Der kürzlich erschienene Band Geschichte Österreichs in Daten beginnt mit der Schaffung des österreichischen Kaisertums im Jahr 1804 und führt bis in unsere unmittelbare Gegenwart.
Lew Wallace's THE PRINCE OF INDIA - The Story of the Fall of Constantinople is an expansive historical romance set against the catastrophe of 1453, when Mehmet II's Ottoman forces overcame the Byzantine capital.
The Voyages of Captain Scott (Illustrated Edition) recounts Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expeditions with a narrative shaped by admiration, discipline, and imperial-era fascination with polar exploration.
The Holy Mosaic delves into the rich and intricate history of Syria, tracing the origins and evolution of its three major religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as they are the three major monotheistic religions of the world today.
Die 21: Eine Reise zu den koptischen Martyrern in ÄgyptenIm Frühjahr 2017 reiste der renommierte Autor Martin Mosebach nach Ägypten, um die Familien der 21 koptischen Männer zu besuchen, die zwei Jahre zuvor von IS-Terroristen an einem Strand in Libyen brutal ermordet wurden.
Lange Zeit war er beinahe in Vergessenheit geraten, erst in den letzten 50 Jahren ist er wiederentdeckt worden: Lorenz von Stein (1815-1890), einer der bedeutendsten Verwaltungs- und Sozialwissenschaftler des 19.
Mit dem zweiten Band der "Wismarer Schriften zur Denkmalpflege" werden die Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojektes "Die Veränderung von Stadtbild und Baustruktur Wismars in der zweiten Hälfte des 17.
The State Copper is the first volume of the DEK encyclopedia ( Descriptive encyclopedia for kids, which simplifies the history, geography and etc of the U.
Die 20-jährige Lübeckerin Catharina Ufftincx (1641-1708) flieht gemeinsam mit ihrem Ehemann aus der heimatlichen Enge und Armut; ohne ihn strandet sie 1662 am Kap der Guten Hoffnung.
In ›Die Erfindung der Philosophie‹ erkunden wir die faszinierende Reise des menschlichen Geistes von den mythischen Erklärungen der Welt zur rationalen Untersuchung und Reflexion, die wir heute als Philosophie kennen.
Arthwyr ap Meurig, der wahre König Arthur, im Schatten der Normannen & Franken, ist meine deutsche Übersetzung der historischen Bücher von Wilson & Blackett.
The victors of the First World War created Hungary from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian empire, but, in the centuries before, many called for its creation.
Explores how the search for meaning in the post-Soviet era has given rise to a revival of ancient spiritual traditions and a plethora of new movements Reveals the survival of ancient Slavic deities, pagan practices, and folk medicine tradition in modern Russia, including the indigenous pre-Christian customs of the Mari people and the shamanic traditions of Siberia Examines the precursors to modern spiritual movements in the Silver Age (1880-1920) and discusses the impact of the Russian Revolution on spiritual and esoteric groups Offers a deep look at the controversial Book of Veles, branded by some as a forgery and hailed by others as an epic chronicle of the Slavic peopleIn this in-depth look at occult and esoteric traditions in Russia, Christopher McIntosh explores the currents of mysticism, myth, magic, and the spiritual to which the Russian soul has always been attuned.
In 1914, as Europe braces for an unfathomably deadly war, explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets sail for Antarctica to do the impossible: traverse the continent.
While floating down on the ice-floe, in the midst of dirt and darkness, hungry and cold I wondered at myself that I could have learned, in a few short months, to have eaten such things, and submitted to such practices, as but few civilized persons have ever been called to endure.
The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon gathers the writings of one of the Enlightenment's most commanding historians, centering on the monumental Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire while preserving the essays, memoirs, and ancillary pieces that illuminate his intellectual method.
The gripping human story of how American volunteers fought famine in Bolshevik Russia, saving Lenin's revolutionary government from chaos and millions of people from starvation.
'Bill Bryson on two wheels' IndependentScaling a new peak of rash over-ambition, Tim Moore tackles the 9,000km route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled, two-geared East German shopping bike.
