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Deutschland in der Mitte Europas: 500 Jahre Ringen um Krieg und FriedenDie deutsche Außenpolitik der Gegenwart steht in historischen Traditionen.

'A history that somehow manages to be at once succinct and sweeping: essential reading for anyone interested in this most fascinating of countries' - Tom Holland'The perfect introduction to [Japan's] intriguing society is Christopher Harding s lively new A Short History of Japan.

*Longlisted for the 2026 Women s Prize for Non-Fiction* A magical literary feat and one of the most touching books I ve read this year Stuart Jeffries, Spectator Full of politics and reportage Full of ideas.

Skunk Ape: Florida's Hidden GiantIn the steamy swamps and palmetto thickets of central Florida, something ancient and massive has never stopped walking.

1360: Having left her days of rebellion behind, Jeanette of Kent has finally found contentment as a wife and mother.

Just hours after two pilots had taken possession of a Cessna aircraft, they were flying over the Midwest on a lovely autumn morning when their small plane was targeted by F-16 fighter jets.

Before textbooks reduced American history to dates and names, Jacob Abbott told it as a living story.

Maximilien de Robespierre (1758-1794) gehört zweifellos zu den umstrittensten Akteuren der Französischen Revolution.

When this monumental work first appeared in 1884, it set out to capture nothing less than the entire arc of a region's rise - from primeval wilderness on the Niagara frontier to one of the great commercial cities of the American republic.

Lejos de la imagen de decadencia que ha dominado la narrativa sobre la España del siglo XVIII, el libro Pólvora y bayonetas demuestra cómo desde mediados de siglo la Monarquía Hispánica desplegó un ambicioso programa de reformas para adaptarse a los retos de un mundo cada vez más globalizado y competitivo.

Resistencias letradas reune un conjunto de ensayos que analizan las relaciones entre la escritura concebida como tecnologia del poder, las distintas formas de construccion de la autoridad intelectual y las reapropiaciones estrategicas del saber occidental incorporado en los procesos de letramiento en un grupo de autores y agentes subalternos durante el periodo colonial en la America hispana.

Migration und Nationalismus sind zwei Phänomene, die sich häufig gegenseitig zu bedingen scheinen.

Ein zentraler Gründungsmoment der Bundesrepublik im prekären Kontext der Nachkriegsgesellschaft.

Cuando, a finales del siglo XVIII, las autoridades virreinales de la Nueva España decidieron instalar farolas en las calles del centro de la Ciudad de México, sacaron de la oscuridad nocturna los cuerpos de los citadinos indígenas, afrodescendientes y plebeyos españoles.

Ukrainische, russische, belarussische und deutsche Autor:innen untersuchen den Vernichtungskrieg der DeutschenDer deutsche Vernichtungskrieg in der Sowjetunion kostete 14 Millionen sowjetische Zivilist:innen das Leben.

Porque la llama de Huitzilopochtli no se extinguió con la caída de Tenochtitlan: permanece encendida en la memoria de un pueblo que aún busca comprender su origen y su destino.

Del aguacate a la espirulina: globalizacion, biodiversidad y descolonizacion alimentaria en Mexico constituye una nueva propuesta para escribir una historia de la alimentacion mexicana desde especies muy populares hasta otras menos conocidas.

Maximilien de Robespierre (1758-1794) gehört zweifellos zu den umstrittensten Akteuren der Französischen Revolution.

This 12,000 word eBook short read tells the story of the Harbin cranium - one of the most important human fossil to be reported this century.

Das Jahrbuch Sexualitäten ist ein jährlich erscheinendes Periodikum, das Fragen des Sexuellen in einem weiten Sinne thematisiert – unter anderem in den Bereichen des Gesellschaftlichen, Politischen, Kulturellen, Historischen und Juristischen, in der Medizin und den Naturwissenschaften, in Religion, Pädagogik und Psychologie.

Before textbooks reduced American history to dates and names, Jacob Abbott told it as a living story.

Estamos entrando en una nueva era: las placas tectónicas geopolíticas han comenzado a moverse de nuevo.

What if the story of civilization did not begin in Mesopotamia, Egypt, or the Indus Valley—but thousands of years earlier, in the shadows of the Ice Age?

From unstoppable blitzkrieg to brutal defeatfollow Guderians panzers as they race toward Moscow and collide with disaster.

From unstoppable blitzkrieg to brutal defeatfollow Guderians panzers as they race toward Moscow and collide with disaster.

Sharpshooters were the elite of the Union army.

Sharpshooters were the elite of the Union army.

Before textbooks reduced American history to dates and names, Jacob Abbott told it as a living story.

From the American Civil War to the Meiji Restoration, one ironclad warship shaped the fate of three nations across four decades of global conflict.

This book began as a question I could not set aside: Why does hierarchy endure, even in societies that proclaim equality?

Im Spannungsfeld der GeopolitikDie Geschichte Japans ist für Europa ein ferner Spiegel.

Close, close beneath the land I had once rooted myself in and loved, lay a land filled with violence, injustice and hatredOn 22 April 1962 what remains of G ran Rosenberg s family embark from his native Sweden to make Israel their new home.

Ob im Bundestag, im Europäischen Parlament oder im US-Kongress: Parlamentsabgeordnete sind in hohem Maße mit politischem Lobbying konfrontiert, sei es als Adressaten, als Beteiligte oder als Gesetzgeber.

Alles von der Französischen Revolution bis zum Michelin-SternFreiheit geht durch den Magen!

Die königliche Belehnung des Markgrafen von Meißen mit dem Herzog- und Kurfürstentum Sachsen(-Wittenberg) 1423/25 bildet eine Zäsur für die Geschichte mittel- und norddeutscher Regionen, die bis in die Gegenwart nachwirkt.

Ein leidenschaftliches Plädoyer für die Stärke des Rechts gegen das Recht des Stärkeren»Der Krieg ist zurück in Europa!

Der Teufelskreis der Frische – warum die Kühltechnik die Erde erwärmtUnsere Welt hängt am Tropf der künstlichen Kälte.

A global perspective on the nature and evolution of nationalism, from the early modern era to the presentThe current rise of nationalism across the globe is a reminder that we are not, after all, living in a borderless world of virtual connectivity.

Best Books of 2024: Frerick's prose throughout is both direct and masterfully controlled, with every point supported by extensive references and notes.

How the creation of a new banking infrastructure in the early twentieth century established the United States as a global financial powerThe dominance of US multinational businesses today can seem at first like an inevitable byproduct of the nation's superpower status.

Best Books of 2024: Frerick's prose throughout is both direct and masterfully controlled, with every point supported by extensive references and notes.

A sweeping global history of the birth of modern GreeceIn 1821, a diverse territory in the southern Balkans on the fringe of the Ottoman Empire was thrust into a decade of astounding mass violence.

A sweeping global history of the birth of modern GreeceIn 1821, a diverse territory in the southern Balkans on the fringe of the Ottoman Empire was thrust into a decade of astounding mass violence.

The essential role of ethnographic thought in the Roman empire and how it evolved in Late AntiquityEthnography is indispensable for every empire, as important as armies, tax collectors, or ambassadors.

100% of author royalties are being donated to the Tunnel to Towers FoundationHelicopters loom large in how we picture the Vietnam War.

The essential role of ethnographic thought in the Roman empire and how it evolved in Late AntiquityEthnography is indispensable for every empire, as important as armies, tax collectors, or ambassadors.

In the nineteenth century, Manhattan's streets were so choked with pedestrians, horses, vehicles, and vendors that a trip from City Hall to Central Park could take hours.

What if the history books only told you half the story?

The Magdeburg Wedding: Siege, Fire, and the Birth of Total War, 1631 In four catastrophic days in May 1631, an army of forty thousand men descended on the Lutheran stronghold of Magdeburg and erased it from the map.