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Florian Neuhann
Theodula and I
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978-3-538-07312-8
19,95 € (D)
Theodula and I
“Time for the sleepyheads to wake up!” That was a common refrain throughout Sister Theodula’s life – in her role as a nun in the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood, as the first female professor in a Catholic seminary, and as an author. She fought against the Nazi regime in ...
Friederike Haedecke
Goddesses and Murderesses
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978-3-538-03134-0
18,00 € (D)
Goddesses and Murderesses
Powerful women: Octavia, Livia, Cleopatra, Antonia, Poppaea, Berenice … their names lend drama and intrigue to the history of the Roman Empire. They exercised real political power through their marriages, divorces and remarriages as well as their intrigues, murder plots and their influence on the em ...
Karl-Wilhelm Weeber
Daily Life in Ancient Rome
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978-3-538-03135-7
49,95 € (D)
Daily Life in Ancient Rome
What did the Romans wear in the bath?
With a wealth of references to classical literature and archaeological findings, Karl-Wilhelm Weeber reconstructs the daily life of ancient Romans down to the smallest details to produce a history of the people, not the elites. This book is an encyclopaed ...
Karl-Wilhelm Weeber
Flirting Like the Ancient Romans
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978-3-538-03129-6
16,90 € (D)
Flirting Like the Ancient Romans
Ovid has lost none of his relevance as a tutor in the art of love. Being brash or coy, using erotic flourishes, tenderness and passion – he gets right down to it, with no hang-ups or misplaced shame. Prof. Karl-Wilhelm Weeber, a recognised authority on everyday life in the ancient world, describes t ...
Arnulf Zitelmann
My Name Is Tobit, Let Me Tell You a Story
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14+
978-3-7941-8093-6
14,90 € (D)
My Name Is Tobit, Let Me Tell You a Story
Avid for pastures new, Tobit, a young Egyptian, embarks on a pilgrimage from Alexandria to Jerusalem, the Holy City. On his way he encounters all kinds of people, and gradually a sense of wonder begins to take hold of him, a premonition that something marvellous is going to happen, something which w ...
Manfred Theisen
Adele Kurzweil's Suitcase
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13+
978-3-7941-8089-9
13,90 € (D)
Adele Kurzweil's Suitcase
Spending the holidays in a fly-blown village in the South of France is not fifteen-year-old Mara’s idea of fun. But things change all of a sudden, when she finds a faded diary in the ramshackle house her parents intend to buy: It dates from 1942, and André, its keeper, tells about his love for Adele ...
Jürgen Schreiber
She Died Like Che Guevara
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978-3-538-07274-9
19,90 € (D)
She Died Like Che Guevara
How Monika Ertl avenged Che Guevara On April 1st, 1971 a young woman appeared at the Bolivian consulate in Hamburg. She entered the office of Roberto Quintanilla Pereira, the Consul General, pulled out a Cobra .38 Special and killed him. The murder remains unsolved to this day. In this book, Jürgen ...
Heinrich Schoenker
I Was Eight and Wanted to Live
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978-3-491-35023-6
24,90 € (D)
I Was Eight and Wanted to Live
Heinrich Schönker’s memories of his childhood are unique for two reasons: he survived the Holocaust, despite growing up in the town of Auschwitz (now known by its Polish name of O?wi?cim), the later site of the Nazi extermination camp. He and his family escaped death only because his father hurried ...
Alois Uhl
Lucrezia Borgia
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978-3-491-35021-2
19,90 € (D)
Lucrezia Borgia
Was Lucrezia a ruthless poisoner and scandalous lover of many prominent men? Or was she a highly educated, cultured noblewoman who maintained a select circle of artists and scholars around her in Ferrara? Alois Uhl provides the definitive answer, based on his thorough knowledge of the original sourc ...
Michael Carlo Klepsch
Picasso and National Socialism
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978-3-491-35011-3
22,90 € (D)
Picasso and National Socialism
The artist in the Gestapo's sights: Picasso living and surviving under the Nazi regime in France Picasso was not only an artist of genius; he also possessed a sharp political mind which he used to oppose the onward march of the Fascists through artistic protest. His 'Guernica' painting was a powerfu ...
Karl-Wilhelm Weeber
Election Campaigns in Ancient Rome
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978-3-491-35008-3
14,90 € (D)
Election Campaigns in Ancient Rome
The Romans’ political life Graffiti as campaign poster Insights into political life in Ancient Rome How did election campaigns work in ancient times? The answer is startling: essentially the same way as today. Candidates tried to curry favour among voters through paeans to their services and by maki ...
Alois Uhl
The Deaths of the Popes
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978-3-491-35000-7
22,90 € (D)
The Deaths of the Popes
How did the Popes really die? A fascinating, mysterious subject On illnesses, personal physicians, murders, dying and funeral ceremony in the world of the Vatican Many thousands of mourners filed past the body of Pope John Paul II after his death on 2 April 2005. Millions more followed his last days ...
Gerhard Fink, Hans Jürgen Hillen
The History of Rome
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978-3-538-07235-0
29,90 € (D)
The History of Rome
Ancient Rome comes to life - The big book of Roman history - Greek and Roman historians report - History to get absorbed in The rise and fall of Rome viewed through historical sources What lay behind the assassination of Caesar? How could a village in the middle of Italy become the world power of An ...
Alois Uhl
The Popes and Their Women
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978-3-538-07213-8
19,90 € (D)
The Popes and Their Women
Did a woman once wear the tiara as pope, or is the story of “Pope Joan” just a myth? Alois Uhl has followed the influence of women on the popes in great detail and published his findings in a brilliantly documented and daring non-fiction book. He introduces us to the women who, as whores, daughters, ...
Karl-Wilhelm Weeber
Wine Culture in Ancient Rome
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978-3-491-96137-1
9,95 € (D)
Wine Culture in Ancient Rome
In vino veritas. This book gives us an idea of the importance of wine and wine consumption for the culture of the Ancient Romans, the origin of our wine culture today.
Alois Uhl
Children of the Pope
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978-3-538-07160-5
18,00 € (D)
Children of the Pope
Lukrezia and Cesare Borgia are unforgotten children of a Pope. They live with a doubtful reputation, from troublemaking to sexual depravity, between legends and history. Their father, Pope Alexander VI had eight other children and didn’t think about hiding them. The usual literature on the Popes har ...
Karl-Wilhelm Weeber
Decius Was Here ...
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978-3-7608-1131-4
16,00 € (D)
Decius Was Here ...
The highlights of Ancient Rome's graffiti scene. Highly entertaining, funny, and sometimes strictly for adults only ...

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