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- Yale University Press, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 24,75 €
ISBN 978-0-300-16475-6
EAN 9780300164756
The first complete account of Catholic Europe's onslaught on "unbelievers" in the 12th century The Second Crusade (1145-1149) was an extraordinarily bold attempt to overcome unbelievers on no less than three fronts. Crusader armies set out to defeat Muslims in the Holy Land and in Iberia as well as pagans in northeastern Europe. But, to ...
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- Yale University Press, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 80 páginas
PVP: 30,00 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24630-8
EAN 9780300246308
Finalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry-an erotic, powerful collection "One of the best books of contemporary poetry."-Victoria Chang, Huffington Post "Vital, immediate, and cinematic in scope."-Library Journal (Best Poetry of 2005) Selected by Nobel Prize laureate and competition judge Louise Gluck as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets ...
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The Escorial
Art and Power in the Renaissance
- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 38,75 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25387-0
EAN 9780300253870
An acclaimed historian of Europe explores one of the world's most iconic buildings and the monarch who created it Few buildings have played so central a role in Spain's history as the monastery-palace of San Lorenzo del Escorial. Colossal in size and imposing even forbidding in appearance, the Escorial has invited and defied description for ...
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Why Liberalism Works : How True Liberal Values Produce a Freer, More Equal, Prosperous World for All
- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 400 páginas
PVP: 26,10 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23508-1
EAN 9780300235081
An insightful and passionately written book explaining why a return to Enlightenment ideals is good for the world The greatest challenges facing humankind, according to Deirdre McCloskey, are poverty and tyranny, both of which hold people back. Arguing for a return to true liberal values, this engaging and accessible book develops, defends, and demonstrates how ...
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Arabs
A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires
- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 656 páginas
PVP: 21,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-25163-0
EAN 9780300251630
A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 384 páginas
PVP: 34,10 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24145-7
EAN 9780300241457
A dramatic account of the fateful year leading to the ultimate crisis of the Roman Republic and the rise of Caesar's autocracy When the Senate ordered Julius Caesar, conqueror of Gaul, to disband his troops, he instead marched his soldiers across the Rubicon River, in violation of Roman law. The Senate turned to its proconsul, ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 304 páginas
PVP: 26,10 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23031-4
EAN 9780300230314
On 18 May 1291, after a desperate siege of six weeks, the city of Acre, the last crusader stronghold in the Holy Land, fell to the Mamluk army. It was the effective end to Christendom's two-hundred-year adventure in the realm it called Outremer. The aftershock was immense. Despite calls for crusade that lasted for centuries, ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 1008 páginas
PVP: 22,20 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24893-7
EAN 9780300248937
A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from 1501 to 2009 This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 288 páginas
PVP: 26,10 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23404-6
EAN 9780300234046
An engaging and original account of 1921, a pivotal year for Churchill that had a lasting impact on his political and personal legacy After the tragic consequences of his involvement in the catastrophic Dardanelles Campaign of World War I, Churchill's political career seemed over. He was widely regarded as little more than a bombastic and ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 376 páginas
PVP: 26,10 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24308-6
EAN 9780300243086
A new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding of this famously "out of touch" queenWho was the real Marie-Antoinette? She was mistrusted and reviled in her own time, and today she is portrayed as a lightweight incapable of understanding the events that engulfed her. In this new account, John Hardman redresses the balance and sheds ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 280 páginas
PVP: 20,40 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24840-1
EAN 9780300248401
A compelling account of Christianity's Jewish beginnings, from one of the world's leading scholars of ancient religion How did a group of charismatic, apocalyptic Jewish missionaries, working to prepare their world for the impending realization of God's promises to Israel, end up inaugurating a movement that would grow into the gentile church? Committed to Jesus's ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 336 páginas
PVP: 24,80 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23860-0
EAN 9780300238600
A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked into giving away vital Nazi secrets At the outbreak of World War II, MI6 spymaster Thomas Kendrick arrived at the Tower of London to set up a top secret operation: German prisoners' cells were to be ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 352 páginas
PVP: 32,60 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23494-7
EAN 9780300234947
An eye-opening history of Britain and the Islamic world-a thousand-year relationship that is closer, deeper, and more mutually beneficial than is often recognized In this broad yet sympathetic survey-ranging from the Crusades to the modern day-Martin Pugh explores the social, political, and cultural encounters between Britain and Islam. He looks, for instance, at how reactions ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 15,65 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24664-3
EAN 9780300246643
A compelling new portrait of Marcus Brutus delves behind the ancient evidence to set aside the myths that surround the ancient world's most famous assassin Conspirator and assassin, philosopher and statesman, promoter of peace and commander in war, Marcus Brutus (ca. 85-42 BC) was a controversial and enigmatic man even to those who knew him. ...
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Athens
A History of the World's First Democracy
- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 25 páginas
PVP: 27,85 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24660-5
EAN 9780300246605
A history of the world's first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively history, author Thomas ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 736 páginas
PVP: 36,20 €
ISBN 978-0-300-19652-8
EAN 9780300196528
Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world's first transatlantic empire The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 520 páginas
PVP: 34,05 €
ISBN 978-0-300-21739-1
EAN 9780300217391
A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources, power, reputation. Crusaders amassed possessions of all sorts, from castles to reliquaries. ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24321-5
EAN 9780300243215
A "learned and lively" (Wall Street Journal) history of archaeological adventure with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe for readers of all ages What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations, or Neanderthal skulls and Ice Age cave art. Archaeology is ...
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The Vory
Russia's Super Mafia
- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 344 páginas
PVP: 17,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24320-8
EAN 9780300243208
The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia's much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police around the world. Now, Western readers can explore the fascinating history of the vory v zakone, ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 656 páginas
PVP: 32,60 €
ISBN 978-0-300-18028-2
EAN 9780300180282
A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this ...
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