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Wie was die eerste mense van Suid-Afrika? En wie het daarna gekom? Hoe het die interaksie tussen Afrikaners, die Britse regering en swart mense die land help vorm? Waar staan ons vandag as 'n nasie? In hierdie boek span gerekende Suid-Afrikaanse historici saam om hierdie en ander vrae oor ons verlede te beantwoord. Onder leiding van die bekende prof. Fransjohan Pretorius gaan hulle terug na die oorsprong van die aarde en beweeg daarna deur die kernmomente in die Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis....
| Автор | Fransjohan Pretorius |
Hierdie boek is vintage Johan van Wyk. Sy stories voer jou weg na 'n Suid-Afrika van ouds vol verbeeldingryke karakters met name soos Daantjie Doodlieg, Bont Schalk en Klein Willem Wolwedans. Terwyl die verlede onthou word, gaan dié tweede versamelbundel ook oor die hede. Van Wyk vertel van vandag se Suid-Afrika – 'n wêreld ver verwyderd van die era van padkafees, Pepsi floats en koue skaapnek uit 'n saalsak. Sy verhale handel oor universele temas en bring nuwe insigte oor die...
| Автор | Johan van Wyk |
•* Celebrates the dedicated men and women of our National Park Service (NPS) who have safeguarded the nation’s natural legacy for 100 years •* 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service •* 125 images including many archival photos Anyone who has stood beneath a redwood, neck craned to see its top rising far above; or who has heard ghostly whispers of residents long-past among the burnt-red cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde; or who has climbed the stairs to gaze out...
| Автор | Heather Hansen |
Considered by many to be the most important work on Alexander the Great, Arrian’s “The Campaigns of Alexander” or “The Anabasis of Alexander” is an accurate and thorough account of the Macedonian conqueror’s military exploits. Arrian of Nicomedia was a Roman historian, public figure, military commander, and well-acclaimed philosopher of the 2nd century. As a youth, he studied under Epictetus, and later strove in his literary works to emulate the great soldier-historian, Xenophon. Written in the...
| Автор | Arrian |
“The Agricola” and “The Germania” are two important historical works by Cornelius Tacitus, an ancient Roman Senator and historian who lived from 56 AD to 120 AD. Tacitus lived in what historians call the Silver Age of Latin literature and his contributions to the histories of these tumultuous times are considered significant and illuminating. “The Agricola” is a biography of the Roman general Gnaeus Julius Agricola, who was Tacitus’s father-in-law. It is also a geographic and ethnographic...
| Автор | Tacitus |
“Chronicles of the Crusades” is composed of two individual narratives by soldiers who participated first-hand in the violent two hundred year struggle for possession of the holy land. The first is “Conquest of Constantinople” by Geffroy de Villehardouin which describes the controversial Fourth Crusade of 1204. Villehardouin, who was appointed marshal of Champagne, France, and Romania, recounts the brutal fight for control of Constantinople between the Christians of the West and the Christians of...
| Автор | Jean De Joinville |
Written in 75 AD by the Jewish historian and Roman citizen Titus Flavius Josephus, “The Wars of the Jews”, describes Jewish history from the capture of Jerusalem in 164 BC. to the destruction of the city in 70 AD. Josephus, born in Jerusalem in 37 AD with the name Yosef ben Matityahu, was from a Jewish family with a father of a priestly heritage and a mother who claimed to have royal blood. Josephus fought against the Romans in the First Jewish-Roman War and was eventually taken prisoner by the...
| Автор | Flavius Josephus |
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, or Sallust, was a renowned Roman historian and a decided partisan of Caesar. After his retirement from statesmanship, Sallust devoted his time to the writing of literary and historical works that focused on great persons and events of his age. Although a lesser-known Roman historian, Sallust has become particularly revered for his intention to write scholarly, not merely anecdotal, discussions of events. Nietzsche described his style as “compact, severe, with as much...
| Автор | Sallust |
It has been two decades since Yugoslavia fell apart. The brutal conflicts that followed its dissolution are over, but the legacy of the tragedy continues to unsettle the region. Reconciliation is a long and difficult process that necessitates a willingness to work together openly and objectively in confronting the past. Over the past ten years the Scholars' Initiative has assembled an international consortium of historians, social scientists, and jurists to examine the salient controversies...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
A comprehensive archaeological study of the ceramic finds from a house in Amheida The House of Serenos: Part I: The Pottery (Amheida V) is a comprehensive catalog and analysis of the ceramic finds from the late antique house of a local notable and adjacent streets in Amheida. It is the fifth book in the Amheida series.Amheida is located in the western part of the Dakhla oasis, 3.5 km south of the medieval town of El-Qasr. Known in Hellenistic and Roman times as Trimithis, Amheida became a...
| Автор | Clementina Caputo |
A Companion that examines together two pivotal periods of Greek archaeology and offers a rich analysis of early Greek culture A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean offers an original and inclusive review of two key periods of Greek archaeology, which are typically treated separately—the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. It presents an in-depth exploration of the society and material culture of Greece and the Mediterranean, from the 14 th to the early 7 th...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Jeżeli istnieje jedno przekonanie, które połączyło lewicę i prawicę, psychologów i filozofów, myślicieli starożytnych i współczesnych, to jest nim milczące założenie, że ludzie są źli. Bardzo często trafia ono do nagłówków gazet i kształtuje życie całych społeczeństw. Od Machiavellego do Hobbesa, od Freuda do Pinkera – korzenie tego przekonania przeniknęły głęboko do naszej kultury. A jeśli to nie jest prawda? W światowym bestsellerze Rutger Bregman przedstawia nowe spojrzenie na ostatnie 200...
| Автор | Рутгер Брегман |
Najgłośniejszy reportaż śledczy ostatnich lat! Gdy w 1998 roku doktor Andrew Wakefield opublikował w czasopiśmie naukowym „The Lancet” artykuł o związku szczepionki przeciwko śwince, różyczce i odrze z występowaniem u dzieci autyzmu, świat zawrzał. W wielu krajach pojawiły się ruchy antyszczepionkowe, których zwolennicy odmawiali szczepienia dzieci. Tak narodziła się jedna z najgłośniejszych kontrowersji medycznych naszych czasów. Brian Deer, dziennikarz śledczy z „The Sunday Times”,...
| Автор | Brian Deer |
Każdy zna Bolka i Lolka, Reksia czy Baltazara Gąbkę, ale nie każdy wie, że wszystkie te postaci są efektem pracy jednego Studia Filmów Rysunkowych w Bielsku-Białej – miejsca pełnego pasjonatów, którzy w szarych latach PRL-u poruszali masową wyobraźnię. A co działo się za zamkniętymi drzwiami? Pojawiali się i znikali tajemniczy milionerzy, a wraz z nimi obiecane pieniądze, rozgrywały się sceny zazdrości, w niewyjaśnionych okolicznościach zniknął też sam dyrektor. A może to tylko fikcja wymyślona...
| Автор | Leszek K. Talko |
Tõlkinud Lauri Liiders Toimetanud Anu Vane Kujundanud Virge Ilves 448 lk Kirjastus Tänapäev See lugu jutustab sinust. See on lugu sellest, kes sa oled ja kuidas sa selliseks said. See on su isiklik lugu, kuna sinus kehastunud elu edasikandumise rada on unikaalne, ja sama kehtib kõigi kunagi elanud inimeste kohta. Kuid see on ka meie ühine lugu, sest me kõik kanname oma geenides kogu oma liigi ajalugu: sünde ja surmi, haigusi, sõda ja näljahädasid, rändeid ja ohtralt seksi. Alates 2001....
| Автор | Adam Rutherford |
Solitude has always had an ambivalent status: the capacity to enjoy being alone can make sociability bearable, but those predisposed to solitude are often viewed with suspicion or pity.<br /><br />Drawing on a wide array of literary and historical sources, David Vincent explores how people have conducted themselves in the absence of company over the last three centuries. He argues that the ambivalent nature of solitude became a prominent concern in the modern era. For intellectuals...
| Автор | David Vincent |
Why is our sense of smell so under-appreciated? We tend to think of smell as a vestigial remnant of our pre-human past, doomed to gradual extinction, and we go to great lengths to eliminate smells from our environment, suppressing body odour, bad breath and other smells. Living in a relatively odour-free environment has numbed us to the importance that smells have always had in human history and culture.<br /> <br /> In this major new book Robert Muchembled restores smell to its...
| Автор | Robert Muchembled |
Sajandeid on läänemaailma peetud maailma jõukuse, teadmiste ja võimu kantsiks ja seda on see palju sajandeid ka olnud. Kuid nüüd on kõigi pilgud suunatud itta, mille rahaline ja poliitiline vägevus on jõuliselt tõusuteel. Rahvusvahelises poliitikas, äris, kultuuris ja teaduses teevad ilma riigid, mis sirutuvad Ida-Euroopa piiridelt üle Kesk-Aasia kaugele Hiina ja Indiani. Algamas on uus ajastu ja sündmused kordavad jälle peegeldusena kõiki neid, mis on Aasias juba aastatuhandeid aset leidnud. ...
| Автор | Peter Frankopan |
"See raamat juhatab lugeja vastiseseisvunud Eesti kriminaalsetesse telgitagustesse. Rahutu aeg kestis üle 20 aasta, veel tänagi lahatakse toona tehtud seaduserikkumisi ning otsitakse kadunuks jäänud mehi ja Mersusid. Kõige tihedamal, 1994. aastal tapeti Eestis umbes üks inimene päevas, ning mitte alati ei olnud mängus „Eesti maffia”, mille olemasolu ja tegevuse uurimine on üks selle teose eesmärkidest. Tol ajal ei olnud odav mitte üksnes alkohol ja lõbustused. Ka inimelul oli hinnasilt,...
| Автор | Antto Terras |
THE OTHER JOURNAL: EVIL Description This world is a fallen place rife with suffering, oppression, and violence, a land of tsunamis and earthquakes, genocide and crime sprees. We are surrounded on all sides by brokenness, yet we have difficulty spotting its source. We see the effects of evil, yet we rarely grasp its true nature and breadth. In issue #20 of The Other Journal, our contributors analyze the haunting opacity of evil and call us to name and resist its insidious influence. The...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Moral und Sitte in der Donaumonarchie Außereheliche Verhältnisse gehörten im Wien um 1900 in allen gesellschaftlichen Schichten zum gelebten Alltag. Die Autorinnen gehen nun der Frage nach der gesellschaftlichen Akzeptanz der Geliebten, ihrer finanziellen Situation, vor allem aber auch dem Umgang mit aus diesen Verbindungen hervorgegangenen Kindern nach. Anhand zahlreicher Schicksale, von der Tänzerin Marie Schleinzer und der Sängerin Louise Robinson, den beiden langjährigen Geliebten...
| Автор | Katrin Unterreiner |
Österreichische Geschichte aus erotischer Sicht Josefine Mutzenbacher wurde zur berühmtesten Wiener Dirne, ja, zum Synonym für die Wiener Dirne schlechthin. Sie hat nicht ein-, sondern tausendfach gelebt, nicht nur im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert, sondern zu allen Zeiten. Anna Ehrlich führt uns ohne erhobenen Zeigefinger durch die Wiener (Un)Sitten vergangener Jahrhunderte. Der Bogen dieses amüsanten und höchst informativen historischen Sachbuches spannt sich von den mittelalterlichen...
| Автор | Anna Ehrlich |
Das neue Standardwerk zum 200. Jahrestag Aus ganz Europa strömten im Herbst 1814 Könige mit ihren Familien, Hocharistokraten und Damen mit ihrem Gefolge, Diplomaten und Abgesandte mit ihren Sekretären, aber auch jede Menge Menschen, die einfach Geld verdienen wollten, nach Wien. Die Freude über Napoleons Niederlage wurde von den Siegern ausgiebig gefeiert, ein Fest folgte dem anderen, der Kongress «tanzte», liebte und intrigierte. Doch in den Ausschüssen wurde unter dem Kommando des...
| Автор | Anna Ehrlich |
"A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century" by Henry A. Beers. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks...
| Автор | Henry A. Beers |