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Česká republika, pozoruhodná země ve středu Evropy, oplývá množstvím významných a působivých historických památek a přírodních zajímavostí. Prostřednictvím působivých fotografií Luboše Stiburka nyní můžete poznat...

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The remarkable excavation of a previously unidentified city in Israel from the time of King David, shedding new light on the link between the bible and history. King David is a pivotal figure in the Bible, which tells his life story in detail and ...

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Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic colour; or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? Throughout history, artist pigments have been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dung, ...

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Our understanding of the ‘tree of life’, with powerful implications for human genetics, human health and our own human nature, has recently completely changed...

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The Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers and the dreams of engineers—and some 14 million people live among their peaks today. In The Alps, Stephen O’Shea takes readers up and down ...

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The power of a speech to define a moment, bring about change or unite a nation is understood. Yet too often when we think about great speeches, we think about men. In “We Are Agents of Change”, ...

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One of the world's most eminent scholars of East Asia reveals the important touchstones in the long history between China and Japan and argues that for the sake of world stability they must forge a new relationship for the twenty-first century...

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Who says women don't go to war? From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor...

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Written by five leading authorities on the classical world, A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, Third Edition, is a shorter version of the authors' highly successful ...

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Examining a series of El Nino-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that...

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History didn't listen to women, but that never stopped them from speaking out ... A lot of history is made up of speeches. Speeches about big ideas, celebratory speeches, rousing speeches to inspire soldiers to fight to the death, ...

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Greek artist Domínikos Theotokópoulos, usually referred to as El Greco, is considered one of the most outstanding artists of the late sixteenth century. He became...

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Although in a way, history is being made every day, some stand out in the memory or learning more than others. These are the days that had the most impact on the people who witnessed them and the greatest consequences for society...

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From an acclaimed military historian, the definitive account of Italy's experience of the Second World War. While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940...

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A total of 15,000 children under the age of fifteen passed through the Terezin Concentration Camp between the years 1942-1944; less than 100 survived. In these poems and pictures drawn by the young inmates of Terezin, we see the daily misery of these upro

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During the first and second millennia BCE a swathe of nomadic peoples migrated outward from Central Asia into the Eurasian periphery. One group of these people would find themselves encamped in an unpromising, arid region just south of the Caspian Sea...

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A wonderful, whimsical journey through the pioneering space-race graphics of the former Soviet Union. This otherworldly collection of Soviet space-race graphics takes readers on a cosmic adventure through Cold War-era Russia...

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Nádherně ilustrovaný příběh o životě Karla IV. v angličtině. This is a book about an emperor and a small boy, a husband, a father, a general, a man of learning and a writer. For Charles IV (1316–1378), King of Bohemia and Holy Roman...

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Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other...

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Beloved ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is back with a personally curated history of the magical city that is Prague...

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