In the mid 1990s, the emir of Qatar conceived the idea of a satellite channel that would further the progressive image he hoped to establish for his small Arabian/Persian Gulf state.
We can all walk into any of the myriad aircraft museums dotted across the world and appreciate the wonderfully restored and preserved exhibits on display.
Scholars devoted to analysis of Richard Wagners operas and music-dramas have long noted his numerous comparisons between their characters and plots in his letters, essays, and recorded remarks.
Matcha Rezeptbuch: Wie Sie im Alltag mit einfachen Matcha-Rezepten mehr Genuss, Energie und Abwechslung auf den Tisch bringen - ganz ohne komplizierte Zutaten oder langes Suchen im Supermarkt.
This book presents a comprehensive account of the growth and development of militant nationalism in Punjab between two landmark events in the history of the Indian nationalist movement - the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh.
From its invasion of Manchuria through to the Allies’ victory in 1945 the Japanese Imperial Army was guilty of widespread atrocities against its enemies and, in particular, the civilians of occupied countries.
This book presents a comprehensive account of the growth and development of militant nationalism in Punjab between two landmark events in the history of the Indian nationalist movement - the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh.
Using a transdisciplinary method combining art history, literary studies, and neuroaesthetics, this book examines the modern urban experience of nineteenth-century Paris through language and images of fragmentation and transformation.
Using a transdisciplinary method combining art history, literary studies, and neuroaesthetics, this book examines the modern urban experience of nineteenth-century Paris through language and images of fragmentation and transformation.
How the actions of two very different kings both threatened and created the English way of life, ultimately putting the country on the path to civil war.
La France, berceau de l'enseignement veterinaire cree a la fin du XVIIIe siecle, a tres tot accueilli des eleves etrangers dans les ecoles nationales veterinaires.
Riverbend, the young Iraqi woman whose “articulate, even poetic prose packs an emotional punch,” continues her blog from her hometown of Baghdad (The New York Times).
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery had a dynamic personality that often led to difficulties with political or military superiors but made him an immensely effective leader of men.
The official volume marking the centenary of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, known as the 'Wavy Navy' because of the distinctive wavy gold stripes on the reservists' uniforms, from its formation in 1903 through its unification with the mercantile Royal Reserve in 1958, and on to its present complete integration with the Royal Navy as 'the part-time element of a single naval service'.
Winner: Henry Adams PrizeWhile much has been disclosed about the CIAs cloak-and-dagger activities during the Cold War, relatively little is known about the origins of this secret organization.
Winner: Henry Adams PrizeWhile much has been disclosed about the CIAs cloak-and-dagger activities during the Cold War, relatively little is known about the origins of this secret organization.
The book "e;The Hero and Conqueror Ibrahim and His Conquest of the Levant in 1832"e; takes us to one of the most brilliant pages in modern Arab history.
In Islam in Abyssinia, Youssef Ahmed takes us back to the folded pages of Islamic history, where Abyssinia played a pivotal role in the early days of the call to Islam, when the just King "e;Al-Najashi"e; embraced the first Muslim immigrants fleeing the brutality of the Quraysh.
Since the Venerable Bede wrote his iconic Ecclesiastic History of England in the eighth century, King Penda has been relegated to the role of villain and treated as a barrier to advancement in a battle between new ideas and a new culture.
The Truth about St Kilda is a unique record of the isolated way of life on St Kilda in the early part of the twentieth century, based on seven handwritten notebooks written by the Rev.
Ce recueil de poesie est le resultat de la tournee d'un set de poesie, guitare, chant et mise en voix sur les Monuments et Figures Historiques Francais, intitule : L'Histoire se "e;ballade"e; en musique.
En este libro se estudian las prestaciones mutuas que son consecuencia de la reivindicacion, las cuales se fundan en la equidad y en la necesidad de evitar desequilibrios patrimoniales entre el propietario y el poseedor vencido.
En estos textos Hannah Arendt despliega todo el filo de su pensamiento para examinar, sin concesiones ni dogmas, las relaciones entre ideologia, poder y libertad en uno de los momentos mas turbulentos del siglo pasado que sigue marcando nuestro tiempo.
