E-knihy

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 578 Velikost: 33,95 MB Knižní žánr: historie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978-1-63936-974-4 Cena: 19.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 22:05

The definitive history of the slave trade in the Islamic world—a story that has been overshadowed by its notorious, but shorter-lived, Atlantic counterpart.

Slavery in the Islamic world has a long, complex, and controversial history. In the earliest days of Islam, Arab Muslims enslaved men, women and children as the spoils of war. In the following centuries, young boys were imported to imperial Islamic courts in enormous numbers. Some were castrated to serve as eunuch guardians of sacred spaces, from the imperial harem of Istanbul to the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. Others were "harvested" by the Ottomans to serve as Janissaries, the sultan’s elite infantry unit. Some even rose to the highest levels of political and military command, making a mockery of their slave status. For wom leading concubines became powerful figures in their own right. In the ninth-century Golden Age of Baghdad, the most beautiful and accomplished courtesans were among the richest, most celebrated figures of their day. In the twentieth century, more than a thousand years later, their cosmopolitan counterparts were still entertaining Ottoman sultans.

Yet it was Africa which bore the brunt of the Islamic world’s insatiable demand for slave labour. Slavers plied its Mediterranean, Atlantic and Indian Ocean coasts, traders raided inland for human cargo, and millions of enslaved Africans trudged across the Sahara into captivity. Meanwhile, North African corsairs turned the Mediterranean into a slaving free-for-all between Muslims, Christians and Jews.

The sheer longevity of slavery was no less surprising. Arab Muslims adapted and regulated this practice within an Islamic context. Sanctioned by the Prophet Mohammed, legitimated by the Quran and holy law, slavery endured for fifteen centuries. Abolition had few champions and came late in the day—hereditary slavery continues even today in Mali and Mauritania. Captives and Companions takes the reader on an extraordinary historical journey across deserts, continents and oceans, from Baghdad to Bamako, Tripoli to Timbuktu, Istanbul to the Black Sea, and reveals a hidden but vital chapter in our understanding of world civilization.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 228 Velikost: 610 kB Knižní žánr: literatura faktu Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 9780008555511 Cena: 16.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 21:56

Piers Morgan welcomes the return of a common-sense world

They claimed it was a movement that would change society forever. Instead, it's been buried six feet under by common sense.

For a decade, “woke” infected every corner of our lives. Cancel culture ran riot. Men became toxic. Virtue signalling was everywhere. And if you dared disagree? You'd be terminated on the spot.

But then something extraordinary happened. All over the world, people woke up.

In this explosive and uproarious takedown, Piers Morgan charts the spectacular collapse of the most ridiculous ideology in human history. With his trademark wit and fearless honesty, he exposes the hypocrites, destroys the myths, and celebrates the heroes who refused to surrender to the woke brigade.

But this isn't just about pointing and laughing at the wreckage. With his unique blend of savage humour and surprising wisdom, Morgan offers a roadmap for navigating our post-woke world and a less divided, more sensible society.

Woke is Dead is the provocative, hilarious and essential read for anyone who wants to understand how an entire civilisation briefly lost its mind.

Piers Morgan's book 'Woke Is Dead' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2025-10-27.

Stáhnout e-knihu

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 425 Velikost: 1,55 MB Knižní žánr: biografie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 9781445662718 Cena: 12.90 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 21:39

While Richard I is one of medieval England’s most famous kings he is also the most controversial. This reassessment looks at his deeds and achievements in a new light. The result is a compelling new portrait of "the Lionheart" which shows that the king is every bit as remarkable as his medieval contemporaries found him to be. It shows him to be a man badly let down by some of those around him, especially his brother John and the duplicitous French king Philip. The foibles of his character are also exposed to the full, including his complicated relationships with the key women in his life, especially the imposing contemporary figure of his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and his wife, Berengaria, with whom he failed to produce an heir, leading to later suggestions of homosexuality. 

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 360 Velikost: 2,56 MB Knižní žánr: historie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978-0-582-25659-0 Cena: 54.71 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 21:26

This ground-breaking and substantive new history considers Richard's reign from a perspective that is as much French as English. Viewing the king himself as a great military commander, it also shows him as a more competent administrator than previously acknowledged.  Modern revisionist work allows the authors to correct many misconceptions about Richard's French possessions, and recent scholarship on his rival, Philip Augustus, permits examination of the formidable threat that the resurgent Capetian monarchy represented.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 465 Velikost: 1,37 MB Knižní žánr: historie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978-1-47214-212-2 Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 21:19

History is written by the victors, and Rome had some very eloquent historians. Those the Romans regarded as barbarians left few records of their own, but they had a tremendous impact on the Roman imagination. Resisting from outside Rome's borders or rebelling from within, they emerge vividly in Rome's historical tradition, and left a significant footprint in archaeology.

Rome's history, as written by the Romans, follows a remarkable trajectory from its origins as a tiny village of refugees from a conflict zone to a dominant superpower, before being transformed into the medieval and Byzantine worlds. But throughout this history, Rome faced significant resistance and rebellion from peoples whom it regarded as barbarians.

Gibbon saw the Roman Empire as one of the highest points of human achievement destroyed by barbarian invaders: Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Goths, Vandals, Huns, Picts and Scots. To others, as Rome was ravaged, new life was infused into an expiring Italy. Gibbon's 'decline and fall' has been reappraised as transformation, through religious and cultural revolution.

Based both on ancient historical writings and modern archaeological research, this new history takes a fresh look at the Roman Empire, through the personalities and lives of key opponents of Rome's rise, dominance and fall - or transformation. These include: Brennus, the Gaul who sacked Rome; the Plebs, those barbarous insiders and internal resistors; Hannibal; Viriathus, the Iberian shepherd and skilled guerilla; Jugurtha and the struggle to free Africa; the Germanic threat from the Cimbri and the Teutones; Spartacus, the gladiator; Vercingetorix and rebellion in Gaul; Cleopatra; Boudicca, the Queen of the Iceni and the scourge of Rome; the Great Jewish Revolt; Alaric the Goth and the Sack of Rome; Attila the Hun, 'Born to Shake the Nations'; and the Vandals and the fall of Rome.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 394 Velikost: 476 kB Knižní žánr: filozofie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 0745605532 Cena: 33.00 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 21:11

Heritage of Our Times is a brilliant examination of modern culture and its legacy by one of the most important and deeply influential thinkers of the 20th century. Bloch argues that the key elements of a genuine cultural tradition are not just to be found in the conveniently closed and neatly labeled ages of the past, but also in the open and experimental cultural process of our time.

One of the most compelling aspects of this work is a contemporary analysis of the rise of Nazism. It probes its bogus roots in German history and mythology at the very moment when the ideologies of Blood and Soil and the Blond Beast were actually taking hold of the German people.

The breadth and depth of Bloch's vision, together with the rich diversity of his interest, ensure this work a place as one of the key books of the 20th century.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 373 Velikost: 1,92 MB Knižní žánr: počítačová literatura Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978150178323-4 Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 21:04

At the heart of cybersecurity lies a paradox: Cooperation makes conflict possible. In Age of Deception, Jon R. Lindsay shows that widespread trust in cyberspace enables espionage and subversion. While such acts of secret statecraft have long been part of global politics, digital systems have dramatically expanded their scope and scale. Yet success in secret statecraft hinges less on sophisticated technology than on political context.

To make sense of this, Lindsay offers a general theory of intelligence performance―the analogue to military performance in battle―that explains why spies and hackers alike depend on clandestine organizations and vulnerable institutions. Through cases spanning codebreaking at Bletchley Park during WWII to the weaponization of pagers by Israel in 2024, he traces both continuity and change in secret statecraft. Along the way, he explains why popular assumptions about cyber warfare are profoundly misleading. Offense does not simply dominate defense, for example, because the same digital complexity that expands opportunities for deception also creates potential for self-deception and counterdeception.

Provocative and persuasive, Age of Deception offers crucial insights into the future of secret statecraft in cyberspace and beyond.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 419 Velikost: 2,1 MB Knižní žánr: literatura faktu Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978-1-324-05118-3 Cena: 14.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 20:50

The nuclear age came into existence with the explosion of the first atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945. The inauguration of this new era was epitomized by the bomb’s principal creator, J. Robert Oppenheimer, quoting the Bhagavad Gita: “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” Since then, the era of the atom has become the age of the bomb?or two bombs: atomic and hydrogen.

In The Nuclear Age, Serhii Plokhy, one of our preeminent Cold War historians, explores why governments have acquired and stockpiled nuclear weapons and reveals the global failure to reach meaningful nuclear arms treaties. Plokhy shows how, since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, the risk of nuclear war has never been so high: Russia threatens nuclear aggression in its war on Ukraine; China is constructing hundreds of new missile silos; and India and Pakistan are locked in ongoing nuclear competition. Plokhy also examines how more countries than ever have come within perilous reach of acquiring nuclear arms, while new technologies, such as hypersonic missiles and artificial intelligence, make the nuclear landscape increasingly unpredictable.

From Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Castle Bravo test of 1954, to the rapidly developing nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran, The Nuclear Age reveals the fear that governs the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Plokhy profiles the global players who have diagnosed, stoked, and influenced this fear, from H. G. Wells to Nikita Khrushchev and Vladimir Putin, and he outlines what we might learn from our past to control today’s arms race. As the danger of nuclear war remains imminent, The Nuclear Age diagnoses our era of rearmament.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 325 Velikost: 12,32 MB Knižní žánr: literatura faktu Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 9780593183793 Cena: 12.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 20:46

General George Patton needed a miracle. In December 1944, the Allies found themselves stuck. Rain had plagued the troops daily since September, turning roads into rivers of muck, slowing trucks and tanks to a crawl. A thick ceiling of clouds had grounded American warplanes, allowing the Germans to reinforce. The sprint to Berlin had become a muddy, bloody stalemate, costing thousands of American lives.

Patton seethed, desperate for some change, any change, in the weather. A devout Christian, he telephoned his head chaplain. “Do you have a good prayer for the weather?” he asked. The resulting prayer was soon printed and distributed to the 250,000 men under Patton’s command. “Pray when driving,” the men were told. “Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for Battle. . . . Pray for victory. . . . Pray for Peace.”

Then came the Battle of the Bulge. Amid frigid temperatures and heavy snow, 200,000 German troops overwhelmed the meager American lines in Belgium’s Ardennes Forest, massacring thousands of soldiers as the attack converged on a vital crossroads town called Bastogne. There, the 101st Airborne was dug in, but the enemy were lurking, hidden in the thick blanket of fog that seemed to never dissipate. A hundred miles of frozen roads to the south, Patton needed an answer to his prayer, fast, before it was too late.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 74 Velikost: 15,06 MB Knižní žánr: literatura faktu Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978 1 47382 747 9 Cena: 9.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 20:35

The four battles fought for Kharkov during the Second World War are often overshadowed by the battles for Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad, yet they were critical stages in the struggle between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army for control of the southern Soviet Union.

Anthony Tucker-Jones, in this volume in the Images of War series, offers a visual record of the dramatic and bloody conflict that took place there, showing every grim aspect of the fighting. Kharkov became one of the most bitterly contested cities during the war on the Eastern Front, and this book presents a graphic overview of the atrocious conditions the soldiers on both sides had to endure.

In 1941 Kharkov fell to Hitler’s Army Group South. In 1942 the Soviets tried and failed to retake it, losing 240,000 men in the Barvenkovo Bulge. Then, in 1943, the control of the battered city changed hands twice before the Soviets liberated it for good. The fate of Kharkov during the war reflects the history of the wider struggle between Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 507 Velikost: 30,57 MB Knižní žánr: literatura faktu Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 9781541604742 Cena: 19.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 20:23

From a top scholar of World War II, the “​fascinating”​ (John C. McManus) definitive history of Germany’s U-boat campaign that challenged British naval supremacy and brought international trade to its knees

Winston Churchill once remarked that the only threat to truly frighten him was the peril of Nazi U-boats. Over the course of World War II, Germany’s submariners sank over three thousand Allied ships, nearly three-quarters of Allied shipping losses in all theaters of the war. In the process the submariners endured horrific conditions and suffered a 75 percent death rate, the highest of any arm of service in the conflict. Yet their story has never been told in full. 

In Wolfpack, historian Roger Moorhouse tells the story of the Battle of the Atlantic from the point of view of the German submariners. He tracks these men from the enthusiasm of the war’s early days, buoyed with optimism about their cause, through the challenges of the Allied counterthreat, to the final horrors of enemy capture and death in the depths. It is a story of courage, certainly, but also of fear, privation, and—ultimately—failure.   

Drawing extensively on war diaries, archival records, and the voices of the German submariners themselves, Wolfpack is a story of technological brilliance, dramatic naval engagements, and extraordinary human endurance. 

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 183 Velikost: 69,81 MB Knižní žánr: literatura faktu Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978-1-5107-5679-3 Cena: 14.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 01.11.2025, 19:51

Formally inaugurated in Potsdam in 1933, the Third Reich was regarded by Hitler as the greatest in a line of might German empires. His mystical belief that this empire would last a thousand years proved unfounded, but not before a world war which resulted in the loss of at least 70 million lives. 

This atlas charts the rise and fall of Hitler's Nazi state, from the first mass meeting of the NSDAP in Munich in 1920, through the relentless territorial aggression and anti0Jewish atrocities of World War II, to the execution of war criminals in Nuremburg in 1946.

The Historical Atlas of the Third Reich offers penetrating insights into the seemingly inexorable rise of National Socialism and examines the nature of Hitler's power structures both within his party and within Germany as a whole. 

Formát: PDF Počet stran: 106 Velikost: 2,82 MB Knižní žánr: mytologie Jazyk: čeština ISBN: 978-80-00-07673-7 Cena: 249.00 CZK Přečteno: ANO (01.11.2025) Vloženo: 07.10.2025, 18:42

Vypravte se s námi na cestu do fascinujícího světa starověkého Egypta a Mezopotámie, plného božských dramat, mytologických příběhů a dávných moudrostí. Eduard Petiška oživuje tradice této slavné civilizace a propojuje historii, báje a lidské touhy po spravedlnosti a vědění, a tak nabízí poutavou výpravu do minulosti i k lidským hodnotám.

Příjemně se čtoucí mytické příběhy Egypta a Mezopotámie. Jen - jako u všech ostatních mýtů - nesmí čtenář na vyprávění aplikovat přísnou logiku či snad kritické myšlení nebo podobné malichernosti :-).

"Člověk nemá nikdy zoufat, nikdy se nemá nad něčím rmoutit, neboť smutkem a nářkem nezastaví běh událostí. Kdo má moudré srdce, kráčí kupředu a doufá." 

"Nejdříve se víno ztrácí v člověku, pak se ztrácí člověk ve víně".

Formát: EPUB Původní název: Rozdrože Kruków Počet stran: 235 Velikost: 11,66 MB Knižní žánr: sci-fi a fantasy Jazyk: čeština ISBN: 978-80-7477-090-6 Cena: 199.00 CZK Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 07.10.2025, 18:17

Zaklínači se nerodí. Zaklínači jsou vytvářeni. Než se stal Bílým vlkem a Řezníkem z Blavikenu, byl Geralt z Rivie pouhým čerstvým absolventem Kaer Morhen, který vstoupil do světa, jenž jeho druhu nerozumí ani ho nevítá. A když se naivní hrdinský čin ošklivě zvrtne, Geralta zachrání před oprátkou jen Preston Holt, zkušený zaklínač s pohřbenou minulostí a vlastními plány. Pod Holtovým vedením začíná Geralt poznávat, co to skutečně znamená kráčet po Stezce - chránit svět, který se ho bojí, a přežít v něm. Když se však hranice mezi dobrem a zlem začíná stírat, Geralt se musí rozhodnout, zda se stane monstrem, které v něm všichni vidí, nebo někým úplně jiným. Toto je příběh o tom, jak vznikají legendy – a jaká je cena za jejich stvoření.

Formát: PDF Počet stran: 202 Velikost: 1,27 MB Knižní žánr: biografie Jazyk: čeština ISBN: 978-80-281-1810-5 Cena: 199.00 CZK Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 07.10.2025, 18:14

Emil Hácha je dodnes veřejností i mnoha politiky často vnímán jako symbol zla, jako člověk, který se klaněl fašistické nadvládě, který podlehl strachu. Často byl kritizován svými současníky, kteří ovšem válku strávili v bezpečí londýnského či moskevského exilu. Exilu, který jim naše země musela dodatečně zaplatit, ať již zlatem – jako těm v Londýně, nebo čtyřicetiletou podřízeností těm moskevským.

Doktor Hácha byl zřejmě naším nejvzdělanějším prezidentem s obrovským smyslem pro spravedlnost. A také jediným prezidentem, který se o tuto funkci sám neucházel a nebojoval, ale musel být k jejímu převzetí značně přemlouván. Neměl sice zkušenosti z praktické politiky, ale přesto dokázal s německou protistranou hrát vyrovnanou a mnohdy i vítěznou partii. Žádný jiný náš president nebyl vystaven přímému tlaku agresora, který okupoval naši zemi. Za záchranu života mu vděčili studenti zatčení po 17. listopadu 1939 a nejen oni. Svým jednáním, které bylo často předmětem naivní kritiky, dokázal zabránit možnému zničení mnoha českých měst a velmi pravděpodobně i vyhlazení našeho národa. V tolika tak složitých a nebezpečných situacích se neocitl žádný náš prezident.

Formát: PDF Počet stran: 282 Velikost: 6,99 MB Knižní žánr: historie Jazyk: čeština ISBN: 978-80-267-3189-4 Cena: 279.00 CZK Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 07.10.2025, 18:12

Dálkový obchod ve středověku, nejen na českém území a v Evropě, ale i na Blízkém východě a v globálních souvislostech.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 332 Velikost: 2,13 MB Knižní žánr: biografie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978-1-0354-1349-2 Cena: 12.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 07.10.2025, 18:08

'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong

The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi Jinping, the man who presides over 1.4 billion people and the second largest economy on earth. Born a 'princeling' to one of Communist China's ruling families, the young Xi was exiled to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. He fought his way back to the top by stealth, privilege and guile. In 2012, following the spectacular fall of his rival Bo Xilai, Xi Jinping became the leader of China.

In a compulsively readable narrative, veteran foreign correspondent Michael Sheridan takes the reader from the poor, isolated country of Xi's youth to the military and economic superpower of today. In Xi's new China, family mafias struggle for power amid murder, corruption and sex scandals as ministers and generals vanish in purges. No one is safe in his techno-security state. Xi is an absolute ruler whose word is law on everything from war and peace to the ruthless campaign against Covid-19. He aims to dominate world trade, to defeat Western democracy and to make China the supreme power in the East. A loner and a risk-taker, he is the most consequential leader of our time.

Drawing on intimate stories from the closed world of China's leading families and two decades of first-hand reporting, Michael Sheridan sheds new light on the history and politics of China. The book reveals that behind the façade of the Chinese Communist Party there is a modern dynasty and a new emperor.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 315 Velikost: 7,23 MB Knižní žánr: biografie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978-1-3503-7588-8 Cena: 26.09 GPB Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 07.10.2025, 18:05

The first new biography of Oliver Cromwell in several years, this rounded account does equal justice to his public and private life, to his political career, his military abilities and his passionate religiosity.

Ian Gentles synthesizes much recent research including Cromwell's activity as a lay preacher, his patronage of the arts and his promotion of horsebreeding. Gentles also provides fresh findings on Cromwell's pay as a soldier, his personal enrichment as general and lord protector, his little-known erotic side, and his astonishing generosity in the cause of international Protestantism. At the same time, this approachable study provides a new assessment of Cromwell's genius as a soldier and sheds light on the suspenseful drama surrounding parliament's offer of the crown in 1657.

Ideal for students and general readers alike, this is an essential and stimulating introduction to all aspects of the life of a key figure in British history.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 100 Velikost: 4,12 MB Knižní žánr: biologie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978-0-691-25442-5 Cena: 12.95 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 07.10.2025, 17:55

John Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and creative biologists, here offers a completely new perspective on the role of size in biology. In his hallmark friendly style, he explores the universal impact of being the right size. By examining stories ranging from Alice in Wonderland to Gulliver's Travels, he shows that humans have always been fascinated by things big and small. Why then does size always reside on the fringes of science and never on the center stage? Why do biologists and others ponder size only when studying something else―running speed, life span, or metabolism?

Why Size Matters, a pioneering book of big ideas in a compact size, gives size its due by presenting a profound yet lucid overview of what we know about its role in the living world. Bonner argues that size really does matter―that it is the supreme and universal determinant of what any organism can be and do. For example, because tiny creatures are subject primarily to forces of cohesion and larger beasts to gravity, a fly can easily walk up a wall, something we humans cannot even begin to imagine doing.

Bonner introduces us to size through the giants and dwarfs of human, animal, and plant history and then explores questions including the physics of size as it affects biology, the evolution of size over geological time, and the role of size in the function and longevity of living things.

As this elegantly written book shows, size affects life in its every aspect. It is a universal frame from which nothing escapes.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 249 Velikost: 2,99 MB Knižní žánr: biologie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978-0-691-16276-8 Cena: 10.04 GPB Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 07.10.2025, 17:52

Including a chapter by 2014 Nobel laureates May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser An unprecedented look at the quest to unravel the mysteries of the human brain, The Future of the Brain takes readers to the absolute frontiers of science. Original essays by leading researchers such as Christof Koch, George Church, Olaf Sporns, and May-Britt and Edvard Moser describe the spectacular technological advances that will enable us to map the more than eighty-five billion neurons in the brain, as well as the challenges that lie ahead in understanding the anticipated deluge of data and the prospects for building working simulations of the human brain. A must-read for anyone trying to understand ambitious new research programs such as the Obama administration's BRAIN Initiative and the European Union's Human Brain Project, The Future of the Brain sheds light on the breathtaking implications of brain science for medicine, psychiatry, and even human consciousness itself. Contributors include: Misha Ahrens, Ned Block, Matteo Carandini, George Church, John Donoghue, Chris Eliasmith, Simon Fisher, Mike Hawrylycz, Sean Hill, Christof Koch, Leah Krubitzer, Michel Maharbiz, Kevin Mitchell, Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser, David Poeppel, Krishna Shenoy, Olaf Sporns, Anthony Zador.

Formát: Počet stran: 512 Velikost: 62,38 MB Knižní žánr: literatura faktu Jazyk: angličtina Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 07.10.2025, 17:36

A scholarly book full of examples. Chapters: Hanging as a Social Practice, Excessive Retribution and Puritanical Zeal in Early Days, The Treatment of Witches, Hangings Inside - Far from the Madding Throngs, A Wide Range of Cases, Murder for Greed Anger and Lust, A Further Potpourri of Cases, The Poisoners, Hangings in the Interest of National Security, The Tree Embellished by Ballad and Allusion, The Drift Away from Capital Punishment. Of frontier interest includes the Mankato Sioux hangings of 1862, Hanging Judge Parker, & much, much more.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 456 Velikost: 6,66 MB Knižní žánr: historie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 9781119702535 Cena: 44.00 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 15.09.2025, 19:41

An innovative approach to the history of the First Persian Empire, offering an accessible historical narrative for students and general readers alike

A History of the Achaemenid Empire considers archaeological and written sources to provide an expansive, source-based introduction to the diverse and culturally rich world of ancient Achaemenid Persia. Assuming no prior background, this accessible textbook follows the dynastic line from the establishment and expansion of the empire under the early Achaemenid kings to its collapse in 330 BCE. The text integrates the latest research, key primary sources, and archaeological data to offer readers deep insights into the empire, its kings, and its people.

Chronologically organized chapters contain written, archaeological, and visual sources that highlight key learning points, stimulate discussion, and encourage readers to evaluate specific pieces of evidence. Throughout the text, author Maria Brosius emphasizes the necessity to critically assess Greek sources—highlighting how their narrative of Achaemenid political historyoften depicted stereotypical images of the Persians rather than historical reality. Topics include the establishment of empire under Cyrus the Great, Greek-Persian relations, the creation of a Persian ruling class, the bureaucracy and operation of the empire, Persian diplomacy and foreign policy, and the reign of Darius III. This innovative textbook:

Offers a unique approach to Achaemenid history, considering both archaeological and literary sources
Places primary Persian and Near Eastern sources in their cultural, political, and historical context
Examines material rarely covered in non-specialist texts, such as royal inscriptions, Aramaic documents, and recent archaeological finds
Features a comprehensive introduction to Achaemenid geography, Greek historiography, and modern scholarship on the Persian War

Part of the acclaimed Blackwell History of the Ancient Worldseries, A History of the Achaemenid Empire is a perfect primary textbook for courses in Ancient History, Near Eastern Studies, and Classical Civilizations, as well as an invaluable resource for general readers with interest in the history of empires, particularly the first Persian empire or Iranian civilization.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 424 Velikost: 1,92 MB Knižní žánr: religionistika a teologie Jazyk: čeština ISBN: 978-80-7429-728-1 Cena: 210.00 CZK Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 15.09.2025, 19:36

Svazek představuje kratší, avšak obsahově závažné texty německého reformátora. Cílem výboru je ukázat Lutherovo myšlení v jeho vývoji v čase i v jeho tematické rozmanitosti. Ve svazku se tak objevují texty z raného, středního i pozdního autorova období, polemické spisy proti scholastice, odpustkům, bouřícím se sedlákům či Turkům, stejně jako pojednání věnované manželství, Večeři Páně, přípravě na smrt, rozjímání nad smyslem Kristova utrpení a další, jakož i některé texty k tématům biblistickým. Výbor doplňuje zasvěcená úvodní studie z pera historika reformace Martina Wernische.

Formát: PDF Počet stran: 134 Velikost: 400 kB Knižní žánr: filozofie Jazyk: čeština ISBN: 978-80-7429-036-7 Cena: 98.00 CZK Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 15.09.2025, 19:33

Významný český křesťanský filosof, známý svými pracemi z dějin české filosofie, se ve své drobné knize zabývá jedním ze základních problémů sociální filosofie současnosti – problematikou lidských práv a svobod, tedy problémem zvlášť závažným pro naši společnost, žijící stále ve stínu řady desetiletí prožitých pod vládou totalitních režimů.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 846 Velikost: 4,42 MB Knižní žánr: historie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 978-1-586-48781-2 Cena: 14.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 15.09.2025, 19:28

As Ambassador and Special Envoy on Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, Peter Tomsen has had close relationships with Afghan leaders and has dealt with senior Taliban, warlords, and religious leaders involved in the region's conflicts over the last two decades. Now Tomsen draws on a rich trove of never-before-published material to shed new light on the American involvement in the long and continuing Afghan war.

This book offers a deeply informed perspective on how Afghanistan's history as a "shatter zone" for foreign invaders and its tribal society have shaped the modern Afghan narrative. It brings to life the appallingly misinformed secret operations by foreign intelligence agencies, including the Soviet NKVD and KGB, the Pakistani ISI, and the CIA.

American policy makers, Tomsen argues, still do not understand Afghanistan; nor do they appreciate how the CIA's covert operations and the Pentagon's military strategy have strengthened extremism in the country. At this critical time, he shows how the U.S. and the coalition it leads can assist the region back to peace and stability.

Formát: EPUB Počet stran: 145 Velikost: 6,64 MB Knižní žánr: historie Jazyk: angličtina ISBN: 9781472830036 Cena: 9.99 USD Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 15.09.2025, 19:24

From the army of Marc Antony in the 1st century BC, Roman generals hired Oriental heavy armoured cavalry to serve in their military alongside the legions. These troops, both from the northern steppes and the Persian frontiers, continued an ancient tradition of using heavy armour and long lances, and fought in a compact formation for maximum shock effect. They were quite distinct from conventional Roman light cavalry, and they served across the Empire, including in Britain. They became ever more important during the 3rd century wars against Parthia, both to counter their cavalry and to form a mobile strategic reserve.

Displaying these impressive and imposing cavalry units using vivid specially commissioned artwork, this first book in a two part series on Roman Heavy Cavalry examines their use over the Imperial period up to the fall of Western Empire in the 5th century A.D.

Formát: PDF Počet stran: 148 Velikost: 22,77 MB Knižní žánr: historie Jazyk: angličtina Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 15.09.2025, 19:16

Delve into the captivating world of emperors, warfare, culture, and mythology; explore the rise and fall of an immortal empire and its lasting cultural legacy, including a close encounter with the mighty Roman army.

Formát: PDF Počet stran: 148 Velikost: 18,11 MB Knižní žánr: historie Jazyk: angličtina Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 15.09.2025, 18:46

Sometimes, to build a new world, you must first burn the old one down. Only then can you sift through the ashes and plant the seeds of change. In October 1917, a firebrand by the name of Vladimir Lenin unleashed a revolution in the seething streets of Petrograd that would change Russia and the blood-soaked lands beyond its borders forever more. However, the birth of the USSR did not herald the dawn of a communist utopia, the stated goal of Lenin and his followers. Instead, it ushered in a new age of secrecy, suspicion and widespread technological advancement. So how did this superstate controlled through suppression and terror come to create groundbreaking inventions, send the first artificial satellite into space and produce literary and cinematic icons? How was it able to survive the ravages of civil and global wars and stand toe-to-toe with America? And why did this once indestructible colossus collapse like a house of cards in 1991? The answers to these vital questions await you in the following pages. Prepare to explore the shadows of a state where the truth won’t set you free and nothing is quite what it seems.

Formát: PDF Původní název: Money. A Story of Humanity Počet stran: 351 Velikost: 21,42 MB Knižní žánr: ekonomie Jazyk: čeština ISBN: 978-80-7260-615-3 Cena: 398.00 CZK Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 24.08.2025, 15:46

Peníze hýbou světem, to každý ví. Přesto často nedoceňujeme a přehlížíme význam peněz pro lidskou kulturu a civilizaci. Odkud se ten zvláštní nástroj vlastně vzal, kdo ho vynalezl a kdo ho zdokonalil, v čem tkví kouzlo jeho fungování a v čem naopak vězí příčiny finančních krizí a kolapsů? Irský ekonom David McWilliams při své poučné, místy neuctivé a stále znovu překvapující cestě mapuje vztah mezi lidskými dějinami a peněžní technologií. Provádí nás tisíciletími historie peněz, od zářezů na kosti z Ishanga staré dvacet tisíc let po mince v řeckých městských státech, od matematiky středověkých Arabů po Francouzskou revoluci a od vzniku amerického dolaru po dnešní kryptoměny. David McWilliams přesvědčivě dokládá, že peníze ve svých různých podobách patří do stejné škatulky jako používání ohně, písma či elektřiny: jde o jeden z nejvýznamnějších vynálezů a objevů lidských dějin, který hluboce změnil a dodnes mění náš život a vztah ke světu.

Formát: PDF Původní název: Dernières croisades. Le voyage chevaleresque en Occident à la fin du Moyen Âge Počet stran: 316 Velikost: 2,85 MB Knižní žánr: historie Jazyk: čeština ISBN: 978-80-246-5905-3 Cena: 256.00 CZK Přečteno: NE Vloženo: 24.08.2025, 15:45

Křížové výpravy ve 14. a v 15. století zdaleka nepředstavují jen lehkovážná dobrodružství rytířů pozdního středověku, ale odrážejí zásadní moment budování předmoderní Evropy. Byly určujícím faktorem jak pro další vztahy mezi křesťanskými a jinověreckými státy, tak pro způsob, jakým jsou vnímáni „ti druzí“, a rovněž pro utváření společné identity evropské šlechty. Záměrem této knihy je sledovat stopy rytířů, kteří se vypravili až na samé hranice tehdejšího křesťanského světa, a poskytnout ucelený pohled na jednotlivá bojiště kruciát pozdního středověku. Přestože duch křížových výprav svým způsobem přetrval nejméně do 16. století, je Cholletův výklad zaměřen na období od dobytí Akkonu mamlúky (1291) po dobytí Konstantinopole Osmany (1453).