic caliphates and successive states: the Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mamluk, and Ottoman.
In the history of European philosophy in the Middle Ages, Youssef Karam takes us on a profound intellectual journey into one of the most influential periods in the history of the human mind, where scholastic philosophy was born, combining faith and reason, religion and logic.
In this unique work, Naoum Shoucair takes us to the heart of Sinai, a spot that has for centuries been a focus of conflict and politics, and a bridge linking Egypt to the Arab world.
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'AN INNOVATIVE AND EXHILARATING READ' Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in EconomicsEconomic development is not really development without consent.
"e;By the will of fate I came to play a part in not letting Hitler achieve his final goal of disappearing and turning into a myth I managed to prevent Stalins dark and murky ambition from taking root his desire to hide from the world that we had found Hitlers corpse"e; - Elena Rzhevskaya"e;A telling reminder of the jealousy and rivalries that split the Allies even in their hour of victory, and foreshadowed the Cold War"e;- Tom Parfitt, The GuardianOn May 2,1945, Red Army soldiers broke into Hitlers bunker.
In his book, A History of the Transvaal, Michael Aghia takes us to the heart of the African continent to uncover hidden chapters of European colonialism and the conflict between Christian sects that forced many to migrate into the unknown.
Este libro ofrece un analisis detallado del sistema consular estadounidense en el Pacifico mexicano entre 1810 y 1914, como parte de un entramado mas amplio de relaciones diplomaticas, comerciales y estrategicas entre Mexico y Estados Unidos durante el siglo XIX.
In Indigenous North American film Native Americans tell their own stories and thereby challenge a range of political and historical contradictions, including egregious misrepresentations by Hollywood.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the idea of home came into focus as a place of warmth and comfort, associated with interior spaces and feminine touches.
In "e;The Virgin of Denshaway,"e; the reader finds himself before a novel that draws its inspiration from a real-life tragedy that shook the Egyptian psyche: the Denshaway Incident of 1906, the spark of which ignited the popular revolution of 1919.
De l'ete 1944 et de la Liberation, notre memoire collective a retenu les images en noir et blanc de la liesse populaire, mais egalement celles de femmes tondues exposees a la risee et la brutalite d'une cohue debridee.
Lorsque fortuitement, en 2020, ont ete decouvertes une cinquantaine de lettres ecrites par Pierre Sauveau a sa famille, alors qu'il avait ete envoye en Allemagne nazie par l'Etat francais de Vichy, sa narration au jour le jour est apparue comme une plongee dans la realite.
