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Who were the men who commanded the British Army in the numerous small wars of the Victorian Empire? Today, many are all but forgotten, save the likes of Cardigan, Kitchener, Baden-Powell and Gordon of Khartoum. Yet they were a disparate and fascinating assemblage, made up of men of true military genius, as well as egoists, fools and despots. In...

Od okresu antycznej Grecji po czasy Lincolna medycyna czyniła więcej złego niż dobrego, bardziej szkodziła niż pomagała, a starożytni greccy medycy radzili sobie z chorobami lepiej od lekarzy z epok średniowiecza czy renesansu. Dopiero w XX wieku leczenie znowu zaczęło zasługiwać na miano nauki - zbyt późno dla wielu. Autor prezentuje w niniejszym...

Sernik właśnie opadł, ryba jest jeszcze surowa, a goście już pukają do drzwi? Nie panikuj! Przygotuj dania, które zawsze się udają. Spraw, aby każda chwila była wyjątkowa: niespodziewanych gości poczęstuj cynamonową bułeczką, romantycznemu spotkaniu we dwoje dodaj pikanterii, atmosferę świąt przywołaj zapachem drożdżowego ciasta. Ania Starmach...

For thousands of years, Plains Indians and their ancestors have occupied the vast region that stretches from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mountains and from the Canadian plains to the Gulf of Mexico. From about 1800 one of the most important units, beyond the extended family, was the warrior society a social, political and ritual group that...

Every night, Herb's mother reads him a bedtime story. Sometimes it's about a big bad wolf who terrifies little girls and their grandmothers, with his chilling growl and big yellow teeth. The story gets very nasty in the middle and everybody nearly comes to a sticky end. But, by the last page, it all turns out well and happy-ever-afterly. But what...

Looking at how Britain pays its way in the world today. Like Andrew Marr's HISTORY OF MODERN BRITAIN or Michael Palin's HIMALAYA, the book will have a coherence and life beyond the television series, mirroring its basic structure, but looking at some issues in greater depth, and telling additional stories to illustrate some of the ideas. This book...