Tauchen Sie ein in die raue und faszinierende Welt der Gladiatoren des antiken Roms, einer Welt, in der Ehre, Mut und Schicksal auf dem sandigen Boden der Arena geschrieben wurden.
Originally published in 1988, this book examines company provision of welfare in the century preceding the Second World War, a period of enormous change in the structure and organisation of British industry and management.
There are many historical memoirs about European immigrants that came to the US in the 1800s, but few shed light on the untold stories of the families that arrived from Prussia.
Alfonso Reyes, el escritor mexicano más notable de la primera mitad del siglo XX, sazona y hornea las palabras: marina el verbo crudo y lo sofríe, después capea los nombres y bate los adjetivos hasta el punto de turrón; por último, sirve todo acompañado de adverbios crujientes.
In her own words, the life of the beautiful young model and dancer who helped to bring down the Tory government of Harold Macmillan - the 'Profumo Affair' remains the greatest political sex scandal in recent British history.
Las investigaciones reunidas en este libro reconstruyen las historias de los principales archivos documentales oficiales de la Norpatagonia, pero también de los nuevos archivos surgidos en el ámbito de comunidades, organizaciones y colectivos sociales subalternizados en las lógicas y burocracias que signaron la conformación de los primeros.
From the demon-killing Minamoto no Yorimitsu to the immortal poet Ono no Komachi, find out about the fascinating world of Japanese warriors and folk-heroes.
Nicht nur Napoleon Bonaparte prägte die Umbruchszeit um 1800 maßgeblich, auch andere Dichter und Denker versuchten, ihre Ansätze in Bezug auf die Verbesserung der Gesamtsituation umzusetzen.
Since Spring 2013, Francesca Hornak has been writing a hugely popular column in the Sunday Times Style section, 'History of the World in 100 Modern Objects'.
365 Reasons To Be Proud To Be British is a year-long scenic route of jollyness taking in the quirky events, inventions, traditions, people, places and characters that make Great Britain a nation worth celebrating every day of the year.
The compelling vision of religious life and practice found in Hasidic sources has made it the most enduring and successful Jewish movement of spiritual renewal of all time.
Dieses Heft nimmt in mehrfacher Weise Bezug auf das 30-jährige Jubiläum der Zeitschrift Geschichte und Region/Storia e regione, das im August 2022 gefeiert wurde.
This book is the first to explore street names and street-naming in the formation of a Greek-Cypriot identity in the cityscape of Nicosia between 1878 and 1975.
Boasting countless benefits and applications, hand made felt is a chunky,durable and non-fraying fabric that can be used for fashion and home projects.
From the Amazon rainforest to the South Pacific islands, and from India to the African plains, thousands of Irish missionaries devote themselves to the practical service of humanity.
To date there has been no plotting of punk scholarship which speaks to 'time', yet there are some clear bodies of work pertaining to particular issues relevant to it, including ageing and/or the life course and punk, memory and/or nostalgia and punk, 'punk history', and archiving and punk.
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A Waterstones Best History Book of 2024 Pick 'Kuper is a shrewd observer [in] this entertaining mix of memoir and anthropology' The Sunday TimesFrom the bestselling author of Chums comes an explorer's tale of a naif getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel city.
Zu den wesentlichen Charakteristika der Geschichte des Fernhandels gehört die Tatsache, dass sich Warenströme häufig auf bestimmte (maritime und kontinentale) Handelswege bzw.
Let us take a look back over three decades of outrageous political mishaps with a new introduction from Sir Ivor Crewe covering Brexit blunder /blnd(r)/, n.
Life on the Old Farm takes you back to a time, not so long ago, when country life in Britain followed a pattern that had remained largely unchanged for centuries.
365 Reasons To Be Proud To Be Scottish is a year-long scenic route of jollyness taking in the quirky events, inventions, traditions, people, places and characters that make Scotland a country worth celebrating every day of the year.
This book aims to extend existing historical, literary and media knowledge of neglected written voices as a form of print participation in the Second World War.
