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The Romans
'At last, a history of the Roman state as it has always been crying out to be told, and never has been!' RODERICK BEATON
The greatest empire in Western history - told as never been told before.
Rome is often remembered for its spectacular collapse. But for over two thousand years - through civil wars, plagues, invasions, and religious upheaval - the Roman state survived, adapted, and reinvented itself. From a muddy settlement on the banks of the Tiber to the glittering court of Constantinople, this is the untold story of a civilisation that endured.
In The Romans, acclaimed historian Edward J. Watts tells the first truly complete history of Rome in all its epic sweep: the Punic Wars, the fall of the republic, the coming of Christianity, Alaric's sack of Rome, the rise of Islam and the onslaught of the Crusaders who would bring about the empire's end. This is the Rome of Augustus, Marcus Aurelius, and Constantine. But it is also the Rome of Charlemagne, Justinian, and Manuel Comnenus, and countless diverse men and women who shaped the empire: African emperors, Byzantine intellectuals and ordinary citizens whose loyalty together made it the most resilient state the world has ever seen.
An expansive, eye-opening portrait, this is the definitive history of Rome and its citizens.
Gengszterkorzó Havannában
Hogyan lett Havanna a maffia új játszótere? Miért tekintette Meyer Lansky Kubát ,,második otthonának"? És hogyan lett a kaszinók, bordélyok és szivarfüstös szállodák paradicsomából forradalmi lángtenger?
Lénárt András könyve lebilincselő történelmi nyomozás: feltárja, hogyan fonódott össze a 20. század közepén az amerikai szervezett bűnözés és a kubai hatalom, miként szivárgott be a maffia a politikába, a gazdaságba, és hogyan lett Kuba az amerikai alvilág egyik legfontosabb külföldi bástyája - egészen Fidel Castro hatalomra jutásáig. A történet nem csupán gengszterekről szól: megjelenik benne Frank Sinatra és a Kennedy család, a CIA titkos akciói, és természetesen a havannai maffiakongresszus is, ahol a valóság nem ritkán felülmúlja a filmeket.
A Gengszterkorzó Havannában egyszerre oknyomozó történeti munka és izgalmas kultúrtörténet. A szerző nemcsak levéltári anyagokra és titkosított CIA- és FBI-jelentésekre támaszkodik, hanem interjúkra, visszaemlékezésekre, filmes és irodalmi utalásokra is, hogy teljes képet adjon egy alig ismert, de rendkívül fontos korszakról.
Dvacet let - Naděje, válka a zrada na jedné generaci Afghánců
Kniha roku časopisu Economist
Podle deníku Washington Post jedna z 50 nejlepších knih literatury faktu v roce 2024
Žádnou jinou zemi nezasáhlo 11. září 2001 tak intenzivně jako Afghánistán. Afghánci okusili příslib svobody, demokracie a bezpečí, o jehož smysl mezi sebou bojovali, jen aby nakonec byli svědky jeho zhroucení. Sune Engel Rasmussen, korespondent deníku Wall Street Journal, vychází ve své knize ze zkušeností, které nasbíral za více než deset let zpravodajského působení v Afghánistánu. Příběh této země vypráví z neotřelého úhlu pohledu: očima nově zrovnoprávněných žen, úspěšných podnikatelů, zatvrzelých povstalců i opuštěných spojenců Západu. Díky důvěrným rozhovorům i s mnoha dalšími lidmi nabízí ,zasvěcený pohled na společenský vývoj v zemi zrazené Západem i Tálibánem.
„Rasmussen kombinuje sociální dějiny s důsledným a věcným zpravodajstvím... Jeho schopnost ponořit se do života protagonistů dodává knize pocit románu... Břitké. Vynikající.“ Martha Anne Tollová, Washington Post"
Atlas of Borders
Through 70 stunning infographics and maps, this exciting and timely book looks at the borders that define our current world.
There are borders that are easily crossed and borders that are entirely impassable; there are visible borders - sometimes demarcated by fences, walls, flags and posts - and invisible borders - not seen on a physical map and oftentimes restrictive of access to targeted populations; there are land borders, maritime, political and cultural borders…
Presenting 70 case studies through maps and infographics, two experts in geopolitics reflect on the modern world through the lens of border lines helping the reader make sense of a complex world. Atlas of Borders addresses the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, the repercussions of Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the migration of peoples around the globe. Featuring up-to-date maps, the book also covers the aquatic borders of the Svalbard Islands, the borders of the eastern Mediterranean and the Blue Line dividing Lebanon and Israel.
In a confusing and at times chaotic world that seemingly defies interpretation, this atlas sheds light on larger issues behind the lines that separate or connect us.
A Tale Unasked
A new translation of one of classical Japan's greatest literary works
'It is from a desire not to let this impulse count for nothing that I have written this foolish tale of mine. I have no hope that it will remain for future generations to remember me by'
Japanese noblewoman Lady Nijo was made the Emperor's concubine aged fourteen and then, after several illicit affairs, was expelled from the palace, becoming a nun and travelling the country in pilgrimage. A Tale Unasked is her extraordinary memoir of her eventful life, lost for centuries and discovered in the Imperial Library. Filled with startling revelations of the secret intrigues, splendour and sexual politics of courtly life, it is also a moving portrait of a woman of rich intelligence and sensitivity trying to survive in a difficult world. This new translation beautifully renders the sinuous elegance of a remarkable work of classical Japanese literature.
Translated by Meredith McKinney
The Two Hundred Years War
A new and radically original account of the longest military conflict in European history, which challenges the conventional periodisation of the 'Hundred Years War' to consider a much longer period of Anglo-French conflict.
Michael Livingston argues that the English lens through which the war has been viewed has led historians to define it in terms of English interests (most famously, the claim of the English Plantagenet king Edward III to be the rightful king of France), and that the events collectively labelled the 'Hundred Years War' are best seen as a sequence of steps in France's struggle to define itself as a nation. For much of the period, France's primary rival was indeed England. But it was by no means the only combatant. Burgundy stood in its way, too, as did Brittany, Flanders, Navarre and other rival powers.
Viewing France as the primary engine driving the war leads Livingston to consider a much longer timespan, starting with the Anglo-French 'Pirate War' of 1292 (which swiftly escalated into a fight over England's feudal possessions in Gascony) and ending with the marriage of Charles VIII of France to Anne of Brittany by which Brittany was subsumed into the French realm.
História zadnými dverami 8
Niekto by si pomyslel, alebo aspoň tak sa to navonok javí, akoby boli tie „zadné dvere“ v histórii priam nekonečné. Nový, v poradí už ôsmy zväzok edície História zadnými dverami z produkcie Historického ústavu SAV, v. v. i., máme „na tanieri“. Hoci nebol naplánovaný a rovnako tiež nie nevyhnutný, je tu. Vypýtal sa na svet akosi sám.
S našou „osmičkou“ sme mali rovnaký cieľ ako s jej predchodkyňami: zabaviť Vás pri čítaní. A samozrejme, aj trochu „dovzdelať“. Dočítate sa, okrem iného, odkiaľ pramení slogan byť „opitý ako Dán“, máme tiež niečo o bosorkách, bosorákoch a ježibabách, alebo aj vážnejšiu tému: ako prežívali evanjelickí exulanti v Uhorsku v 17. storočí. Dozviete sa tiež, kto a čím bol Bonaccorso Pitti. Viete, ako vznikali bratislavské sucháre, alebo aký život mala Aletta Jacobsová? V knihe nájdete aj to, ako sa formovala moderná slovenská chirurgia v medzivojnovom období, taktiež niečo „šteklivé“ o totálnych babrákoch – fašistoch. Zaujímavé sú tiež požiare, záplavy a zemetrasenia na Slovensku v 30. rokoch 20. storočia. Asi málokto niečo vie o doslova thrillerovom úteku Bratislavčana Ivana Zverinu z komunistického Československa do slobodného sveta v roku 1949 a možno nepoznáte ani pozadie levočskej havárie Dakoty ČSA v januári 1956, pri ktorej zahynulo 22 ľudí. Dajme šancu mieru a pozrime sa do dejín Ameriky 60. rokov minulého storočia, alebo nahliadnime aj do športu – do života úspešnej slovenskej tenistky (a herečky) Márie Markovičovej. Ozaj, vedeli ste, že za holandským tzv. totálnym futbalom bol jeden český emigrant?
A namiesto záveru opäť niečo špeciálne o tom, ako sa v minulosti, dávnej i nedávnej, pri liečbe rakoviny vnímala a vyvíjala imunoterapia.
Poustevníci v tajze
V 70.letech 20. století objevil tým geologů v sibiřské tajze primitivní dřevěný srub a rodinu oblečenou v hadrech, která mluvila, myslela a žila způsobem ruských rolníků za vlády cara Petra Velikého. Kniha vypráví příběh rodiny ruských "starověrců", která uprchla z Ukrajiny ve 30. letech při Stalinově kolektivizaci a vydala se do hlubin sibiřské tajgy, kde padesát let přežívali jen díky tomu, co dokázali sklidit, ulovit a postavit vlastními silami.
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The Stuff of History
Too often history focuses on the tales of kings, or those (often men) who were given the credit for shaping our stories. Yet, what fascinates most are the figures who have passed through the cracks of history, people like:
- The fourteen-year-old boy who lived undetected in the chimneys of Buckingham Palace
- Archie Lee, the re-inventor of Santa Claus
- The women at Playtex who helped put the first man on the moon
- Unknown war hero Tommy Brown, whose extraordinary bravery helped the code breakers of Bletchley
But it's not just forgotten heroes that you'll meet, this compendium also reveals the curious back stories behind everyday objects - the humble fork, the china cup, the real history of tea, and Queen Victoria's underwear - to name but a few.
The Stuff of History is a thoughtful, entertaining and carefully curated miscellany of fascinating forgotten histories from Antiques Roadshow stalwart, and popular historian with a huge Instagram following, Steven Moore.
Crucible of Light
Focusing on major turning points, individual stories and key places, from Mecca to Cordoba, from Damascus to Venice, and from Vienna to Istanbul, Drayson tracks the themes that unite us – classical learning preserved in Islamic libraries, the enduring influence of Moorish architecture and design, the food we share, the goods we have traded and the continuing dialogue between individuals and cultures that has permeated Europe’s history and shaped its borders.
It is a history that sweeps across cities and continents, from Spanish patios and palaces to Ottoman-inspired coffee houses in 17th century London, to the Mezquita in Cordoba, once a mosque, now a cathedral, the physical embodiment of the ongoing discourse that continues to shape European identity.
Afrika. Dejiny, kultúra a súčasnosť neznámeho kontinentu
Predstava Afriky ako temného kontinentu obývaného ľuďmi bez histórie, civilizácie či kultúry je na Slovensku stále prítomná, a tento fascinujúci kút sveta ostáva málo známym aj najmenej pochopeným. Kniha Afrika: Dejiny, kultúra a súčasnosť neznámeho kontinentu rozpráva jej príbeh objektívnou, vyváženou a čitateľsky príťažlivou formou. Pripravili ju slovenskí a českí odborníci a odborníčky venujúci sa odlišným africkým regiónom, spoločnosti, kultúre, politike i dejinám. Experti z viacerých vedných disciplín vyvracajú rôzne mýty či polopravdy, často zdedené ešte z čias kolonializmu, a upozorňujú, že budúcnosť Európy v 21. storočí leží práve v Afrike.
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul
A sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan - the first book from one of the world's leading war correspondents.
In 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected Afghanistan's hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the world.
Lyse Doucet first checked into the Inter-Continental on Christmas Eve 1988. In the decades since, she has witnessed a Soviet evacuation, a devastating civil war, the US invasion, and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban, all from within its increasingly battered walls. The Inter-Con has never closed its doors.
Now, she weaves together the experiences of the Afghans who have kept the hotel running to craft a richly immersive history of their country. It is the story of Hazrat, the septuagenarian housekeeper who still holds fast to his Inter-Continental training from the hotel's 1970s glory days - an era of haute cuisine and high fashion, when Afghanistan was a kingdom and Kabul was the 'Paris of Central Asia'. Of Abida, who became the first female chef after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. And of Malalai and Sadeq, the twenty-somethings who seized every opportunity offered by two decades of fragile democracy - only to see the Taliban come roaring back in 2021.
Through these intimate portraits of Afghan life, the story of a hotel becomes the story of a people.
The 1960s in Maps
Which countries were under a dictatorship?
Where did the Beatles perform live outside the UK?
Where were atomic bombs tested?
Which nations boycotted the 1966 World Cup?
What was the route of the Hippy Trail?
The 1960s was a momentous decade whose legacy is colourful and enduring. Here is a book that maps those years - through their culture, their politics, their technological and scientific advances, their conflicts and their natural disasters. What emerges is a fresh and revealing portrait of a decade which saw enormous social change, seemed to offer boundless potential, but also had its darker side.
We the People
On the 250th anniversary of America's founding - a landmark history of the US Constitution for a troubling new era.
The US Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world - and one of the most difficult to amend. Although nearly twelve thousand amendments have been proposed since 1789, only twenty-seven have ever been ratified. Tellingly, the Constitution has not been meaningfully amended since 1971. Without amendment, the risk of political violence rises. So does the risk of constitutional change by presidential power.
Leading Harvard historian Jill Lepore captures the stories of generations of ordinary people who have attempted everything from abolishing the Electoral College to guaranteeing environmental rights, hoping to mend their nation. Recounting the history of America through centuries of efforts to realize the promise of the Constitution, we witness how nearly all those bids have failed.
We the People is the sweeping account of a struggle, arguing that the Constitution was never intended to be preserved, but was expected to be gradually altered. At a time when the risk of political violence is all too real, it hints at the prospects for a better, amended America.
Nexus
The mind-blowing story of how information networks - from the stone age to AI -have shaped our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens
Stories brought us together.
Books spread our ideas - and our mythologies.
The internet promised infinite knowledge.
The algorithm learned our secrets - and then turned us against each other.
What will AI do?
Nexus is the thrilling account of how we arrived at this moment, and the urgent choices we must now make to survive - and to thrive.
Autokrácia Rt.
„Mindannyian látjuk magunk előtt az autokrata állam karikatúráját. A képen az állam élén egy gazember a markában tartja a katonaságot és a rendőrséget, amely erőszakkal fenyegeti a lakosságot. Mindenfelé ádáz kollaboránsok, esetleg feltűnik a kép szélén néhány bátor másként gondolkodó.
A huszonegyedik században azonban ennek a képnek már vajmi kevés köze van a valósághoz. Manapság az autokráciákat nem egy gonosz ember vezeti. A hatalmat bonyolult hálózatok gyakorolják, amelyek kleptokratikus rendszerekre, katonai, félkatonai, rendőri erőszakszervekre és propagandát, dezinformációt terjesztő, megfigyelést végző szakértői csoportokra épülnek.”
Anne Applebaum új könyve elmélyült alapossággal tekinti át, hogy a „régi vágású” diktatúrákból autokráciákká váló rendszerek milyen ijesztő hatékonysággal dolgoznak a demokratikus világ meggyöngítésén. Az utóbbi évek, évtizedek hozadéka, hogy ázsiai, afrikai és európai országok hagyományos diktatúrákból autokráciákká alakultak, amelyek egyrészt profitalapon – is – működnek (innen a könyv címe), másrészt az ideológiai kérdésektől függetlenül az egymással történő folyamatos kooperációt is a rendszer fennmaradása feltételének tartják.
So You Want to Own Greenland
An indispensable guide to Greenland-why it matters, who covets it and why this wilderness of 56,000 inhabitants could become the next global flashpoint.
Greenland is no ordinary island. From its discovery by Norsemen to its contemporary strategic significance, it has been a frontier for human exploration and empire, today emerging as a facilitator of geoeconomic competition. This book delves into the rich history and complex politics of Greenland, revealing how this icy expanse has shaped-and been shaped by-the world.
This short history begins with the Vikings, whose mysterious disappearance from Greenland in the 1400s remains one of history's great puzzles. It then explores the island's gradual transformation from a Danish possession to an autonomous territory, charting its role during the World Wars and its strategic importance during the Cold War.
Greenland finds itself at the centre of a renewed 'great game', balancing transatlantic ties, rising Chinese influence, and mounting domestic pressures for independence. And that's before President Trump's agenda is factored in.
Starting from Trump's plan to purchase Greenland, Elizabeth Buchanan dissects the island's contemporary role and poses four provocative scenarios for its future-from full independence to an icy geopolitical standoff with Denmark. So You Want to Own Greenland? is an essential read for anyone curious about the future of this frozen frontier and its place on the global stage.
The Ever-Changing Past
An experienced, multi-faceted historian shows how revisionist history is at the heart of creating historical knowledge
"A rallying cry in favor of historians who, revisiting past subjects, change their minds. . . . Rewarding reading."-Kirkus Reviews
"A wise, erudite, and, perhaps most important, a clearly written examination of the ways historians go about their craft of interpreting and reinterpreting the past."-Gordon S. Wood, Brown University
History is not, and has never been, inert, certain, merely factual, and beyond reinterpretation. Taking readers from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, James M. Banner, Jr., explores what historians do and why they do it.
Banner shows why historical knowledge is unlikely ever to be unchanging, why history as a branch of knowledge is always a search for meaning and a constant source of argument, and why history is so essential to individuals' awareness of their location in the world and to every group and nation's sense of identity and destiny. He explains why all historians are revisionists while they seek to more fully understand the past, and how they always bring their distinct minds, dispositions, perspectives, and purposes to bear on the subjects they study.
Jugoszlávia tündöklése és bukása
A magyar olvasó számára az egykor volt Jugoszlávia kellemes emlékeket hordoz. Ott töltöttük első tengerparti nyarainkat, sokan ott kóstoltunk először svájci csokoládét vagy dán sört, a szabadkai piacon vettük meg első farmernadrágunkat és kedvenc italainkat, az ott megjelent magyar lapokban és könyvekben olyan írásokat olvashattunk, amiket itthon nemigen.
Egy kicsit minden olyan volt, mint Nyugaton, közben pedig egy erőskezű kommunista diktátor tartotta uralma alatt az egészet.
Hogyan virágzott, és hogyan haladt ugyanakkor a végzete felé e soknemzetiségű, sokvallású államalakulat? Hogyan indult meg a felbomlása szinte Tito marsall temetése másnapján? Hogyan figyelte döbbenten a világ, ahogy éveken át pusztító, véres polgárháború lángol az ezredvégi Európa közepén? Miként formálódik újjá a Nyugat-Balkán egykori és új nagyhatalmak gyűrűjében, régi-új etnikai, politikai, gazdasági ellentétek szorításában?
Nógrádi György legújabb könyve áttekinti Jugoszlávia és utódállamai évszázados történetét, és közben arra is választ keres, hogy ez a térség még mindig a kontinens puskaporos hordója-e, vagy inkább a formálódó új világrend egyik lehetséges együttélési modellje.
V kategórii Svetové dejiny sa vám naskytne jedinečná príležitosť poznať udalosti, civilizácie, kultúry a osobnosti, ktoré formovali celý náš svet od jeho úplných počiatkov až po súčasnosť.
Poznajte vzostupy a pády veľkých impérií, od starovekého Egypta, cez Rímsku ríšu až po Britské impérium. Skúmajte revolúcie, vojny, vedecké objavy a kultúrne premeny, ktoré ovplyvnili dejiny ľudstva.
Táto kategória obsahuje knihy, ktoré vám priblížia nielen politický a spoločenský vývoj rôznych kontinentov a národov, ale aj významné kultúrne, náboženské a vedecké prelomy v dejinách sveta. Či už máte záujem o obdobie renesancie v Európe, dynastie v Číne, starovek v Mezopotámii alebo modernú históriu 20. storočia, v tejto kategórii sa ponúra do bohatstva svetových dejín.
Pridajte sa k nám na ceste objavovania minulosti a porozumenia udalostiam, ktoré formovali svet, v ktorom žijeme dnes.
