In 402 AD, after invading tribes broke through the Alpine frontiers of Italy and threatened the imperial government in Milan, the young Emperor Honorius made the momentous decision to move his capi...
The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winterAugu...
Lonely Planet Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Get to the heart of the Nepal H...
We were an army of shadows, of ghosts, walking as if to the beat of some dark psychic mechanism'The Cuban Revolution changed the course of the twentieth century. Following years of brut...
In the tradition of the bestselling Where Chefs Eat: the definitive global hotel guide by the real experts who know - architectsNo one appreciates a building quite like an architect - a...
From the TIME 100 author of the Sunday Times and number 1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, a subversive history of white male American identity — now with a new prefa...
A thin, invisible layer of air surrounds the Earth, sustaining all known life on the planet and creating the unique climates and weather patterns that make each part of the world different.
Dive into our planet's largest and least explored world in this stunning encyclopedia of whales, waves, wrecks, wind farms, and everything oceanic!Using 3D illustrations and a level of ...
Where in the world would you most like to go? You could join a stampede of wildebeest in the Serengeti, dive to the deepest parts of the ocean, climb soaring mountain peaks in the Himalayas or take...
Eric Hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in evry sphere of European life by the Dual revolution – the 1789 French revolution and the Industrial R...
W książce przedstawiono jedną ze składowych kultury chińskiej, jaką jest kategoria harmonii z punktu widzenia elementów mających wpływ zarówno na zachowania ekonomiczne – kultur...
'The story of the negro in America is the story of America ... it is not a very pretty story'James Baldwin's breakthrough essay collection made him the voice of his generation. Ranging ...
Słownik zawiera polskie odpowiedniki lub objaśnienia ponad 17 000 terminów angielskich z zakresu geologii, a także pokrewnych dziedzin oraz górnictwa, wiernictwa i przeróbki ko...
One of the least inhabited and most mysterious parts of the world, Greenland is a singular place on Earth from which to look for the future of our planet and question its history.Polar ...
Oparta na bogatej bibliografii arabskiej i opracowaniach naukowych z całego świata analiza wiedzy geograficznej, znajomości kosmografii i astronomii w świecie muzułmańskim w średniowieczu. Arabowie...
Polska - skrawek Europy położony między Bałtykiem a Tatrami, kraj o skomplikowanej przeszłości, wielokrotnie dźwigający się z ruin i walczący o swoje samostanowienie. Liczne zabytki historii materi...