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All the Countries We've Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round To
ISBN: 9780750952125 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Packed with thought-provoking and intriguing facts, an entertaininglook at the UK's imperial past as you've never seen it before Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states, the UK hasinvaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171. That s not far off a massive, jaw-dropping 90 percent. Not too many Britons know that the UKinvaded Iran in World War IIwith the Soviets. You can be fairly sure a lot more Iranians do. Or what about the time they arrived with elephants to invade Ethiopia? Every summer, hordes of British tourists now occupy Corfu and the other Ionian islands.... Packed with thought-provoking and intriguing facts, an entertaininglook at the UK's imperial past as you've never seen it before Out of 193 count... |
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51,46 zł |
Britannia: The Failed State: Tribal Conflict and the End of Roman Britain
ISBN: 9780752446141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. At its height a complex and wealthy state, by the end of the 4th and beginning of the 5th centuries Roman Britain was at the point of collapse. It was soon replaced by Anglo-Saxon culture which migrated across the North Sea. This absorbing study explores the tensions and conflicts between the various tribal groupings that made up Roman Britain and examines how tribal and political fragmentation could have contributed to its fall. It analyzes Roman Britain not as a unified entity but as a collection of different peoples with a history of long-term conflict, and finds parallels in modern...
At its height a complex and wealthy state, by the end of the 4th and beginning of the 5th centuries Roman Britain was at the point of collapse. It was...
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113,31 zł |
Zone
ISBN: 9781869848040 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The poems in Zone commemorate the dead and wounded of the wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s. The ironies of subverted signs, the contrasts of peace and war zones, the uncertainty of life for the poet and for the innocents, young and old, caught in the deadly conflict, are themes re-lived in the poems. In sardonic or humorous observation, in anger and disbelief, in joy at being alive, and in language itself, human feeling is celebrated and deaths mourned. These compassionate and perceptive poems are accompanied by photos that are stills from video film taken by the poet. Stuart Laycock...
The poems in Zone commemorate the dead and wounded of the wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s. The ironies of subverted signs, the contrasts of pe...
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43,19 zł |
The Roman Empire in 100 Haikus
ISBN: 9781445693309 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. With a hundred haikus, each accompanied by a wonderful full-page illustration and enlightening commentary, this book is perfect for those looking for a more poetic exploration of the Roman Empire.
With a hundred haikus, each accompanied by a wonderful full-page illustration and enlightening commentary, this book is perfect for those looking for ...
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66,92 zł |