One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa's best espresso and worst rail service.
On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destructionThe House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment.
A rare, behind-the-scenes look at Russian military politicsWhy have Russian generals acquired an important political position since the Soviet Union's collapse while at the same time the effectiveness of their forces has deteriorated?
Russian Orthodoxy Resurgent is the first book to fully explore the expansive and ill-understood role that Russia's ancient Christian faith has played in the fall of Soviet Communism and in the rise of Russian nationalism today.
The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II.
Muchos analistas creían, cuando se aprobó la Ley 135 de 1961, que la mala distribución de la tierra tenía efectos muy negativos sobre el crecimiento y sobre la tranquilidad del país.
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 HWA NON-FICTION CROWN AWARD*'Immensely readable, emotional and important'KAVITA PURI'A poignant exploration of empire, community and family'AANCHAL MALHOTRA'Full of the sights, smells and tastes of what most remember as a lost utopia'SPECTATORUganda, August 1972.
Japan verstehen leicht gemachtIn dieser äußerst unterhaltsamen Einführung zeichnet der Historiker Christopher Harding Japans reiche Geschichte über mehrere Jahrtausende hinweg nach.
