<font size=-1><B>Författare:</B> <A HREF=https://bibliomani.nu/sok/Bedoyere+Guy+de+la>Bedoyere, Guy de la</A> <BR><B>Förlag:</B> <A HREF=https://bibliomani.nu/sok/Little+Brown>Little Brown</A> <BR><B>Genre:</B> <A...

As human beings, we live in a world of symbols. From traffic signs to the very letters that comprise these words, symbols are woven into every aspect of daily life. Since prehistoric times humans have used symbolic representation to communicate with...

Den agrara revolutionen innebar att produktion och produktivitet i jordbruket ökade. Tidigare hade stark folkökning, via avtagande avkastning, inneburit att mer livsmedel kunnat produceras endast till stigande priser. Levnadsstandarden hade sjunkit och...

Finland has long been viewed as the land of sorcerers and shamans as well as being identified with Ultima Thule, the mystical farthest north location of ancient myth. Exploring the rich history of Finnish occultism, Perttu Häkkinen and Vesa Iitti...

More than a hundred years ago, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a novel called The Lost World with the exciting premise that dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts still ruled in South America. Little did Conan Doyle know, there were terrifying monsters in...

Debut by an exciting young narrative historian - a revisionist history of Medieval PalestineIn 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high...

This is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great - one of the most important figures of the ancient world, whose earlier years have until now been a mystery. Alexander the Great's story often reads like fiction: son to a snake-loving mother...

Under Edo-tiden (1600 1868) blomstrade den japanska nöjeskulturen. Den var nära kopplad till städernas framväxt samtidigt som förutsättningarna ökade för vanligt folk att ta del av nöjesliv och populärkultur. I praktverket Den flytande världen får...

From the bestselling author of Normandy '44 and Sicily '43, a brilliant new history of the last days of the war'Seldom is war so vividly described...An assault on the senses...Painful to read, impossible to put down' Gerard DeGroot, The Times 'Epic...

Medeltidshistorikern Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist bjuder på en lättläst exposé över den politiska, ekonomiska, sociala och kulturella utvecklingen i Norden under tusen år med utgångspunkt i de senaste rönen från arkeologisk och historisk forskning....

Developed from the WWI-vintage French Canon de 155 mm Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF), the 155 mm gun M1A1, known as the “Long Tom,” along with its companion, the 8-inch howitzer M1, formed the backbone of the US Army's heavy field artillery during WWII...

Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian engineer born in 1875. In the interwar period, Ferdinand founded an automotive consultation firm, which gradually grew into today's Porsche AG automotive company. Porsche's firm was responsible for the design of the...

Från skidor till ambulans är en bok om sjukvård och hälsoarbete i en tid långt före vårt idag självklara välfärdssamhälle - och ändå inte så länge sedan. Berättelsen börjar i en glest befolkad, isolerad och fattig bygd i slutet av 1800-talet och följer...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' Sunday Telegraph'This is present-minded history at its most urgent. Anyone wanting...

Winner of the Franco-British Society Book Prize 2019Louis XIV dominated his age. He extended France's frontiers into Netherlands and Germany, and established colonies overseas. The stupendous palace he built at Versailles became the envy of monarchs...

The North American B-25 Mitchell is WWII’s most heralded and versatile medium bomber. Volume 1 (of two) gives the reader a concise illustrated look at the A through D models and follows the bomber’s genesis from the formation of the North American...

From the acclaimed historian of global empire, the dramatic story of how steam power reshaped our cities and our seas, and forged a new world orderSteam power transformed our world, initiating the complex, resource-devouring industrial system the...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021AN ECONOMIST AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Compelling and highly original ... The Asia that we see today is the product of the 'underground' which Harper describes with skill and empathy in this...

<font size=-1><B>Författare:</B> <A HREF=https://bibliomani.nu/sok/Freedland+Jonathan>Freedland, Jonathan</A> <BR><B>Förlag:</B> <A HREF=https://bibliomani.nu/sok/Hachette+UK+Distribution>Hachette UK Distribution</A> <BR><B>Genre:</B> <A...

<font size=-1><B>Författare:</B> <A HREF=https://bibliomani.nu/sok/Frydman+Joshua>Frydman, Joshua</A> <BR><B>Förlag:</B> <A HREF=https://bibliomani.nu/sok/Thames+&+Hudson+Ltd.>Thames & Hudson Ltd.</A> <BR><B>Genre:</B> <A...

I april 1611 förklarar danske kung Kristian IV krig mot Sverige. Kalmar och stadens slott utsätts för attacker och är först med att falla, och har därför gett namn åt kriget.Men konflikten berörde hela landet - i Bohuslän har den lokalt skildrats som...

The Trilogy analyses Vladimir Putin's strategic acting due to the Kosovo war in 1999 when USA/NATO attacked a sovereign European country for the first time after WWII and without UNSC approval and depicts the global strategic development leading up...

The conspirators were dressed as priests. Daggers under their arms, they blended into the crowd of clergymen who gathered in front of the Ivory Gate after dark. During the third watch of the night, they made their way into the Great Palace with the...

An authoritative guide to the countless ways in which Greek words and ideas have shaped the modern world.' Financial TimesThe Greeks is a story which takes us from the archaeological treasures of the Bronze Age Aegean and myths of gods and heroes, to...