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.
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.
'A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter' New York Times'An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book.
An encyclopedic guide to 20th-century communism around the worldThe first book of its kind to appear since the end of the Cold War, this indispensable reference provides encyclopedic coverage of communism and its impact throughout the world in the 20th century.
Eine Hommage und zugleich ein Dankeschön an die Menschen, denen Frankfurt seine ständige Entwicklung verdankt Frankfurt war schon immer eine Stadt, in der Menschen mit großen Namen lebten.
Das Buch behandelt die Kulturbeziehungen zwischen der Volksrepublik Ungarn und den beiden deutschen Staaten im Zeitalter der bipolaren Weltordnung (1949-1989/90).
'One of the best books I have read' Reviewer *****'A compelling story of bravery, love and survival' Reviewer *****'The twists and turns will keep you engrossed all the way through' Reviewer *****'Powerful and truly moving' Reviewer *****-----THE NEXT WORDS HE WRITES COULD BE HIS LAST .
The "e;hilarious and moving"e; true story of one of the Second World War's most unusual combatants-a 500-pound cigarette-smoking, beer-drinking brown bear (Scotsman).
In the middle of the nineteenth century, British archeologist Austen Henry Layard uncovered parts of several ancient Assyrian cities buried beneath the earth, including the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Nineveh.
Take someone with superior intelligence, unusual strength, perfect vision, catlike reflexes, exceptional marksmanship, and nerves of steel and you just might have what it takes.
Im frühen Nationalsozialismus entstand mit dem "Ostpreußenplan" ein Kolonisierungsvorhaben, das die strukturschwache, klimatisch ungünstig gelegene und durch den Versailler Vertrag separierte Provinz aufwerten sollte.
En esta primera historia del globalismo neoliberal, Slobodian sigue a un grupo de pensadores desde las cenizas del Imperio de los Habsburgo hasta la creación de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, para demostrar que el neoliberalismo no surgió para reducir el gobierno y abolir las regulaciones, sino para volver a implementarlas a nivel mundial.
Published under the auspices of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati, Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution is a narrative history of the War for Independence.
»Eine Liebeserklärung an die Archäologie« Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungGarküchen, ein Sklavenzimmer, griechische Theater, Villen, Thermen und Tempel – die Ausgrabungen in Pompeji offenbaren eine Welt.
There have been nearly thirty major eruptions since AD 79, but none has matched the cataclysm of the eruption which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum within hours.
