The beginning story of the communism was like this:

A ghost walks in Europe - the ghost of communism. All the forces of old Europe entered into a sacred alliance to defeat this ghost: the Pope and the Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French radicals and German police agents.

Where is the opposition party not being accused of being communist by its opponents? Where is the opposition, which has not thrown this blightful communism accusation back to its reactionary adversaries as well as to the more...

A new English translation of Huizinga's Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen, which is celebrating its centenary and still ranks as one of the most perceptive and influential analyses of the medieval period. It is a classic study of life, culture and thought in fourteenth and fifteenth century France and the Netherlands.

This is a new and unabridged translation of Huizinga’s text and aims to capture its importance as a landmark of historical scholarship as well as remarkable work of literature. The t...

The collection of the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum comprises over 9,000 items. Together, they illustrate the relationship between humankind and Cannabis over the course of thousands of years. It’s an enlightening and fascinating journey. In Weed of Wonder, you can experience this journey as never before. Hundreds of high-quality, full-colour photographs accompanied by lively, informative text take you through the highs and lows of Cannabis history to the present day. Seasoned Cannabis champ...

You've heard the many slogans of Palestinian propaganda. They sound something like: "Palestinian terror is a logical result of the occupation," "Israel was established because of Western guilt over the Holocaust," or, "The settlements make peace impossible." If you've felt that these were misplaced but couldn't articulate the reason why, then this book is for you. This book gives you the answers. It blows away the haze of Palestinianpropaganda with real, verifiable facts.The chapters are sort...

J. Robert Oppenheimer, die vaak 'de vader van de atoombom' wordt genoemd, heeft ons een grimmige erfenis nagelaten. De nucleaire vooruitgang die hij hielp creëren werd cruciaal in de 20e eeuw en hielp de moderne oorlogvoering te transformeren. Hij was een briljante maar controversiëel natuurkundige; later in zijn leven werd hij gezien als een vijand van de Amerikaanse regering vanwege zijn vermeende communistische sympathieën. Het leidde tot zijn gedwongen ontslag als nucleair adviseur van...

Long before Hitler entered the stage, ariosop-ic thought already thrived in Germany en Europe. This boek provides a peak into one of the oldest sources on this theme: the early work of Rudolf von Sebottendorff, a mystical man who prophesied the downfall of the fatherland as a consequence of the stab-in-the-back myth. The grounds for anti-semitism, which became more fertile after the German defeat of November 1918, was formed by, a.o, Sebottendorff, as frontman of the Thule Society; a myterio...

The Sunday Times bestseller ‘One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new book by the incomparable Max Hastings’ DAILY MAIL

What Soldiers Do presents a devastating new perspective on the Greatest Generation and the liberation of France, one in which the US military use the lure of easy, sexually available French women to sell soldiers on the invasion, thus unleashing a "tsunami of male lust" among the war-weary GIs. The resulting chaos-ranging from flagrant public sex with prostitutes to outright rape and rampant venereal disease - horrified the battered and demoralized French population and caused serious frictio...