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Fidel Castro is one of the most interesting and controversial personalities of our time – he has become a myth and an icon. He was the first Cuban Caudillo – the man who freed his country from de…

Сим победиши – исторический роман Веры Крыжановской (Рочестер). Действие романа, происходит в древнем Риме во времена распространения христианства, посвящено Битве у Мульвийского моста 28 октября…

'Nature' is a deceptively simple and ahistorical term, suggesting intrinsic, unchanging reality. Yet nature has a history too, both in terms of human attitudes and human impacts. Coates outlines …

In this rigorously researched biography Jürgen Malitz invites readers to reconsider the reputation of the Roman Emperor Nero. Focuses on the growing tension between Nero’s artistic tendencies and…

The second edition of Watergate: A Brief History with Documents presents a collection of relevant historic documents from Nixon's acceptance speech at the 1968 Republican National Convention to h…

How peace has been made and maintained, experienced and imagined is not only a matter of historical interest, but also of pressing concern. Peace: A World History is the first study to explore th…

This book comprises 11 essays on Stalinism by both eminent historians and younger scholars who have conducted research in the newly opened Russian archives. They discuss both the origins and cons…

This comprehensive survey of Spain’s history looks at the major political, social, and economic changes that took place from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the twenty-first century.…

Из всех европейских народов поляки для русских генетически – самые близкие и родные; может быть, именно поэтому мы так остро и болезненно переживаем ту вакханалию демонстративной русофобии, что б…

Честолюбивые планы герцога Йоркского рассыпались прахом, сам он казнен врагами, а его голова в бумажной короне насажена на штырь над крепостной стеной. Король Генрих VI все еще в плену, но короле…

Разведка – глаза и уши армии… Этой простой фразой описывается вся важность разведки. Но как описать, что такое разведка? В наградном листе на одного из разведчиков написано: «неоднократно выполня…

Ю. В. Бондарев (1924) – известный русский писатель, воевавший в годы войны под Сталинградом, в Польше и на границе с Чехословакией. В повести «Батальоны просят огня» Великая Отечественная война п…

This book presents in translation 175 of the most revealing documents that have survived on stone and papyrus from the Hellenistic period. Presents over 150 sources in translation. Captures the p…

With original essays by leading scholars, this book explores the social history of the medieval eastern Roman Empire and offers illuminating new insights into our knowledge of Byzantine society. …

A Companion to Roman Rhetoric introduces the reader to the wide-ranging importance of rhetoric in Roman culture. A guide to Roman rhetoric from its origins to the Renaissance and beyond Comprises…

This innovative book explores of the grandest and longest lasting empire in Indian history. Examines the history of the Mughal presence in India from 1526 to the mid-eighteenth century Creates a …

This book explores the development of law in Europe from its medieval origins to the present day, charting the transformation from law rooted in the Church and local community towards a recogniti…

Covering the period from the accession of James I to the death of Queen Anne, this companion provides a magisterial overview of the ‘long' seventeenth century in British history. Comprises origin…

The Soviet / Russian space program was in the hands of three industrial empires: those of Serguei Korolev, the Soviet von Braun who launched Sputnik-1 and Yuri Gagarin, Vladimir Tchelomei, his ma…

Guides students through a rich menu of American history through food and eating This book features a wide and diverse range of primary sources covering the cultivation, preparation, marketing, an…