Joseph de Maistre: Considerations on France By Joseph de Maistre, Richard A. Lebrun, Isaiah Berlin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 1995 | 180 Pages | ISBN: 0521466288 | PDF | 3 MB

Gramsci: Pre-Prison Writings By Antonio Gramsci, Richard Bellamy, Virginia Cox
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 1994 | 408 Pages | ISBN: 0521423074 | PDF | 7 MB

Wilbur Applebaum, "The Scientific Revolution and the Foundations of Modern Science (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)"
Greenwood Press; annotated edition (April 30, 2005) | English | 0313323143 | 268 pages | PDF | 2.84 MB

Война на море №24 - Сверхмалые субмарины и человеко-торпеды. Часть IV
АРС | 2005 | ISBN: none | 52 Pages | PDF | 22 MB

Война на море №23 - Сверхмалые субмарины и человеко-торпеды. Часть III
АРС | 2005 | ISBN: none | 52 Pages | PDF | 23 MB

Война на море №22 - Сверхмалые субмарины и человеко-торпеды. Часть II
АРС | 2005 | ISBN: none | 52 Pages | PDF | 27 MB

Война на море №21 - Сверхмалые субмарины и человеко-торпеды. Часть I
АРС | 2005 | ISBN: none | 52 Pages | PDF | 26 MB

David Kahn, "The Reader of Gentlemen's Mail: Herbert O. Yardley and the Birth of American Codebreaking"
Yale University Press (February 9, 2004) | English | 0300098464 | 368 pages | PDF | 1.28 MB

Элитные войска Третьего рейха
2010 | Тим Рипли | Центрполиграф | ISBN: 978 5952445802 | руcский | PDF | 192 pages | 116 Mb or 48 Mb
В обзорном историческом исследовании, снабженном уникальными фотоснимками, Тим Рипли дает характеристику наиболее отличившимся в военных операциях формированиям и входившим в их состав иностранным легионам

Мы дрались с "Тиграми"
2010 | Артем Драбкин, Петр Михин | Яуза, Эксмо | ISBN: 978 5699396610 | русский | PDF or DJVU | 696 pages | 46 Mb or 12.7 Mb
Два бестселлера одним томом! Лучший памятник советским противотанкистам! В данном издании книга Артема Драбкина "Я дрался с Панцерваффе" впервые дополнена мемуарами П.А.Михина, прошедшего с боями от Ржева до Праги и Порт-Артура.

"Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present "
Oxford University Press | English | November 2, 2009 | ISBN: 0199552010 | PDF | 5,0 MB
Civil resistance--non-violent action against such challenges as dictatorial rule, racial discrimination and foreign military occupation--is a significant but inadequately understood feature of world politics. Especially through the peaceful revolutions of 1989, it has helped to shape the world we live in.

Louise Foxcroft, "The Making of Addiction: The 'use and Abuse' of Opium in Nineteenth-century Britain (The History of Medicine in Context)"
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing | PDF | 2007 | ISBN 0754656330 | 208 pages | 10.3 Mb
What does drug addiction mean to us? What did it mean to others in the past? And how are these meanings connected? In modern society, the idea of drug addiction is a fixed and commonly understood concept, yet this was not always the case in the past. This book uncovers the original influences that shaped the creation and the various interpretations of addiction as a disease, and of addiction to opiates in particular. It delves into the treatments, regimes, and prejudices that surrounded the condition, a newly emerging pathological entity and a form of 'moral insanity' during the nineteenth century. The source material for this book is rich and surprising. Letters and diaries provide the most moving material, detailing personal struggles with addiction and the trials of those who cared and despaired. Confessions of shame, deceit, misery and terror sit alongside those of deep sensual pleasure, visionary manifestations and blissful freedom from care. The reader can follow the lifelong opium careers of literary figures, artists and politicians, glimpse a raw underworld of hidden drug use, or see the bleakness of urban and rural poverty alleviated by daily doses of opium. Delving into diaries, letters and confessions, this book exposes the medical case histories and the physician's mad, lazy, commercial, contemptuous, desperate, altruistic and frustrated attempts to deal with drug addiction. It demonstrates that many of the stigmatising prejudices arose from false 'facts' and semi-mythical beliefs and thus has significant implications, not only for the history of addiction, but also for how view the condition today.

Peter Coss, Maurice Keen, "Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England"
Publisher: Boydell Press | PDF | 2002 | ISBN 0851158501 | 289 pages | 11.7 Mb
Medieval culture was intensely visual. Although this has long been recognised by art historians and by enthusiasts for particular media, there has been little attempt to study social display as a subject in its own right. And yet, display takes us directly into the values, aspirations and, indeed, anxieties of past societies. In this illustrated volume a group of experts address a series of interrelated themes around the issue of display. Among the themes are family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration, ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and authority. The objects studied include monumental effigies, brasses, stained glass, rolls of arms, manuscripts, jewels, plate, seals and coins. PETER COSS is Professor of Medieval History, Cardiff University. MAURICE KEEN is Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. Contributors: MAURICE KEEN, DAVID CROUCH, PETER COSS, CAROLINE SHENTON, ADRIAN AILES, FRÉDÉRIQUE LACHAUD, MARIAN CAMPBELL, BRIAN AND MOIRA GITTOS, NIGEL SAUL, FIONN PILBROW, CAROLINE BARRON, JOHN WATTS.

Marilyn Hegarty, "Victory Girls, Khaki-Wackies, and Patriotutes: The Regulation of Female Sexuality during World War II"
Publisher: NYU Press | PDF | 2007 | ISBN 0814737048 | 265 pages | 10.5 Mb
Victory Girls, Khaki-Wackies, and Patriotutes offers a counter-narrative to the story of Rosie the Riveter, the icon of female patriotism during World War II. With her fist defiantly raised and her shirtsleeves rolled up, Rosie was an asexual warrior on the homefront. But thousands of women supported the war effort not by working in heavy war industries, but by providing morale-boosting services to soldiers, ranging from dances at officers’ clubs to more blatant forms of sexual services, such as prostitution. While the de-sexualized Rosie was celebrated, women who used their sexuality — either intentionally or inadvertently — to serve their country encountered a contradictory morals campaign launched by government and social agencies, which shunned female sexuality while valorizing masculine sexuality. This double-standard was accurately summed up by a government official who dubbed these women “patriotutes”: part patriot, part prostitute. Marilyn E. Hegarty explores the dual discourse on female sexual mobilization that emerged during the war, in which agencies of the state both required and feared women’s support for, and participation in, wartime services. The equation of female desire with deviance simultaneously over-sexualized and desexualized many women, who nonetheless made choices that not only challenged gender ideology but defended their right to remain in public spaces.

John M. Najemy, "Corporatism and Consensus in Florentine Electoral Politics, 1280-1400"
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr | PDF | 1982 | ISBN 0807815063 | 359 pages | 10.5 Mb

Robert Johnson, "British Imperialism (Histories and Controversies)"
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan | PDF | 2003 | ISBN 0333947258 | 301 pages | 10.3 Mb
This essential guide offers a succinct, easy-to-read introduction to the key issues and historiography of British imperialism from the late 18th century to the present. Each chapter addresses questions posed by the nature of imperialism in its various military, economic, political, and cultural forms, while current controversies--including the impact of Orientalism and post-colonialism--are explained and set in the context of previous debates. The first book in Palgrave Macmillan's new Histories and Controversies series, British Imperialism enables readers to rapidly assimilate both historiography and key aspects of Britain's imperial power and influence.

Victor H. Matthews, "Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement Series. Supplement Series, 262)"
Publisher: Sheffield | PDF | 1998 | ISBN 1850758867 | 257 pages | 12.1 Mb
What roles does gender play in the formulation of ancient law and custom? The answers contribute to feminist scholarship and legal history. This striking new contribution to gender studies demonstrates the essential role of Israelite and Near Eastern law in the historical analysis of gender. The theme of these studies of Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian, and Israelite law is this: What is the significance of gender in the formulation of ancient law and custom? Feminist scholarship is enriched by these studies in family history and the status of women in antiquity. At the same time, conventional legal history is repositioned, as new and classical texts are interpreted from the vantage point of feminist theory and social history. Papers from the SBL Biblical Law Section form the core of this collection.

Allen Brown West, "Latin Inscriptions, 1896-1926 (Corinth vol.8.2)"
Publisher: AmericanSchool of Classical Studies | PDF | 1931 | ISBN 0876610823 | 179 pages | 10.3 Mb
The ancient site of Corinth dominates the land corridor between central Greece and the Peloponnese and was occupied continuously from at least the 10th century B.C. Corinthians profited from their geographical position to take a leading part in Greek trade and colonization in the West, and the city later became the capital of Roman Greece. American excavations at the site began in 1896 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Corinth volume presenting "Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens" appeared in 1929 and, as scholars complete their research, further titles continue to be published. Each volume covers a particular building or set of buildings, or class of material culture. The series includes studies of lamps, sculpture, coins, inscriptions, and pottery. Because most of these ancient finds can be dated stratigraphically, these typological catalogues are invaluable reference works for archaeologists around theMediterranean.

Benjamin D. Merritt, "Greek Inscriptions, 1896-1927 (Corinth vol.8.1)"
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies | PDF | 1931 | ISBN 0876610815 | 186 pages | 10.6 Mb
The ancient site of Corinth dominates the land corridor between central Greece and the Peloponnese and was occupied continuously from at least the 10th century B.C. Corinthians profited from their geographical position to take a leading part in Greek trade and colonization in the West, and the city later became the capital of Roman Greece. American excavations at the site began in 1896 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Corinth volume presenting "Results of Excavations Conducted by the AmericanSchool of Classical Studies at Athens" appeared in 1929 and, as scholars complete their research, further titles continue to be published. Each volume covers a particular building or set of buildings, or class of material culture. The series includes studies of lamps, sculpture, coins, inscriptions, and pottery. Because most of these ancient finds can be dated stratigraphically, these typological catalogues are invaluable reference works for archaeologists around the Mediterranean.