Colonialism and imperialism

'A superb account of journalists, soldiers and the experience of modern battle, written by one of the greatest war reporters of our time' - Robert Harris, author of An Officer and a Spy'Gripping and compulsively readable' - Saul David, Sunday TelegraphMax Hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2014 Discover the story of a real-life Captain Ahab of the slave trade, in a landmark book by one of today's most original and highly acclaimed historians One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, seal hunter and abolitionist Captain Amasa Delano climbed aboard the Tryal, a distressed Spanish slaver.

This volume features a series of historical and informative publications delving into the dark and mysterious subject of demonology.

Tracing Your British Indian Ancestors gives a fascinating insight into the history of the subcontinent under British rule and into the lives the British led there.

Entre los textos aparecidos tras su muerte en 1919 se encuentran estas breves páginas que ahora rescatamos sobre el tema central de su obra literaria y su propia biografía.

Explore the Enigma of the Arcane PathsDiscover a world where shadows dance with the light, revealing truths long hidden and paths less traveled.

La relación de 1520 de Hernán Cortés —generalmente conocida como su segunda carta de relación— es uno de los documentos más importantes de nuestro pasado: es el registro más antiguo, y uno de los pocos escritos por un testigo presencial, de eso que conocemos como conquista de México.

Examen del encuentro entre Europa y América, y las transformaciones ocurridas mediante un proceso que comenzó con del descubrimiento y continúa hasta el presente siglo XXI.

This early work by G.

Britain fought three major wars, and two minor ones, with the Asante people of West Africa in the nineteenth century.

Winston Churchill spent his early childhood in Ireland, had close Irish relatives, and was himself much involved in Irish political issues for a large part of his career.

Winston Churchill spent his early childhood in Ireland, had close Irish relatives, and was himself much involved in Irish political issues for a large part of his career.

"Supimos cómo enfrentar el peligro para ganar nuestra libertad; sabremos cómo enfrentar a la muerte para mantenerla.

Los ensayos que integran el libro que el lector tiene ahora entre sus manos se plantean como objetivo contribuir a desentrañar las relaciones existentes entre demonología cristiana y cultura folklórica en un escenario específico –España y el mundo ibérico– y, en un período determinado, los siglos de la primera modernidad.

Conversaciones y testimonios del padre Amorth, uno de los exorcistas italianos mas conocidos, con el periodista Roberto Italo Zanini.

"Para gran parte de la historiografía, la figura de José Celestino Mutis remite inmediatamente al proceso de Ilustración e incluso a la independencia de lo que hoy es Colombia.

Faust - Der Tragödie erster Teil Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust.

Das Herz der Finsternis Joseph Conrad - Das Herz der Finsternis" von 1899 ist das bekannteste Werk des Bestsellerautors Joseph Conrad.

Faust: A Tragedy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The story of Dr.

Este libro, como una parábola, cuenta una historia única y repetida, particular y universal.

In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamentally upbeat story of Englishmen becoming freer and more prosperous by colonizing an abundant continent of "e;free land.

From the eighteenth century until the 1950s the British Empire was the biggest political entity in the world.

This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a people profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and warfare.

Millions of Africans, Asians, and other peoples were the subjects of colonial rule by overseas empires through the mid-twentieth century.

This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a people profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and warfare.

'A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive.

Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they?

For three hundred years the ghetto defined Jewish culture in the late medieval and early modern period in Western Europe.

Why do the innocent suffer in a world created by a loving God?

Delve into the rich and mysterious history of geishas with our latest book: "e;The History of Geishas in Japan - A Excursion through Japan's Cultural History"e;.

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented.

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented.

For three hundred years the ghetto defined Jewish culture in the late medieval and early modern period in Western Europe.

Aufgezeigt wird die Entwicklung der Polizei in den beiden benachbarten ehemaligen Kolonien British- Eastafrica und Deutsch- Ostafrika.

'A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive.

Plongez-vous dans l'histoire riche et mystérieuse des geishas avec notre dernier livre : "L'histoire des geishas au Japon - Une excursion à travers l'histoire culturelle du Japon".

Why do the innocent suffer in a world created by a loving God?

Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they?

This book redefines feminist discourse by exploring the intersections of decolonial feminisms across various geopolitical contexts, emphasising the integration of local and indigenous narratives that challenge colonial epistemologies.

This book proposes a comparative reading between formal, or non-formal, structures of learning and individual agency abilities, highlighting influences and entanglements in different geographies from multiple spheres of knowledge and practices.

This work aims to demonstrate academic evidence for how Ulster Unionists would have responded to the task of governing a nine-county Northern Ireland, the challenges they would face and the measures they would take to hold the province of Ulster.

The Nightwatchman: Representing Black Men in Colonial South Africa brings into focus African men in colonial uniforms as a subject of portraiture.