Regional og nasjonal historie

First published in 1907, The 628-E8, one of the masterpieces of French literature and one of the ever-eccentric Octave Mirbeau's most eccentric works, is here presented for the …

A true story of the battered life of a foremast crewman, Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana’s classic travel narrative, which inspired canonical works such as Moby …

Yoga in Britain reveals how yoga came to be an accepted, mainstream activity. In mid-twentieth century Britain, yoga transformed from an esoteric concept into a something that …

For første gang kan Haakon VII's historie fortelles med basis i hans egne dagbøker. Vintertronen presenterer leseren for en ny kongeskikkelse. En sommerdag for 100 år siden fant …

Prelude to Berlin: The Red Army’s Offensive Operations in Poland and Eastern Germany, 1945, offers a panoramic view of the Soviet strategic offensives north of the Carpathians in …

The last major work by one of our century's most influential social theorists, The Germans is a penetrating account of German social development, from the seventeenth century to …

Islamist terrorism in Europe is on the rise, as evidenced by the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris, the grisly beheading of a UK serviceman walking the streets of London in 2013, …

We remember the 1980s as the era of Ronald Reagan, a conservative decade populated by preppies and yuppies dancing to a soundtrack of electronic synth pop music (the "MTV …

"... wenn ich zum Reichsprasidenten gewahlt wurde, und ich Hitler zum Reichskanzler mache. Dann habe ich das Heft in Handen" - so traumte der letzte deutsche Kronprinz Wilhelm von …