Trefferliste "World History" - alle Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr

Peter Turchin, Daniel Hoyer

Figuring Out The Past

The numbers that tell the story of humanity 'Vital ... If you're thinking about setting up a giant land empire in Asia, you cannot do so without this book ... If only the last Song emperor had had this bo…

Michael Jackson

History: Past, Present And Future - Book I (2 Blu-spec CD2)

Samuel Mosheim Smucker

History of All Religions. Containing a Statement of the Origin, Development, Doctrines, Form of Workship and Government of All the Religious Denominations in the World

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

Samuel Mosheim Smucker

History of All Religions. Containing a Statement of the Origin, Development, Doctrines, Form of Workship and Government of All the Religious Denominations in the World

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

Marcel van Herpen

History and Human Responsibility

"The present crisis is felt more acutely than previous crisis situations," observes Dutch security expert Marcel van Herpen, largely because human beings are now projecting responsibility into history on …

Robert Peckham

Panic

'Extraordinary' Ai Weiwei'Brilliant' Simon Schama Fear has long been a driving force - perhaps the driving force - of world history: a coercive tool of power and a catalyst for radical change. Here, Rober…

Jonathan Weeks

Shocktober

Baseball's October showcase has provided some high drama over the years and twenty-two of these stories are told in Shoctober. The book also includes an appendix of game statistics as well as a section on…

Owen Rees

The Far Edges of the Known World

When we picture the ancient world, we tend to envision the soaring pyramids of Giza, the Coliseum conquests in Rome and the bustling agora of Athens. Indeed, the classical authors who shape our understand…

John Charles Chasteen

After Eden

In After Eden, prominent Latin American historian John Charles Chasteen provided a concise history of the world, in which he explores the origins and persistence of the timeless phenomena of humanity's in…

Tamim Ansary,

Die unbekannte Mitte der Welt

Die vergessene Geschichte der Welt Jahrhundertelang war die islamische Welt das Zentrum der Zivilisation. Heute aber wird der Islam viel zu oft auf Islamismus und Terrorismus reduziert, scheinen wir daue…

Carthusian Monasticism

This volume seeks-through the work of a number of experts in various fields-to explore monastic life as embodied by Carthusian monks and nuns. Medieval and Early Modern Carthusians are omnipresent in a nu…

Stuart Banner

The Most Powerful Court in the World

Stuart Banner's The Most Powerful Court in the World is an authoritative history of the United States Supreme Court from the Founding era to the present. Not merely a history of the Court's opinions and j…

Alexandra Churchill, Nicolai Eberholst

Ring of Fire

The dramatic story of 1914---the start of World War I---presenting an expansive, dynamic history of the start of this truly global conflict.Most countries did not know what they were getting into during t…

Dorothy Armstrong

Threads of Empire

"Carpet specialist Dorothy Armstrong tells the stories surrounding twelve of the world's most fascinating carpets. Dorothy Armstrong's Threads of Empire is a spellbinding look at the history of the w…

Erik Peterson

The Shortest History of Eugenics

For the last two centuries, groups of influential men have, in the professed interest of fiscal responsibility, crime reduction, and outright racism, attempted to control who was allowed to bear children.…

The Gas Sector in Latin Europe's Industrial History

This volume sheds light on the technical and institutional handicaps that the gas industry had to face since the early 19th century to consolidate its position in the energy market. It traces the history …

Peter Englund

November 1942

The New York Times Book ReviewEditors' Choice • An intimate history of the most important month of World War II, completely based on the diaries, letters and memoirs of the people who lived through itAt t…

Nick Lloyd

The Eastern Front

'The First World War from a refreshingly unfamiliar angle . . . masterly' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'Compelling . . . The Eastern Front is essential reading' Margaret Macmillan, Financial Times'A ma…

Paula Akpan

When We Ruled

'A searing, nourishing journey through a history the world needs' - Bettany Hughes, bestselling author of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 'Please read it!' - Philippa Gregory, bestselling author of…