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Anglosaski tan 449-1066
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Upadek władzy rzymskiej w prowincji Britannia był nie tyle nagłym wydarzeniem, co wynikiem przeciągającego się kryzysu. Brytowie pochodzenia celtyckiego wycofywali się stopniowo na wyżynne tereny Wal
Sekretna historia SAS
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Brytyjski Special Air Service to już niemal jeden ze współczesnych mitów.
Ta fantastyczna machina wojenna, której żołnierze do perfekcji opanowali sztukę walki, stanowi wzór dla innych jednostek sił
Somme Into the Breach
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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER'The best new narrative of the battle thus far, reflecting his gifts for fluent prose and moving quotations.' Max Hastings, Sunday Times No conflict better encapsula
Napoleons Mounted Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard
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A concise history of the hand-picked elite cavalry guard that served as Napoleon's close personal escort and were committed to the most dangerous areas of combat on the battlefield. Formed from his o
This Sovereign Isle Britain In and Out of Europe
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Geography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or H
SAS
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In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, has a vision for a new kind of war: attacking the enemy where they least ex
Legacy of Violence A history of the British Empire..
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A NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, HISTORY TODAY AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Masterly... This book is dynamite' - ROBERT GILDEA, author of Empires of the Mind
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From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria. Readings in 18t..
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Od królowej Anny do królowej Wiktorii. Wykłady o literaturze i kulturze brytyjskiej z XVIII i XIX wieku. Tom 7
Siódmy tom serii From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria zawiera zarówno nowe odczytania po
The Price of Victory
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At the end of the French and Napoleonic wars, British sea-power was at its apogee. But by 1840, as one contemporary commentator put it, the Admiralty was full of ‘intellects becalmed in the smoke of
Sapiens
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Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have liv
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.
How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technolog
Nexus A Brief History of Information Networks from..
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The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens
Stories brought us together.
Books spread our ideas – and our mytho
Why We Sleep he New Science of Sleep and Dreams
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'Astonishing ... an amazing book ... absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know' Chris Evans
THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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The Body Keeps the Score
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The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving awa
Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind
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INCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD FROM YUVAL NOAH HARARI
What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?
One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari ch
Blue Machine
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FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT
'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.'
Professor Alice Roberts
'In Helen Czerski's hands, the mec
Sapiens A brief history of humankind
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How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to t
Stranger Things Worlds turned upside down
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When the first season of Stranger Things debuted on Netflix in the summer of 2016, the show struck a nerve with millions of viewers worldwide and received broad critical acclaim. The series has gone
Careless People
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Sarah Wynn-Williams, a young diplomat from New Zealand, pitched for her dream job. She saw Facebook’s potential and knew it could change the world for the better. But, when she got there and rose to
Secrets of the Universe
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For anyone who has ever been fascinated by the night sky, this beautifully designed introduction to astronomy and its history reveals the compelling story of mankind's quest through the ages to unloc
The Power of Geography Ten Maps That Reveal the Fu..
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Tim Marshall’s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed. But the world
Making Sense of Chaos
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We live in an age of increasing complexity, where accelerating technology and global interconnection hold more promise – and more peril – than any other time in human history. The fossil fuels that h
Some Men In London Queer Life 1960-1967
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In the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensued, centred around London as the place to which gay men gravitated.
Pe
Homo Deus A Brief History of Tomorrow
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER SAPIENS Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we’re going. War is obsolete. You are more likely to commit suicide than be killed