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"An entertaining and eye-opening look at the history of the crossword, who constructs it, and why it matters as both a reflection of and influence on our culture. From WORDLE to SPELLING BEE, we live in a time of word game mania. Crosswords, in particular, gained renewed popularity during the Covid-19 lockdown, when games became another kind of refuge. Today, 36 million Americans solve crosswords once a week or more, and nearly 23 million solve them...

Survey the forging of a great nation from a series of warring kingdoms and migrating peoples. From Germanic tribes to Viking invasions, this series brings to life an underexamined time and place.

«Istoriya Rima» Teodora Mommzena uzhe davno stala dostoyaniem nauki. Etot entsiklopedicheskiy trud, perevedennyy na vse osnovnye evropeyskie yazyki, byl vpervye opublikovan v Rossii esche v 1858 godu, v treh obemistyh tomah. A polveka spustya iz pechati vyshel sokraschennyy variant, podgotovlennyy istorikom N. D. CHechulinym. V takom vide eta kniga, niskolko ne utrativshaya svoih dostoinstv, stala dostupna vsem, kogo interesuet istoriya evropeyskoy...

«Zhizn' v srednevekovom zamke» - bestseller, poznakomivshiy beschislennoe kolichestvo chitateley s povsednevnym mirom cheloveka epohi Srednevekov'ya. Issleduya istoriyu zamka pod nazvaniem Chepstou na granice mezhdu Angliey i Uel'som, izvestnye medievisty Dzhozef i Frensis Gis sozdayut izyskannyy i chrezvychayno naglyadnyy portret povsednevnoy zhizni v Srednie veka. Ih geroi ne tol'ko obitateli zamka, no i prostolyudiny iz okrestnoy derevni, klyuchevuyu...

Owing to political and social pressure, motion pictures opted to censor themselves in the 20th century. Peek behind the curtain to see how moral panic collided with free speech and artistic expression in Hollywood and track the demise of the Hays Code with the wide release of films like "Psycho" and "Bonnie and Clyde."

Issu de sa célèbre "Petite Histoire de France", ce chapitre évoque l'un des personnages clefs de notre Histoire : Le Roi Louis XIV, surnommé le Roi Soleil.

Despite the strides made in understanding ancient history, there are obvious difficulties in assessing what ancient societies ate and drank, even as advances in technology continue to open up new methods of analysis for food deposits in human remains and archaeological sites. In general, the majority of what ancient individuals ate did not last long, but it's clear that the fundamental necessity to secure basic food requirements colored all aspects...

Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el continente europeo quedó devastado y el conflicto dejó a la Unión Soviética y a los Estados Unidos como superpotencias indiscutibles. Esto marcó el comienzo de más de 45 años de Guerra Fría y de una alineación política de las democracias occidentales contra el bloque comunista soviético, que provocó conflictos que enfrentaron a aliados de ambos bandos, aunque los ejércitos estadounidense y e esoviético...

The Harlem Hellfighters, also known as the 369th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army, embody a significant intersection of America's military history and racial history. Initially raised as the 15th New York (Colored) National Guard and later federalized for World War I, the regiment was "loaned" to the French Army, where it compiled an extraordinary combat record, with a remarkable 191 days on the line and suffering about 1,400 casualties while never...

Este audiolivro conta a história da mais violenta e esquecida guerra urbana do país. Em São Paulo, 5 de julho de 1924, explodiu uma revolução. Oficiais do Exército, Marinha e Força Pública queriam implantar uma ditadura, fazer reformas e acabar com a corrupção. Era a segunda intentona dos tenentes rebeldes. Dois anos antes, no mesmo dia 5 de julho, rebelaram-se no Forte de Copacabana, mas o levante foi rapidamente sufocado. Desta vez, combates...