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Lacná kniha Si mŕtvy. História bombardovania (-25%)
Čo urobíme so svetom, v ktorom máme možnosť zničiť samých seba v priebehu niekoľkých minút? Stačí stisnúť jeden gombík, odpáliť zopár bômb..
Odpoveď hľadá Sven Lindqvist v dejinách nasýtených pušným prachom i oslepujúcimi zábleskami výbuchov. A zisťuje, že realita ďaleko predstihla všetky najsmelšie sci-fi romány.
Kniha Si mŕtvy. História bombardovania, to je 400 fragmentov, 400 malých výbuchov, ktoré spoločne utvárajú plastickú predstavu o dejinách bomby.
Drážďany, Hirošima, Kórea... Všade tam človek demonštroval svoju absolútnu moc rozsievaním smrti z nebeských výšin a toto konanie sa snažil ospravedlniť tými najabsurdnejšími spôsobmi. A hoci v knihe Si mŕtvy. História bombardovania čítame predovšetkým o minulosti, táto kniha je v istom zmysle aj varovaním do budúcnosti. A môžeme len dúfať, že nie je aj predpoveďou.
Dejiny sú vždy labyrint plný odbočiek, zákrut a slepých uličiek. Iná nie je ani táto kniha. Podobne ako legendárny román Julia Cortázara Nebo-Peklo-Raj, aj Sven Lindqvist nám dáva niekoľko možností, ako cez knihu prejsť, ako ju prečítať. Zároveň nám však umožňuje, aby sme si vybrali aj vlastnú cestu, aby sme v dejinách blúdili celkom slobodne.
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Si mŕtvy. História bombardovania
Čo urobíme so svetom, v ktorom máme možnosť zničiť samých seba v priebehu niekoľkých minút? Stačí stisnúť jeden gombík, odpáliť zopár bômb..
Odpoveď hľadá Sven Lindqvist v dejinách nasýtených pušným prachom i oslepujúcimi zábleskami výbuchov. A zisťuje, že realita ďaleko predstihla všetky najsmelšie sci-fi romány.
Kniha Si mŕtvy. História bombardovania, to je 400 fragmentov, 400 malých výbuchov, ktoré spoločne utvárajú plastickú predstavu o dejinách bomby.
Drážďany, Hirošima, Kórea... Všade tam človek demonštroval svoju absolútnu moc rozsievaním smrti z nebeských výšin a toto konanie sa snažil ospravedlniť tými najabsurdnejšími spôsobmi. A hoci v knihe Si mŕtvy. História bombardovania čítame predovšetkým o minulosti, táto kniha je v istom zmysle aj varovaním do budúcnosti. A môžeme len dúfať, že nie je aj predpoveďou.
Dejiny sú vždy labyrint plný odbočiek, zákrut a slepých uličiek. Iná nie je ani táto kniha. Podobne ako legendárny román Julia Cortázara Nebo-Peklo-Raj, aj Sven Lindqvist nám dáva niekoľko možností, ako cez knihu prejsť, ako ju prečítať. Zároveň nám však umožňuje, aby sme si vybrali aj vlastnú cestu, aby sme v dejinách blúdili celkom slobodne.
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A Short History of London
LONDON: a settlement founded by the Romans, occupied by the Saxons, conquered by the Danes and ruled by the Normans. This changeful place became a medieval maze of alleys and courtyards, later to be chequered with grand estates of Georgian splendour. It swelled with industry and became the centre of the largest empire in history. And having risen from the rubble of the Blitz, it is now one of the greatest cities in the world.
From the prehistoric occupants of the Thames Valley to the preoccupied commuters of today, Simon Jenkins brings together the key events, individuals and trends in London's history to create a matchless portrait of the capital. He masterfully explains the battles that determined how London was conceived and built - and especially the perennial conflict between money and power.
Based in part on his experiences of and involvement in the events that shaped the post-war city, and with his trademark colour and authority, Jenkins shows above all how London has taken shape over more than two thousand years. Fascinating for locals and visitors alike, this is narrative history at its finest, from the most ardent protector of our heritage.
'Jenkins's handling of the preceding two millennia is clear and informative . . . there are also nuggets and insights . . . accessible, clear and readable' Rowan Moore, The Observer
'A handsome book ... full of the good judgements one might hope for from such a sensible and readable commentator, and they alone are worth perusing for pleasure and food for thought' Michael Wood, New Statesman on A Short History of England
'Any passably cultured inhabitant of the British Isles should ask for, say, three or four copies of this book for Christmas...I can imagine no better companion on a voyage across England' Max Hastings, Daily Telegraph on England's Thousand Best Houses
Erdély 1918-1919-ben
"Majdnem 40 év után úgy látom, hogy az Erdély 1918-1919-ben című könyvem az utolsó hazai kommunista évtizedben úttörő kötet volt, témaválasztása miatt a hazai történetírásban, valamint az idegen megszállás alatt élni kényszerülő magyarok sorsával kapcsolatos tudományos kutatásban is.
S még egy utolsó, nem kevésbé fontos szempont: sajnos, e könyvem most is időszerű, ugyanis Erdély még mindig román megszállás alatt van, s a mindenkori román kormányok legalább akkora intenzitással nyomják el, soviniszta intézkedésekkel keserítik meg a még ott élő magyarok életét, mint a szintén soviniszta kommunizmus alatt. Amikor e könyvet írtam, azt hittem, hogy nemsokára fölbomlik a hazugsággal és nemzetközi megtévesztéssel, s végül (1918-1919-ben, majd 1944-1945-ben) árulással és fegyverrel összeollózott Nagy-Románia. Ez előbb-utóbb bekövetkezik, azonban addig még nagy küzdelmek várnak a Juhász Gyula által "világ árvájának" nevezett magyarságra.
Most könyvem harmadik kiadását tartja a kezében az Olvasó.
Úgy tűnik számomra - "tűntén az ifjú láznak" -, hogy nemcsak a könyveknek, hanem a történészeknek is megvan a maguk sorsa: 29 éves kezdőként kezdtem írni e könyvet, s most, éppen betöltve a 70. évet, kerül a könyvesboltokba tanulmányaim legújabb kiadása." Raffay Ernő
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Dějiny, smysl a modernita
Kniha představuje témata, která stojí v centru zájmu Miloše Havelky, významného českého sociologa, filosofa a doyena oboru historická sociologie. Původní příspěvky domácích a zahraničních historiků, sociologů, filosofů, antropologů a umělců originálním způsobem přispívají do diskuze o badatelsky aktuálních problémech, jako jsou symbolická centra české kultury a politiky, spory o smysl českých dějin, reflexe krize demokracie, politiky paměti nebo metodologie historiografie. Jednotlivé autorské kapitoly svou tematickou šíří odkazují k rozsáhlým odborným zájmům jubilanta a svědčí o důležité roli Miloše Havelky při formování několika generací badatelů v oborech historie, sociologie a filosofie.
Exil pod římským nebem
Kniha historika Ondřeje Blažka je vedle své odborné kvality strhujícím vyprávěním o českém, křesťansky orientovaném exilu v Itálii. Je první publikací na toto téma, která zevrubně mapuje osud kněžských i laických osobností, žijících po roku 1948 v Římě i jinde v Evropě. Přináší řadu dosud nepublikovaných dokumentů, svědectví, rozhovorů a fotografií, týkajících se Křesťanské akademie, centra Velehrad, kněžské koleje Nepomucenum a vztahu exulantů, institucí a Svatého stolce ke společnosti a církvi doma v socialistickém Československu. Přesvědčivě také dokládá kladný přístup kněžského exilu, shromážděného kolem kardinála Josefa Berana, ke Druhému vatikánskému koncilu a jeho prohlášením.
The Colour of Time
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 the politics of peace, and the lives of men and women who made history.
The book is a collaboration between a gifted Brazilian artist and a leading British historian. Marina Amaral has created 200 stunning images, using contemporary photographs as the basis for her full-colour digital renditions. Dan Jones has written a narrative that anchors each image in its context, and weaves them into a vivid account of the world that we live in today. A fusion of amazing pictures and well-chosen words, The Colour of Time offers a unique - and often beautiful - perspective on the past.
This compact edition of The Colour of Time makes the perfect gift for anyone (and not just anyone interested in history).
A Political History of the World
A three-thousand year history of the world that examines the causes of war and the search for peace
In three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of its lifetime. Since 1776, the United States has spent over one hundred years at war. The dream of peace has been universal in the history of humanity. So why have we so rarely been able to achieve it?
In A Political History of the World, Jonathan Holslag has produced a sweeping history of the world, from the Iron Age to the present, that investigates the causes of conflict between empires, nations and peoples and the attempts at diplomacy and cosmopolitanism. A birds-eye view of three thousand years of history, the book illuminates the forces shaping world politics from Ancient Egypt to the Han Dynasty, the Pax Romana to the rise of Islam, the Peace of Westphalia to the creation of the United Nations.
This truly global approach enables Holslag to search for patterns across different eras and regions, and explore larger questions about war, diplomacy, and power. Has trade fostered peace? What are the limits of diplomacy? How does environmental change affect stability? Is war a universal sin of power? At a time when the threat of nuclear war looms again, this is a much-needed history intended for students of international politics, and anyone looking for a background on current events.
Post Wall, Post Square
'A gripping and compelling account.... The peaceful ending of the Cold War between West and East remains one of the greatest achievements of modern statecraft' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, Literary Review
This landmark global study makes us rethink what happened when the Cold War ended and our present era was born.
The world changed dramatically as the Berlin Wall fell and protest turned to massacre in Tiananmen Square. Now, with deft analysis and a wealth of newly declassified archival sources, historian Kristina Spohr offers a bold and novel interpretation of the revolutionary upheaval of 1989 and, how in its aftermath, a new world order was forged without major conflict.
The Post-Wall world, Spohr argues, was brought about in significant measure through the determined diplomacy of a small cohort of international leaders. They engaged in tough but cooperative negotiation and worked together to reinvent the institutions of the Cold War. Exploring this extraordinary historical moment, Spohr offers a major reappraisal of US President George H. W. Bush and innovative assessments of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and President Francois Mitterrand of France.
But the transformation of Europe must be understood in global context. Spohr elegantly weaves together the Western and Asian timelines to revelatory effect, by contrasting events in Berlin and Moscow with the story in Beijing, where the pro-democracy movement was brutally suppressed by Deng Xiaoping. Post Square, he pushed through China's very different Communist reinvention.
Meticulously researched and brilliantly original, Post Wall, Post Square provides an authoritative contemporary history of those crucial hinge years of 1989-1992 and their implications for our times. The world of Putin, Trump and Xi, with a fractious European Union, rogue states and the crisis of mass migration has its roots in the global exit from the Cold War.
Living with the Gods - On Beliefs and Peoples
Following the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, a panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany
'Riveting, extraordinary ... tells the sweeping story of religious belief in all its inventive variety. The emphasis is not on our differences, but on shared spiritual yearnings' Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times, Books of the Year
One of the central facts of human existence is that every society shares a set of beliefs and assumptions - a faith, an ideology, a religion - that goes far beyond the life of the individual. These beliefs are an essential part of a shared identity. They have a unique power to define - and to divide - us, and are a driving force in the politics of much of the world today. Throughout history they have most often been, in the widest sense, religious.
Yet this book is not a history of religion, nor an argument in favour of faith. It is about the stories which give shape to our lives, and the different ways in which societies imagine their place in the world. Looking across history and around the globe, it interrogates objects, places and human activities to try to understand what shared beliefs can mean in the public life of a community or a nation, how they shape the relationship between the individual and the state, and how they help give us our sense of who we are.
For in deciding how we live with our gods, we also decide how to live with each other.
'The new blockbuster by the museums maestro Neil MacGregor ... The man who chronicles world history through objects is back ... examining a new set of objects to explore the theme of faith in society' Sunday Times
These Truths - A History of the United States
The American experiment rests on three ideas-"these truths", Jefferson called them-political equality, natural rights and the sovereignty of the people. And it rests, too, "on a dedication to inquiry, fearless and unflinching", writes Jill Lepore in a ground-breaking investigation into the American past that places truth at the centre of the nation's history.
Telling the story of America, beginning in 1492, These Truths asks whether the course of events has proven the nation's founding truths or belied them. Finding meaning in contradiction, Lepore weaves American history into a tapestry of faith and hope, of peril and prosperity, of technological progress and moral anguish. This spellbinding chronicle offers an authoritative new history of a great, and greatly troubled, nation.
Menus that Made History
This fascinating miscellany of menus from around the world will educate as well as entertain, delighting both avid foodies and the general reader.
Each menu provides an insight into its particular historical moment - from the typical food on offer in a nineteenth-century workhouse to the opulence of George IV's gargantuan coronation dinner. Some menus are linked with a specific and unforgettable event such as The Hindenburg's last flight menu or the variety of meals on offer for First, Second and Third Class passengers on board RMS Titanic, while others give an insight into sport, such as the 1963 FA Cup Final Dinner or transport and travel with the luxury lunch on board the Orient Express. Also included are literary occasions like Charles' Dickens 1868 dinner at Delmonicos in New York as well as the purely fictional and fantastical fare of Ratty's picnic in The Wind in the Willows.
A Felvidék és Kárpátalja hazatérésének emlékalbuma
Babucs Zoltán (Jászberény, 1974) hadtörténész-muzeológus tősgyökeres jászkun család sarja. A budapesti HM Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum tudományos munkatársaként dolgozott - kisebb megszakításokkal - közel két évtizedig, 2017 óta a Magyar Hírlap (polgári közéleti napilap) lapszerkesztőjeként tevékenykedik.
Szakterülete: a második világháborús Magyar Királyi Honvédség, az 1848/49. évi magyar függetlenségi háború honvédseregének története, a jászkunok és a székelyek katonáskodása.
Az isteni gondviselés, a magyar politikai és katonai vezetés céltudatossága, valamint a kedvező külpolitikai konstelláció révén született meg az első bécsi döntés 1938. november 2-án, miáltal a trianoni igazságtalanság egy része nyert jóvátételt, és a magyar Szent Korona fennhatósága alá tért vissza a Felvidék és Kárpátalja déli része. Nyolcvan évvel ezelőtt, amikor Csehszlovákia először tűnt el a térképről, 1939. március 15-18. között honvédeink fegyverrel vették vissza Kárpátalja északi és keleti részét. E kötet az országgyarapítás nyitányát mutatja be, a hadtörténeti események ismertetésén túl beppillantást enged a honvédek és a felszabadult magyarság gondolataiba, érzéseibe, nem csupán visszaemlékezés részletek közlésével, hanem felvidéki, kárpátaljai és anyaországi családok, gyűjtők féltve őrzött fotólbumaiból előkerült ezer fényképfelvétel segítségével, amelyek hűen ábrázolják a "magyar feltámadás hajnalhasadását".
Bloc Life - Stories from the Lost World of Communism
There was life before the fall.
1989 was a year of astonishing and rapid change: the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and an end to an entire way of life for millions of people behind the Iron Curtain. Bloc Life collects first hand testimony of the people who lived in East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Romania during the Cold War era, and reveals a rich tapestry of experience that goes beyond the headlines of spies and surveillance, secret police and political corruption. In fact, many of the people remember their lives under communism as 'perfectly ordinary' and even hanker for the 'security' that it offered.
From political leaders, athletes and pop stars, to cooks, miners and cosmonauts, the stories collected in Bloc Life evoke the moods, preoccupations and experiences of a world that vanished almost overnight.
Islamic Empires
Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent, while Europe cowered feebly at the margins. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on the battlefield and triumphant in the battle of ideas, its cities unrivalled powerhouses of artistic grandeur, commercial power, spiritual sanctity and forward-looking thinking, in which nothing was off limits.
Islamic Empires is a history of this rich and diverse civilization told through its greatest cities over the fifteen centuries of Islam, from its earliest beginnings in Mecca in the seventh century to the astonishing rise of Doha in the twenty-first.
It dwells on the most remarkable dynasties ever to lead the Muslim world - the Abbasids of Baghdad, the Umayyads of Damascus and Cordoba, the Merinids of Fez, the Ottomans of Istanbul, the Mughals of India and the Safavids of Isfahan - and some of the most charismatic leaders in Muslim history, from Saladin in Cairo and mighty Tamerlane of Samarkand to the poet-prince Babur in his mountain kingdom of Kabul and the irrepressible Maktoum dynasty of Dubai. It focuses on these fifteen cities at some of the defining moments in Islamic history: from the Prophet Mohammed receiving his divine revelations in Mecca and the First Crusade of 1099 to the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the phenomenal creation of the merchant republic of Beirut in the nineteenth century.
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Fallout
Between December 1943 and August 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill ignited the Cold War, a superpower rivalry that would dominate the world over half a century, by building an atomic bomb and excluding their Russian allies. Peter Watson tells the pulse-pounding story of how two atomic physicists tried to counter this in two very different ways. While Niels Bohr sought to convince President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill to share their nuclear knowledge with Joseph Stalin, nuclear scientist Klaus Fuchs, a German Communist emigre to Britain, was leaking atomic secrets to the Soviets in a rival attempt to ensure parity between the superpowers. Neither succeeded in preventing the World War II allies from unleashing the atom bomb on the world.
Fallout proves that the atomic bomb was not needed, and was made as a result of a series of flawed decisions. The Americans did not tell the UK that the atomic research was compromised by Soviet spies; the British did not tell the Americans that in 1943 they knew for sure that Germany did not have a nuclear bomb program. Neither country admitted to the scientists developing the bomb that it would never be used to counter the (non-existent) German nuclear threat. Had the scientists known, many of them would have refused to complete work on the bomb.
This story shows how politicians fatally failed to understand the nature of atomic science and, in so doing, exposed the world needlessly to great danger, a danger that is still very much with us.
Harvest
In a centuries-old tradition, farmers in northwestern Iceland scour remote coastal plains for the down of nesting eider ducks.
High inside a vast cave in Borneo, men perched atop rickety ladders collect swiftlets' nests, a delicacy believed to be a cure for almost anything.
Eiderdown and edible birds' nests: both are luxury products, ultimately destined for the super-rich. To the rest of the world these materials are mere commodities but to the harvesters they are all imbued with myth, tradition, folklore and ritual, and form part of a shared identity and history.
These objects are two of the seven natural wonders whose stories Harvest tells: eiderdown, vicuna wool, sea silk, vegetable ivory, civet coffee, guano and edible birds' nests. Harvest follows their journey from the wildest parts of the planet, traversing Iceland, Indonesia, and Peru, to its urban centres, drawing on the voices of the gatherers, shearers and entrepreneurs who harvest, process and trade them.
Blending interviews, history and travel writing, Harvest sets these human stories against our changing economic and ecological landscape. What do they tell us about capitalism, global market forces and overharvesting? How does a local micro-economy survive in a hyper-connected world?
Harvest makes us see the world with wonder, curiosity and new concern. It is an original and magical new map of our world and its riches.
From the Corner of the Oval Office
`If you've ever felt like you were out of your element, in over your head or working without a net, you will love this book. Funny, fast-paced, and so emotionally true it hurts.' Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black
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Guidelines for aspiring stenographers:
* Neutral tones set the tone
* Be discreet and neat - like a librarian or well-paid prostitute
* Breathe quietly or not at all
* Above all else, keep the secrets to yourself...
In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in Washington DC when an unusual job interview landed her in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama's stenographers. She joined the elite team who accompanied the President wherever he went, recorder and mic in hand. On whirlwind trips across time zones, Beck forged friendships with a tight group of fellow travellers - young men and women who, like her, left their real lives behind to hop aboard Air Force One in service of the President. But as she learned the ropes of protocol, Beck became romantically entangled with a colleague, and suddenly, the political became all too personal.
Set against the backdrop of a White House full of glamour, drama and intrigue, this is the story of a young woman making unlikely friendships, getting her heart broken, learning what truly matters and discovering her voice in the process.
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Praise for From the Corner of the Oval Office
'Who knew the West Wing could be so sexy? Beck's unparalleled access is obvious on every page, along with her knife-sharp humour... Lots of books claim to give real insider glimpses, but this one actually delivers.'
Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada
'This memoir is good and gossipy, will make you wish that you got to hang out with Barack and Michelle on a daily basis and is the missing link between The West Wing and Bridget Jones's Diary.' Red
'Set against the backdrop of a White House full of glamour, drama and intrigue, this is the story of a young woman making unlikely friendships, getting her heart broken, learning what truly matters and discovering her voice in the process.' GLAMOUR's Best Books of 2018
History Day by Day - 366 Voices from the Past
`What a wonderful, eclectic daily diet of historical speech! Each entry - one for each day of the year - transports us back to hear the voices of the past, and gives us an empathic, learned, and fascinating insight into the thoughts and feelings of the people of history.' - Suzannah Lipscomb
MAKE EVERY DAY HISTORIC WITH THIS VIVID, DAY-BY-DAY PERSPECTIVE ON 2,500 YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY.
Following the success of the bestselling Histories of Nations, Peter Furtado brings us 366 telling quotations that offer a window on the past, tying every day in the year to a momentous occasion and bringing it to life with eyewitness accounts and a chronicler's flair. Here are Joan of Arc and Julius Caesar, Galileo and Gandhi, JFK and MLK in their element: battles and treaties, revolutions and discoveries, the joyful ad the grief-stricken. Every day brings a new voice and fresh revelations, while Peter Furtado expertly places events in context to make this both an addictive anthology and a dazzling panorama of world history.
Kategória odbornej literatúry história poskytuje informácie o historických udalostiach, kultúrach, politických konfliktoch a ich vplyve na spoločnosť.
História je dôležitou súčasťou našej identity a chápania sveta. Tieto knihy poskytujú podrobné informácie o rôznych obdobiach, sociálnych, hospodárskych a politických dejinách.
