Catálogo de libros: Historia

194948 Catálogo de libros: Historia

  • Baku, Azerbaijan
    Thomas Bailey
    Baku, Azerbaijan. Eastern Tour. You may have never heard of this country before but I assure you that there are a lot of things to see and do in Azerbaijan and after reading this guide to the best places and activities in Baku and surroundings you may want to book a flight straightaway. Luckily, this travel guide provides you with everything you need to know before going to Aze...
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    35,00 €

  • Tourism in Barcelona
    James Baker
    Tourism in Barcelona. Spain Travel Guide. Barcelona contains both the authentically historic and the wildly bizarre. From the scenic trails of the colorful Park Güell to the romantic narrow alleys of Barri Gòtic; from the beachside nightclubs to the city’s dozens of sacred churches and architectural marvels, this city by the sea seems to attract all types: the adventurer, the c...
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    34,95 €

  • Assisi City, Italy
    Thomas Bailey
    Assisi City, Italy. Umbria Environment. Saint Francis, Tourism and Vacation. Assisi is Umbria’s most famous town and one of its loveliest. This beautiful medieval town, with its geranium-hung streets, lovely views, and fountain-splashed piazzas, is heir to the legacy of St. Francis, patron saint of Italy and the town’s favorite son. The 12th-century monk founded the Franciscan ...
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    34,95 €

  • Bath, England
    James Baker
    Bath, England. United Kingdom Little Heaven. Bath is one of Britain’s most appealing cities. Exquisite Roman and Georgian architecture, hipster hang-outs and swish spas make it hard to resist. Bath’s extraordinary array of architectural treasures has earned the whole city Unesco World Heritage Site status. It’s easy to see why. Bath is home to one of the world’s best-preserved ...
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    34,81 €

  • Barbados Island, Caribbean
    James Baker
    Barbados Island, Caribbean. Tourism. The most eastern of the Caribbean islands, Barbados is a relatively flat island with sloping plains, sporadic rolling hills and even areas of marshes and mangroves. With 60 miles of coastline, the island is an ideal place to enjoy the seaside. The highest point on the island is Mount Hillaby, which peaks 340 meters above sea level. Historica...
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    34,35 €

  • Environmental Study of British Columbia, Canada
    James Baker
    Environmental Study of British Columbia, Canada. Tourism Attraction Guide. Visitors to Canada’s westernmost province should pack a long list of superlatives to deploy here; the words ’wow,’ ’amazing’ and ’spectacular’ will only go so far. Luckily, it’s not too hard to wax lyrical about the mighty mountains, deep forests and dramatic coastlines here that instantly lower heart ra...
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    34,83 €

  • Bruges, Belgium
    James Baker
    Bruges, Belgium. Trip, Ecological Study. Good wine doesn’t need a crown. There is no place in Belgim where so many remains of Middle Ages can be found as in Bruges. The history of Damme has always been closely related to the history of Bruges. Together they knew their times of glory, which made them infamous all over the known world. But they also went down together when th...
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    34,96 €

  • France Tourist Region, Burgundy
    James Baker
    France Tourist Region, Burgundy. A Guide. Burgundy has something for everyone, whether you are looking for a great conference venue or a family holiday, a lively city break or a relaxing stopover. Our way of life may reflect Burgundy rich history and heritage, but we also offer the very best in business facilities, contemporary culture, and dynamic events. Located between Paris...
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    34,96 €

  • The Gladiolus (Esprios Classics)
    Matthew Crawford
    'This little book is written with a view to being of service to those inexperienced admirers[A] of the gladiolus who wish to become better acquainted with its nature, and more familiar with the details of its cultivation. The language used is plain and easily understood, and the absence of technical terms, which might seem a fault to the skilled grower, will probably enhance th...
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    18,67 €

  • Tusculan Disputations (Esprios Classics)
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    The Tusculanae Disputationes (also Tusculanae Quaestiones; English: Tusculan Disputations) is a series of five books written by Cicero, around 45 BC, attempting to popularise Greek philosophy in Ancient Rome, including Stoicism. It is so called as it was reportedly written at his villa in Tusculum. His daughter had recently died and in mourning Cicero devoted himself to philoso...
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    23,68 €

  • Symposium (Esprios Classics)
    Plato
    Plato (428/427 or 424/423 - 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential individuals in human history, and the pivotal figure in the history of Ancie...
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    18,53 €

  • Rose O’ the River (Esprios Classics)
    Kate Douglas Wiggin
    Kate Douglas Wiggin, nee Smith (1856-1923) was an American children’s author and educator. She was born in Philadelphia, and was of Welsh descent. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the 'Silver Street Free Kindergarten'). With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Her best known books are The Sto...
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    18,73 €

  • The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales (Esprios Classics)
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer and medical doctor. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific ...
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    20,62 €

  • Critias (Esprios Classics)
    Plato
    Plato (428/427 or 424/423 - 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential individuals in human history, and the pivotal figure in the history of Ancie...
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    16,66 €

  • The Three Brontes (Esprios Classics)
    May Sinclair
    May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair (24 August 1863 - 14 November 1946), a popular British writer who wrote about two dozen novels, short stories and poetry. She was an active suffragist, and member of the Woman Writers’ Suffrage League. She once dressed up as a demure, rebel Jane Austen for a suffrage fundraising event. Sinclair was also a significant criti...
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    22,94 €

  • The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (Esprios Classics)
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer and medical doctor. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific ...
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    22,91 €

  • Man on the Ocean (Esprios Classics)
    R. M. Ballantyne / RMBallantyne
    Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 - 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1848 he published his first book Hudson’s Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America, and for some time was employed by the publishers M...
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    22,94 €

  • My Second Year of the War (Esprios Classics)
    Frederick Palmer
    Frederick Palmer (1873 - 1958) was an American writer and war correspondent. He was born in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania and was the subject of the biography Fifty Years at the Front: The Life of War Correspondent Frederick Palmer by Nathan A. Haverstock. Works by Palmer include: Lucy of the Stars (1906), The Big Fellow (1910), The Vagabond (1910), Danbury Rodd, Aviator (1910), ...
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    24,42 €

  • The Constable’s Tower (Esprios Classics)
    Charlotte M. Yonge / Charlotte MYonge
    Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), was an English novelist, known for her huge output. She was devoted to the Church of England, and much influenced by John Keble, a near neighbour and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Her novels reflected the values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism. She began writing in 1848, and published during her long life about 100 works, chiefly...
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    20,65 €

  • My Year of the War (Esprios Classics)
    Frederick Palmer
    Frederick Palmer (1873 - 1958) was an American writer and war correspondent. He was born in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania and was the subject of the biography Fifty Years at the Front: The Life of War Correspondent Frederick Palmer by Nathan A. Haverstock. Works by Palmer include: Lucy of the Stars (1906), The Big Fellow (1910), The Vagabond (1910), Danbury Rodd, Aviator (1910), ...
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    27,46 €

  • Child’s History of France (Esprios Classics)
    Charlotte M. Yonge / Charlotte MYonge
    Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), was an English novelist, known for her huge output. She was devoted to the Church of England, and much influenced by John Keble, a near neighbour and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Her novels reflected the values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism. She began writing in 1848, and published during her long life about 100 works, chiefly...
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    22,94 €

  • 100m
    John Clark
    A history and analysis of the men’s 100 metres sprint, including detailed examinations of wind speeds, reaction times and the impact of altitude. Performance enhancing drugs are also covered, together with a host of interesting facts and overlooked details, from sprints and even other sports. The careers the famous sprinters are analyzed: Bolt, Lewis, Hayes, Christie, Greene, B...
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    22,72 €

  • The Lake Gun, and New York (Esprios Classics)
    James Fenimore Cooper
    James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is particularly remembered as a novelist, who wrote numerous sea-stories as well as the historical romances known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, which many peopl...
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    17,57 €

  • Apology (Esprios Classics)
    Plato
    Plato (428/427 or 424/423 - 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential individuals in human history, and the pivotal figure in the history of Ancie...
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    14,90 €

  • Stray Pearls (Esprios Classics)
    Charlotte M. Yonge / Charlotte MYonge
    Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), was an English novelist, known for her huge output. She was devoted to the Church of England, and much influenced by John Keble, a near neighbour and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Her novels reflected the values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism. She began writing in 1848, and published during her long life about 100 works, chiefly...
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    28,26 €

  • The Dirge of the Black Orchestra -- Saving Germany from Nazism
    John S. Craig / John SCraig
    Adolf Hitler was the target of over forty assassination attempts during his political career, but none were more dramatic than the one executed by the German aristocrat and Nazi war hero, Col. Claus von Stauffenberg. The ancestry, accomplishments, ambition, and final demise of Hitler and Stauffenberg are compared.The lives of Hitler and the failed assassin Col. Stauffenberg ar...
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    27,55 €

  • Military Tactical Deception and The Courageous Strikes Against the Axis Powers
    John S. Craig / John SCraig
    The art of military tactical deception and the creation of false identities is as old as war itself. A summary of this kind of deception during the Great War is presented along with the courageous strikes against Axis Powers from Generals Jimmy Doolittle and Knut Haukelid during the Second World War. ...
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    23,52 €

  • History of France (Esprios Classics)
    Charlotte M. Yonge / Charlotte MYonge
    Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), was an English novelist, known for her huge output. She was devoted to the Church of England, and much influenced by John Keble, a near neighbour and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Her novels reflected the values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism. She began writing in 1848, and published during her long life about 100 works, chiefly...
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    18,50 €

  • Little Lucy’s Wonderful Globe (Esprios Classics)
    Charlotte M. Yonge / Charlotte MYonge
    Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), was an English novelist, known for her huge output. She was devoted to the Church of England, and much influenced by John Keble, a near neighbour and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Her novels reflected the values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism. She began writing in 1848, and published during her long life about 100 works, chiefly...
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    17,32 €

  • Lady Hester (Esprios Classics)
    Charlotte M. Yonge / Charlotte MYonge
    Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), was an English novelist, known for her huge output. She was devoted to the Church of England, and much influenced by John Keble, a near neighbour and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Her novels reflected the values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism. She began writing in 1848, and published during her long life about 100 works, chiefly...
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    18,73 €