Esta obra cuenta la historia de nuestro balompié y su grandeza a nivel nacional, regional y local, para que el lector se haga una imagen del poderío del fútbol de nuestro departamento y cómo hemos llegado a un estado de postración en materia de resultados y éxitos en las justas nacionales en los últimos 25 años, donde no aparecemos de manera grupal ni mucho menos individual.
A thought-provoking study of how knowledge of provenance was not transferred with enslaved people and goods from the Portuguese trading empire to Renaissance ItalyIn the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Renaissance Italy received a bounty of goods from Portuguese trading voyagesfruits of empire that included luxury goods, exotic animals and even enslaved people.
A foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves over the course of the country's history.
In "e;Switzerland's Untold War: The Truth Behind Nidwalden's Terror Days,"e; Lukas Stofer delves into the tumultuous period of the Nidwalden crisis, challenging the conventional image of Switzerland as a tranquil, neutral country.
Ein Blick zurück auf die 1980er Jahre – Valentin Groebner, »einer der interessantesten Historiker der Gegenwart« (tazFUTURZWEI), seziert in seinem Essay die Kraft der Nostalgie und anderer Gefühle, vergangener und gegenwärtiger.
Die Wiederentdeckung nach 70 Jahren, erstmals auf Deutsch: »Ein literarischer Diamant, scharfkantig und kristallklar«, schreibt die »Times« über József Debreczenis Erinnerungen an Auschwitz.
Im Aufmacher bemängelt Thomas Etzemüller ein Ungleichgewicht: In historischen Darstellungen der Zwischenkriegszeit kommen neben den Totalitarismen die durchaus vorhandenen mehr oder weniger stabilen Demokratien auf nicht ganz nachvollziehbare Weise zu kurz.
Originally published in 1998, Like Men of War was a groundbreaking early study of Black troops in the Civil War that is still considered a major contribution to the literature on the United States Colored Troops (USCT).
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEA NEW YORKER BEST BOOKS OF 2025A TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARA SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF THE CONVERSATION'S 5 BEST NON-FICTION BOOKS OF 2024A NEW YORK TIMES '21 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS SPRING' PICK'A truly radical book; radical in subject, radical in form.
Tequila Cocktails is a bright and colourful guide to mixing cocktails using agave spirits that best showcase the true potential of spicy tequila and smoky mezcal.
An innovative argument that vindicates our normative commitment to basic equality, synthesising philosophy, history, and psychologyWhat makes human beings one another's equals?
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNLONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE'A masterly account' THE TIMES'A brilliant book' OBSERVER'Excellent .
An exploration of public performance in everyday life, by the leading cultural and social thinkerThe Performer explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics and everyday experience.
'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics of Istanbul' PETER FRANKOPAN'A love letter to this ancient capital' THE TIMESWalking along the crumbling defensive walls of Istanbul and talking to those he passes, Alexander Christie-Miller finds a distillation of the country's history, a mirror of its present, and a shadow of its future.
"e;Addresses a compelling and fascinating feature of the Cold War Era, namely the rapid reversal of America's alliance relationships after World War II.
** Longlisted for the 2024 Cundill History Prize** A dozen pages in I realized that I had been waiting for much of my life to read this extraordinary book Annie ProulxA way of life that once encompassed most of humanity is vanishing in one of the greatest transformations of our time: the eclipse of the rural world by the urban.
"e;Incredibly detailed and well-documented"e; (San Francisco Book Review), a revelatory history of the actions of five Indian Nations during the Civil War.
This volume provides a collection of 'imagined lives' - individuals who, no matter their position on the social hierarchy, were crucial to the development of medieval Europe and the modern period that followed.
This volume provides a collection of 'imagined lives' - individuals who, no matter their position on the social hierarchy, were crucial to the development of medieval Europe and the modern period that followed.
This chronological reference compendium traces accusations, punishments, and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day.
History paints war out to be a man's business, but there is an army of women warriors who stand between the lines of history books, waiting to be seen.
