In 1977, twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem ",Howl,", and Jack Kerouac's seminal book On the Road, Allen Ginsberg decided it was...
Discover the gripping, action-packed history of the motorcycle, from the earliest petrol-powered two-wheelers to the blistering superbikes of today. Tracing the history and allure of...
Why do patriarchal systems survive? In this groundbreaking work of feminist theory, Nancy Folbre examines the contradictory effects of capitalist development. She explains why the...
This revised and updated guide to the Vietnam War charts the unforgettable story of America's longest and most controversial conflict, 50 years on from its...
A sweeping, original history of the Cold War, from an acclaimed historian of the USSRWhy did the Cold War erupt so soon after the Second...
A visual presentation of the origins, principles and practices of Tibetan yoga, the hidden treasure at the heart of the Tibetan Tantric Buddhist...
Wreckers sinks the old narratives of imperialism, revealing the violent, chaotic and improvised reality of empire-building from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. While figures such...
What should you do at Christmas? In Edvard Munch's Christmas in the Brothel, the artist depicts himself sleeping off the effects of drink, but the...
The most captivating and intriguing 19th-century murders from around the world are re-examined in this disquieting volume, which takes readers on a perilous journey around...
Stalinism at War tells the epic story of the Soviet Union in World War Two. Starting with Soviet involvement in the war in Asia and...
'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for many social ills is misplaced-and that assigning responsibilities to the...
Once you accept that the impossible is really possible, what happens in Russia makes perfect sense In December 2013, David Satter became the first American...
A beautifully illustrated and unique history of the ",queen of flowers", in art, medicine, cuisine, and more...
At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A...
Amid mounting fears of violent Islamic extremism, many Europeans ask whether Muslim immigrants can integrate into historically Christian countries. In a groundbreaking ethnographic...
A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Public Books Best Book of the Year",An opportunity for readers to see Piketty bring his larger argument...
Longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award in Nonfiction“Sweeping…A new way to make sense not only of the past, but of the contemporary...
A three-thousand year history of the world that examines the causes of war and the search for peaceIn three thousand years of history, China has...
We live in an age of subterfuge. Spy agencies pour vast resources into hacking, leaking, and forging data, often with the goal of weakening the...
There is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no better...
KNIHY PRE KAŽDÉHO s.r.o
