This illuminating book explains how and why Russia's relations with the west have deteriorated to the point of initiating a new era of 'great power competition'. An updated version of the bestselli... Lasīt vairāk
A vivid re-creation of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath, told through detailed maps, authoritative text by a noted military historian and contemporary photographs.
This powerful study chronicl... Lasīt vairāk
Daring French Explorations is an exceptional homage to adventure.
Intrepid French mariners-including legendary explorers Lapérouse, Bougainville, and Dumont d'Urville, and unsung sailors La Barbi... Lasīt vairāk
Helicopters have been going to sea with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm for over 70 years. Initially used for search and rescue (SAR) duties from aircraft carriers, the rapid development of both the... Lasīt vairāk
Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art recounts what the Parthenon and its sculptures meant to the citizens of 5th-century BCE Athens.
Surprising, questioning, challenging, en... Lasīt vairāk
This book reinterprets the history of nineteenth and twentieth-century revolutions by composing a constellation of "dialectical images": Marx's "locomotives of history," Alexandra Kollontai's sexua... Lasīt vairāk
The definitive guide to the Bayeux Tapestry and its legacy, exploring the rich narrative behind its stitches and the turbulent times in which it was created.
Political intrigue and treachery, hero... Lasīt vairāk
Paradokss! Viens mazs punktiņš, bet Andris Grīnbergs teic – vēl viena grāmata Latvijai. Bet nekāda paradoksa nav, tas mazais punktiņš – Latvijas kartē neliela apdzīvota vieta Prižu A... Lasīt vairāk
A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy.
Once described as 'that metropolis of dress and deba... Lasīt vairāk
The magnificent wonders of China, ancient and modern, revealed by an international team of leading scholars from Asia and the West.
China is the oldest continuous civilization on earth and holds a... Lasīt vairāk