Geschiedenis

Americas beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America’s survival in the hands of George Washington.

In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence—when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.

Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color; farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the Kings men, the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known.

Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCulloughs 1776 is another landmark in the literature of American history.

Historisch-sociologische studies door de vooraanstaande socioloog (1897-1990).

American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract, driving the political system to the verge of breakdown, and setting citizens adrift to find new paths forward. In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, tells the story of the United States over the past three decades in an utterly original way, with his characteristically sharp eye for detail and gift for weaving together complex narratives.

The Unwinding journeys through the lives of several Americans, including Dean Price, the son of tobacco farmers, who becomes an evangelist for a new economy in the rural South; Tammy Thomas, a factory worker in the Rust Belt trying to survive the collapse of her city; Jeff Connaughton, a Washington insider oscillating between political idealism and the lure of organized money; and Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire who questions the Internet's significance and arrives at a radical vision of the future. Packer interweaves these intimate stories with biographical sketches of the era's leading public figures, from Newt Gingrich to Jay-Z, and collages made from newspaper headlines, advertising slogans, and song lyrics that capture the flow of events and their undercurrents.

The Unwinding portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation. Packer's novelistic and kaleidoscopic history of the new America is his most ambitious work to date.

De geschiedenis van Nederland in de eerste decennia van de twintigste eeuw, toen op economisch, cultureel en sociaal-maatschappelijk terrein een sterke vooruitgang te zien was.

Geschiedenis van de Franse militaire expeditie naar Egypte in 1798, die plaatsvond onder leiding van Napoleon.

"Wie was deze controversiële man, die meer dan vijfentwintig jaar door de mediterrane wereld reisde? Wie was deze man, die wist dat zijn boodschap op verzet zou stuiten, maar dat juist als een stimulans beschouwde om zijn geloof, dat in Israël was ontstaan, te verkondigen tot in het hart van het Romeinse rijk? Fik Meijer volgt Paulus op zijn reizen van Jeruzalem tot in Rome, waar het Nieuwe Testament abrupt over zijn lot zwijgt. Door de informatie uit Paulus' brieven en de Handelingen van de apostelen te combineren met zijn kennis van de oudheid is Meijer in staat leven en werk van Paulus in de context van de Grieks-Romeinse wereld te presenteren."--Cover.

Onderzoek naar de toedracht en achtergronden van een natuurramp in Kameroen in 1986, waarbij alle mensen en dieren in de Nyosvallei door onbekende oorzaak om het leven kwamen.

Geschiedenis van het heelal en van de mensheid vanaf de oerknal tot nu.

The Story of Spain is a very readable, one-volume introduction to this nation's fascinating history & culture, placed within a context of Europe & the Americas. The book is a popular history of Spain from prehistoric times to the present day, as well as the Spanish Empire (1492-1898). It includes description & analysis of political, social, economic & cultural events, which together shaped this distinctive country. The author brings to life all the dominant historical figures, including El Cid, Columbus, King Philip II, Cervantes, St. Theresa, Goya, Franco & Picasso. Chapters are included on ancient Iberia, the Roman era, medieval & Moorish Spain, the Reconquest, Spain's discovery & conquest of the Americas, its Golden Age & decline, the coming of the Bourbons, Napoleonic wars & the modern era leading up to the Spanish Civil War & Franco's dictatorship. After ten years in print, this revised edition features a new chapter covering contemporary Spain & the transition to democracy (1976-2000). For travelers to Spain, historic places to visit are listed, as well as 16 pages of color photos & dozens of other illustrations, a dynastic chart, bibliographic sources & index. Author Mark R. Williams received an M.A. in history from the University of California & lived in Spain for several years, where he worked as a teacher & journalist. Distributed through Golden Era Books, P.O. Box 5603, San Mateo, CA 94402. Website: www.GoldenEraBooks.com.

Tuchman turns to America with a fresh new view of the events that led from the first foreign salute to the American Nationhood in 1776 to the last campaign of the Revolution five years later--the moment that inaugurated the existence of a new nation, and announced the coming of a democratic age to the Old World. 8 pages of color, 8 pages of photos, 7 maps.

Geschiedenis van de Franse militaire expeditie naar Egypte in 1798, die plaatsvond onder leiding van Napoleon.

Bloemlezing van gedichten en verhalen over de Watersnoodramp van 1953.

Historisch overzicht van de melkvoorziening en -handel in Nederland, mede aan de hand van interviews, waarbij de nadruk valt op de rol van de familie Menken.

De belevingswereld van de ontwikkelde Westeuropese mens rond het jaar 1000.

Beschrijving van de betrekkingen tussen de Noordelijke en de Zuidelijke Nederlanden vanaf de val van Antwerpen (1585) waarbij vooral de periode van het einde van het Twaalfjarig bestand uitvoerig aan de orde komt.

Widely regarded as one of America's greatest historians, Dodge's work on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 is without parallel for scholarship or psychological sophistication.  Beginning with Napoleon's doomed march on Russia, Dodge examines Napoleon's state of mind and the factors behind his decisions using personal letters and genuine reports. How could Napoleon, a proficient strategist, have led his army into such an atrocious situation and underestimated the severity of the Russian winter? In one of the most imposing invasions ever attempted--Napoleon could draw upon 600,000 men and 250,000 horses - the Grande Armée's success seemed inevitable. Few could imagine that only 100,000 would reach Moscow and all without having achieved the decisive battle that Napoleon sought. Dodge sheds new light on Napoleon's character as a soldier by focusing on his personal matters and behavior, putting aside his political concerns. The narrative provides the perfect introduction for those who want to learn more about Napoleon and the disastrous winter of 1812, as well as for the more seasoned Napoleonic scholar.

Achtergronden, verloop en gevolgen van de historische veldslag waarbij de Goten een Romeins leger onder keizer Valens versloegen.

The colourful salacious and sumptuously illustrated story of Covent Garden - the creative heart of Georgian London - from Wolfson Prize-winning author Vic Gatrell

SHORT-LISTED FOR THE HESSELL TILTMAN PRIZE 2014

In the teeming disordered and sexually charged square half-mile centred on London's Covent Garden something extraordinary evolved in the eighteenth century. It was the world's first creative 'Bohemia'. The nation's most significant artists actors poets novelists and dramatists lived here. From Soho and Leicester Square across Covent Garden's Piazza to Drury Lane and down from Long Acre to the Strand they rubbed shoulders with rakes prostitutes market people craftsmen and shopkeepers. It was an often brutal world full of criminality poverty and feuds but also of high spirits and an intimacy that was as culturally creative as any other in history. Virtually everything that we associate with Georgian culture was produced here.

Inleiding in herkomst, inhoud en betekenis van kristallen schedels; met beschrijvingen van experimenten en fotomateriaal van energetische veranderingen in landschap en rond voorwerpen.

Vond er in de geschiedenis een crisis plaats, dan kon alleen een nieuwe en grote inspiratie een uitweg bieden. In De menselijke onderneming volgt Otto Kroesen het spoor van dergelijke inspiraties. Ze gaven mensen een nieuw geloof en zelfverstaan en mondden uit in een nieuwe inrichting van economie en maatschappij.

Het grote verhaal begint bij de stammensamenleving, met hechte en ondernemende groepen. Hierna komen hiërarchische rijksculturen op, zoals Egypte en China, maar ook Israël en Griekenland hebben ons gevormd. Na de oudheid volgt onder meer de kerk van de martelaren, de islam en Europa; allemaal samenlevingen met een gemeenschappelijk verhaal.

Hebben moderne ondernemingen nog het besef van een groter verhaal? Mensen lijken alleen maar hun eigen (fragmentarische) levensverhaal te hebben. We worden geleefd, zijn ontworteld en thuisloos, verbrokkeld door drukke bedrijvigheid en vlugge sensaties. Kroesen kijkt niet alleen terug, maar duidt ook de uitdagingen van onze huidige tijd. Welk groot verhaal raapt ons bij elkaar?