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  • Le mura di Bergamo e l’esercito veneto fra 500 e 600
    Luca Stefano Cristini
    Correva l'Anno del Signore 1590. Così scriveva un soddisfatto e pago Alvise Grimani, l'allora comandante veneto della piazza di Bergamo, al termine dei lavori di realizzazione degli oltre cinque chilometri di mura porte e bastioni : 'La città è tutta serrata con baluardi e i suoi membri quasi tutti terrapienati, compite le piazze, i parapetti e le traverse per coprirsi ...
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    36,31 €

  • Growing Up in Beloit
    Robert Burdick
    Robert Burdick’s Growing Up in Beloit, serves as both an homage to coming of age in a gentler era, and as a poignant love letter to his beloved Midwestern hometown.  In a lively narrative, Burdick brings to life the universal exuberance and industry of youth, from comic adventures, pranks, and pratfalls, to the more serious business of navigating academics at school and experie...
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    26,63 €

  • Uniforms of Russian Army during the years 1825-1855. Vol. 3
    Aleksandr Vasilevich Viskovatov / Mark Conrad
    This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Nicolas Ist era, and are about the uniforms cavalry in use from 1825 to 1855. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniform...
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    52,04 €

  • The life of Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1608 - 1666
    H C Fanshawe
    Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608-1666), was a diplomat, poet and linguist. As Ambassador to Spain and Portugal he negotiated the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza. He was also acclaimed for his poetry and his translations of Latin and European works such as the Lusiads by Luis de Camoes and Il Pastor Fido (the Faithful Shepherd) by Giovanni Battista Guarini. Sir Richar...
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    17,51 €

  • The J. Abrams Book
    Jacob Abrams / Ruth Murphy
    Selections from articles and memoirs by and about Jacob Abrams, who in 1918 with four friends was charged and convicted of inciting resistance to the war effort, sentenced to 20 years in prison, and ultimately deported to Russia after losing an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Originally published as J. Abrams-Buch, edited by El Centro Cultural Israelita de México and...
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    14,38 €

  • Decryption of the Lipstick Killer Wall Code
    Loren L Swearingen
    DECRYPTION OF THE LIPSTICK KILLER WALL MESSAGE - The most important clue in the infamous murder of Chicago's Frances Brown is the lipstick writing on the living room wall of Miss Brown's apartment, which read: 'For heavens [sic] sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself'. This book will show that this message is encrypted. It will be decrypted and analyzed. The...
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    62,71 €

  • Gringo Lessons
    Bill Whaley
    Gringo Lessons: Twenty Years of Terror in Taos is a tale of modern adventure about a young man, who experienced the local culture from 1966 to 1987. There he met the community: skiers, La Gente, los vato locos, Chicano activists and their Spanish contemporaries, the artists, drug dealers, fellow soldiers, tempting sirens, the occasional movie star, and a host of con artists. Fi...
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    20,16 €

  • Luoghi e Architetture della Transizione
    Maria Antonietta Breda
    I sistemi difensivi di confine e la protezione antiaerea nelle città. Storia conservazione riuso / Border defense system and air raid protection in the cities. History conservation reuseThis book collects the papers presented at the Second International Congress on Conoscenza e valorizzazione delle opere militari moderne - Knowledge and development of modern military structures...
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    139,91 €

  • A Damn Close-Run Thing (Large Print)
    Russell Phillips
    In 1982, the average Briton didn't know the Falkland Islands existed, let alone their status as a disputed British territory just off the coast of Argentina. That changed when the Argentinians invaded the islands and overwhelmed the small defending force. Both nations claimed the islands were theirs, but now Argentina thought the British would give them up without a fight.T...
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    16,43 €

  • The Third Dimension
    Jon Mathieu / Katherine Brun
    A pioneering examination of the three-dimensionality of the earth from the perspective of history and thehumanities.This book considers the variegated world of mountains and their development during the last 500 years. It takes as its starting point the United Nations environmental conference of 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, where the mountains were officially recognised as a topic o...
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    52,68 €

  • Archaeology and Entomology in the Eastern Mediterranean
    Eva Panagiotakopulu
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    74,97 €

  • March Forward with the Word!
    Andrew V. Ste. Marie / Andrew VSteMarie / Mike Atnip
    In the midst of tall castles, warring pikemen, dreadful plagues, church decay, and the superstition and darkness of sixteenth-century Europe, the Anabaptist revival burst into flames. One of the first leaders was a partying university dropout who met Christ and was transformed into a fiery preacher, confronting and challenging the greatest reformers of the day. He became co-fou...
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    11,80 €

  • Did Beatniks Kill John F. Kennedy?
    Rob Johnson
    For forty years, George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman beat his oil barrel drums and improvised songs to the delight of sidewalk audiences in Houston, Galveston, Fort Worth, and San Antonio.  On the morning of November 22, 1963, he was playing at the infamous beatnik nightclub 'The Cellar' in Fort Worth, and his music became part of the soundtrack of the Kennedy assassination.  Rob Johnso...
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    11,87 €

  • Crossing the Borders of Time
    Leslie Maitland
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    27,87 €

  • The Pharaohs and Their People
    E. Berkley
    Beneath the blazing sun of the Nile valley, a civilisation flourished whose echoes still captivate the modern imagination. In the shadow of monumental pyramids and beneath the gaze of enigmatic statues, everyday life in ancient Egypt unfolded with complexity and grace. This evocative exploration immerses readers in the rhythms and rituals of old Egyptian society, revealing a wo...
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    19,78 €

  • A Time Traveler’s Guide to the 13th Century
    W. B. J. Williams
    Step into the world where Europe’s first great universities flourished, philosophers and poets reshaped the medieval imagination, caravans carried silk and spices from China to Cairo, and mighty cities like Venice and Hangzhou dazzled travelers with wonders now lost to time. Journey through the bustling streets of Paris, Budapest, Constantinople, Baghdad, Timbuktu, Lalibela, Ma...
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    26,93 €

  • Britain’s War for the Mediterranean
    Casey Baker
    Britain’s War for the Mediterranean provides a definitive study on British warmaking in the Mediterranean during the War of the First Coalition.  It traces the origins of foreign and naval policies from the early eighteenth century to describe the duality of British affairs. These contradictions manifested themselves in the War of the First Coalition as Great Britain attempted ...
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    42,30 €

  • Blood at the Games
    Callum S. Lamb
    On the morning of September 5, 1972, eight armed men scaled a chain-link fence at the Munich Olympic Village and set the world on fire.In twenty-one hours, eleven Israeli athletes and coaches were dead. The global audience watching live - nearly one billion people - would never see the Olympics the same way again. And in the silence that followed the gunfire at Fürstenfeldbruck...
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    34,20 €

  • Bloedvergieten Tijdens De Spelen
    Callum S. Lamb
    Op de ochtend van 5 september 1972 klommen acht gewapende mannen over een hek van gaas bij het Olympisch dorp in München en staken de wereld in brand.Binnen eenentwintig uur waren elf Israëlische atleten en coaches dood. Het wereldwijde publiek dat live meekeek - bijna een miljard mensen - zou de Olympische Spelen nooit meer op dezelfde manier beleven. En in de stilte die volgd...
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    32,79 €

  • Du Sang Aux Jeux
    Callum S. Lamb
    Le matin du 5 septembre 1972, huit hommes armés ont escaladé une clôture grillagée du village olympique de Munich et ont mis le feu au monde.En vingt et une heures, onze athlètes et entraîneurs israéliens ont trouvé la mort. Le monde entier, qui suivait les Jeux en direct - près d’un milliard de personnes - ne les regarderait plus jamais de la même façon. Et dans le silence qui...
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    32,80 €

  • Les Enfants Du Reich
    Callum S. Lamb
    Heinrich Himmler emmena sa fille de douze ans visiter Dachau. Elle trouva l’endroit très intéressant . Elle passa les soixante-seize années suivantes à défendre des criminels de guerre nazis. Elle n’exprima jamais le moindre regret.Les enfants du Reich Ce film suit le destin de six fils et filles des plus puissants bourreaux du Troisième Reich - Himmler, Göring, Hess, Hans Fra...
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    18,01 €

  • Blut Bei Den Spielen
    Callum S. Lamb
    Am Morgen des 5. September 1972 kletterten acht bewaffnete Männer über einen Maschendrahtzaun im Olympischen Dorf München und setzten die Welt in Brand.Innerhalb von 21 Stunden waren elf israelische Athleten und Trainer tot. Das weltweite Publikum, das die Spiele live verfolgte - fast eine Milliarde Menschen -, würde die Olympischen Spiele nie wieder mit denselben Augen sehen. ...
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    34,07 €

  • Sangre En Los Juegos
    Callum S. Lamb
    En la mañana del 5 de septiembre de 1972, ocho hombres armados escalaron una valla metálica en la Villa Olímpica de Múnich y prendieron fuego al mundo.En veintiún horas, once atletas y entrenadores israelíes perdieron la vida. La audiencia mundial que seguía la retransmisión en directo -casi mil millones de personas- jamás volvería a ver los Juegos Olímpicos de la misma manera....
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    32,82 €

  • خبايا العصور الوسطى
    أحمد سامي
    التاريخ الإسلامي في العصور الوسطى المخفي منه أكثر من المعروف. يكشف هذا الكتاب أسرار وحكايات حقبة مليئة بالأحداث الخطيرة والعلاقات المضطربة بين الدولة الإسلامية في الشرق والغرب وبين جيرانها من الدول والإمارات، ويبرز دور الحضارة الإسلامية التي نقلت العالم من حالة الضياع والسبات إلى حالة الاستيقاظ والنشاط. ...
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    20,12 €

  • De-Dollar Design
    Priya Nadkar Jain
    When US authorities closed the gold window and later perfected sanctions that could push entire countries out of core payment networks, they demonstrated that the monetary order is not just about exchange rates or inflation. It is about who owns the pipes, writes the standards, and controls access. De-Dollar Design shows how a world built around the dollar’s infrastructures is ...
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    48,86 €

  • Иллюминаты
    Vita Harwood
    Иллюминаты: между историей и мифомКак небольшое тайное общество эпохи Просвещения превратилось в один из самых живучих мифов о скрытой власти?Что я уже знаю об этом?Серия 'За Двенадцать Вечеров' Книга 21Проверь свои знания!Как небольшое тайное общество стало подозреваемым во всех мировых событиях?Имя Иллюминатов знакомо даже тем, кто ничего не знает об Адаме Вейсгаупте. Его свя...
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    16,98 €

  • The Illuminati
    Vita Harwood
    The Illuminati: Between History and MythHow did a small Enlightenment secret society become one of the most enduring myths of hidden power?What Do I Already Know About This?Series 'In Twelve Evenings'. Book 21Vita HarwoodTest your knowledge!How did a small secret society become a suspect in almost every major world event?The name Illuminati is familiar even to people who have n...
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    17,04 €

  • The Malbone Street Disaster
    Fletcher J. Alderton
    On the evening of November 1, 1918, Brooklyn commuters packed into a crowded rush-hour train and disappeared into a new tunnel beneath Malbone Street. Seconds later, wood splintered, steel screamed, and a routine ride home became the deadliest subway crash in New York City history. How did an ordinary nickel fare end in a darkness so violent that 93 people never came back out?T...
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    25,91 €

  • The Influencers
    Prabir Ghosh
    The word ’INFLUENCER’ in today’s digital world of social media have a different parlance and meaning. In the context of history this word has a wider and deeper meaning and is more synonymous with ’Game Changer’. In history, when we think about influencer, the names those come to our minds are personalities who influenced human lives in different area.This book aims to bring a ...
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    20,43 €

  • Polityka Kanady i Związku Radzieckiego podczas drugiego kryzysu berlińskiego
    Alexis Rheault-Campeau
    W historii zimnej wojny Kanada znana jest z odgrywania drugoplanowej roli, a wciąż istnieje wiele stereotypów dotyczących kanadyjskiego pacyfizmu, które ugruntowały się w wyniku wysłania sił pokojowych podczas kryzysu sueskiego. Niniejsza publikacja poddaje w wątpliwość rolę, jaką Kanada odegrała podczas zimnej wojny, a w szczególności podczas drugiego kryzysu berlińskiego, któ...
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    100,15 €