- A catastrophic fire in a super-luxury hotel in Las Vegas - The flood destroys the Renaissance treasure - Mysterious suffocation of all passengers in a crowded train - A deadly heat wave is sweeping America
Original title
The world' s worst disasters of the twentieth century
The book is a read in which the author, using historical sources, faced the task of thoroughly explaining the way in which the Ottoman Empire conquered medieval Bosnia.
Andrija Živković, Josip Andrić, Luka Perinić, Ivo Bogdan, Petar Grgec, Bonifacije Perović
Some Build, Others Destroy: Peace and Order in the World presents accounts of the world's leading political and religious figures of the interwar period and their role in shaping peace, order, and contemporary ideological conflicts.
Hrvatsko književno društvo Sv. Jeronima, 1939.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
9.32 €
Diplomacy • Communism and fascism • Svjetska povijest • Political journalism • Political-historical essays
In the book, Mikhail Gorbachev explains perestroika as the second Russian revolution – a reform of Soviet society, economy and international politics. He advocates openness (glasnost), democracy and new cooperation with the West.
Bertelsmann Lesering, 1987.
German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
9.46 €
Russian literature • Political journalism • Travel Books • Interviews
A vivid account of the author's trip to Afghanistan in 1921-1922, a country in a turbulent period of modernization under the reformist king Amanullah Khan, the clash of tradition and the new age, and the exotic life of Afghan society.
Naklada Binoza, 1935.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
3.22 - 7.54 €
World War II • Communism and fascism • Political journalism
Golem: The Czech Whip is a propaganda book published in occupied Prague in 1942, which attacks Czech nationalism and political resistance to Nazism through anti-Semitic and anti-Masonic motives.