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In questo audace esperimento di filosofia e narrativa, Vincenzo Cuoco - l'autore del celebre "Saggio sulla Rivoluzione Napoletana", parimenti edito da Cactus - immagina un viaggio in Italia compiuto dal giovane Platone. Attraverso un fitto scambio di lettere tra il...
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Cactus
Parution :
2025-09-30
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Scritte nel fuoco della rivoluzione e nella delusione della sconfitta, queste Considerazioni sono molto più di una cronaca: sono la riflessione acuta e polemica di uno dei massimi intellettuali del Risorgimento sull'evento che ne cambiò per sempre il corso. Carlo...
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Cactus
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2025-09-27
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What if the Garden of Eden and Atlantis was one and the same?
For centuries, humanity has searched for the origins of existence, weaving together threads of science, history, religion, and myth. From the mistranslations of ancient texts to the buried truths revealed...
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BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-12-15
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This book is phenomenal ... It's about as good as journalism gets ...The highest praise I can give If We Burn is to say that it would be criminally negligent not to read it if you'd like to change the world. - ROB DELANEY Bevins's clear-eyed, sympathetic...
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Wildfire
Parution :
2023-10-03
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'One brilliant woman writing about another: an irresistible combination.' - Antonia Fraser'One of the most delightful biographies I have ever read.' - A.N. Wilson'Reading Worsley is as enjoyable as reading Christie herself.' - Ruth Scurr'Full of unique insight, eye...
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Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2022-09-08
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Kinderlosigkeit ist kein biologisches Schicksal, sondern sozial und kulturell geprägt, argumentiert Regina Toepfer. Anknüpfend an aktuelle Diskussionen über Samenspende, Adoption, Kinderfreiheit und bereute Mutterschaft untersucht sie, wie im Mittelalter über...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2020-06-24
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This book explores the rich history of voluntary action in the United Kingdom over the past 100 years, through the lens of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), which celebrates its centenary in 2019. From its establishment at the end of the First...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-14
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'A wonderfully fresh, vivid and engaging portrait.' Jane Ridley, author of Bertie: A Life of Edward VII'Has much of the abundant charm of its author.' Spectator'The glory of this book is in the details.' The Times'Worsley's command of the material and elegant writing...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2018-09-06
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The book represents an earthquake in genocide studies, particularly in the field of Armenian Genocide research. A unique feature of the Armenian Genocide has been the long-standing efforts of successive Turkish governments to deny its historicity and to hide...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-01-23
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide
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Letters from Iwo Jima reveals the true story of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the subject of two films directed by Clint Eastwood. Flags of Our Fathers tells the story of the US Marines who raised the flag above the island: the iconic image of the war with Japan. His other...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2015-09-10
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Old Songs fuses short stories, histories, lyrics and illustrations in an enthralling reimagining of traditional folk ballads. Sunday Times Bestselling historian Amy Jeffs and Illustrator Gwen Burns combine forces to create a rich compendium, singing of travel, mystery,...
Editeur :
Riverrun
Parution :
2025-09-25
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A penetrating history of the year World War II became a global conflict and humankind confronted both destruction and deliverance on a planetary scale, “offering an intriguing perspective on a world at war” (Richard Overy, New York Times–bestselling...
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Basic Books
Parution :
2025-09-23
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Popular representations of history tend to meet the moral demands of the present. Before the social crises of the postwar era began to influence Jews' thinking and at a time when global antisemitism posed the most obvious threat to their continuity and survival, Jews in...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-09-23
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Historical perspective shows that concerns about the "kids these days" are as old as civilization itself. Today's young people are healthier than in the past and less likely to drink, smoke, or engage in reckless sex. The digital age has enabled them to learn, grow, and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-09-18
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Emperors and Imperial Dynasties of Byzantium offers the first ever comprehensive, easily accessible, and uniquely assorted anthology of primary texts in translation on the entire history of the Byzantine Empire arranged chronologically—in prose and verse, from Byzantium...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-09-17
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Emperors and Imperial Dynasties of Byzantium offers the first ever comprehensive, easily accessible, and uniquely assorted anthology of primary texts in translation on the entire history of the Byzantine Empire arranged chronologically—in prose and verse, from Byzantium...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-09-17
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This volume assembles twenty-two scholars from the fields of classics and early Christian studies to interrogate the intersections between writing and enslavement around the Roman Mediterranean. Drawing upon methods developed in scholarship on book history and Atlantic...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-09-17
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From “one of our most prodigious constitutional scholars” (Jonathan Eig), the definitive history of how the ideal of birth equality reshaped the American Constitution, from antebellum debates over slavery and secession, to the Civil War and emancipation, to...
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Basic Books
Parution :
2025-09-16
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This open access book provides a unique and incisive analysis of the shifting dynamics in the international order, exploring a threefold fragmentation—of power centres, geopolitical arenas, and global worldviews.
Through the lens of a carefully developed triad...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-16
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Greek Personal Names in Egypt provides a comprehensive overview ofGreek onomastics in Egypt from the Ptolemaic to the Late Byzantine period, highlighting the rich and diverse onomastic landscape and paying special attention to diachronic change. The work explores naming...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-09-15
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