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51Twentieth-Century Britain. A Very Short Introduction , Morgan Kenneth O. (2009)
The last century has been a tumultuous one for the culture and politics of Britain. Kenneth Morgan's Twentieth-Century Britain is a crisp analysis of the forces of consensus and conflict that have… 493 руб52On War , Clausewitz Carl Von (2008)
On War is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war. Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian soldier, had witnessed at first hand the immense destructive power of the French Revolutionary armies which… 353 руб53Michelangelo Sculptor , Luchinat Cristina Acidini (2011)
There can be no doubt that Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was one of the greatest and most versatile artists of all time. Because of the greatness of his work, Michelangelo, both as an artist… 2592 руб54Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox , Banner Lois W. (2012)
Last year J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote a bestselling book entitled The Secret Life of Marilyn. His is the most recent of dozens written since Marilyn's death in August of 1962 and yet the appetite for… 2041 руб55Punch , Wondrich David (2013)
An Authoritative, historically informed tribute to the punch bowl, by the James Beard Award-winning author of Imbibe! Acclaimed cocktail expert and historian David Wondrich takes readers on a raucous… 907 руб56The Pacific , Ambrose Hugh (2011)
Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance… 607 руб57Liberty Before Liberalism , Skinner Quentin (2012)
This extended essay by one of the world's leading historians seeks, in its first part, to excavate, and to vindicate, the neo-Roman theory of free citizens and free states as it developed in… 1650 руб58The Pop Object. The Still Life Tradition in Pop Art , Wilmerding John (2013)
A major survey of Pop Art from private collections. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same title, The Pop Object is the most comprehensive survey of Pop Art to be organized by theme… 5051 руб59Foundation Trilogy , Asimov Isaac (2010)
It is the story of the Galactic Empire, crumbling after twelve thousand years of rule. And it is the particular story of psycho-historian Hari Seldon, the only man who can see the horrors the future… 1375 руб60The Battle That Shook Europe: Poltava and the Birth of the Russian Empire , Englund Peter (2013)
'This victory', exulted Peter the Great,'has laid the final stone in the foundations of St Petersburg!'The Battle of Poltava, 1709, marks the birth of the Tsar's vast Russian Empire. In 1700, seeking… 1365 руб
