Full of facts and trivia for every day of the yearDo you know when the Duke of Albemarle arranged Britain's first boxing match, between his butler and his butcher?
'Outstanding' TIMES'Gripping' ECONOMISTSHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAREmotionally scarred after witnessing the bloody climax of the Beslan school siege in Russia's North Caucasus, in which 314 hostages died, Tom Parfitt set out on a journey.
Bobby Kennedy's last campaignan homage to a leader who might have changed history and a reconstruction of the conspiracy to stop him, in a magisterial feat of epic investigative poetry.
In einer Zeit, in der Europa von Konflikten und Machtkämpfen gezeichnet war, verlagerte sich das Zentrum der päpstlichen Macht von Rom in die kleine französische Stadt Avignon.
A groundbreaking book that gathers key wartime intelligence reportsDuring the Second World War, three prominent members of the Frankfurt School-Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Otto Kirchheimer-worked as intelligence analysts for the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime forerunner of the CIA.
Why it's wrong to single out religious liberty for special legal protectionsThis provocative book addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory-why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse?
Based on two years of ethnographic research in the southern suburbs of Beirut, An Enchanted Modern demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand.
From National Book Awardwinning author Martin Marty, the surprising story of a Christian classic born in a Nazi prison cellFor fascination, influence, inspiration, and controversy, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison is unmatched by any other book of Christian reflection written in the twentieth century.
The birth of the modern world as told through the remarkable story of one eighteenth-century familyThey were abolitionists, speculators, slave owners, government officials, and occasional politicians.
A groundbreaking history of the last days of the French empire in AfricaAs the French public debates its present diversity and its colonial past, few remember that between 1946 and 1960 the inhabitants of French colonies possessed the rights of French citizens.
Outwardly Nella's life was probably seen as ordinary; but behind this mask were a lively mind and a persistent pen - a pen that never gave up over almost three decades, reporting, describing, pondering, and disclosing.
The first comprehensive overview of the innovative new discipline of global historyUntil very recently, historians have looked at the past with the tools of the nineteenth century.
Accepting his party's presidential nomination in the summer of 2008, Barack Obama beamed while Denver's stadium rocked with gauzy chants from adoring admirers.
De les actes dels processos inquisitorials fins a festes populars com el Ball del Cornut de Cornellà del Terri, de l'obra de poetes com Salvador Espriu a les arrels basques de la cultura ibera, Bilbeny ens embarca en un viatge per l'imaginari cultural català, sempre desvetllant les veritats que s'amaguen més enllà dels relats oficials.
Barbed Wire University tells the extraordinary tale of Winston Churchill's internment of some of the most gifted Jewish refugee writers, professors, artists, and painters of their generation in a camp on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.
A magnificent debut novel, which follows in the spirit of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, in which an alienated student named Lopez joins the Vietnam war to escape from his past and himself.
Eine Chronik der Fröbelstadt Oberweißbach - von den Anfängen bis zur Fusion mit den Nachbarorten Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle und Mellenbach-Glasbach zur Stadt Schwarzatal und darüber hinaus bis zum Jahr 2022.
Winner of the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political WritingFinalist for the Governor Generals Literary Award for Non-fiction and theTrillium Book AwardA Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Life, Walrus, CBC Books,Chatelaine, Hill Times,49th Shelf and Writers Trust Best Book of the YearWith the urgency and passion of Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me), the seductive storytelling of J.
Clara und Alois aus dem südbadischen Fautenbach hatten gerade eine kleine Familie gegründet, als der Zweite Weltkrieg ausbrach und Alois in den Krieg musste.
Die Siebenbürger Sachsen, eine deutsche Minderheit in Rumänien, bekommen nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg die Rache der "russischen Befreier" voll zu spüren: Sie müssen für etwas bezahlen, was sie nie getan haben.
El fútbol y la historia se mezclan en Libertadores de América, un libro de viajes por el continente, por su independencia y por una de nuestras mayores pasiones.
Este libro está constituido por fragmentos y miradas de muchos testigos de nuestra historia, las que podemos usar para recordar (siempre conscientes de que eran miradas con los anteojos de prejuicios personales, de clase social, género, nacionalidad, religión y época) momentos, acciones y personajes de lo mejor y lo peor que fuimos.
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERStunning, photographic King Charles III memorabilia gift for royal fansAs the nation celebrates the coronation of a new monarch, The Sun looks back on 100 moments in the life of the man who would be king.
From a leading economic historian, this is the history of the institutions and individuals who have managed the global economy, from the World Monetary and Economic Conference in the wake of the Great Depression to the presentSince the Second World War, organisations created at Bretton Woods - the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development - and afterwards - the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - have left an indelible mark on our contemporary world.
Shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards, Work of State Significance and The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book AwardShortlisted for the 2025 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Australian HistoryWinner of the 2025 NSW History Award, Australian History PrizeWinner of the 2025 Marion ACT Literary Award, Non-FictionWinner of the First Nations History Award, Canberra Critics' Circle Awards 2024Winner of the 2025 ACT Book of the Year AwardFor the first time, the First Nations story of Cook's arrival, and what blackfellas want everyone to know about the coming of Europeans.
Da an vielen Thüringer Schulen katholischer Religionsunterricht nicht unmittelbar eingerichtet werden kann, wurde als online-gestütztes Format das Projekt KathReliOnline ins Leben gerufen & ein innovativer Versuch, organisatorische Hürden abzubauen und SchülerInnen durch Blended Learning, also einen geplanten Wechsel von Präsenz- und Selbstlernphasen, ein digitales Lernumfeld zu eröffnen.
Nach einer kurzen Geschichte des Universums, der Erde und des Lebens auf unserem Planeten geht es um die Geschichte der Menschheit, insbesondere während der letzten 10.
