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Эта книга о том, что в самые трудные времена, когда больно и страшно мы находим самых важных в своей жизни людей. Война не помеха но любви, ни дружбе, ни преданности.

This volume presents documents that illustrate the variety of experiences and themes involved in the transformation of American political, economic, and social systems during the Gilded Age and P…

ГОТЕНЛАНД – так немецкие оккупанты переименовали Крым, объявив его «германским наследием» и собираясь включить в состав Рейха. Но для наших бойцов Крым и Севастополь испокон веков были не просто …

Писатель Василь Быков – участник Великой Отечественной войны, которая определила темы, сюжеты и выбор героев его произведений. Повести его прежде всего – о человеке, пытанном ледяной водой болот,…

Эта книга подготовлена на основе документов, найденных в архивных источниках, повествует об истории избрания в действительные члены Императорской Российской Академии великого русского поэта А. С.…

Будучи подростком, я часто бывал в гостях у дедушки Дмитрия Яковлевича Тимофеева и бабушки Веры Петровны. Они жили в поселке Мирный Раменского района, недалеко от станции Бронницы. Я проводил у н…

Spanning the period from Alexander the Great's accession to the throne in 336 BC to the defeat by Octavian of Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC, this volume provides a vivid account of the innovative…

This is the first major synthesis of Greek religion to appear for a generation. A clearly structured and readable survey for classical scholars and students, it will also be generally welcomed as…

This book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods and sources employed in 'doing' ancient history, as opposed to 'reading' it. The book: Encourages readers to engage with historical…

The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a fu…

The Persians is a succinct narrative of Iranian history from the time of Cyrus the Great in 560BC to the present day. A succinct narrative of Iranian history from the time of Cyrus the Great in 5…

Just who are ‘the Malays’? This provocative study poses the question and considers how and why the answers have changed over time, and from one region to another. Anthony Milner develops a sustai…

This sweeping history of the Serbian people starts with the settlement of the Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula in the seventh century and ends with the dissolution of Yugoslavia at the end of the tw…

This book covers the entire historical range of the Sioux, from their emergence as an identifiable group in late prehistory to the year 2000. The author has studied the material remains of the Si…

North Carolina 2nd edition is a single volume, fascinating history of the state that covers political, economic, cultural and social dimensions of the Tar Heel state’s past. This new edition incl…

Пьеса «Последний канцлер» посвящена великому русскому дипломату и общественному деятелю, однокашнику и другу Пушкина, последнему канцлеру Российской империи, денонсировавшему унизительный Парижск…

This book provides a fascinating and unique history of the Britons from the late Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. It also discusses the revivals of interest in British culture and myth over the …

This cultural history challenges the standard depiction of the 1660s as the beginning of a new age of stability, demonstrating that the decade following the Restoration was just as complex and ex…

Modern Greece: A History since 1821 is a chronological account of the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Greece, from the birth of the Greek state in 1821 to 2008 by two leading…

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…