Historical genre books (494)
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El palazzo inacabado : arte, amor y vida en Venecia by Judith Mackrell ES
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Sensacionales y extraordinarias historias de la Venecia moderna que nos revelan la forma en que eligieron vivir tres de las mujeres menos convencionales y más fascinantes del siglo XX. El Palazzo Venier dei Leoni fue proyectado como muestra del poder y la riqueza de esa gran familia veneciana. Se empezó a construir en 1750, pero se abandonó cuando solo se había levantado una altura. Vacío y deteriorado, il palazzo non finito permaneció arrumbado en medio de la aristocrática arquitectura de la ciudad durante más de un siglo, hasta que se rehabilitó y fue habitado sucesivamente por las tres muje... continue
Andorra113.
El Salvador in the Aftermath of Peace : Crime, Uncertainty, and the Transition to Democracy by Ellen Moodie EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
El Salvador's civil war, which left at least 75,000 people dead and displaced more than a million, ended in 1992. The accord between the government and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) has been lauded as a model post-Cold War peace agreement. But after the conflict stopped, crime rates shot up. The number of murder victims surpassed wartime death tolls. Those who once feared the police and the state became frustrated by their lack of action. Peace was not what Salvadorans had hoped it would be. Citizens began saying to each other, "It's worse than the war." El Salvador in t... continue
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Empress Orchid by Anchee Min EN
ChinaDescription:
From a master of the historical novel, Empress Orchid sweeps readers into the heart of the Forbidden City to tell the fascinating story of a young concubine who becomes China's last empress. Min introduces the beautiful Tzu Hsi, known as Orchid, and weaves an epic of a country girl who seized power through seduction, murder, and endless intrigue. When China is threatened by enemies, she alone seems capable of holding the country together. In this "absorbing companion piece to her novel Becoming Madame Mao" (New York Times), readers and reading groups will once again be transported by Min's lav... continue
France116.
Equatorial Guinea117.
Austria118.
Erebus : The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Made in Wales -- Magnetic north -- Magnetic south -- Far-off shores -- "Our southern home"--"Farther south than any (known) human being has been" -- Dancing with the captains -- "Pilgrims of the ocean" -- "Such a wretched place as this you never saw" -- "Three years from Gillingham" -- Homeward bound -- "So little now remains to be done" -- North by north-west -- No signal -- The truth -- Life and death -- The inuit story -- Resurrection.
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Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
In Eureka Street in Belfast wonen mensen die niet zo gewoon zijn als ze lijken.
120.
Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History : Complete and Unabridged by Eusebius Pamphilus EN
IsraelDescription:
All ten books of Eusebius' famous church history are presented here complete in a superb and authoritative translation. Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History is one of the first comprehensive, chronologically arranged histories ever written about the Christian church, and it is consulted by scholars and historians to this day. Eusebius authored his history as the Roman Empire's influence upon the European continent waned amid insurgencies and surrender of Roman lands to other peoples. This also a time in which Christianity's influence upon Europe's peoples burgeoned and grew. As one of a very few l... continue