ilość książek w kategorii: 2638
History of the Upper Country of South Carolina, Vol. #2.
ISBN: 9780893081959 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By: John H. Logan, Pub. 1910, Reprinted 2014, 126 paggs, Index, ISBN #0-89308-195-7. These records herein deal primarily with the Revolutionary War in the Upper Country of South Carolina and Dr. Logan lists among other things: members of various Revolutionary Regiments, leaders and officers in the Revolution; detailed descriptions of skirmishes and battles, etc. Also he gives histories of a number of families in this Upper part of South Carolina, which having been written during the Revolution, carry families back to the 1700's. A new complete full-name index has been prepared for this... By: John H. Logan, Pub. 1910, Reprinted 2014, 126 paggs, Index, ISBN #0-89308-195-7. These records herein deal primarily with the Revolutionary ... |
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88,55 zł |
Zwycięskie bitwy Polaków ARTI
ISBN: 9788377402559 / Polski / Twarda / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trudno zrachować odbyte wojny, jeszcze trudniej stoczone bitwy w tysiącletnich dziejach Polski. Pozostały po nich niezliczone, czasem zapomniane cmentarze, pomniki, miejsca lokalnego bądź ogólnego kultu. Jedno jest pewne, walczący Polak, gdy miał świadomość szlachetności celu, o który ma się bić, był (jest) jednym z najlepszych żołnierzy na świecie. Dowodzą tego tysięczne przykłady i nie ma tu znaczenia, jaki był rezultat konkretnego zdarzenia militarnego. O kilku takich zdarzeniach, zwycięskich i chwalebnych, opowiada niniejsza książka.
Trudno zrachować odbyte wojny, jeszcze trudniej stoczone bitwy w tysiącletnich dziejach Polski. Pozostały po nich niezliczone, czasem zapomniane cm...
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26,59 zł |
A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-resistance to the Higher Powers
ISBN: 9781500445911 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jonathan Mayhew's "Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission" has long been recognized as "the morning gun of the Revolution." Mayhew first presented this sermon on January 30th, 1750, the 101st anniversary of the execution of Charles I. In this sermon, Rev. Mayhew explained that Romans 13 does not require Christians to submit to tyranny and that, in fact, the Bible clearly places a duty upon Christians to resist tyrannical rulers. This widely read sermon was the source of the popular claim that "rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God," and it set the stage for the American colonies to...
Jonathan Mayhew's "Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission" has long been recognized as "the morning gun of the Revolution." Mayhew first presented ...
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31,36 zł |
Dobij mnie, Europo
ISBN: 9788364523274 / Polski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Znajdziecie tu gniew i strach, przejmujące zimno, błoto i brud. Długotrwałe oczekiwanie na walkę, wszechobecną żołnierską nudę, jak i nagłe skoki adrenaliny podczas chaotycznych starć. Są rany i śmierć, o którą ociera się Autor. Jest wreszcie niewybredny żołnierski humor, prawdziwe braterstwo broni oraz subtelna miłość.
Książka ta po raz pierwszy ukazała się drukiem ponad 20 lat temu i sprowadziła na Autora niemałe kłopoty, gdyż wojenne historie opisuje on z perspektywy „obserwatora uczestniczącego”, przez co zainteresowały się nim tajne służby. Mimo... Znajdziecie tu gniew i strach, przejmujące zimno, błoto i brud. Długotrwałe oczekiwanie na walkę, wszechobecną żołnierską nudę, jak i nagłe...
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35,05 zł |
Revolutionary Pamphlets, Propaganda and Political Culture in Colonial Bengal
ISBN: 9781107065468 / Angielski / Twarda / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pamphlets have usually been regarded as ephemeral literature with little permanent impact. This work demonstrates the historical value of this genre of political literature. The propaganda pamphlets help historians place a finger on the pulse of an extraordinarily important historical period when new ideas concerning the nation-state, the rights of the governed and forms of political protest complicated the political scene and opened up new fronts of conflict between the colonial state and the colonized subjects. This study devises innovative approaches to reading these pamphlets and...
Pamphlets have usually been regarded as ephemeral literature with little permanent impact. This work demonstrates the historical value of this genre o...
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355,36 zł |
The Arabs at War in Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781849044202 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A former senior mujahidin figure and an ex-counter-terrorism analyst cooperating to write a book on the history and legacy of Arab-Afghan fighters in Afghanistan is a remarkable and improbable undertaking. Yet this is what Mustafa Hamid, aka Abu Walid al-Masri, and Leah Farrall have achieved with the publication of their ground-breaking work.
The result of thousands of hours of discussions over several years, The Arabs at War in Afghanistan offers significant new insights into the history of many of today's militant Salafi groups and movements. By revealing the real origins of the Taliban... A former senior mujahidin figure and an ex-counter-terrorism analyst cooperating to write a book on the history and legacy of Arab-Afghan fighters in ...
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153,17 zł |
Bread, Freedom, Social Justice: Workers and the Egyptian Revolution
ISBN: 9781780324319 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Accounts of the Arab Spring often focus on the role of youth coalitions, the use of social media, and the tactics of the Tahrir Square occupation. This authoritative and original book argues that collective action by organised workers played a fundamental role in the Egyptian revolution, which erupted after years of strikes and social protests. Accounts of the Arab Spring often focus on the role of youth coalitions, the use of social media, and the tactics of the Tahrir Square occupation. ... |
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429,03 zł |
16 Dead Men: The Easter Rising Executions
ISBN: 9781781171349 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The lives of all the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in one volume
The lives of all the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in one volume
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95,68 zł |
Common Sense
ISBN: 9781501028939 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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26,88 zł |
The Revolutionary Marxism of Antonio Gramsci
ISBN: 9781608464739 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Antonio Gramsci was not only one of the most original and significant communist leaders of his time but also a creative thinker whose contributions to the renewal of Marxism remain pertinent today. In The Revolutionary Marxism of Antonio Gramsci, Frank Rosengarten explores Gramsci's writings in areas as diverse as Marxist theory, the responsibilities of political leadership, and the theory and practice of literary criticism. He also discusses Gramsci's influence on the post-colonial world. Through close readings of texts ranging from Gramsci's socialist journalism in the Turin years to his...
Antonio Gramsci was not only one of the most original and significant communist leaders of his time but also a creative thinker whose contributions to...
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159,39 zł |
The German Left and the Weimar Republic: A Selection of Documents
ISBN: 9781608464869 / Angielski / Miękka / 399 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The German Left and the Weimar Republic illuminates the history of the political left by presenting a wide range of documents on various aspects of socialist and communist activity in Germany. Separate chapters deal with the policy of Social Democracy in and out of government, the attempts of the Communist Party to overthrow the Weimar Republic, and then later to support it. Later chapters move away from the political scene to deal with the attitudes of the parties to key social issues, in particular questions of gender and sexuality.
The book concludes with a presentation of... The German Left and the Weimar Republic illuminates the history of the political left by presenting a wide range of documents on various aspect...
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159,39 zł |
Konstantynów w ogniu
ISBN: 9788377292372 / Polski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Konstantynów (obecnie Konstantynów Łódzki) jesienią 1914 roku znalazł się na linii frontu w bitwie nazwanej Operacją Łódzką. Walczące ze sobą armie doprowadziły do spustoszenia tej niewielkiej wtedy osady. W wyniku późniejszych wydarzeń historyczno-politycznych związanych z podziałem Europy po II wojnie światowej temat ten zniknął z pamięci i kart historii. Niniejsza publikacja jest próbą przypomnienia tamtych mrożących krew w żyłach dla Konstantynowa dni.
Mariusz Łochowski opowiada o ważnym wydarzeniu historycznym, jakim była Bitwa Łódzka 1914 roku, o jej... Konstantynów (obecnie Konstantynów Łódzki) jesienią 1914 roku znalazł się na linii frontu w bitwie nazwanej Operacją Łódzką. Walczące ze s...
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24,61 zł |
The Post-War Anglo-American Far Right: A Special Relationship of Hate
ISBN: 9781137396198 / Angielski / Twarda / 155 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 1945 neo-Nazi and far right extremists on both sides of the Atlantic have developed rich cultures which regularly exchange ideas. Leading activists such as Colin Jordan and George Lincoln Rockwell have helped to establish what has become a complex web of marginalised extremism. This book examines the history of this milieu to the present day.
Since 1945 neo-Nazi and far right extremists on both sides of the Atlantic have developed rich cultures which regularly exchange ideas. Leading activi...
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271,73 zł |
Diplomacy in Black and White: John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, and Their Atlantic World Alliance
ISBN: 9780820347691 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From 1798 to 1801, during the Haitian Revolution, President John Adams and Toussaint Louverture forged diplomatic relations that empowered white Americans to embrace freedom and independence for people of color in Saint-Domingue. The United States supported the Dominguan revolutionaries with economic assistance and arms and munitions; the conflict was also the U.S. Navy's first military action on behalf of a foreign ally. This cross-cultural cooperation was of immense and strategic importance as it helped to bring forth a new nation: Haiti. Diplomacy in Black and White is the... From 1798 to 1801, during the Haitian Revolution, President John Adams and Toussaint Louverture forged diplomatic relations that empowered white Am... |
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150,50 zł |
An Exiled Generation: German and Hungarian Refugees of Revolution, 1848-1871
ISBN: 9781107046634 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on emigres from Baden, Wurttemberg and Hungary in four host societies (Switzerland, the Ottoman Empire, England and the United States), Helena Toth considers exile in the aftermath of the revolutions of 1848 1849 as a European phenomenon with global dimensions. While exile is often presented as an individual challenge, Toth studies its collective aspects in the realms of the family and of professional and social networks. Exploring the interconnectedness of these areas, she argues that although we often like to sharply distinguish between labor migration and exile, these categories...
Focusing on emigres from Baden, Wurttemberg and Hungary in four host societies (Switzerland, the Ottoman Empire, England and the United States), Helen...
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343,22 zł |
Japonia na zawsze wyrzeka się wojny
ISBN: 9788362945276 / Polski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. „Japonia na zawsze wyrzeka się wojny” – tak brzmi początek 9 artykułu konstytucji Japonii, gwaranta pokojowej polityki kraju, który po krwawych doświadczeniach II wojny światowej i traumie związanej ze zrzuceniem bomb atomowych miał nigdy więcej nie brać udziału w żadnym konflikcie. Czy jednak zapis ten ma rację bytu wobec obecnej niestabilnej sytuacji w regionie?? ?
„Japonia na zawsze wyrzeka się wojny” – tak brzmi początek 9 artykułu konstytucji Japonii, gwaranta pokojowej polityki kraju, który po krwaw...
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26,22 zł |
The Allied Intervention in Russia, 1918-1920: The Diplomacy of Chaos
ISBN: 9781137435712 / Angielski / Twarda / 317 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chaos has many names: anarchy, pandemonium, turmoil, or, utter confusion; and there is no better example than the events concerning Russia during the Great War and the debacle that was the Allied attempts at intervention there. This chaos was self-inflicted by the Allies themselves. The Allied strategic objectives in Russia changed over the course of three distinct time periods. From the first Russian Revolution in March 1917 to the November Bolshevik revolution, the Allies tried to keep Russia in the war as an active ally. From November 1917 to the November 1918 Armistice, they tried to...
Chaos has many names: anarchy, pandemonium, turmoil, or, utter confusion; and there is no better example than the events concerning Russia during the ...
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427,02 zł |
Jewish Resistance to 'Romanianization', 1940-44
ISBN: 9781137484581 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In order to create a productive middle class part of an ideal society based on ethno-nationalism, the Antonescu regime (1940-1944) pursued Romanianization a policy of excluding 'foreigners, ' especially Jews and Roma/Gypsies from the economic sphere through property and business seizure and exclusion from employment. Taking an inter-disciplinary approach and drawing on a variety of official and personal documents, Ionescu investigates Romanianization and the patterns of responses to that policy by gentile and Jewish inhabitants of Bucharest. Ionescu argues that, though by the end of the...
In order to create a productive middle class part of an ideal society based on ethno-nationalism, the Antonescu regime (1940-1944) pursued Romanianiza...
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194,08 zł |
When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation
ISBN: 9780143127451 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -A bright, absorbing account of a short period in history that still resounds today.- --Kirkus Reviews
Beautifully written and brilliantly argued, When the United States Spoke French offers a fresh perspective on the tumultuous years of America as a young nation, when the Atlantic world's first republican experiments were put to the test. It explores the country's formative period from the viewpoint of five distinguished Frenchmen who took refuge in America after leaving their homes and families in France, crossing the Atlantic, and landing in Philadelphia. Through... -A bright, absorbing account of a short period in history that still resounds today.- --Kirkus Reviews
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102,56 zł |
Egypt's Lost Spring: Causes and Consequences
ISBN: 9781440834080 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Arab Spring caught the world by surprise and was truly inspiring. Then, many watched with bewilderment as the process unfolded in unforeseen directions. This lively and well-documented book tells the story of events in Egypt from the end of the Mubarak era in 2010 through the revolution in 2011 and the military interference in the summer of 2013. Written from an insider's perspective, it discusses what occurred and analyzes the motives of the parties involved, putting each incident in context so the reader can see--and understand--the big picture. The author's background as an... The Arab Spring caught the world by surprise and was truly inspiring. Then, many watched with bewilderment as the process unfolded in unforeseen di... |
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455,02 zł |