The Later Tudors is an authoritative and comprehensive study of England between the accession of Edward VI and the death of Elizabeth I--a turbulent period of conflict amongst European nations, and between warring Catholics and Protestants. These internal and external struggles created anxiety in England, but by the end of Elizabeth's reign the nation had achieved a remarkable sense of political and religious identity. Penry Williams combines the political, religious and economic history of the nation with a broader analysis of English society, family relations, and culture, in order to explain the workings and development of the English state. The result is an incisive and wide-ranging analysis that culminates in an assessment of England's part in the shaping of the New World. 'It should hold its own for some time ... the best account for the serious reader' History Today

Gedetailleerde beschrijving van de verovering van Berlijn door de Russen in 1945.

Een jonge Amerikaan moet zijn afkomst bewijzen om een grote erfenis, die na de Eerste Wereldoorlog nooit is opgeëist, te kunnen ontvangen.

WORLD HISTORY: SECOND WORLD WAR. In the spring of 1941, having abandoned his plans to invade Great Britain, Hitler turned the might of his military forces on to Stalin's soviet Russia. The German army quickly advanced far into Russia as the Soviet forces suffered defeat after defeat. With brutality and savagery displayed on both sides, the Eastern front was literally a campaign in which no prisoners were taken and no quarter was given.Although Hitler's decision to launch 'Barbarossa' was one of the crucial turning points of the war, at first the early successes of the German army pointed to the continuing triumph of the Nazi state. As time wore on, however, the Eastern front became a byword for death for the Germans - to be transferred to the front was the fate feared most by any member of Germany's armed forces.In "War without Garlands", Robert Kershaw examines the campaign largely through the eyes of the German forces who were sent to fight and die for Hitler's grandiose plans.

Overzicht in woord en beeld.

Kritische biografie van de Chinese leider (1893-1976).

Koerdische dichter en journalist vlucht in 2013 naar Australië, wordt op zee opgepikt en naar het eiland Manus gevlogen. Dit is zijn naar buiten gesmokkelde verslag over het verblijf onder erbarmelijke omstandigheden in een Australisch detentiecentrum. Bekroond met vele prijzen. 

A chronicle of the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921.

Een maand buiten is in zekere zin een verbeterde bewerking van een stuk van Balzac, De stiefmoeder. Dat stuk is allang vergeten, maar Een maand buiten wordt nog steeds gespeeld. Zo zou je kunnen zeggen dat Rook en Nieuwe gronden voorbeelden zijn van de sociale roman, die toen in heel Europa in de mode was: men nam een of ander maatschappelijk probleem (de gevaren van de alcohol, het lot van de Javaan, het vrouwenvraagstuk, Rusland en Europa, de Russische revolutionaire beweging) en men schreef daar dan een boek omheen. De meeste van die boeken zijn nu vergeten, maar Rook en Nieuwe gronden worden nog steeds herdrukt en door steeds nieuwe generaties gelezen.

De verliefdheid op de huisleraar van haar zoon heeft een verjongend effect op een middelbare vrouw, dat bedrieglijk blijkt.

In de overgangstijd tussen Middeleeuwen en Renaissance spelende roman over de geestelijke vrijwording van de mens, belichaamd in een Vlaamse chirurgijn en filosoof met moderne denkbeelden.

Na een kozakkenpogrom in 1648 keert het gewone leven weer terug in een joods dorp in Polen.

Belgian-born Frans Masereel (1889–1972) was one of the greatest woodcut artists of the twentieth century. Ingeniously portraying the human experience through dramatic art, this novel-without-words, crafted from 167 intricate woodcuts, is considered to be the Flemish artist's masterpiece. A feast for the eyes and the imagination, this powerful visual narrative details the life of an ordinary man. From the first bustling frame to the last haunting image, we are deeply drawn into the hero's day-to-day encounters, and discover a spirit in quest—one that we can profoundly relate to, emotionally and intellectually. Through each extraordinarily vivid depiction, readers feel the hero's happiness, grief, awe, and despair.

"This revised Norton Critical Edition, like its predecessor, is the only edition available that includes both the 1890 Lippincott's and the 1891 book version of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Under the editorial guidance of Wilde scholar Michael Patrick Gillespie, students have the opportunity to read comparatively both published versions of this controversial novel." ""Backgrounds" and "Reviews and Reactions" allow readers to gauge The Picture of Dorian Gray's sensational reception when the 1890 version appeared and to consider the heated public debate over art and morality that followed its publication. Joris-Karl Huysmans, Walter Pater, and Oscar Wilde offer a sense of the diverse opinions on these topics. Eight contemporary reviews and comments on the novel are reprinted, among them four opinions from the St. James's Gazette immediately after publication in 1890, each followed by Oscar Wilde's vehement reply." ""Criticism" includes seven new essays on the novel that reflect key changes in interpretive theory in recent years and reveal the broad range of perspectives associated with Wilde and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Simon Joyce, Donald L. Lawler, Sheldon W. Liebman, Maureen O'Connor, Ellie Ragland-Sullivan, John Paul Riquelme, and Michael Patrick Gillespie provide their varied assessments. A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are also included."--BOOK JACKET.

The story of Celie, a poor black woman from the south, whose friendship with two women helps her overcome the brutality of her father and husbandSteven Spielberg, proving he's one of the few modern filmmakers who has the visual fluency to be capable of making a great silent film, took a melodramatic, D.W. Griffith-inspired approach to filming Alice Walker's novel. His tactics made the film controversial, but also a popular hit. You can argue with the appropriateness of Spielberg's decision, but his astonishing facility with images is undeniable--from the exhilarating and eye-popping opening shots of children playing in paradisiacal purple fields to the way he conveys the brutality of a rape by showing hanging leather belts banging against the head of the shaking bed. In a way it's a shame that Whoopi Goldberg, a stage monologist who made her screen debut in this movie, went on to become so famous, because it was, in part, her unfamiliarity that made her understated performance as Celie so effective. (This may be the first and last time that the adjective understated can be applied to Goldberg.) Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and actress (supporting players Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery were also nominated), it was quite a scandal--and a crushing blow to Spielberg--when it won none.

Na een wraakneming op zijn Soedanese vijanden met een gestolen Amerikaanse drone door de Tsjadische president waarbij een Chinese basis wordt beschadigd, ontwikkelt zich een lokaal conflict in sneltreinvaart tot een mondiaal uiterst dreigende situatie.

Kroniek van de stad Barcelona tussen de twee wereldtentoonstellingen van 1888 en 1929, waar een Spaanse dorpsjpongen erin slaagt fortuin te maken.

This lively and far-reaching account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest provides a vivid picture of everyday existence, and increases our understanding of all aspects of medieval society. There are colourful details of the everyday life of ordinary men and women, with their views on the past, on sexuality, on animals, on death, the undead, and the occult. The result is a fascinating and comprehensive portrayal of a period which begins with conquest and ends in assimilation.

In this thorough and illuminating work, Michael Prestwich provides a comprehensive study of Plantagenet England, a dramatic and turbulent period which saw many changes. In politics it saw Simon de Montfort's challenge to the crown in Henry II's reign and it witnessed the deposition of Edward I. In contrast, it also saw the highly successful rules of Edward I and his grandson, Edward III. Political institutions were transformed with the development of parliament and war was a dominant theme: Wales was conquered and the Scottish Wars of Independence started in Edward I's reign, and under Edward III there were triumphs at Crécy and Poitiers. Outside of politics, English society was developing a structure, from the great magnates at the top to the peasantry at the bottom. Economic changes were also significant, from the expansionary period of the thirteenth century to years of difficulty in the fourteenth century, culminating in the greatest demographic disaster of historical times, the Black Death. In this volume in the New Oxford History of England Michael Prestwich brings this fascinating century to life.

Verhalen van binnen- en buitenlandse auteurs.