Der Kaukasus mit seinen großartigen Landschaften und ursprünglichen Bergstämmen stellt Alexandre Dumas, den populärsten französischen Schriftsteller des 19.
The Sunday Times BestsellerA glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people - from the window of Britain's many and magnificent railway journeys.
The Dutch Century: Domination of the Spice Trade at Any Cost is the second of three books about the remarkable 17th century, primarily owned by the Netherlands.
Extrait : "L'Asie-Mineure désignée aussi sous le nom d'Anatolie, qui en réalité en est une province, est baignée, au nord par la mer Noire et la mer de Marmara, à l'est et au sud par la Méditerranée.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZEFrom the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS'Few books give such a sense of enchantment; it is a book to give to many, and to return to repeatedly' Independent 'Enormously pleasurable, deeply moving.
TEXT ONLY EBThe Sunday Times BestsellerA glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people - from the window of Britain's many and magnificent railway journeys.
Eine auf das Wesentliche konzentrierte, unterhaltsame Darstellung der Welterbe-Stadt Regensburg von den Anfängen in der Römerzeit bis in die Gegenwart – jetzt in der 6.
Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton takes us on a magical tour of countries that, lacking diplomatic recognition or UN membership, inhabit a world of shifting borders, visionary leaders and forgotten peoples.
Extrait : "Le témoignage des auteurs les plus anciens ainsi que les recherches scientifiques des temps modernes témoignent de l'existence d'un ancien continent qui aurait occupé la place de l'Atlantide disparue.
La marcha fúnebre puede haberse oído unas 13 mil veces por las bajas entre las tropas invasoras y quizás incluso el doble por los muertos del país derrotado: así de mortífero fue el conflicto que enfrentó a Estados Unidos con México entre 1846 y 1848.
Este libro es una guía para profesores universitarios y de educación media que enseñan historia ambiental por primera vez, para maestros experimentados que desean reforzar sus cursos, para aquellos que están capacitando a futuros maestros para preparar sus propios planes de estudio y para docentes que desean incorporar la historia ambiental en sus cursos de historia universal.
Guerras irregulares en el Caribe es un libro colectivo que ofrece 20 miradas al tema de las guerras en el Caribe con el objetivo de deconstruir mitos nacionales e ir mas alla de la tradicional historiografia militar nacionalista.
Pennsylvania Rivers and Rails focuses on the abundance of waterways and rail lines found within the borders of the second state that entered the Union on December 12, 1787.
El interes por la geografia es cada vez mayor, debido a su relacion con el medio ambiente, que es hoy una de las grandes preocupaciones de la humanidad.
Conversations defining the Arctic region often provoke debate and controversy -- for scientists, this lies in the imprecise and imaginary line known as the Arctic Circle; for countries like Canada, Russia, the United States, and Denmark, such discussions are based in competition for land and resources; for indigenous communities, those discussions are also rooted in issues of rights.
"Führt präzise und unterhaltsam durch tausend Jahre Marburger Geschichte"STUDIER MAL MARBURG, MAGAZIN DER UNIVERSITÄT"Faktenreich und anekdotengewürzt fürrlt das Bändchen eine Lücke" MARBURGER MAGAZIN EXPRESSAls Wirkungsort und Grablege der hl.
Die Geschichte Ambergs hat einiges zu bieten: einst Pfand eines Bischofs und familiärer Zankapfel der Wittelsbacher - mal bayerisch, mal pfälzisch -, Augapfel Kaiser Ludwigs des Bayern und Hauptstadt der "heroberen Pfalz", mittelalterliche Erzmetropole und abgehängtes Stiefkind der industriellen Revolution, Schauplatz einer spektakulären Hochzeit und Spielplatz großartiger Baumeister.
Conversations defining the Arctic region often provoke debate and controversy -- for scientists, this lies in the imprecise and imaginary line known as the Arctic Circle; for countries like Canada, Russia, the United States, and Denmark, such discussions are based in competition for land and resources; for indigenous communities, those discussions are also rooted in issues of rights.
Der Bayerische Wald - das größte zusammenhängende Waldgebiet Bayerns - stellte die Menschen durch seine widrigen Umweltbedingungen schon immer vor große Herausforderungen.
'As fascinating as it is beautifully written' JARED DIAMOND, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and SteelRivers, more than any road, technology or political event, have shaped the course of civilization.
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2020A SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEARFor most of human history, the seas and oceans have been the main means of long-distance trade and communication between peoples - for the spread of ideas and religion as well as commerce.
Geography and Politics Among Nations is intended to assist the general reader to grasp the significance of geopolitical awareness in the conduct of foreign relations.
A space enthusiast goes inside mission control with a motley crew of rocket scientists in this ';fascinating journey of discovery peppered with humor' (Publishers Weekly).
Packed with surprising and fascinating information, London's Lost Rivers uncovers a very different side to London - showing how waterways shaped our principal city and exploring the legacy they leave today.
