collision of empires prit buttar

Collision of Empires is the first major historical work on the Eastern Front during World War I since the 1970s.One of the primary triggers of the outbreak of World War I was undoubtedly the myriad alliances and suspicions that existed between the Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian empires in the early 20th century. Yet much of the actual fighting between these nations has been largely forgotten in the West. Driven by first-hand accounts and detailed archival research, Collision of Empires seeks to correct this imbalance. The first in a four-book series on the Eastern Front in World War I, Prit Buttar''s dynamic retelling examines the tumultuous events of the first year of the war and reveals the chaos and destruction that reigned when three powerful empires collided.A war that was initially seen by all three powers as a welcome opportunity to address both internal and external issues would ultimately bring about the downfall of them all.

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The last volume of Prit Buttar''s best-selling series on the Eastern Front in World War I in paperback.At the beginning of 1917, the three empires fighting on the Eastern Front were reaching their breaking points, but none was closer than Russia. After the February Revolution, Russia’s ability to wage war faltered and her last desperate gamble, the Kerensky Offensive, saw the final collapse of her army. This helped trigger the Bolshevik Revolution and a crippling peace, but the Central Powers had no opportunity to exploit their gains and, a year later, both the German and Austro-Hungarian empires surrendered and disintegrated.Concluding his acclaimed series on the Eastern Front in World War I, Prit Buttar comprehensively details not only these climactic events, but also the ‘successor wars’ that raged long after the armistice of 1918. New states rose from the ashes of empire, and war raged as German forces sought to keep them under the aegis of the Fatherland. These unresolved tensions between the former Great Powers and the new states would ultimately lead to the rise of Hitler and a new, terrible world war only two decades later.

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An engrossing history of the desperate battles for the Rzhev Salient, a forgotten story brought to life by the harrowing memoirs of German and Russian soldiers. The fighting between the German and Russian armies in the Rzhev Salient during World War II was so grisly, so murderous, and saw such vast losses that the troops called the campaign ''The Meat Grinder''. Though millions of men would fight and die there, the Rzhev Salient does not have the name recognition of Leningrad or Moscow. It has been largely ignored by Western historians – until now. In this book, Prit Buttar, a leading expert on the Eastern Front, reveals the depth and depravity of the bitter fighting. He details how the region held the promise of a renewed drive on Moscow for the German Army – a chance to turn the tide of war. Using German and Russian first-hand accounts, Buttar examines the major offensives launched by the Red Army against the salient, all of which were defeated with losses exceeding two million killed, wounded or missing, until eventually, the Germans were forced to evacuate the salient in March 1943. Drawing on the latest research, Meat Grinder provides a study of these ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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''[An] excellent account.'' - Richard Overy, The TelegraphShortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award 2024A ground-breaking history of the siege of Leningrad, masterfully brought to life by a leading expert using original Russian and German source material.Starting in September 1941, the Red Army and the civilian population of Leningrad endured a bitter 900-day siege, struggling against constant bombing, shelling, and starvation inflicted by the encircling Axis forces. The Soviets made repeated, but unsuccessful, bids to break German lines and reach the city, failing to end the siege but nevertheless defying the odds to construct and defend the ‘Road to Life’ over the frozen Lake Ladoga, across which meager supplies were transported to the embattled garrison. Although they defeated Russia’s Second Shock Army twice over, the German infantry divisions were also steadily eroded, their resources and morale depleted under the pressure of near-constant assaults and battles.With To Besiege a City, Eastern Front historian Prit Buttar interweaves first-hand accounts with revelatory research to deliver the first major history of the siege of Leningrad in over a decade, expertly analyzing strategic failings on both sides while simultaneously detailing the horrific realities of daily life during a merciless war.

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Enriched by extraordinary first-hand accounts, this is a fascinating history of the dying days of the Third Reich as Stalin sought to consolidate his own empire. In January 1945, the Red Army launched a powerful offensive across the Vistula River to drive the Wehrmacht out of Poland, with the intention of securing a start line for an operation that would ultimately result in the capture of Berlin and the end of the war. But, as Prit Buttar expertly reveals, there were other issues at play. Stalin was determined to push the boundaries of the Soviet Union further west, restoring land lost by the tsars and securing vast industrial and mineral wealth. While negotiations took place between the Allied powers regarding the fate of Poland, the Red Army burst through the German lines, liberating Auschwitz even as the SS drove concentration camp inmates onto frozen roads in a series of death marches. The Wehrmacht staged a desperate fight back with their last major armoured offensive on the Eastern Front. Launched in February 1945 from the German-Polish border, it forced a halt to the Soviet forces on the banks of the Oder before the rush to Berlin. Written by an acknowledged expert ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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''The Reckoning is vivid history, the tragic Eastern Front brought to life through the widest range of Russian and German sources I''ve ever read. Bravo.'' – Peter Caddick-Adams, author and broadcasterFrom critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, The Reckoning is a masterful re-evaluation of the fateful year of 1944, and how the Red Army irrevocably turned the tide of war until the final defeat within the heart of Germany itself was guaranteed.The fighting throughout the Ukraine and Romania was brutal, with the German defence dogged and desperate. But for too long the Wehrmacht had relied on the superior combat prowess of its fighting men. What had not been taken into account, however, was that the Red Army would not only rely on its sheer size, but would fine-tune its fighting performance from its senior commanders right down to the individual soldier battling both fear and the elements to take each line, each trench, each inch of land. Ultimately it is a story not of how the Germans lost, as is all too often told, but of how the Russians increasingly learned how to win.

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An engrossing history of the last year of the Second World War, charting the battles fought between the Soviet Red Army and the Nazis across German soil.The terrible months between the arrival of the Red Army on German soil and the final collapse of Hitler''s regime were like no other in the Second World War. The Soviet Army''s intent to take revenge for the horror that the Nazis had wreaked on their people produced a conflict of implacable brutality in which millions perished.From the great battles that marked the Soviet conquest of East and West Prussia to the final surrender in the Vistula estuary, this book recounts in chilling detail the desperate struggle of soldiers and civilians alike.These brutal campaigns are brought vividly to life by a combination of previously untold testimony and astute strategic analysis recognising a conflict of unprecedented horror and suffering.

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Centuries Will Not Suffice explores how different people responded to the Lithuanian Holocaust and the roles that they played. It considers the past history of the perpetrators and those who took great risks to save Jews, as well as describing the experiences of many who were caught up in the maelstrom.Unlike the figures at the top of the Nazi hierarchy, the men who were responsible for these killings have been largely forgotten. Karl Jäger was a senior SS figure who was in charge of the units that carried out most of them. He complained that his experiences caused him to suffer nightmares but continued to order his units to carry on and refused offers of sick leave on the grounds that he regarded it as his duty to remain in his post. He took refuge in compiling painstakingly detailed reports of the killings, listing the numbers executed at every location and breaking them down into men, women and children. The roles played by other figures, from Himmler and Heydrich at the summit, through the ranks of men down to Martin Weiss and Bruno Kittel who were personally responsible for carrying out Nazi policies, are all described.Before the German invasion of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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From an expert on the Eastern Front of World War II, this book chronicles the cataclysmic experience of the region that includes modern-day Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.The Baltic States suffered more than almost any other territory during World War II, caught on the front-line of some of the war’s most vicious battles and squeezed between the vast military might of the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army. Combining new archival research and numerous first-hand accounts, this is a magisterial description of conquest and exploitation, of death and deportation and the fight for survival both by countries and individuals.

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Featuring 60 beautiful and detailed maps, Atlas of Empires tells the story of how and why the great empires of history came into being, operated, and ultimately declined, and discusses the future of the empire in today''s globalized world. Atlas of Empires tells the story of how and why the great empires of history came into being, operated and ultimately declined, and discusses the future of the empire in today''s globalized world. Featuring 60 beautiful and detailed maps of the empires'' territories at different stages of their existence and organized thematically to reflect the different driving forces behind empires throughout history (such as faith, nomadic culture, nationhood and capitalism), each section discusses the rise and fall of the empires that existed in a region: their government and society, wealth and technology, war and military force, and religious beliefs. From the earliest empires of the Sumerians and the Pharaohs to the modern empires of the USSR and the European Union, this is a story that reveals how empires are created and organized, how later empires resolve the problems of governance faced by earlier empires, and how the political and cultural legacies of ancient empires are still felt today.

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Hra na PC - elektronická licence, klíč pro Microsoft Store, žánr: akční a strategie, Prožijte historiiAge of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition Windows Digital je RTS strategie, skrze níž se podíváme do středověku plného bitev a budování impozantních měst. Nabídnuta nám má být čtveřice kampaní zaměřených na výrazné osobnosti lidských dějin, jejichž osudy absolvujeme celkem v 35 různorodých misích. Zvolte si v Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition Windows Digital stranuZvolte si jedno z osmi jedinečných uskupení. Naverbujte jejich unikátní armády. Těžte z jejich výhod a porazte nepřátele za pomoci taktiky vytvořené vyloženě pro frakci, již zastupujete. Nepřestávejte válčitBojujte v Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition Windows Digital s nepřáteli na moři i...

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'An Aztec West Wing' GUARDIAN'I was so impressed that I'm on my second read' TORREY PETERS'A triumph' FINANCIAL TIMES'Glorious' i-DA NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF 2024A GUARDIAN TOP FIVE TRANSLATED FICTION OF 2024In 1519, Conquistador Hernán Cortés and his troops ride into the floating city of Tenoxtitlan – today’s Mexico City – in this hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story. Invited to a ceremonial meal with the steely princess Atotoxtli, sister and wife of the emperor Moctezuma, the Spanish nearly bungle their entrance into the city and its labyrinthine palace. Soon, one of Cortés’s captains, Jazmín Caldera, begins to question the ease with which they were welcomed, and wonders at the risks of getting out alive, much less conquering the empire. Moctezuma himself is at a political, spiritual and physical crossroads, relying on hallucinogens in a quest for any kind of answer from the gods. When Cortés and Moctezuma meet, two worlds, empires, languages, and possible futures collide. You Dreamed of Empires brings to life Tenoxtitlan at its height – and reimagines its destiny. It sets afire the moment of conquest and turns it into a moment of revolution, in a novel so electric and so unique that it ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Hra na PC - elektronická licence, klíč pro Steam, žánr: strategie, - Budujte města, spravujte zdroje a veďte své vojsko do bitvy na souši i na moři ve 4 různých kampaních s 35 misemi během 500 let historie od doby temna až po renesanci. Prožijte historiiAge of Empires IV PC je RTS strategie, skrze níž se podíváme do středověku plného bitev a budování impozantních měst. Nabídnuta nám má být čtveřice kampaní zaměřených na výrazné osobnosti lidských dějin, jejichž osudy absolvujeme celkem v 35 různorodých misích. Zvolte si v Age of Empires IV PC stranuZvolte si jedno z osmi jedinečných uskupení. Naverbujte jejich unikátní armády. Těžte z jejich výhod a porazte nepřátele za pomoci taktiky vytvořené vyloženě pro frakci, již zastupujete. Nepřestávejte válčitBojujte s nepřáteli na moři...

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Hra na PC - elektronická licence, klíč pro Microsoft Store, žánr: strategie, - Budujte města, spravujte zdroje a veďte své vojsko do bitvy na souši i na moři ve 4 různých kampaních s 35 misemi během 500 let historie od doby temna až po renesanci. Prožijte historiiAge of Empires IV PC je RTS strategie, skrze níž se podíváme do středověku plného bitev a budování impozantních měst. Nabídnuta nám má být čtveřice kampaní zaměřených na výrazné osobnosti lidských dějin, jejichž osudy absolvujeme celkem v 35 různorodých misích. Zvolte si v Age of Empires IV PC stranuZvolte si jedno z osmi jedinečných uskupení. Naverbujte jejich unikátní armády. Těžte z jejich výhod a porazte nepřátele za pomoci taktiky vytvořené vyloženě pro frakci, již zastupujete. Nepřestávejte válčitBojujte...

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An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern timesThe world’s first great empires established by the ancient Persians, Chinese, and Romans are well known, but not the empires that emerged on their margins in response to them over the course of 2,500 years. These counterempires or shadow empires, which changed the course of history, include the imperial nomad confederacies that arose in Mongolia and extorted resources from China rather than attempting to conquer it, as well as maritime empires such as ancient Athens that controlled trade without seeking territorial hegemony. In Shadow Empires, Thomas Barfield identifies six kinds of counterempire and explores their rise, politics, economics, and longevity. What all these counterempires had in common was their interactions with existing empires that created the conditions for their development. When highly successful, these counterempires left the shadows to become the world’s largest empires—for example, those of the medieval Muslim Arabs and of the Mongol heirs of Chinggis Khan. Three former shadow empires—Manchu Qing China, Tsarist Russia, and British India—made this transformation in the late eighteenth century and came to rule most of Eurasia. However, the DNA of their origins endured in their unique ruling strategies. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The gripping history of electricity and how the fateful collision of Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse left the world utterly transformed.In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America’s Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse—battled bitterly as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless world of cutting-edge science, invention, intrigue, money, death, and hard-eyed Wall Street millionaires. At the heart of the story are Thomas Alva Edison, the nation’s most famous and folksy inventor, creator of the incandescent light bulb and mastermind of the world’s first direct current electrical light networks; the Serbian wizard of invention Nikola Tesla, elegant, highly eccentric, a dreamer who revolutionized the generation and delivery of electricity; and the charismatic George Westinghouse, Pittsburgh inventor and tough corporate entrepreneur, an industrial idealist who in the era of gaslight imagined a world powered by cheap and plentiful electricity and worked heart and soul to create it. Edison struggled to introduce his radical new direct current (DC) technology into the hurly-burly of New York City as Tesla and Westinghouse challenged ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Hra na PC - elektronická licence, klíč pro Xbox Live, žánr: strategie, 70% Age of Empires, klíčová RTS, která odstartovala 20letou tradici, se vrací v definitivní podobě na PC s Windows 10. Není vyplněn Alternativní text k fotografii! Zapojte se do více než 40 hodin aktualizovaného obsahu kampaně s novým vyprávěním. Není vyplněn Alternativní text k fotografii! Vrhněte se do online bitvy pro až 8 hráčů s novými režimy. Není vyplněn Alternativní text k fotografii! Vylepšená grafika Zažijte 4K HD vizuály s vylepšenými animacemi a popusťte uzdu své kreativitě s vytvářením vlastních kampaní a...

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Hra na PC - elektronická licence, klíč pro Microsoft Store, žánr: strategie, 75% Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition je fantastický remaster s velkými vylepšeními v grafice, uživatelském rozhraní a hratelnosti. Ke 14 civilizacím Evropy, obou Amerik a Asii přibyly dvě nové civilizace Švédů a Inků. Při hraní bude dotvářet atmosféru plně remasterovaný soundtrack. Nikdy nekončící zábava Vrhněte se do bitvy s ostatními hráči s vylepšeným online multiplayerem napříč všemi platformami. Hra obsahuje také Spectator mód a podporu uživatelských modifikací....

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Hra na PC - elektronická licence, klíč pro Steam, žánr: strategie, Vypnuto Ke 14 civilizacím Evropy, obou Amerik a Asii přibyly dvě nové civilizace Švédů a Inků. Vypnuto Při hraní bude dotvářet atmosféru plně remasterovaný soundtrack. Vypnuto Nikdy nekončící zábava Vrhněte se do bitvy s ostatními hráči s vylepšeným online multiplayerem napříč všemi platformami. Hra obsahuje také Spectator mód a podporu uživatelských modifikací. Vypnuto Kultovní strategie v moderním kabátkuAge of Empires III: Definitive...

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What can the fall of Rome teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist, both experts in their field, investigate Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium, history reversed. Faced with economic stagnation and internal political division, the West has found itself in rapid decline.This is not the first time the global order has witnessed such a dramatic rise and fall. The Roman Empire followed a similar arc from dizzying power to disintegration - a fact that is more than a strange historical coincidence. In Why Empires Fall, historian Peter Heather and political economist John Rapley use this Roman past to think anew about the contemporary West, its state of crisis, and what paths we could take out of it.In this exceptional, transformative intervention, Heather and Rapley explore the uncanny parallels - and productive differences - between the two cases, moving beyond the familiar tropes of invading barbarians and civilizational decay to learn new lessons from ancient history. From 399 to 1999, the life cycles of empires, they argue, sow the seeds of their inevitable destruction. The era of western ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A brutal combat. A test of courage. A battle that will change history.1565: a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean stands gatekeeper between East and West. It is about to become the scene for one of the most amazing stories of bravery, battle and bloodlust: the siege of Malta. Formed in the Holy Land in the 11th century, a small band of knights had long sought a home. Driven from their lands by Ottoman might, they came to rest in Malta from where they watched the Turks and corsairs raid the Spanish empire. As word came from Constantinople that Malta was in the sights of the Ottoman Empire, all of Europe watched as a force of over 30,000 men besieged the island - itself only peopled by only 500 knights and a few thousand local soldiers.On that small rock an epic struggle will be played out - the story of individual men, warriors and slaves, but also the story of two worlds colliding.

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This debut installment in The Book of the Null series will appeal to readers who enjoy The Lord of the Rings, The Wheel of Time, and the like.Eloran is a world of imperious elves, fractious human realms, and the hated, skeletal kaul—with each nation poised to grasp at any advantage over the others.When Latanna Forgrym’s despised father tries to betroth her to the youngest son of a powerful, manipulative family, she forges a new path by instead marrying a man she respects but doesn’t love. A chance encounter with a pair of mercenaries leads Latanna to a lost crown, a relic of forces the world has tried desperately to forget, and gives her the means to break free from her corrupt family—but at a terrible price.A kaul mercenary travels through the human realms with a companion of no nation, no identifiable species, and no memories—not even the memory of his own name. Latanna’s crown sets the warrior on the path to recovering first his name—Vorykas—and then fragments of his past. As he searches for clues to himself, his connection to the crown and the suppressed lore it represents become clear.When a forbidden book resurfaces, threatening to reveal the knowledge Vorykas ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Offers informed and dispassionate analyses of how the many populations of these borderlands managed to coexist

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The debut novel by the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in LiteratureVehement, comic and shrewd, Abdulrazak Gurnah’s first novel is an unwavering contemplation of East African coastal lifePoverty and depravity wreak havoc on Hassan Omar’s family. Amid great hardship he decides to escape. The arrival of independence brings new upheavals as well as the betrayal of the promise of freedom. The new government, fearful of an exodus of its most able men, discourages young people from travelling abroad and refuses to release examination results. Deprived of a scholarship, Hassan travels to Nairobi to stay with a wealthy uncle, in the hope that he will release his mother’s rightful share of the family inheritance. The collision of past secrets and future hopes, the compound of fear and frustration, beauty and brutality, create a fierce tale of undeniable power.____________________‘Gurnah is a master storyteller'' FINANCIAL TIMES''Exile has given Gurnah a perspective on the “balance between things” that is astonishing, superb'' OBSERVER''A captivating storyteller'' GUARDIAN''Gurnah etches with biting incisiveness the experiences of immigrants exposed to contempt, hostility or patronising indifference on their arrival in Britain'' SPECTATOR

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A NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, HISTORY TODAY AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR''Masterly... This book is dynamite'' - ROBERT GILDEA, author of Empires of the Mind**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize****Winner of the NYU/Axinn Foundation Prize**A searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century.Drawing on more than a decade of research on four continents, Caroline Elkins reveals the dark heart of Britain''s Empire: a racialised, systemised doctrine of unrelenting violence, which it used to secure and maintain its interests across the globe.When Britain could no longer maintain control over that violence, it simply retreated - and sought to destroy the evidence. Legacy of Violence is a monumental achievement that explodes long-held myths and deserves the attention of anyone who seeks to understand empire''s role in shaping the world today.''Not so much a history book as a book of historical significance'' BBC History Magazine''Riveting'' New Statesman ''Crucial...as unflinching as it is gripping, as carefully researched as it is urgently necessary'' Jill Lepore, author of These Truths

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From The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Alan Moore & Kevin O''Neill rampage through twentieth-century culture in this all-new adventure haunted by totalitarian shadows and mechanical nightmares.Sixteen years ago, notorious science-brigand Janni Nemo journeyed into the frozen reaches of Antarctica to resolve her father''s weighty legacy in a storm of madness and loss, barely escaping with her Nautilus and her life. Now it is 1941, and with her daughter strategically married into the family of aerial warlord Jean Robur, Janni''s raiders have only limited contact with the military might of the clownish German-Tomanian dictator Adenoid Hynkel. But when the pirate queen learns that her loved ones are held hostage in the nightmarish Berlin, she has no choice save to intervene directly, travelling with her ageing lover Broad Arrow Jack into the belly of the beastly metropolis. Within that alienated city await monsters, criminals, and legends, including the remaining vestiges of Germany’s notorious ‘Twilight Heroes’, a dark Teutonic counterpart to Mina Murray’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. And waiting at the far end of this gauntlet of alarming adversaries there is something much, much worse.Continuing in the bold tradition of Heart of Ice, Moore and O''Neill deliver their sharpest thriller yet. Berlin is ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Age of the Silk Roads (c 200 BC- c 900 AD) shaped the course of the future. The foundation by the Han dynasty of an extensive network of interlinking trade routes, collectively known as the Silk Road, led to an explosion of cultural and commercial transactions across Central Asia that had a profound impact on civilization. In this second volume of his authoritative history of the region, Christoph Baumer explores the unique flow of goods, peoples and ideas along the dusty tracks and wandering caravan routes that brought European and Mediterranean orbits into contact with Asia. The Silk Roads, the author shows, enabled the spread across the known world of Christianity, Manichaeism, Buddhism and Islam, just as earlier they had caused Roman citizens to crave the exotic silk goods of the mysterious Far East. Tracing the rise and fall of empires, this richly illustrated book charts the ebb and flow of epic history: the bitter rivalry of Rome and Parthia; the lucrative mercantile empire of the Sogdians; the founding of Samarkand; and Chinese defeat at the Battle of Talas (751 AD) by the forces of Islam.

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Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, 2019Finalist for the Publishing Triangle Award, 2019 A New Yorker Book of the Year, 2018 A Huffington Post Book of the Year, 2018 A Buzzfeed Book of the Year, 2018 ''Quite simply extraordinary... Imagine if Maggie Nelson, Daphne du Maurier and Daniel Defoe collaborated.'' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex SerpentJack Sheppard - a transgender carpenter''s apprentice - has fled his master''s house to become a notorious prison break artist, and Bess Khan has escaped the draining of the fenlands to become a revolutionary mastermind. Together, they find themselves at the center of a web of corruption leading back to the dreaded Thief-Catcher General ... ...Or so we are told in a mysterious manuscript unearthed by one Professor R. Voth. Voth traces the origins and authenticity of the manuscript as Jack and Bess trace the connections between the bowels of Newgate Prison and the dissection chambers of the Royal College, in a bawdy collision of a novel about gender, love, and liberation.SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE

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''Packed full of action, excitement, peril and romance on the high seas, this is the sapphic pirate book of my dreams'' SARAH UNDERWOOD, author of Lies We Sing to the Sea''Thrilling, heart-pounding adventure meets thoughtful feminist history . . . a rare and special tale'' VAISHNAVI PATEL, author of Kaikeyi''I flew through the pages as if my ability to breath depended on it . . . This book has stolen my heart!'' THE DEBUT DIGEST__________________________________________1656, Saint-Domingue. In the dark confines of a cell, a prisoner is waiting. Soon the hangman will call her name. Jacquotte Delahaye. A name which has struck fear into even the mightiest of empires. For Jacquotte is no ordinary prisoner: she is a pirate.Fierce. Legendary. Deadly.As the hangman prepares the noose, Jacquotte''s story is told, charting her humble origins from the island of Hispaniola to the deck of a fearsome pirate ship. There, against all odds, she swiftly rises through the ranks, travelling across the Caribbean, facing duels across land and sea, and savouring tender moments stolen in the night.With the sun rising, can Jacquotte fight her way to freedom and find the woman she loves? Or will she die a legend?__________________________________________Following one of the first ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye - Briony Cameron

The energies animating Saints of Little Faith, Megan Pinto’s electrifying debut in poetry, are a forceful quiet, a loud stillness, the caesura between a lightning strike and the sound of thunder. Everywhere, the speaker sees the numinous power of language, the incipience of things to come, even a kind of catastrophic grace in desolation and destruction — as if within the terrain of her own obsession, she recognizes the familiar, ever-changing seasons. Fierce and intimate, this poet’s meditative transformations engage with South Asian experiences of addiction, domestic violence, and mental illness, refusing to ignore narratives treated as unspeakable and overlooked by the English canon. Mapping the collision of abuse, psychosis, and rage, Pinto sees beyond them, buoyed by an inscrutable but abiding faith in the holiness of life itself, in a cold God nevertheless capable of gentleness. Once, “desire was an arrow, but now desire / is the field.” Pinto presides over this expanse, deciding, “I have three choices: to drift through life / anesthetized, to soften. . .” In that unspoken “or,” the merciful lacuna of that ellipsis, reside the lyrical mystery and medicine that feed this astonishing collection and strengthen resolve, both ours and the speaker’s: “The lake ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Saints of Little Faith - Megan Pinto

''A hugely entertaining debut'' John Gwynne''Epic fantasy as it should be; big, bold and very addictive'' Starburst''A brilliantly realised setting . . . I have lost sleep, forgotten food and made this the thing I pick up every moment I can get'' SFFWorldA shadow has fallen over the Tressian Republic.Ruling families plot against one another with sharp words and sharper knives, heedless of the threat posed by the invading armies of the Hadari Empire.The Republic faces its darkest hour. Yet as Tressia falls, heroes rise.Game of Thrones meets The Last Kingdom in Matthew Ward''s Legacy of Ash - an unmissable epic fantasy debut of vicious intrigue, ancient magic and the eternal clash of empires. ''Incredible action scenes'' Fantasy Hive''Magnificent and epic'' Grimdark magazine''Rivals Brandon Sanderson''s Words of Radiance. It''s really good'' EngadgetThe Legacy TrilogyLegacy of AshLegacy of Steel Legacy of Light The Soulfire SagaThe Darkness Before ThemThe Fire Within Them

Objev podobné jako Legacy of Ash - Matthew Ward

An exquisite collection of artefacts, sculptures, and historically significant treasures from across India. If the captivating bronze dancing girl of Harappa denoted sophisticated early civilisation, the stunning Sanchi Stupa symbolized the peak of Buddhist religion in India. If the world-renowned Taj Mahal was a testament to the wealth of the Mughal empire, Tipu''s Tiger, an intricate, almost life-sized mechanical toy, represented the king of Mysore''s resistance against the East India Company. Whether it is the striking sculptures of the famed city of Hampi, the beautiful folios from religious texts, the breathtaking Konark wheel, the famous Koh-i-Noor, or the elegant paintings of Raja Ravi Varma, these artefacts, monuments and artworks are intimately woven into the history and culture of India and revered for their beauty and artistry. Dive deep into the culturally rich history of India to explore:- A curated showcase of more than 100 of India''s treasures, from the very popular ones that are housed in museums across the world to those hidden away in different corners of India.- Timelines take the reader through the various eras and dynasties.- Something new on every page and features a wide range of artefacts, from paintings and sculptures, to jewellery and sacred objects.- ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Treasures of India - DK

This brilliantly concise history of the Pacific Ocean nevertheless succeeds in examining both the indigenous presence on ocean''s islands and Western control or influence over the its islands and shores. There is a particular focus on the period from the 1530s to 1890 with its greater Western coastal and oceanic presence in the Pacific, beginning with the Spanish takeover of the coasts of modern Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and continuing with the Spaniards in the Philippines. There is also an emphasis on the very different physical and human environments of the four quadrants of the Pacific - the north-east, the north-west, the south-east and the south-west - and of the ''coastal'' islands, that is the Aleutians, Japan and New Zealand, and continental coastlines. The focus is always on the interactions of Japan, California, Peru, Australia and other territories with the ocean, notably in terms of trade, migration and fishing.Black looks first at the geology, currents, winds and physical make-up of the Pacific, then the region''s indigenous inhabitants to 1520. He describes the Pacific before the arrival of Europeans, its history of settlement, navigation methods and religious practices.From Easter Island, the focus shifts to European voyages, from Magellan to ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako A Brief History of the Pacific - Jeremy Black

An engaging and original historical portrait of eight of the most influential political figures of the twentieth century: Woodrow Wilson, Lenin, Hitler, Churchill, FDR, Gandhi, David Ben-Gurion, and Mao.The Titans of the Twentieth Century addresses an age-old question: what is the impact of individuals on history? The first half of the twentieth century offered political leaders enormous scope for changing the world. This book consists of essays about eight who, for better and for worse, did just that.Woodrow Wilson had a vision for a cooperative world order that failed after the First World War but gained in influence after the Second.Vladimir Ilich Lenin founded the totalitarian communist political system that controlled a large part of the planet for much of the twentieth century.Adolf Hitler started history''s worst war and presided over history''s worst atrocity, the Holocaust.Winston Churchill provided inspiring leadership to Great Britain, which made it possible to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II.Franklin D. Roosevelt steered the United States through the Great Depression and the Second World War.Mohandas Gandhi led the movement, and developed the philosophy of non-violence, that ended British rule in South Asia, paving the way for the end of empires throughout Asia and Africa.David Ben-Gurion ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako The Titans of the Twentieth Century - Michael Mandelbaum

A stunning exploration of the Greater Middle East, where lasting stability has often seemed just out of reach but may hold the key to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century“Engaging . . . Even those who resist Kaplan’s tragic sensibility have much to learn from his look at the emerging Middle East and its recent history.”—National ReviewFINALIST FOR THE OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB’S CORNELIUS RYAN AWARDThe Greater Middle East, which Robert D. Kaplan defines as the vast region between the Mediterranean and China, encompassing much of the Arab world, parts of northern Africa, and Asia, existed for millennia as the crossroads of empire: Macedonian, Roman, Persian, Mongol, Ottoman, British, Soviet, American. But with the dissolution of empires in the twentieth century, postcolonial states have endeavored to maintain stability in the face of power struggles between factions, leadership vacuums, and the arbitrary borders drawn by exiting imperial rulers with little regard for geography or political groups on the ground. In the Loom of Time, Kaplan explores this broad, fraught space through reporting and travel writing to reveal deeper truths about the impacts of history on the present and how the requirements of stability over anarchy are often in conflict with ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako The Loom of Time - Robert D. Kaplan

This book is a brief history of the end of the world as seen through the eyes of theatre. Since its inception, theatre has staged the fall of empires, floods, doomsdays, shipwrecks, earthquakes, plagues, environmental degradations, warfare, nuclear annihilation, and the catastrophic effects of climate change. Using a wide range of plays alongside contemporary thinkers, this study helps guide and galvanize the reader in grappling with the climate crisis. Kulick divides this litany of theatrical cataclysms into four distinct historical phases: the Ancients, including Euripides and Bhasa, the legendary Sanskrit dramatist; the Age of Belief, with the anonymous authors of the medieval mystery cycles, Shakespeare, and Pushkin; the Moderns, with Ibsen, Chekhov, Brecht, Beckett, and Bond; and, finally, the way the world might end now, encompassing Caryl Churchill, Tony Kushner, and Anne Washburn. In tandem with the insights gleaned from these playwrights, the book draws upon the work of contemporary scientists, ecologists, and ethicists to further tease out the philosophical implications of such plays and their relevance to our own troubled times. In the end, Kulick shows how each of these ages and their respective authors have something essential to say, not only about humanity’s potential end, but, more importantly, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Staging the End of the World - Brian Kulick

Plakát Call of Duty Sunset využívá lentikulární tisk k vytvoření 3D efektu s proměnou obrazu. Výrobek je opatřen plastovým profilovým rámem a očkem pro zavěšení. Rozměry plakátu jsou 28 × 24 × 4 cm.

• Lentikulární tisk vytváří živý 3D efekt a proměnu obrazu
• Kvalitní plastový profilový rám pro stabilní uchycení
• Licenční motiv Call of Duty pro fanoušky herní série
• Praktické očko na zadní straně pro snadné zavěšení

Objev podobné jako 3D Obraz Call of Duty Sunset

'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' (David Blair Sunday Telegraph)Located at the western edge of the Eurasian steppe, Ukraine has long been the meeting place of empires - Roman to Ottoman, Habsburg to Russian - and they all left their imprint on the landscape, the language and the people living within these shifting borders. In this authoritative book, Harvard Professor Serhii Plokhy traces the history of Ukraine from the arrival of the Vikings in the tenth century to the current Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine and annexation of Crimea. Fascinating and multilayered, The Gates of Europe is the essential guide to understanding not just Ukraine's past but also its future.

Objev podobné jako The Gates of Europe - Serhii Plokhy

The heart-pounding conclusion to the high-stakes dual POV romantic fantasy duology, with dangerous enemies-to-lovers romance, deadly politics and a war to change the fate of empires.Two queens. One throne. Who will claim the crown?On the brink of war, Mira and Scarlett find themselves entangled in a deadly world of gods, magic and duplicity, with the stage set for the ultimate showdown.Backed by her lover Aric and sorceress mother Zandri, Scarlett has Mira right where she wants her. But winning the Ravalian Empire requires spilling a river of blood, and as past secrets and new threats emerge, Scarlett must decide: is claiming the crown worth becoming as poisonous as the death magic she wields?With Prince Roran''s campaign of terror spreading, Mira desperately needs allies. Even as Scarlett offers Mira a deal she can''t refuse, Mira embraces her dangerous blood magic and enlists the help of devious Prince Cassius. But can Mira trust him with her crown - or her heart?As the fate of the empire hangs in the balance, both Scarlett and Mira are poised to shatter the world order - but there cannot be two queens. And only one will be left standing . . .

Objev podobné jako The Weight of Crowns - Alina Bellchambers

The heart-pounding conclusion to the high-stakes dual POV romantic fantasy duology, with dangerous enemies-to-lovers romance, deadly politics and a war to change the fate of empires.Two queens. One throne. Who will claim the crown?On the brink of war, Mira and Scarlett find themselves enmeshed in a deadly world of gods, magic and duplicity, with the stage set for the ultimate showdown.Backed by her lover Aric and sorceress mother Zandri, Scarlett has Mira right where she wants her. But winning the Ravalian Empire requires spilling a river of blood, and as past secrets and new threats emerge, Scarlett must decide: is claiming the crown worth becoming as poisonous as the death magic she wields?With Prince Roran''s campaign of terror spreading, only Scarlett has the power to end his tyranny. Even as Scarlett offers Mira a deal she can''t refuse, Mira embraces her dangerous blood magic and enlists the help of devious Prince Cassius. But can Mira trust him with her crown - or her heart? As the empire hangs in the balance, both Scarlett and Mira are poised to shatter the world order - but there cannot be two queens. And only one will be left standing . . .

Objev podobné jako The Weight of Crowns - Alina Bellchambers

In 1895 twenty-six-year-old Bridget Cleary disappeared from her house in rural Tipperary. At first, some said that the fairies had taken her into their stronghold in a nearby hill, from where she would emerge, riding a white horse. But then her badly burned body was found in a shallow grave. Her husband, father, aunt and four cousins were arrested and charged, while newspapers in nearby Clonmel, and then in Dublin, Cork, London and further afield attempted to make sense of what had happened.In this lurid and fascinating episode, set in the last decade of the nineteenth century, we witness the collision of town and country, of storytelling and science, of old and new. The torture and burning of Bridget Cleary caused a sensation in 1895 which continues to reverberate more than a hundred years later.Winner of the Irish Times Prize for Non-Fiction

Objev podobné jako The Burning Of Bridget Cleary - Angela Bourke

Stojací svítidlo Artemide Alphabet of Light ve tvaru čísla 9 má výšku 950 mm a délku 650 mm. Poskytuje světelný tok 1656 lm s teplotou světla 3000 K a indexem podání barev Ra 80. Svítidlo je vyrobeno z kombinace plastu a hliníku a je dodáváno včetně světelného zdroje.

• Ikonicý design ve tvaru čísla 9 od renomované designérské skupiny BIG
• Poskytuje jak přímé, tak nepřímé vyzařování světla pro vytvoření příjemné atmosféry
• Vysoký světelný tok 1656 lm při nízkém příkonu 25 W
• Univerzální využití do kanceláří, obývacích pokojů i veřejných prostor

Objev podobné jako Artemide Alphabet of Light - číslo 9 1200900A

Tubbz kachnička představuje postavu Billa z hororové hry The Last of Us v humorném pojetí. Figurka je vyrobena z vinylu, měří 9 cm a je oficiálně licencovaná. Není určena pro hraní ve vodě a je vhodná pro děti od 6 let.

• Oficiálně licencovaná figurka z The Last of Us
• Detailní zpracování a věrné zachycení postavy
• Vhodná pro sběratele od 6 let
• První edice s vysokou sběratelskou hodnotou

Objev podobné jako Tubbz kachnička Last of Us Bill první edice

Přívěsek je vyroben z oceli s motivem MOTHER OF GOD. Jedná se o MEME FACE design v kovovém provedení. Produkt je určen jako módní doplněk s popkulturním odkazem.

• Vyrobeno z kvalitní oceli pro dlouhou životnost
• Univerzální design vhodný pro muže i ženy
• Lehký a pohodlný na nošení
• Originální motiv populárního internetového memu

Objev podobné jako Ocelový přívěsek MEME - MOTHER OF GOD

Kolínská voda Dark Roses od The Library of Fragrance je unisex vůně s hlubokou květinovou kompozicí. Kombinuje tóny čajové růže, pačuli, ambry a vetiveru. Je určena pro večerní nošení a speciální příležitosti.

• Unisex vůně vhodná pro ženy i muže
• Hluboká a elegantní květinová kompozice
• Vydatná koncentrace kolínské vody
• Autentická a jedinečná vonná skladba

Objev podobné jako The Library of Fragrance Dark Roses kolínská voda unisex 30 ml

Tónovací perly Guerlain Météorites Light-Revealing Pearls of Powder zakrývají nedokonalosti pleti, zmatňují a rozjasňují ji. Produkt s 95% přírodních složek zajišťuje až 12hodinový jas a fixuje make-up. Perly obsahují barevné a stříbřité částice pro vyhlazení textury pleti.

• 95 % ingrediencí přírodního původu
• Matuje pleť až na 8 hodin a fixuje make-up
• Dodává pleti multidimenzionální zářivost
• Lehká textura s jemnou květinovou vůní

Objev podobné jako GUERLAIN Météorites Light Revealing Pearls of Powder tónovací perly na tvář odstín 04 Amber / Ambre 20 g

This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the world''s earliest civilisations from the first farming settlements of Mesopotamia, via Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the civilisations of the Far East, Europe and America. Informatively written, and ideal for both students and the general reader, it plots the rise and fall of empires, the nature of different societies and the evolution of technology.

Objev podobné jako The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations - John Haywood

Degustační balíček World of Bubbles obsahuje opravdové skvosty ze světa bublinek, včetně pravého šampaňského a precizního Crémantu z vinařství Gratien.

• Ochutnejte pravé šampaňské z francouzské Champagne
• Balíček obsahuje precizní Crémant z vinařství Gratien
• Mistrovské umění výroby šumivých vín

Objev podobné jako Degustační balíček World of Bubbles

Stavebnice LEGO Marvel 76291 představuje bitevní scénu z filmu Avengers: Age of Ultron s 613 dílky. Sada obsahuje 5 minifigurek Avengers, velkou figurku Hulka, 3 vojáky Hydry, terénní vozidlo a konfigurovatelné moduly. Je určena pro děti od 10 let a podporuje kreativní hru i stavění s pomocí digitální aplikace.

• Kultovní postavy Avengers včetně Hulka a vojáků Hydry
• 5 konfigurovatelných modulů pro vlastní aranžování scény
• Bezplatná aplikace LEGO Builder s nástroji pro vizualizaci stavění
• Kvalitní zpracování a přesné dílky pro rozvoj jemné motoriky

Objev podobné jako LEGO® Marvel 76291 The Avengers Assemble: Age of Ultron

Oficiální mystery box inspirovaný seriálem House of the Dragon obsahuje sběratelské předměty a doplňky s tématikou dynastie Targaryenů. Každý box má garantovanou minimální hodnotu 2000 korun. Produkt je určen pro fanoušky seriálu, kteří oceňují překvapivý obsah.

• Oficiální licencovaný produkt
• Hodnota obsahu minimálně 2000 Kč
• Sběratelské předměty pro fanoušky
• Překvapivý obsah s tématikou Targaryenů

Objev podobné jako Mystery box House of Dragon