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The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition - Tolkien John Ronald Reuel
Anotace: Brand new deluxe edition of this definitive companion to The Hobbit, quarter-bound, stamped in gold foil with a unique design inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien`s own artwork, featuring a ribbon marker and housed in a matching custom-built slipcase. The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a st...
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John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057
This book was the first complete English translation of John Skylitzes' extraordinary Middle Byzantine chronicle, covering two centuries of Byzantine
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Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everbody for the Last 13000 Years (0099302780)
Kniha - autor Jared Diamond, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Jared Diamond, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A study of how Europe and the Near East became the cradles of modern society, eventually giving rise to capitalism and science, the dominant forces in today's world - and why, until more recent times, Africa, Australasia and the Americas lagged...
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Lords of the Desert
Between 1945 and 1970, America replaced Britain as the dominant power in the Middle East in an extraordinary role reversal. Lords of the Desert tel
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Material Worlds: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Contacts and Exchange in the Ancient Near East
The eleven contributions in this book address the history of contacts and exchanges in the Bronze and Iron Ages within West Asia, extending far beyond
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Visitors' Historic Britain: East Sussex, Brighton a Hove
A unique approach to East Sussex's history - this is the first book for those residing or visiting East Sussex to take people on a series of journeys
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The Cold War : A World History - Westad Odd Arne
Anotace: As Germany and then Japan surrendered in 1945 there was a tremendous hope that a new and much better world could be created from the moral and physical ruins of the conflict. Instead, the combination of the huge power of the USA and USSR and the near-total collapse of most of their rivals created a unique, grim new environment: the Cold War.For over forty years ...
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The Cold War : A World History - Odd Arne Westad
<p>As Germany and then Japan surrendered in 1945 there was a tremendous hope that a new and much better world could be created from the moral and physical ruins of the conflict. Instead, the combination of the huge power of the USA and USSR and the near-total collapse of most of their rivals created a unique, grim new environment: the Cold War. For over forty years...
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The Song of Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien´s Themes, Symbols and Myths, 1. vydání - David Harvey
<p>Available for the first time in paperback, this is the pre-eminent critical study, and exploration, of how myth and legend played such a significant role in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Song of Middle-earth takes a fresh look at The Lord of the Rings, digging deep into the foundations of Tolkien's world to reveal the complex tapestry of history and ...
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The Song of Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien´s Themes, Symbols and Myths, 1. vydání - David Harvey
<p>Available for the first time in paperback, this is the pre-eminent critical study, and exploration, of how myth and legend played such a significant role in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Song of Middle-earth takes a fresh look at The Lord of the Rings, digging deep into the foundations of Tolkien's world to reveal the complex tapestry of history and ...
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Rise and Fall : A History of the World in Ten Empires - Strathern Paul
Anotace: Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of western classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe was beginning ...
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An Encyclopedia of Tolkien : The History and Mythology That Inspired Tolkien´s World - David Day
<p>A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the history, lands, and inhabitants of Middle-earth. The fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth contains a rich assortment of people, cities, and creatures--as well as a deep, intertwined history that spans thousands of years. In this beautifully illustrated, leather-bound volume, best-selling author and Tolkien sc...
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Lotharingia : A Personal History of France, Germany and the Countries In-Between - Winder Simon
Anotace: In AD 843, the three surviving grandsons of the great Emperor Charlemagne met at Verdun. After years of bitter squabbles over who would inherit the family land, they finally decided to divide the territory and go their separate ways. In a moment of staggering significance, one grandson inherited what became France, another Germany and the third Lotharingia: the ...
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Borderlines: A History of Europe, told from the edges - Lewis Baston
<p>An illuminating history of twenty-nine key borderlines that demarcate Europe, and what they can tell us about the past, present and future of Europe.'A stunningly topical and timely book. Lewis Baston is a remarkable talent, very gifted as a writer and quite extraordinarily perceptive and original in his thinking' Anthony SeldonEurope's internal borders have rare...
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The Fall of Numenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth, 1. vydání - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
<p>J.R.R. Tolkien's writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume. J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a 'dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told'. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord ...
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The Cold War : A New Oral History - Kendall Bridget
Anotace: The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history. It spanned the globe - from Greece to China, Hungary to Cuba - and lasted for almost half a century. It has shaped political relations to this day, drawing new physical and ideological boundaries between East and West. In this meticulously researched account, Bridget Ke...
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Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning (1784701483)
Kniha - autor Timothy Snyder, 462 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Timothy Snyder, 462 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná We have come to see the Holocaust as a factory of death, organised by bureaucrats. Yet by the time the gas chambers became operation more than a million European Jews were already dead: shot at close range over pits and ...
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Spies: The epic intelligence war between East and West - Walton Calder
Anotace: The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China`A masterpiece` CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5`The book we have all been waiting for` BRENDAN SIMMS, author of Hitler: A Global Biography`Gripping, authoritative... A viv...
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The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire - Gingeras Ryan
Anotace: `A tour de force of accessible scholarship` The Guardian`Impressive ... It is a complicated story that still reverberates, and Gingeras narrates it with lucid authority` New StatesmanThe Ottoman Empire had been one of the major facts in European history since the Middle Ages. Stretching from the Adriatic to the Indian Ocean, the Empire was both a great political...
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Budapest: Between East and West, 1. vydání - Victor Sebestyen
<p>Budapest has always been an important place. Almost at the centre of Europe, it is at the crossroads of geographical regions and of civilizations, at the intersection of ancient trade routes. Mountains that gradually slope into gentle hills converge on a great river, the Danube, and the regions of Buda and Pest sprang up on either side.Throughout history the cent...
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Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture
This new edition offers an historical overview of the civilizations of the ancient Near East spanning ten thousand years of history through text, imag
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By The Rivers Of Babylon
Compulsively exciting Middle East thriller by international No. 1 bestselling author
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Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates
The Prophet and the Age of Caliphates is an accessible history of the Near East from c.600-1050AD, the period in which Islamic society was formed.
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The Habsburgs : The Rise and Fall of a World Power - Rady Martyn
Anotace: `This is probably the best book ever written on the Habsburgs in any language, certainly the best I have ever read ... Students, scholars and the general reader will never find a better guide to Habsburg history` Alan Sked, Times Literary SupplementIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and then lost - over nearl...
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Winter of the World
Five linked families live out their destinies as the world is shaken by tyranny and war in the mid-twentieth centuryBerlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Into this turmoil steps her mother’s formidable friend and former British MP, Ethel Leckwith...
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Asian Britain - A Photographic History - Nasta Susheila
Anotace: Unique and arresting photographic history of South Asians in Britain (namely in Birmingham, Leeds, Bradford, Glasgow and London`s East End ), from 1858 to the present Includes rich and rarely seen images from archives in Britain, India and the US. Published in partnership with the British Library and Getty Images. With a preface by Razia Iqbal.
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Jews of Arab Lands
Presents the comprehensive history of the turbulent and complex relationships in the Middle East that captures the people and the history.
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Twilight of the British Empire
This book reveals, for the first time, a hitherto unexplored dimension of Britain's engagement with the post-war Middle East: the counter-subversive p
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Meditteranean: Food of the Sun
Offers dishes from Spain, Greece, Italy, France, Portugal, North Africa and the Middle East - a culinary tour of fields of herbs, olive groves, white-
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The Heroes of Tolkien: An Exploration of Tolkien´s Heroic Characters, and the Sources that Inspired his Work from Myth, Literature and History - David Day
<p>In J. R. R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion, Middle-earth endured cataclysmic wars and critical battles, causing great men, women and mystical creatures to arise, influence and shape the course of its history. Here in this book, Tolkien expert David Day examines the complexities surrounding Tolkien's portrayal of good and evil, and an...
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Overkill or Under-kill
Middle East and Counter-Terrorism expert Anthony Paice uses research and analysis to trace the underlying causes of the Iraqi takeover of Kuwait in 19
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BRITISH HISTORY SEEN THROUGH ART + CD
British History Seen Through Art relates the significant events of British history with a detailed commentary on the most important works of art of the period, which are beautifully presented in full colour. Starting with Stonehenge, we see history unfold before our eyes. We observe how the religious art of the Middle Ages became more secular after the reign of Henry VIII...
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Asian Britain
Unique and arresting photographic history of South Asians in Britain (namely in Birmingham, Leeds, Bradford, Glasgow and London's East End ), from 185
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The Hobbits of Tolkien: An Illustrated Exploration of Tolkien´s Hobbits, and the Sources that Inspired his Work from Myth, Literature and History - David Day
<p>An in-depth guide to the intriguing lives of Tolkien's Hobbits.</p> <p>An entire race was born when J.R.R. Tolkien scrawled on a leaf, 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.' From the invention of that single word (hobbit) Tolkien became the explorer and chronicler of the character, their race and their significant role in his fantastical worl...
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Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun
Sixteenth century East Asia is in turmoil. In Japan, the ruling Shogun family has lost its grip on the country. A civil war is brewing as regional lords actively expand their influence. In Korea, the Joseon dynasty is paralysed by factional struggle within the royal court. In China, the might of the Ming dynasty is waning due to rebellions and foreign incursions. These se...
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Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun (PC)
Sixteenth century East Asia is in turmoil. In Japan, the ruling Shogun family has lost its grip on the country. A civil war is brewing as regional lords actively expand their influence. In Korea, the Joseon dynasty is paralysed by factional struggle within the royal court. In China, the might of the Ming dynasty is waning due to rebellions and foreign incursions. These se...
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These Bodies of Water
A powerful meditation on the influence of the British Empire in the Middle East, intertwining history, politics, poetry, myth and personal experience
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These Bodies of Water
A powerful meditation on the influence of the British Empire in the Middle East, intertwining history, politics, poetry, myth and personal experience
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These Bodies of Water
A powerful meditation on the influence of the British Empire in the Middle East, intertwining history, politics, poetry, myth and personal experience
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Clash of Modernities
To understand the Middle East we must also understand how the West produced a temporal narrative of world history in which westemers placed themselves
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Locusts of Power
Samuel Dolbee explains political and environmental transformations in Middle East history from the late Ottoman Empire to the Second World War by trac
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The New Silk Roads : The Present and Future of the World - Peter Frankopan
<p>A brand new book from the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads `Masterly mapping out of a new world order' - Evening Standard Revised and updated edition The New Silk Roads takes a fresh look at the relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the ancient trade routes today. The world is changing dramatically ...
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The Battles of Tolkien: An Illustrate Exploration of the Battles of Tolkien´s World, and the Sources that Inspired his Work from Myth, Literature and History - David Day
<p>The perfect Father's Day giftTolkien's works are punctuated by dramatic and explosive battles. Men versus Orcs, Elves versus Sauron, Goblins versus Dwarves - the history of Middle-earth has seen some of the greatest characters pitted against each other time and time again. From the iconic battle of Helm's Deep to the Destruction of Isengard, The Battles of Tolkie...
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The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien created a new mythology - Shippey Tom
Anotace: A detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey. The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible exploration of J.R.R.Tolkien`s creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Tom Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien`s professional background led him to write The Hobb...
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The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien created a new mythology - Tom Shippey
<p>A detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey. The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible exploration of J.R.R.Tolkien's creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Tom Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien's professional background led him to write The Hobb...
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Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881
"A remarkable achievement. Bartal presents the broad contours of nineteenth-century East European Jewish history even as he reworks them into a nontra
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Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000-1300
From the author of Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade, this book offers a wide-ranging and innovative survey of crusading wa
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Shah of Iran, the Iraqi Kurds, and the Lebanese Shia
This book sheds new light on the emergence and fluctuation of IranÂ’s connections with non-state entities in the Middle East. The author analyzes Iran
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Origins of the Druze People and Religion
The Druze, who can be traced back to eleventh-century Levant, have long intrigued scholars of the Middle East. This work reveals the remarkable Druze
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State of Mixture
Christian communities flourished during late antiquity in a Zoroastrian political system, known as the Iranian Empire. In placing the social history of East Syrian Christians at the center of the Iranian imperial story, this book helps explain the endurance of a culturally diverse empire across four centuries.
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Haskins Society Journal 32: 2020. Studies in Medieval History
Essays illuminate a wide range of topics from the Middle Ages, from the seals of an empress to priests' wives and the undead.
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The Dark Powers of Tolkien: An illustrated Exploration of Tolkien´s Portrayal of Evil, and the Sources that Inspired his Work from Myth, Literature and History - David Day
<p>J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion are some of the greatest tales of good versus evil ever told. From the creation of Arda to the War of the Ring, Tolkien's Middle-earth has seen war and rebellion, devastation and loss, in which the powers of darkness emerged. Here in his latest book, best-selling author and Tolkien expert Dav...
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Turkish Drama Serials
Examines the reach and reception of Turkish drama serials in the Middle East and Latin America, exploring what it is that makes Turkish television so
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Al-Hamlet Summit
Presents a re-working of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" set in the Middle East. The setting of this version of the "Hamlet" story is a modern Middle-Eastern s
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Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. Drawing exten
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The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies Replica 1/1 Helmet of D
Dain Ironfoot was one of the greatest Dwarven warriors in Middle-earth. As Lord of the Iron Hill Dwarves in the East, when called, he led his army to aid Thorin in the defense of Erebor. Dain's heavy plate mail battle armor was both regal and dangerous. The helm was adorned with boar motifs, including tusk-like protrusions on the crest-front, which was a tall ridge of jag...
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The Ottomans
A major new history of the six-hundred-year dynasty that connected East to West as never before.
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Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials - Marion Gibson
<p>Salem, King James VI, Malleus Maleficarum. The world of witch hunts and witch trials sounds antiquated, relics of an unenlightened and brutal age. However, 'witch hunt' is heard often in the present-day media, and the misogyny it is rooted in is all too familiar today. A woman was prosecuted under the 1735 Witchcraft Act as recently as 1944. This book uses thirte...
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Johnny and the Bomb - Pratchett Terry
Anotace: THIS TIME . . . IT`S WAR.Johnny Maxwell is just an ordinary boy, walking through an ordinary alley . . . until he stumbles across a shopping trolley that can travel back in time.A trip on this time travelling shopping trolley takes Johnny and his friends back to 1941, in the middle of the Second World War. More specifically, on the day the German bombs will fall...
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Prague Economic and Social History Papers 2013/2 - Kolektiv
<p>Prager WISOHIM/Prague ESHP je vědecké ciozojazyčné periodikum pro obor hospodářských a sociálních dějin, vydává jej Ústav hospodářských a sociálních dějin FF UK v Praze od roku 1994.<br /> Periodikum seznamuje zahraniční odborníky s nejnovějšími výsledky historického bádání v České republice. Současně jsou v něm publikovány příspěvky zahraničních badatelů,...
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