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  • Gold und Ehre

    Historischer Roman

    by Sabine Weiß ...
    Ein großer Historischer Roman um den Bau des Hamburger Michels, Krieg und Frieden und die Freiheit, sein eigenes Glück zu suchenNach einem verunglückten Experiment wird Benjamin von seinem Vater nach Hamburg geschickt. Anfangs tut sich der junge Architekt schwer so fern der Heimat. Er wird belogen und betrogen, doch bald lernt er Menschen kennen, auf die er zählen kann - allen voran Lucia, die ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Career of Cardinal Giovanni Morone (1509-1580)

    Between Council and Inquisition

    Cardinal Giovanni Morone (1509-80) remains one of the most intriguing characters in the history of the sixteenth century Catholic Church - with neither his contemporaries nor subsequent scholars being able to agree on his motivations, theology or his legacy. Appointed Bishop of Modena in 1529 and created Cardinal in 1542 by Pope Paul III, his glittering career appeared to be in ruins following his ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Personaggi e famiglie di Capua fra XVII e XIX secolo

    by Luigi Russo ...
    Questa pubblicazione raccoglie studi e ricerche realizzate negli ultimi anni sulla storia di personaggi e famiglie di Capua fra XVII e XIX secolo. Si tratta di sette contributi eterogenei pubblicati per la maggior parte su riviste o su monografie sulla storia di Capua, riguardanti personaggi e famiglie di Capua fra XVII e XIX secolo.This publication collects studies and research carried out in ... Read more

    $6.99 USD $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean

    The Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers

    From renowned pirate historian David Cordingly, author of Under the Black Flag and film consultant for the original Pirates of the Caribbean, comes the thrilling story of Captain Woodes Rogers, the avenging nemesis of the worst cutthroats ever to terrorize the high seas. Once a marauding privateer himself, Woodes Rogers went from laying siege to laying down the law. During Britain’s war with Spain ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Hexengold

    Historischer Roman - Die Magdalena-Reihe 2 | »Eine wunderbare Heldin«, sagt Iny Lorentz

    by Heidi Rehn ...
    Series Book 2 - Die Magdalena-Reihe
    Ein vom Krieg gezeichnetes Land - und eine mutige Heldin: Der dramatische historische Roman »Hexengold« von Heidi Rehn als eBook bei dotbooks. Frankfurt am Main im Jahre 1650: Nach den Wirren des Dreißigjährigen Krieges hat sich die ehemalige Wundärztin Magdalena mit dem Kaufmann Eric in der Reichsstadt eine Existenz aufgebaut. Doch als Eric unter dem Vorwand einer Handelsreise überstürzt ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Of Plymouth Plantation

    The most important and influential source of information about the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, this landmark account was written between 1630 and 1647. It vividly documents the Pilgrims' adventures: their first stop in Holland, the harrowing transatlantic crossing aboard the Mayflower, the first harsh winter in the new colony, and the help from friendly Native Americans that saved their lives.No ... Read more

    $10.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 歷史的轉換期7

    1683年.近世世界的變貌

    Series series 歷史的轉換期7
    想理解歷史,轉換視角是不夠的這套書,讓你完全扭轉世界史的理解方式!────────────────給我一個年分,我就給你全世界────────────────以全球角度檢視歷史 著重於整個地球的共時性觀點創造出劃分時代的全新指標,考察各地紛雜發展的無限可能★★★★★歷史教科書權威 日本山川出版社70周年紀念鉅獻★★★★★     中央研究院近代史研究所助研究員 陳建守 選書企畫中央研究院臺灣史研究所副研究員 鄭維中    陽明交通大學人文社會學系助理教授 盧正恒 專文導讀●故事StoryStudio網站 ●轉換期全系列書評 ●陸續上線中https://storystudio.tw/columnist/cptwbook---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Astronomer and the Witch

    Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother

    Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus´s sun-centred universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of planetary motion. Perhaps less well known is that in 1615, when Kepler was at the height of his career, his widowed mother Katharina was ... Read more

    $18.99 USD $11.99 USD

  • Henry Hudson, un navigateur maudit

    L’exploration de la côte Est des Amériques

    Series Book 9 - Grandes Découvertes
    Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Henry Hudson et l’exploration de la côte Est des Amériques en moins d’une heure !Au début du mois de mai 1607, Henry Hudson, jeune capitaine anglais, lève l’ancre, chargé par la compagnie de Moscovie de trouver une nouvelle voie menant à l’Extrême-Orient par le nord-est. C’est le début d’une longue série d’expéditions qui mèneront l’explorateur aux ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Decisiveness

    The Art of Decisive Leadership

    Do you ever feel like you don't know how to be a great leader?In Sheunesu E Kasiamhuru's leadership book The Art of Decisiveness, we are taken on a blast to the past to learn key skills from the Age of Enlightenment through modern greats in order to move towards a brighter future. From the world of theory and philosophy, we will learn the practical applications to help support individuals and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Justifier la guerre

    Censure et propagande dans l'Europe du XVIIe siècle (France-Angleterre)

    Series series Histoire
    Par leur dimension européenne et mondiale, leur durée, leur coût humain et financier, leurs contraintes logistiques, les guerres du « siècle de fer » ont nourri un flot de discours, oraux et écrits, où se mêlent justifications du recours à la violence armée et dénonciations de l'ennemi. Du roi de guerre qui met en scène son pouvoir monarchique à celui qui justifie sa politique étrangère pour ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Njinga of Angola

    One of history’s most multifaceted rulers but little known in the West, Queen Njinga rivaled Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great in political cunning and military prowess. Today, she is revered in Angola as a heroine and honored in folk religions. Her complex legacy forms a crucial part of the collective memory of the Afro-Atlantic world. ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • A Buddhist Sensibility

    Aesthetic Education at Tibet's Mindröling Monastery

    Series series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
    Founded in 1676 during a cosmopolitan early modern period, Mindröling monastery became a key site for Buddhist education and a Tibetan civilizational center. Its founders sought to systematize and institutionalize a worldview rooted in Buddhist philosophy, engaging with contemporaries from across Tibetan Buddhist schools while crystallizing what it meant to be part of their own Nyingma school. At ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Lodewijk XIV

    Koning van de wereld

    by Philip Mansel ...
    Een overtuigend en allesomvattend portret van de iconische grand monarqueLodewijk XIV, de Zonnekoning, behoeft nauwelijks een introductie. Als koning van Frankrijk breidde hij de Franse grens in de tweede helft van de zeventiende eeuw uit naar Nederland en Duitsland en stichtte koloniën in Amerika, Afrika en India. Louisiana, dat ooit een derde van het grondgebied van de huidige Verenigde Staten ... Read more

    $21.09 USD

  • Under the Black Flag

    The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

    “This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read.”—Patrick O'Brian“[A] wonderfully entertaining history of pirates and piracy . . . a rip-roaring read . . . fascinating and unexpected.”—Men's JournalThis rollicking account of the golden age of piracy is packed with vivid history and high seas adventure. David Cordingly, an acclaimed ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 前朝夢憶:張岱的浮華與蒼涼【史景遷窺探亡國知識分子的內心戲】

    Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of A Late Ming Man

    Translated by 溫洽溢 ...
    Series series 歷史與現場
    自絢爛歸於平淡****從國史寫到家傳張岱的深邃虛幻****史景遷妙筆重塑只要有人追憶,往事就不必如煙史景遷細數張岱心靈點滴窺探亡國知識分子的內心****轉折同時瞥見晚明的精緻生活美學張岱是明代散文大家,傳世名著《陶庵夢憶》、《西湖夢尋》等堪稱晚明小品文代表。他出身仕宦家庭,早年衣食無憂,品茗、製茶、賞月、彈琴、鬥雞、蹴踘、觀雪、狩獵、聽戲、吟詩、遊湖、收藏、鑑賞,樣樣精通,生活圍繞在讀書與享樂間,光鮮快意。清兵入關後,年過五十的張岱遭逢人生重大轉折,位於杭州的別墅、紹興的家園、豐富的書畫古玩收藏,悉數毀於戰火。「繁華靡麗,過眼皆空,五十年來,總成一夢」,他帶著倖存的家人逸隱於紹興龍山,餘生力修明史,八十八歲方成《石匱書》,書成後不久亡故。個人歷史與家國歷史相互映照... ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Appello al Turco

    I confini infranti del Rinascimento

    Per molto tempo i poteri pubblici, i singoli individui e le autorità religiose del mondo cristiano fecero di nascosto la cosa innominabile che questo libro riporta alla luce: si appellarono ai turchi per risolvere i loro più disparati problemi personali o politici. Ciò accadde soprattutto nell’Italia del Rinascimento, esposta in prima linea sia al pericolo sia alla seduzione turca; e nell ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Temptation in the Archives

    Essays in Golden Age Dutch Culture

    Temptation in the Archives is a collection of essays by Lisa Jardine, that takes readers on a journey through the Dutch Golden Age. Through the study of such key figures as Sir Constantjin Huygens, a Dutch polymath and diplomat, we begin to see the Anglo-Dutch cultural connections that formed during this period against the backdrop of unfolding political events in England. Temptation in the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • El Corpus de Sang

    7 de juny de 1640

    El relat viu i sagnant de la revolta que va desembocar en la ruptura entre Catalunya i la monarquia espanyola.El dia 7 de juny de 1640 un gran avalot protagonitzat per una massa de segadors entrats a Barcelona, així com per nombrosos membres de les capes populars de la capital catalana, va acabar amb la vida de Dalmau de Queralt, comte de Santa Coloma i virrei de Catalunya. Les ja molt tenses ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Der lange Türkenkrieg, the long turkish war (1593 - 1606), vol. 2

    Series Book 27 - Soldiers & Weapons
    Chris Flaherty and Bruno Mugnai in this second volume of the ‘Lange Türkenkrieg’ examines in deep eastern European warfare and its implications in the global debate on infantry firepower, cavalry tactics and engineering techniques in this period. Covering relatively unknown corps and military specialities some topics such as the organization of the Romanian princedoms’ military, are discussed here ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Nieuwpoort 1600

    The First Modern Battle

    Series Book 334 - Campaign
    The Eighty Years' War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tolerance from their Spanish overlords, but it quickly escalated into one of the longest wars in European history. Spain's failed invasion of 1599 and the mutinies that followed convinced Dutch leaders that they now should go on the offensive. This campaign pitted two famous leaders' sons against each other: Maurice of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Sophia of Hanover

    From Winter Princess to Heiress of Great Britain, 1630-1714

    by J. N. Duggan ...
    The detailed memoirs and letters of a gifted and prolific chronicler provide an insider’s view of life for the top echelons of society in the 16th centurySophia, Electress of Hanover (16301714), granddaughter of James I, and mother of George I, is best remembered as the link between the Houses of Stuart and Hanover. A true European, Sophia spoke English, French, German, Dutch, and Italian fluently ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Devil-Land

    England Under Siege, 1588-1688

    by Clare Jackson ...
    *WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2022***A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS CHOSEN BY THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'A big historical advance. Ours, it turns out, is a very un-insular "Island Story". And its 17th-century chapter will never look quite the same again' John Adamson, Sunday TimesA ground-breaking portrait of the most turbulent century in English history* ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Island at the Center of the World

    **In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that shaped American history."Astonishing . . . A book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past." --The New York Times**When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in ... Read more

    $13.99 USD