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I have taken up the old chronicles and the history of Sweden's oldest family, how members of this family were involved in shaping Sweden's history, one of the most famous Fale helped Erik Knutsson to the king's throne and is probably the same person as the fictional Arn, This Fale had decisive role together with Sune Folkesson in the battle of Gestilren and Lena.

<p>The second edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated to include expanded coverage of the late eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, and incorporates recent advances in gender history, global connections and cultural analysis. It features summaries, timelines, maps, illustrations and discussion questions to support the student. Enhanced online content and sections on sources and methodology give students the tools they need to study early modern European history. </p><p>Leading historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks skilfully balances breadth and depth of coverage to create a strong narrative, paying particular attention to the global context of European developments. She integrates discussion of gender, class, regional and ethnic differences across the entirety of Europe and its overseas colonies as well as the economic, political, religious and cultural history of the period.</p>

<p>The sea has always held a special fascination. It carried people to new continents and enabled trade and progress. But the sea, dark and stormy, also represented a threat to human life.</p><p></p><p>This book is a dramatic, tempestuous, glorious journey through art history. Spectacular paintings have transformed shipwrecks into powerful metaphors for human vulnerability. These works depict fear and bravery, hope and desperation, life and death - and people's struggle against immense danger. Rocky coastlines and gales can reduce human ambitions to splinters.</p><p></p><p>Following on from his successful titles Ghost Ships and Shipwreck, also published by Max Ström, author and historian Carl Douglas has joined forces with marine archaeologist Björn Hagberg and science journalist Martin Widman to create this magnificent volume. They take the reader on a journey spanning several centuries, from medieval mythical disasters via Romantic tragedies to shipwrecks in the contemporary realist era. The introduction is written by Christine Riding, head of the curatorial department at London's National Gallery.</p>

<b>Trace the history of the world in over 500 easy-to-follow maps, from the dawn of humanity to the present day.</b><br/><br/>Organized chronologically, <i>A History of the World in 500 Maps</i> tells a clear, linear story, bringing together themes as diverse as religion, capitalism, warfare, geopolitics, popular culture and climate change. Meticulously rendered maps chart the sequence of broad historical trends, from the dispersal of our species across the globe to the colonizing efforts of imperial European powers in the 18th century, as well as exploring moments of particular significance in rich detail.<br/><br/>* Visualizes 7 million years of human history.<br/>* Analyses cities and kingdoms as well as countries and continents.<br/>* Features major technical developments, from the invention of farming in the Fertile Crescent to the Industrial Revolution.<br/>* Charts the spread of major global religions, including Christianity and Islam.<br/>* Explores the increasing interconnectivity of our world through exploration and trade.<br/>* Investigates warfare and battles from across the ages, from Alexander the Great's conquests to the D-Day offensive.

This is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop's dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber with the ability to penetrate sophisticated and dense enemy air-defense shields. It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (nm) unrefueled, and over 10,000 nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours. Stealth technology has rendered radar systems ineffective by greatly reducing their detection ranges. After ten years of service, the B-2A finally achieved full operational capability in December 2003. An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2As armed with precision weaponry could do the job of seventy-five conventional aircraft.

<b>A visual journey through five centuries of the city known for centuries as 'La Serenissima' - a unique and compelling story for both lovers of Venice and lovers of its art.</b><br/><br/>Venice was a major centre of art in the Renaissance: the city where the medium of oil on canvas became the norm. The achievements of the Bellini brothers, Carpaccio, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese are a key part of this story. Nowhere else has been depicted by so many great painters in so many diverse styles and moods. Venetian views were a speciality of native artists such as Canaletto and Guardi, but the city has also been represented by outsiders: Turner, Monet, Sargent, Hodgkin, and many more.<br/><br/>Then there are those who came to look at and write about art. The reactions of Henry James, George Eliot, Richard Wagner, and others enrich this tale. Nor is the story over. Since the advent of the Venice Biennale in the 1890s, the city has become a shop window for the contemporary art of the whole world, and it remains the site of important artistic events. The last chapter concludes in 2022, with discussion of work by, among others, Bill Viola, Marina Abramovic, and Ai Weiwei.<br/><br/>In this elegant volume, Gayford - who has visited Venice countless times since the 1970s, covered every Biennale since 1990, and even had portraits of himself exhibited there on several occasions - takes us on a visual journey through the past five centuries of the city known as 'La Serenissima', the Most Serene. It is a unique and compelling portrait of Venice for both lovers of the city and lovers of its art.

<p>Gothenburg is an amazing place. This book takes readers on a journey through time spanning 400 years - from the city's founding by Sweden's king Gustavus Adolphus to today's dynamic metropolis. Packed with unique photographs, this is the most comprehensive illustrated book ever created about Gothenburg and its history.</p><p></p><p>Kristian Wedel is a journalist and editor at Göteborgs-Posten. His previous works includes several books about Gothenburg.</p><p></p><p>This book contains images and impressions from the project Gothenburg through the Ages, a collaborative initiative between the Museum of Gothenburg, the Hasselblad Foundation, the University of Gothenburg, Kamerareportage, the Regional State Archives in Gothenburg, Göteborg & Co, Göteborgs-Posten and Bokförlaget Max Ström.</p>