This guide is an attempt to systematize our knowledge of the early changes in Quechua lexicon that were brought about by contact with Spanish language and culture. The language contact phenomena de...
In this brilliant reworking of Lewis Spence's seminal Myths and Legends of the North American Indians, Jon E. Lewis puts the work in context with an extensive new introductory essay and additional ...
Książka zawiera artykuły-hasła dotyczące problematyki społecznej, kulturalnej, zagadnień politycznych, obyczajów, religii, miejsca tradycji, zagadnień ekonomicznych współczesnych Chin...
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United StatesIn a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most ...
From the author of the No. 1 bestseller The Silk Roads: A New History of the WorldThe First Crusade is one of the best-known and most written-about events in history but in this new boo...
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of ...
In the age of big data and digital distribution, when news travel ever further and faster and media outlets compete for a fleeting slice of online attention, information graphics have swept center ...
A Japanese-inspired guide to living a happier, more fulfilled life.Japonisme explores the Japanese art of finding contentment and includes practical tips and tricks to live a happier, healthi...
Monety antyczne (tj. greckie, celtyckie i rzymskie, wyemitowane do początku VI w. po Chr.) stanowią niewielką część datowanych na średniowiecze i epokę nowożytną skarbów i innych zespoł&oacu...
With his smooth, warm, ruddy face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People’s Republic i...
A scintillating, encyclopaedic history, rich in detail from the arcane to the familiar...a veritable tour de force Richard Overy, New Statesman Transnational history at its finest ...social, politi...
The publication presents the results of research completed within the ‘Coins of the Roman Republic in Central Europe’ project implemented at the Institute of Archaeology, University of ...
Glorious... Scurr is one of the most gifted non-fiction writers alive' Simon Schama, Financial Times A revelatory portrait of Napoleon written for our own time, exploring his love of na...
History is a source of red flags. However, one must learn to read them and distinguish what is barely temporary in its nature from what can lasts for centuries. System reforms that support the effi...
Sensitively edited and with a connecting commentary by editor, Mirjam Pressler, the abridged edition of The Diary of Anne Frank gives younger readers their first introduction to the extraordinary d...
Beautifully written yet highly controversial, An Image of Africa asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness only serves t...