Shoes Along the Danube: Based on a True Story
ISBN: 9781609766641 / Angielski / Miękka / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shoes Along the Danube refers to the memorial of cast iron shoes that honor Hungarian Holocaust victims. Based on a true story, this amazing book follows the lives of two extended Hungarian families, the Rezlers and the Foldes, one gentile and the other Jewish, through three decades. The story begins in pre-World War II Budapest, as increasing fascism and anti-Semitism lead Hungary to become an ally of Germany. In 1944, Germany invades Hungary to exterminate Europe's last remaining group of Jews at the infamous Auschwitz death camp. The story builds through the siege of Budapest, the Russian...
Shoes Along the Danube refers to the memorial of cast iron shoes that honor Hungarian Holocaust victims. Based on a true story, this amazing book foll...
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106,37 zł |
Spring and No Flowers: Memories of an Austrian Childhood
ISBN: 9781841509433 / Angielski / Miękka / 155 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Albertine Gaur shares with the reader her childhood memories of the period just before, and during, the Second World War in Austria, her homeland. She relives this time of great social and political upheaval, depicting it through the eyes of a childhood as she passes from infancy to adolescence. It is a unique story, full of naive poignancy, told with a poetic simplicity which helps us have a better understanding of how "events" were seen and interpreted by a young person, struggling with the many diverse problems of "growing up". Incidentally, the book gives us an insight into child...
Albertine Gaur shares with the reader her childhood memories of the period just before, and during, the Second World War in Austria, her homeland. She...
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153,81 zł |
Journeys Into Madness: Mapping Mental Illness in the Austro-Hungarian Empire
ISBN: 9780857454584 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the turn of the century, Sigmund Freud's investigation of the mind represented a particular journey into mental illness, but it was not the only exploration of this 'territory' in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Sanatoriums were the new tourism destinations, psychiatrists were collecting art works produced by patients and writers were developing innovative literary techniques to convey a character's interior life. This collection of essays uses the framework of journeys in order to highlight the diverse artistic, cultural and medical responses to a peculiarly Viennese anxiety about the... At the turn of the century, Sigmund Freud's investigation of the mind represented a particular journey into mental illness, but it was not the only... |
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499,68 zł |
Österreich Zur Jahrhundertwende: Gesellschaftliche Werthaltungen Und Lebensqualität 1986-2004
ISBN: 9783531146232 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Studie basiert auf dem dritten "Sozialen Survey," einer sozialwissenschaftlichen Reprasentativerhebung, und vergleicht Daten uber einen Zeitraum von zwei Jahrzehnten (1986, 1993, 2003); sie entwirft ein umfassendes Bild des neueren sozialen Wandels der osterreichischen Gesellschaft."
Die Studie basiert auf dem dritten "Sozialen Survey," einer sozialwissenschaftlichen Reprasentativerhebung, und vergleicht Daten uber einen Zeitraum v...
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277,41 zł |
Heinrich Raspe - Landgraf Von Thueringen Und Roemischer Koenig (1227-1247): Fuersten, Koenig Und Reich in Spaetstaufischer Zeit
ISBN: 9783631376843 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 369 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die elf Beitrage des Bandes, der auf eine Tagung zum 750. Todestag Heinrich Raspes im September 1997 auf der Wartburg zuruckgeht, zeigen die politischen Rahmenbedingungen und die theoretischen und herrschaftlichen Grundlagen des kurzlebigen Konigtums des thuringischen Landgrafen Heinrich Raspe auf, der auf papstliches Betreiben am 22. Mai 1246 gegen die Staufer Friedrich II. und Konrad IV. zum Konig und kunftigen Kaiser gewahlt worden war und nach kurzer Herrschaft am 16. Februar 1247 auf der Wartburg starb. Der Band nimmt mit der Frage nach der Personlichkeit, den Handlungsspielraumen und...
Die elf Beitrage des Bandes, der auf eine Tagung zum 750. Todestag Heinrich Raspes im September 1997 auf der Wartburg zuruckgeht, zeigen die politisch...
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369,25 zł |
Edvard Benes Und Die Tschechoslowakische Außenpolitik 1918-1948: 2., Durchgesehene Auflage
ISBN: 9783631505328 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kaum ein mitteleuropaischer Staatsmann des 20. Jahrhunderts ist so umstritten wie Edvard Bene . Die wiederaufgeflammte Diskussion um die beruchtigten -Bene -Dekrete- lassen eine umfassende Beschaftigung mit dessen politischem Wirken angebracht erscheinen. Dieser Band widmet sich aus verschiedenen Perspektiven der Aufarbeitung der tschechoslowakischen Aussenpolitik in der Ara des Aussenministers (1918-35) und Staatsprasidenten Bene (1935-48). Hiermit soll zu einer umfassenderen und objektiveren Neubewertung dieser fur Europa noch immer belasteten Epoche beigetragen werden."
Kaum ein mitteleuropaischer Staatsmann des 20. Jahrhunderts ist so umstritten wie Edvard Bene . Die wiederaufgeflammte Diskussion um die beruchtigten ...
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292,22 zł |
The World of Yesterday
ISBN: 9780803226616 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By the author who inspired Wes Anderson's film, The Grand Budapest Hotel Surrounded by the leading literary lights of the epoch, Stefan Zweig draws a vivid and intimate account of his life and travels through Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and London, touching on the very heart of European culture. His passionate, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of... By the author who inspired Wes Anderson's film, The Grand Budapest Hotel |
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106,37 zł |
Politics in Color and Concrete: Socialist Materialities and the Middle Class in Hungary
ISBN: 9780253009913 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Material culture in Eastern Europe under state socialism is remembered as uniformly gray, shabby, and monotonous--the worst of postwar modernist architecture and design. Politics in Color and Concrete revisits this history by exploring domestic space in Hungary from the 1950s through the 1990s and reconstructs the multi-textured and politicized aesthetics of daily life through the objects, spaces, and colors that made up this lived environment. Krisztina Fehervary shows that contemporary standards of living and ideas about normalcy have roots in late socialist consumer culture and are not... Material culture in Eastern Europe under state socialism is remembered as uniformly gray, shabby, and monotonous--the worst of postwar modernist ar... |
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383,60 zł |
Politics in Color and Concrete: Socialist Materialities and the Middle Class in Hungary
ISBN: 9780253009944 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Material culture in Eastern Europe under state socialism is remembered as uniformly gray, shabby, and monotonous--the worst of postwar modernist architecture and design. Politics in Color and Concrete revisits this history by exploring domestic space in Hungary from the 1950s through the 1990s and reconstructs the multi-textured and politicized aesthetics of daily life through the objects, spaces, and colors that made up this lived environment. Krisztina Fehervary shows that contemporary standards of living and ideas about normalcy have roots in late socialist consumer culture and are not... Material culture in Eastern Europe under state socialism is remembered as uniformly gray, shabby, and monotonous--the worst of postwar modernist ar... |
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151,37 zł |
Die Volkswirtschaft Österreich-Ungarns und die Verständigung mit Deutschland
ISBN: 9783111113661 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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473,79 zł |
The Viennese Café and Fin-De-Siècle Culture
ISBN: 9780857457646 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Viennese cafE was a key site of urban modernity around 1900. In the rapidly growing city it functioned simultaneously as home and workplace, affording opportunities for both leisure and intellectual exchange. This volume explores the nature and function of the coffeehouse in the social, cultural and political world of fin-de-siEcle Vienna. Just as the cafE served as a creative meeting place within the city, so this volume initiates conversations between different disciplines focusing on Vienna 1900. Contributions are drawn from the fields of social and cultural history, literary... The Viennese cafE was a key site of urban modernity around 1900. In the rapidly growing city it functioned simultaneously as home and workplace, a... |
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499,68 zł |
Ten Green Bottles: The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-Torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghai
ISBN: 9780312330552 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To Nini Karpel, growing up in Vienna during the 1920s was a romantic confection. Whether schussing down ski slopes or speaking of politics in coffee houses, she cherished the city of her birth. But in the 1930s an undercurrent of conflict and hate began to seize the former imperial capital. This struggle came to a head when Hitler took possession of neighboring Germany. Anti-Semitism, which Nini and her idealistic friends believed was impossible in the socially advanced world of Vienna, became widespread and virulent. The Karpel's Jewish identity suddenly made them foreigners in... To Nini Karpel, growing up in Vienna during the 1920s was a romantic confection. Whether schussing down ski slopes or speaking of politics in coffe... |
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98,01 zł |
Franz Joseph and Elisabeth
ISBN: 9780786476749 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1848, an 18-year-old boy assumed the throne of Austria, one of the most powerful countries in Europe. He would be its last significant emperor, the only monarch to serve two countries, and the last cogent head of the prestigious Habsburg dynasty. Emperor Franz Joseph's reign was marked by revolutions, often fueled by rising liberalism and nationalism, and wars orchestrated by conquering architects such as Napoleon, Metternich, and Bismarck.
This book gives attention to these political and cultural events, but it is essentially a biography of Emperor Franz Joseph and his enigmatic... In 1848, an 18-year-old boy assumed the throne of Austria, one of the most powerful countries in Europe. He would be its last significant emperor, the...
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274,87 zł |
Modern Jewish Scholarship in Hungary: The ‚Science of Judaism‘ between East and West
ISBN: 9783110330212 / Angielski / Twarda / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Habsburg Empire was one of the first regions where the academic study of Judaism took institutional shape in the nineteenth century. In Hungary, scholars such as Leopold and Immanuel Low, David Kaufmann, Ignaz Goldziher, Wilhelm Bacher, and Samuel Krauss had a lasting impact on the Wissenschaft des Judentums ("Science of Judaism"). Their contributions to Biblical, rabbinic and Semitic studies, Jewish history, ethnography and other fields were always part of a trans-national Jewish scholarly network and the academic universe. Yet Hungarian Jewish scholarship assumed a regional tinge, as... The Habsburg Empire was one of the first regions where the academic study of Judaism took institutional shape in the nineteenth century. In Hungary... |
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624,61 zł |
The Habsburg Monarchy C.1765-1918: From Enlightenment to Eclipse
ISBN: 9780333396544 / Angielski / Miękka / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Habsburg Monarchy thoroughly explores the dynastic characters and the multi-national complexity of the region as well as the way the Monarchy dealt with issues within the European framework, like the ending of Absolutism and education. The book spans from Joseph II's accession as Holy Roman Emperor and joint ruler of the Habsburg lands with his Mother Maria Theresa in 1765 to its fall in 1918. Utilizing English, German, Serbo-Croat, Czech, and Magyar sources, as well as others, this book is the most comprehensive history of the Habsburg Empire ever written.
The Habsburg Monarchy thoroughly explores the dynastic characters and the multi-national complexity of the region as well as the way the Monarchy deal...
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196,79 zł |
Radetzky: Imperial Victor and Military Genius
ISBN: 9781848856776 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. History remembers Wellington's defeat of Napoleon, but has forgotten the role of Field Marshal Radetzky in the battles which led to Napoleon's abdication and first exile in 1814. As Chief of Staff to the allied coalition of 1813-14, Radetzky determined the shape of the most decisive campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars by creating the strategy that defeated the Corsican in Germany and then France. Neither Russia nor Prussia had been able to overcome Napoleon in battle and it took the brilliant diplomacy of Metternich and the military genius of Radetzky to ensure victory over the Emperor. In... History remembers Wellington's defeat of Napoleon, but has forgotten the role of Field Marshal Radetzky in the battles which led to Napoleon's abdi... |
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252,37 zł |
Inside Austria: New Challenges, Old Demons
ISBN: 9781849040396 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inside Austria is a gripping, in-depth personal report on postwar Austria's economic and social success story but also on its turbulent political history. How has this small land-locked country emerged as the European Union's fourth richest member state? Who are the Austrians, one of Europe's oldest people whose nation-state came into being only after the collapse of the Austro- Hungarian empire in 1918? To what extent have they come to terms with the demons of their recent past: Hitler's Anschluss, the Waldheim affair and then later Jorg Haider's disturbing radical right-wing ascendancy in...
Inside Austria is a gripping, in-depth personal report on postwar Austria's economic and social success story but also on its turbulent political hist...
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243,52 zł |
Austro-Hungarian Battleships 1914–18
ISBN: 9781849086882 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite imperial politics, a modern Austro-Hungarian battleship fleet was built and contested Italian dominance of the Adriatic and the Mediterranean through a series of daring naval raids that netted greater success than anything the German High Seas Fleet accomplished in the North Sea. The nineteenth century saw the assertion of Habsburg sea power over the Adriatic from the Austrian inheritance of the Venetian fleet in 1797 to Rear Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff's stunning victory over a superior Italian force at the Battle of Lissa in 1866 to the gradual creation of a modern... Despite imperial politics, a modern Austro-Hungarian battleship fleet was built and contested Italian dominance of the Adriatic and the Mediterrane... |
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66,30 zł |
The Evolution of Austrian Economics: From Menger to Lachmann
ISBN: 9781138007253 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book argues, against the dominant orthodoxy in the history of economic thought, for the originality of Carl Menger's contribution to the development of the Austrian school of economics. Situating the evolution of Menger's thought in the tradition of classical political economy, the author documents the emergence of a Mengerian logic and its contribution to the formation of a distinctly Austrian tradition of economics. In its bold elucidation of the shaping of a tradition in economic thought, Tradition and Innovation in Austrian Economics provides a fresh and challenging perspective on...
This book argues, against the dominant orthodoxy in the history of economic thought, for the originality of Carl Menger's contribution to the developm...
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247,26 zł |
Dachau Song: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
ISBN: 9781433125751 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Herbert Zipper was born in 1904 in Hapsburg, Vienna. He was educated in the finest academies, studying under Richard Strauss and Maurice Ravel, among others, and became a conductor-composer in Germany in the early 1930s. When Hitler became Chancellor, he hastened back to Vienna, composing music for underground cabarets. In 1938, after the Anschluss, he was sent to Dachau and transferred to Buchenwald (1939). In Dachau, he organized clandestine concerts in an abandoned latrine. He and prisonmate Jura Soyfer also composed a song, -The Dachau Lied-, which was to have an extraordinary history. He...
Herbert Zipper was born in 1904 in Hapsburg, Vienna. He was educated in the finest academies, studying under Richard Strauss and Maurice Ravel, among ...
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223,55 zł |