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Of Fear and Strangers - A History of Xenophobia

Over the last few years, it has been impossible to ignore the steady resurgence of xenophobia. In this fascinating study, George Makari t...

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals

Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from history, from the prehistoric era to the present day, told through the story of ...

Sewer

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. What can underground pipes tel...

The Black Jacobins - Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

'James is a titan of twentieth-century politics and culture' Sunday Times 'The Black Jacobins is not only a groundbreaking historical wor...

Parvenue - Bürgerlicher Aufstieg im Spiegel der Objektkultur im 18. Jahrhundert

Eine Leseprobe finden Sie unter "https://verlag.sandstein.de/reader/98-733_Parvenue" Parvenüs des 18. Jahrhunderts sind gesellschaftliche...

Middle Eastern mythology

Rethinking the Andesamazonia Divide - A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration

Rethinking the Andes-Amazonia Divide brings together archaeologists, linguists, geneticists, anthropologists, ethnohistorians and histori...

Europe since 1870

Coatesville and the Lynching of Zachariah Walker: Death in a Pennsylvania Steel Town

"The present work is a substantial revision of our earlier work entitled No Crooked Death, published by the University of Illinois Press ...

The thirties and after

400 Years in 365 Days - A Day by Day Calendar of Nova Scotia History

400 Years in 365 Days gives readers a fun, trivia-filled record which reflects the communities and peoples of Nova Scotia spanning the pa...

A short history of the english people

Now you see it, now you don't (seven years in Hungary 1982-1989)

An Historical Map of Canterbury from medieval times to 1907

A full colour map, based on a digitised map of the city of Canterbury in 1907, with its Roman, Anglo-Saxon and medieval past overlain and...

Jewish-European Émigré Lawyers - Twentieth Century International Humanitarian Law as Idea and Profession

Emigrierte jüdische Juristen, Historiker, Archivare und Aktivisten und ihre individuellen Zugänge zum humanitären Völkerrecht. Emigrierte...

Räume der deutschen Geschichte

Der »spatial turn« in der deutschen Geschichte. Die deutsche Geschichtsschreibung hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten einen spezifischen »spat...

The ancient egyptian Book of the Dead

Banned Books

Immerse yourself in the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published! Censorship of one form or another has existed...

Journey in North America 1831

The Book of Phobias and Manias - A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANES A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAIL AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 W...

Napoleon Bonaparte

The Granite Kingdom - A Cornish Journey

A fascinating, lyrical account of an east-west walk across Britain's westernmost and most mysterious region. A distant and exotic Celtic ...

Talon; 1, 1963

Roma Portraits in History - Roma Civic Emancipation Elite in Central, South-Eastern and Eastern Europe from the 19th Century until World War II

The book presents the life, visions and activities of the nascent Roma civic elite who initiated the movement for Roma civic emancipation...

Kairos - Human Responses to the Flow of Time in the Dynamic Formation Process of Western Civilization

In our psyche, kairos is firmly anchored. Research on the key concept kairos has opened the path for a solid assessment of an essential s...

Endgame - Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival

With unique insight, deep access and exclusive revelations, the author of the internationally bestselling Finding Freedom pulls back the ...

The Wipers Times - The Famous First World War Trench Newspaper

The bestselling facsimile reproduction of the famed trench newspaper of the First World War - a unique portrait of life on the wartime fr...

Choosing Freedom in Ukraine: Historical Roots and Contemporary Meaning - Oskar-Halecki-Vorlesung 2022

When Russia expanded its war against Ukraine in early 2022, many Western observers expected the country to surrender within moments. But ...

Orkaby, A: YEMEN - What Everyone Needs to Know (R)

Yemen: What Everyone Needs to Know® is an authoritative overview of one of the most troubled states in the world. Asher Orkaby provides a...

Spain's 1939 Exiles in the Americas and Maryland: Eighty Years, Alive in Our Hearts

Roma Voices in History - A Sourcebook

This ground-breaking book is an impressively extensive collection of primary historical sources in various languages that reflect the his...

Life Unseen - A Story of Blindness

Imagine a world without sight. Is it dark and gloomy? Is it terrifying and isolating? Or is it simply a state of not seeing, which we hav...

Himalaya - Exploring the Roof of the World

'John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes...

North of America - Loyalists, Indigenous Nations, and the Borders of the Long American Revolution

This book by historian Jeffers Lennox looks north, as so many Americans at that time did, and describes how Loyalists and Indigenous lead...

From Peoples into Nations - A History of Eastern Europe

A sweeping narrative history of Eastern Europe from the late eighteenth century to today In the 1780s, the Habsburg monarch Joseph II dec...

A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues

Hove, East Sussex

The Handover - How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs

'The Singularity' is what Silicon Valley calls the idea that, eventually, we will be overrun by machines that are able to take decisions ...

It's a Continent - Unravelling Africa's history one country at a time

There are histories you were never taught in school. Madimba and Ukata reveal an Africa as you've never read it before. They explore each...

The Dope

Discover the secret history behind the headlines. The Mexican drug wars have inspired countless articles, TV shows and movies. From Break...

Tales from the Borderlands - Making and Unmaking the Galician Past

Focusing on Galicia, this book tells the story of Europe's eastern borderlands through the eyes of the diverse communities of migrants wh...

Atoms and Ashes - From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY SUNDAY TIMES AND HISTORY TODAY ' Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical...

A Stranger in Your Own City - Travels in the Middle East's Long War

SELECTED BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND DAUNTS BOOKS AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ONE OF PROSPECT'S POLITICS & REPORTAGE BOOKS OF THE YEAR...

Nothing Ever Just Disappears - Seven Hidden Histories

'With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with place and with displacement, allowing for mys...

The War Came To Us - Life and Death in Ukraine

'Vivid. Shocking. [Miller] brings a seasoned, personal perspective to his account of both the 16-month conflict and its wider roots.' Dai...

August in Kabul - America's Last Days in Afghanistan

Told through the eyes of witnesses to the fall of Kabul, Walkley award-winning journalist Andrew Quilty's debut book offers a remarkable ...

All She Lost - The Explosion in Lebanon, the Collapse of a Nation and the Women who Survive

'Poignant and compelling. will resonate with anyone who cares about justice and the abuse of power' - Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News Inte...

Command - The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine

A timely history of the interplay between politics and military operations, 'Command is the history of our time' (Guardian) Military comm...

American Civil War For Dummies

Take a walk through history with this guide for lifelong learners The American Civil War is one of the most fascinating and impactful per...

Endgame

The explosive new book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, Endgame a ...

The Saxon Army 1810-1813

No army of the German Confederation of the Rhine underwent such fundamental changes in organization and uniforms as did the Saxon forces ...

The History of Magic - From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

A Telegraph Book of the Year A remarkable, unprecedented account of the role of magic in cultures both ancient and modern -- from the fir...

The Norse Myths That Shape the Way We Think

A fresh look at the stories at the heart of Norse mythology, exploring their cultural impact up to the present day.

The Invitation-Only Zone - The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project

During the 1970s and early 80s, dozens - perhaps hundreds - of Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos and forced to ...

Negro Slavery in Latin America

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cult...

Princesses Behaving Badly - Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings

This paperback edition offers true tales of these take-charge princesses plus dozens more in a fascinating read that's perfect for histor...

Bücher und ihre Wege - Bibliomigration zwischen Deutschland und Polen seit 1939

Millionen von polnischen Büchern wurden während des Zweiten Weltkriegs von Nazi-Deutschland in Polen zerstört oder gestohlen. Indessen mi...

Empires in World History - Power and the Politics of Difference

"This is the single best book about the relationship of empires and nations that I can think of."--Kenneth Pomeranz, author of The Great ...

Forgotten Women

To say this [book] is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure...

Facing the Sea of Sand - The Sahara and the Peoples of Northern Africa

Northern Africa is dominated now by the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. This book ...

Southeast Asia - A History in Objects

A revealing volume on Southeast Asia's complex histories, expertly told through art objects and cultural artifacts dating from 6,000 year...