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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 224 páginas
PVP: 28,50 €
ISBN 978-0-7123-5261-1
EAN 9780712352611
The possibilities of flight have long fascinated us. Each innovation captivated a broad public, from those who gathered to witness winged medieval visionaries jumping from towers, to those who tuned in to watch the moon landings. Throughout history, the visibility of airborne objects from the ground has made for a spectacle of flight, with sizeable ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 608 páginas
PVP: 23,02 €
ISBN 978-1-78185-188-3
EAN 9781781851883
Why does Rome continue to exert a hold on the world's imagination? Ferdinand Addis brings the myth of Rome alive by concentrating on vivid episodes from its long and unimaginably rich history. Each of his beautifully composed chapters is an evocative, self-contained narrative, whether it is the murder of Caesar; the near-destruction of the city ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 304 páginas
PVP: 24,00 €
ISBN 978-1-78607-410-2
EAN 9781786074102
Jenni Murray gives the lie to Thomas Carlyle's infamous declaration that the history of the world is but the biography of great men.' Women have played just as great a role in the story of humankind, only for their own tales to be marginalised, censored and forgotten. Their names should be shouted from the rooftops. ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 360 páginas
PVP: 18,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23867-9
EAN 9780300238679
Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe's historyThe witch came to prominence and often a painful death in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 448 páginas
PVP: 14,80 €
ISBN 978-0-14-198792-7
EAN 9780141987927
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call if what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that financial history is the back-story to all history.From the banking dynasty who funded the Italian Renaissance to the stock market bubble that caused the French Revolution, this is the story ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 448 páginas
PVP: 19,18 €
ISBN 978-1-78669-268-9
EAN 9781786692689
The Colour of Time spans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and beginning of the Space Age.It charts the rise and fall of empires, the achievements of science, industry and the arts, the tragedies of war and ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 300 páginas
PVP: 42,10 €
ISBN 978-1-4422-5176-2
EAN 9781442251762
This innovative book looks beyond the traditional history of European expansion-which highlights European conquests, empire building, and hegemony-in order to explore the more human and realistic dimensions of European experiences abroad. David Ringrose argues that Early Modern Europe was relatively poor and that its industrial and military technology, while distinctive in some ways, was not ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 360 páginas
PVP: 28,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23495-4
EAN 9780300234954
A landmark account that reveals the long history behind the current Catalan and Scottish independence movements A distinguished historian of Spain and Europe provides an enlightening account of the development of nationalist and separatist movements in contemporary Catalonia and Scotland. This first sustained comparative study uncovers the similarities and the contrasts between the Scottish and ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 432 páginas
PVP: 16,45 €
ISBN 978-0-14-198793-4
EAN 9780141987934
If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe and compare the dazzling civilizations of the Orient with Europe and North America, the idea that the West would dominate the Rest for most of the next half millennium would have struck you as wildly fanciful. So how did it happen? The ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 432 páginas
PVP: 62,30 €
ISBN 978-977-41-6478-1
EAN 9789774164781
Gloriously illustrated and impressive in scope, this book represents a comprehensive overview of ancient Nubia. It opens with a thematic survey with contributors addressing topics such as the rediscovery of ancient Nubia and the development of archaeological work there, including the widespread destruction in the wake of the construction of the Aswan and Merowe dam, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 12,45 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23445-9
EAN 9780300234459
A renowned philosopher challenges long-held views on just wars, ethical conduct during war, why wars occur, how they alter people and societies, and more For residents of the twenty-first century, a vision of a future without warfare is almost inconceivable. Though wars are terrible and destructive, they also seem unavoidable. In this original and deeply ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 736 páginas
PVP: 28,65 €
ISBN 978-0-691-18093-9
EAN 9780691180939
The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur examines why humanity has universally rejected Diogenes's argument. No culture ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 240 páginas
PVP: 28,10 €
ISBN 978-0-19-068013-8
EAN 9780190680138
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 416 páginas
PVP: 16,20 €
ISBN 978-0-19-881513-6
EAN 9780198815136
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 288 páginas
PVP: 15,00 €
ISBN 978-1-78125-997-9
EAN 9781781259979
Kenneth Clark's 1969 BBC series Civilisation (note the singular) is perhaps the most celebrated documentary series ever made, except that it was entirely of its time: patrician to the exclusion of women and western to the exclusion of all other cultures. Spring 2018 sees an ambitious 10-part BBC re-make, presented by Britain's foremost historians, embracing ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 224 páginas
PVP: 13,80 €
ISBN 978-1-84994-451-9
EAN 9781849944519
A chronological survey of the world's most influential books. Many books have become classics, must-reads or overnight publishing sensations, but how many can genuinely claim to have changed the way we see and think?In 100 Books that Changed the World, authors Scott Christianson and Colin Salter bring together an exceptional collection of truly groundbreaking books ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 725 páginas
PVP: 24,60 €
ISBN 978-0-09-952003-0
EAN 9780099520030
Wonderfully entertaining, comprehensive and astute.' The Times Genuinely hard to put down.' BBC History MagazineFrom murder to duelling, highway robbery to mugging: the darker side of English life explored. Spanning some seven centuries, A Fiery x{0026} Furious People traces the subtle shifts that have taken place both in the nature of violence and in people's ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 448 páginas
PVP: 26,00 €
ISBN 978-1-4711-5600-7
EAN 9781471156007
Ferdinand Mount has been fascinated by the great thinkers and politicians who have shaped human history over the past two millennia In this fascinating, and provocative book, he examines the proposals for a political theory from a number of widely different historical figures. Twelve key people, from the great orator and statesman of Ancient Greece ...
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