Renowned art historian and pioneering feminist Linda Nochlin explores how, from the late eighteenth century, fragmented, mutilated, and fetishized representations of the human body came to constitute a distinctively modern view of the world... Zobraziť viac
A celebration of the printed book, told through the lives of 18 people who took it in radical new directions... Zobraziť viac
A true masterpiece of narrative history and the definitive story of the revolution that ignited the end of colonialism worldwide... Zobraziť viac
Decades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family originated: Krakowiec (Krah-KOV-yets). In this book he recounts its dramatic and traumatic history... Zobraziť viac
From the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is a new history of how paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was used to justify the military coup... Zobraziť viac
A way of life that once encompassed most of humanity is vanishing in one of the greatest transformations of our time: the eclipse of the rural world by the urban... Zobraziť viac
Barbie is a strong, independent doll. But is she a feminist icon? It’s complicated... Zobraziť viac
An indelible exploration of the Cultural Revolution and how it shapes China today, Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the rarely heard stories of individuals who lived through Mao's decade of madness... Zobraziť viac
In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever... Zobraziť viac
A radical new account of how the idea of the West has shaped our history, told through the stories of fourteen fascinating lives... Zobraziť viac
Immerse yourself in Africa's vast and intricate story and discover Africa’s true place in world history... Zobraziť viac
A lavishly illustrated celebration of trucks and trucking, from the first motorized wagons to the advent of driverless freight vehicles... Zobraziť viac
The relationship between language, thought and culture is of concern to anyone with an interest in what it means to be human... Zobraziť viac
Modernizace dědičných přemyslovských držav v průběhu dlouhého 13. století na sebe vzala mnoho podob a jedna z nich, proměna Moravy knížecí v markrabskou, přivedla na sklonku léta... Zobraziť viac
Titul plzeňského sympozia 2023 jsme si vypůjčili od Ference Liszta (cyklus klavírních skladeb Léta putování). A ačkoliv fenomén putování jako cesty, jež má smysl sama o sobě bez ohledu na svůj cíl či praktický účel, se jistě.... Zobraziť viac
Už v 10. století se v pražské kotlině utváří jedna z nejvýznamnějších protourbánních aglomerací střední Evropy, která se ve 13. a 14. století přerodila v pražské souměstí, jehož základní rysy registrujeme dodnes.... Zobraziť viac
A rediscovered classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time - from journalist, poet and survivor József Debreczeni... Zobraziť viac
The generation that survived the second World War emerged with a profoundly ambitious sense of social experimentation. In the '40s and '50s, transformative drugs rapidly entered mainstream culture... Zobraziť viac
Discover the key events in the war that shaped the modern world - moment by moment. An accessible overview of the moments and milestones of the Second World War, Timelines of World War II offers a fresh angle on the subject, bringing the conflict to life Zobraziť viac
A devastating work of non-fiction that reveals a hidden history of women, violence and the law... Zobraziť viac
