Operation Fish: The race to save Europe's wealth, 1939-1945
Alfred Draper
Brilliant book written about a little-known operation in WW2 by someone very close to it. It was the largest movement of wealth in history and to this day is not really understood.
Dimensions
22 x 14.5 cm
Pages
377
Publisher
Cassell, London, 1979.
Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Language: English.
One copy is available
Condition:Used, good condition (visible signs of use)
A collection of essays by the Bulgarian historian Maria Todorova (known for Imaginary Balkans), compiled especially for the 20th Century Library. Indispensable for understanding post-communist transitions, culture of memory and Balkan studies.
Biblioteka XX vek, 2010.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
8.44 €
Ancient Age • Popular Science • Greece and Rome • Archaeology • Historical novel
"The Discovery of Troy" by Vojtěch Zamarovsky is a book that describes in detail the history of the discovery of the ancient city of Troy, with special emphasis on the archaeological research of Heinrich Schliemann.
Epoha, 1964.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Michael A. Cook, Princeton professor of Islamic history, provides an overview of human history from the Neolithic to the fall of the Twin Towers in 2001 in this witty and intelligent synthesis, asking the key question: why did everything happen exactly th