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 Totalitaryzm: geneza, istota, upadek 
 Author:Roman Bäcker Totalitaryzm: geneza, istota, upadek Index-Books 1992 Format: pdf Language: Polish Size: 45.12 MB Rozwój Europy w XX wieku nie jest możliwy do opisania, ani tym bardziej — zrozumienia — bez pojęć: totalitaryzm (totalizm), totalitarny. Publicystyka współczesna chętnie posługuje się nimi w tak różnych kontekstach, że powstaje niebezpieczne — z racjonalnego punktu widzenia — zacieranie sensu, podstawowego znaczenia terminów, które kryją realne, groźne treści wymierzone przeciwko człowiekowi: jednostce i społeczeństwu. Z języka prac naukowych termin totalitaryzm przemieścił się w ostatnich latach w sferę języka codziennego, wręcz potocznego, nabierając przy okazji znaczenia pejoratywnego epitetu, a nawet cech publicystycznej inwektywy. Zarazem odrywa się od przynależnego mu pola znaczeniowego wskazywanego przez historyków, filozofów, socjologów czy politologów.
Your Country Needs You: The Secret History of the Propaganda Poster
 Author: James Taylor Your Country Needs You: The Secret History of the Propaganda Poster Saraband ISBN: 1887354972 2013 Format: EPUB Size: 20,2 МБ Language: English Pages: 156 The iconic image by Alfred Leete of Lord Kitchener with outstretched hand and finger, exhorting you to 'do your bit', is a design classic and has been repeatedly imitated worldwide. In the run-up to the World War anniversary, Your Country Needs YOU celebrates the magnificent artwork of Leete and his fellow designers, and explores their legacy. Featuring colour reproductions of propaganda posters and drawing on fresh analysis of the archives, this book challenges received historical wisdom about these hugely popular and enduring images, and reveals a surprising new history that is no less than groundbreaking.
Description de l'Egypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. État moderne.
 Description de l'Egypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. État moderne. Author: Imprimerie impériale 1809, 1822 Language:French Format:pdf
Hunters in Transition: An Outline of Early Sami History
 Author: Lars Ivar Hansen Hunters in Transition: An Outline of Early Sami History (The Northern World) Brill Academic Pub 2013 Format: PDF Size: 11.6 Mb Language: English Hunters in Transition provides a new outline of the early history of the Sami and discusses issues such as the formation of Sami ethnicity, interaction with chieftain and state societies, and the transition from hunting to reindeer herding.
Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero
 Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero Oxford University Press Author: David Adams Leeming 1998 Pages: 288 Format: PDF Size: 17 mb Language: English What makes something mythic? What do mythic events and narratives have to do with us? In Mythology, David Leeming offers an unusual and effective approach to the subject of mythology by stressing universal themes through myths of many cultures. This anthology collects a wide array of narrative texts from the Bible to English literature to interpretations by Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung, and others, which illustrate how myths serve whole societies in our universal search for meaning. Leeming illustrates the various stages or rites of passage of the mythic universal hero, from birth to childhood, through trial and quest, death, descent, rebirth, and ascension. The arrangement of texts by themes such as "Childhood, Initiation and Divine Signs," "The Descent to the Underworld," and "Resurrection and Rebirth" strip mythic characters of their many national and cultural "masks" to reveal their archetypal aspects. Real figures, including Jesus and Mohammed, are also included underlining the theory that myths are real and can be applied to real life. This edition is updated to include additional heroine myths, as well as Navajo, Indonesian, Indian, Chinese, and African tales.
The Book: A Global History
 Author: Michael F. Suarez S.J. (Author), H. R. Woudhuysen The Book: A Global History Oxford University Press 2014 Format: PDF/ePub Size: 33.3 Mb Language: English A concise edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Book, this book features the 51 articles from the Companion plus 3 brand new chapters in an affordable format! The 54 chapters introduce readers to the fascinating world of book history. Including 21 thematic studies on topics such as writing systems, the ancient and the medieval book, and the economics of print, as well as 33 regional and national histories, offering a truly global survey of the book around the world, The Book: A Global History is the most comprehensive work of its kind. The three new articles, specially commissioned for this edition, cover censorship, copyright and intellectual property, and book history in the Caribbean and Bermuda. All essays are illustrated throughout with reproductions, diagrams, and examples of various typographical features. Beautifully produced and highly informative, this is a must-have for anyone with an interest in book history and the written word.
Arms & Armor
 Author: Collective Arms & Armor (Heritage Auction №6119) Heritage Auction Inc. 2014 Format: PDF Pages: 192 Size: 36 Mb Language: English
Islamic History
 Islamic History (The Islamic World) Author: Laura S. Etheredge Rosen Education Service 2009 Pages: 227 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 4.6 Mb What are the percepts of Shari'ah law? What role did Genghis Khan play in Islamic history? How do the teachings of the Quran mesh with those of other religious texts? Islamic History is part of a 3 book series. In this powerful, probing, and thought-provoking series, the world of Islam is explored and explained. With coverage from around the world and across the centuries, each book provides a thorough look into the religion with nearly two billion adherents worldwide. Readers will develop a comprehensive understanding of this incredibly rich faith and its contributions to world culture and history. They will gain access to authentic ideas and concepts, which unfortunately have been somewhat distorted by recent events that were carried out in the name of Islam.
London
 Author: Terry Deary London (Horrible Histories Gruesome Guides) Scholastic 2010 Format: pdf/epub Size: 27.2 Mb Language: English It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What caused the Great Stink of 1858? Why the flying dustmen were feared? Who ate a tosher for tea? Plot your path to the past with the frightful full-colour map - take a trip to the terrifying Tower and dip into the River Thames (London's largest toilet!).
Bateria cyplowa im.Heliodora Laskowskiego (Zeszyt helski 6)
 Bateria cyplowa im.Heliodora Laskowskiego (Zeszyt helski 6) Wydawnictwo "MS" и Stowarzyszenie "Przyjaciele Helu" 2005 Format: Pdf Size: 11 Mb Language: Polish
The Stoa of Attalos II in Athens
 The Stoa of Attalos II in Athens (Agora Picture Book 2) Author: American School of Classical Studies Sparkes, B., Talcott, L. 1882 ISBN: 0876616015 Pages: 36 Format: PDF Size: 14 mb Language English Named after its donor, the King of Pergamon, the Stoa of Attalos was originally built around 150 B.C. Between 1953 and 1956 this long, columned, marble building was rebuilt by the American School of Classical Studies to store and display finds from the Agora excavations. Using original materials and techniques, the modern builders learned much about the construction and purpose of stoas, a ubiquitous classical building type. This heavily illustrated account presents some of their findings.
Au temps des grandes decouvertes
 Au temps des grandes decouvertes (La Vie privee des Hommes) Author: Pierre Miquel , Claude & Denise Millet Hachette Jeunesse Graduation Year: 1981 ISBN: 2010016777 La Vie privee des hommes Pages: 67 Format: pdf Size : 23,41 mb Language: French
Great Ages of Man - Age of Faith
 Author: Anne Fremantle Great Ages of Man - Age of Faith Time-Life Books 1965 Format: PDF Pages: 200 Language: English Size: 33.3 MB A thousand medieval years were not solely an "age of faith" nor is faith a uniquely medieval phenomenon. But the cathedrals were the most impressive monuments of that era; its greatest poem was a description of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise; crusades were the only collective enterprises which temporarily rallied all nations; there were heretics and infidels but agnosticism was nonexistent or cowed into silence; the clergy was more numerous and influential in politics, economics, philosophy and other intellectual pursuits than it has ever been since. There is nothing wrong with the traditional formula of an "age of faith," provided we remember that the Middle Ages were many other things as well.
Great Ages of Man - Cradle of Civilization
 Author: Samuel Noah Cramer Great Ages of Man - Cradle of Civilization Time-Life Books 1967 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 32.4 MB A great introduction into the evolution of Mesopotamia as one of the great centers of human development, the first cities of Sumer, the Semitic Conquest of the Amorites over Sumer, the rise of city states of Ur, Erech, and Nippur, the code of Hammurabi, the rise of the Babylon, the invention of cuneiform writing, the writing and survival of the Epic of Gilgamesh, and a lot of other great stuff too. A great book from 1967 Time/Life series "Great Ages of Man", well worth your perusal if interested in the ancient history of the Middle East.
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
 Author: Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell Jr. Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune Ballantine Books 2013 Format: pdf/mobi Size: 17 Mb Language: English When Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Bill Dedman noticed in 2009 a grand home for sale, unoccupied for nearly sixty years, he stumbled through a surprising portal into American history. Empty Mansions is a rich mystery of wealth and loss, connecting the Gilded Age opulence of the nineteenth century with a twenty-first-century battle over a $300 million inheritance. At its heart is a reclusive heiress named Huguette Clark, a woman so secretive that, at the time of her death at age 104, no new photograph of her had been seen in decades. Though she owned palatial homes in California, New York, and Connecticut, why had she lived for twenty years in a simple hospital room, despite being in excellent health? Why were her valuables being sold off? Was she in control of her fortune, or controlled by those managing her money?
The Guinness History of Sea Warfare
 Author: Gervis Frere-Cook The Guinness History of Sea Warfare Guinness Superlatives 1975 Format: PDF Pages: 260 Language: English Size: 38.3 MB A book by Gervis Frere-Cook and Kenneth Macksey, with special maps and diagrams drawn by Michael Haine. 245 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plans -a good account of naval activities from earliest times to the Vietnam War.
Atlantis Destroyed
 Atlantis Destroyed Routledge Author: Rodney Castleden 1998 Pages: 240 Format: PDF Size: 7 mb Language: English Plato's legend of Atlantis has become notorious among scholars as the absurdest lie in literature. Atlantis Destroyed explores the possibility that the account given by Plato is historically true. Rodney Castleden first considers the location of Atlantis re-examining two suggestions put forward in the early twentieth century; Minoan Crete and Minoan Thera. He outlines the latest research findings on Knossos and Bronze Age Thera, discussing the material culture, trade empire and agricultural system, writing and wall paintings, art, religion and society of the Minoan civilization. Castleden demonstrates the many parallels between Plato's narrative and the Minoan Civilization in the Aegean. Fired by the imagination a new vision of Atlantis has arisen over the last one hundred and fifty years as a lost utopia. Rodney Castleden discusses why this picture arose and xplains how it has become confused with Plato's genuine account.
A Curious History of Food and Drink
 Author: Ian Crofton A Curious History of Food and Drink Quercus 2014 Format: epub/pdf Size: 36.7 Mb Language: English Ever wondered where noodles came from? How Worcester Sauce was invented? Or even who the "Cucumber King of Burma" was? Beginning with the hippo soup eaten in Africa in 6000 BC, through to the dangerous blowfish enjoyed in contemporary Japan, A Curious History of Food and Drink reveals the bizarre origins of the food and drink consumed throughout history. From the pheasant brains and flamingo tongues scoffed by the Roman emperor Vitellius, to the unusual uses of licorice (once a treatment for sore feet), Ian Crofton makes use of original sources--including journals, cookbooks and manuals--to reveal the bizarre, entertaining and informative stories behind the delicacies enjoyed by our ancestors.
Formation of Turkey, The: The Seljukid Sultanate of Rum, Eleventh to Fourteenth Century
 Formation of Turkey, The: The Seljukid Sultanate of Rum, Eleventh to Fourteenth Century Author: Claude Cahen Longman ISBN: 0582414911 2001-05-10 Pages: 320 Language:English Format:PDF Size: 26,7 MB From Byzantium to the Mongols to the Sultans of Rum, this acclaimed book offers an important insight into the evocative history of Turkey before the coming of Ottoman power and illuminates a culture and a people who came to play a major role in the shaping of Europe and Asia.. Turkey forms a historical bridge between Europe and Asia and as such has played a pivotal role throughout history. The rise of Constantinople and the later Ottoman Empire are well known: less well understood are developments in the three centuries in-between. What led to the decline of the Byzantine Empire and what happened in the intervening years before the rise of the Ottomans? Translated from the original French, this classic work examines the history of the Turkey that eventually gave rise to an imperial power whose influence spanned East and West Those interested in Eastern European or Turkish history
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