Western History – Bücher, CDs, DVDs und mehr, Seite 5

Xunwu Chen

The Eastern-Western Philosophical Discourse of Mind, Reason, and Culture

This book provides a comparative study, as well as an account of global history, of the philosophical discourse of mind, reason, and culture. It then enthrones the cosmopolitan doctrine of mind, reason, a…

David Chadwick

Tassajara Stories

A Spirituality & Practice "Best Spiritual Book of 2025""As priceless as discovering a previously unknown time capsule."---Peter Coyote (Hosho Jishi), actor, director, authorThis is…

T-Square

T-square Single Collection

Pierre Place

Die Wahre Geschichte des Wilden Westens: Jim Bridger

Jim Bridger war schon zu Lebzeiten eine Legende: Als Jugendlicher schloss er sich der ersten großen Expedition ins obere Missouri-Tal von William Ashley an, um dort Biber zu jagen. Als Trapper trotzte er …

Alva Noto

HYbr:ID

Musik und Form Alva Noto stellt 2021 sein neues Album vor. »HYbr:ID Vol. 1« umfasst die Musik, die für die Partitur von »Oval« in Auftrag gegeben wurde, einem choreografischen Stück unter der Regie von Ri…

David E. Barclay

Cold War City

The untold story of West Berlin, the island city deep inside the Soviet bloc that withstood the decades-long confrontation between the USSR and the WestLocated more than one hundred miles behind the Iron …

The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin, and each one developed its own, unique set of socio-political institutions and social…

Sandra T Barnes

People in Motion

Beginning in the late fifteenth century, more than two million people were taken from areas that lay behind the Bight of Benin, enslaved, and forced into the perilous Middle Passage bound for the New Worl…

Athol Yates

Western Military Expatriates in the Armed Forces of the UAE

The book argues that Western military expatriates, who have supported the Emirati military forces over more than 50 years, have played a crucial yet bounded role in elevating the UAE's military capabiliti…

Dobbs

Die wahre Geschichte des Wilden Westens: Jesse James

Inmitten des Sezessionskrieges wird in Missouri die Farm der Familie James von Soldaten der Nordstaaten verwüstet. Ihre Brutalität weckt im jungen Jesse ein brennendes Verlangen: Rache! Darum schließt er …

Luca Blengino, David Goy

Die Wahre Geschichte des Wilden Westens: Little Big Horn

Im Sommer 1874 wird Gold in den Black Hills entdeckt, im heiligen Land der Sioux. Die US-amerikanische Regierung ist sehr interessiert daran, ihre kriselnde Wirtschaft zu sanieren und versucht, den Indian…

Chris Filstrup, Jane Merrill

The Turban

A superbly illustrated history of the turban, from Arabian origins to global cultural icon.

Georgios Varouxakis

The West

A comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the WestHow did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did "Weste…

Martha A Sandweiss

The Girl in the Middle

Shortlisted for the Cundill History PrizeA haunting image of an unnamed Native child and a recovered story of the American WestIn 1868, celebrated Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner traveled to Fort…

Fabio Spirinelli

Staging the Nation in an Intermediate Space

In Luxembourg, the evolution of cultural policy remains underexplored despite its pivotal role in the nation-building process. This book investigates how national cultural policy evolved from the 1920s to…

Tamera J Buzick, Ronald M James, Michael A Bedeau

Bowers Mansion

Few estates born from the discovery of the Comstock Lode still survive. Among the grandest, Bowers Mansion, dates to the height of the Civil War. The property has a tragic history shrouded in legend, laid…

Guido Alfani

As Gods Among Men

"In this masterly book, [Alfani] offers an insightful long-run perspective and fascinating lessons for the future. A must-read!"---Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century A…

Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey

Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp

This creative memoir tells a coming of age story in a WWII Japanese-American internment camp

Kelli Y Nakamura

Legacies of Incarceration

Legacies of Incarceration provides a holistic view of the incarceration experience of Hawaiʻi's Japanese by exploring the factors that shaped the circumstances of confinement on each island before, during…