Regional og nasjonal historie

Hailed as magisterial when it first appeared, Greek Homosexuality remains an academic milestone and continues to be of major importance for students and scholars of gender studies. …

An acclaimed scholar tells the full, breathtaking history of Rome, from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople in the thirteenth century "A sweeping …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR - TIME'S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE - ONE OF …

BCC approved (with endorsements) "How is it that two broadly similar countries, neighbours with roughly equal populations and similar natural conditions, can follow two very …

These quotations from the writings and speeches of Mao Tse-tung, the father of Chinese communism, offer a rare and penetrating insight into the political and philosophic thought of …

Dette er det åttende bind om de henrettede i Norge. Her dekkes årene 1744 til 1748: Menn og kvinner ble halshugget eller brent på bål for de forskjelligste forbrytelser – mord, …

This is the only short study in English to survey Germany's foreign policy from a German viewpoint across the entire inter-war period. The approach, which sets Germany in her full …

A major new look at how Africaâ??s geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life found there. It is also the story of how it was …

I flera hundra år hittades märkliga fynd ute på en liten ö i Kvarkens skärgård. Folk sa att det var tsarens galärer som gått på grund och sjunkit.Peter den Store hade byggt en …