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John Man is the author of Facing the Music (1996), The Kings of El Dorado (1982), Battlefields Then & Now (2001), The New Traveler's Atlas (2007), The New Traveller's Atlas (2007).

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Facing the Music

release date: Jan 01, 1996
Facing the Music
The successful and popular ice dancers share their story, from their working-class childhoods in Nottingham to world stardom, and discuss the behind-the-scenes reality of their career, revealing the conflicts and chaos

The Kings of El Dorado

The Kings of El Dorado
Text and lavish photographs present antiquities from the Chavin, Paracas, Moche, Inca, Chimu and Columbian Indian cultures that flourished in ancient Columbia and Peru.

Battlefields Then & Now

release date: Sep 01, 2001
Battlefields Then & Now
"Provides a fresh insight into the sites of some of history''s greatest conflicts. By overlaying modern photographs of the battlefield with dramatic reconstructions of ten of the key battles, it compares in a unique way scenes of struggle and heroism with the often pastoral site today"--Page 4 of cover

The New Traveler's Atlas

release date: Jan 01, 2007
The New Traveler's Atlas
Presents a guide to forty-seven unique destinations on seven continents, including such natural and man-made sites as Branff National Park, Istanbul, Patagonia, Argentina, Varanasi, India, Kyoto, Japan, the Great Wall of China, and Iceland.

The New Traveller's Atlas

release date: Jan 01, 2007

The Penguin Atlas of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign

release date: Jan 01, 1994
The Penguin Atlas of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign
De allieredes invasion i Normandiet 1944

Dinosaurs

release date: Jul 01, 1988
Dinosaurs
This book discusses some of the misinformation people believe about dinosaurs, and gives the most up-to-date facts.

Exploration and Discovery

release date: Jan 01, 1990
Exploration and Discovery
A survey of exploration and discovery from the times of ancient explorers through contemporary excursions to the farthest limits of our globe including outer space, the ocean depths, and beneath the surface of the Earth.

Barbarians at the Wall

release date: Jan 01, 2019
Barbarians at the Wall
The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 BC they dominated the heart of Asia for 400 years. They changed the world. The Mongols, today''s descendants of Genghis Khan, see them as ancestors. Their rise cemented Chinese unity and inspired the first Great Wall. Their heirs under Attila the Hun helped destroy the Roman Empire. We don''t know what language they spoke, but they became known as Xiongnu, or Hunnu, a term passed down the centuries and across Eurasia, enduring today in shortened form as ''Hun''. Outside Asia precious little is known of their rich history, but new evidence reframes our understanding of the indelible mark they left on a vast region stretching from Europe and sweeping right across Central Asia deep into China. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, Emperors and Barbarians traces their epic story, and shows how the nomadic cultures of the steppes gave birth to a ''barbarian empire'' with the wealth and power to threaten the civilised order of the ancient world.

Empire of Horses

release date: Mar 09, 2021
Empire of Horses
An authoritative and rich history of the remarkable Xiongnu culture—a lost empire which preceded the Mongols and even China itself. The author of landmark histories such as Genghis Khan, Attila, and Xanadu invites us to discover a fertile period in Asian history that prefigured so much of the world that followed. The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 bc they dominated the heart of Asia for four centuries, and changed the world in the process. The Mongols, today’s descendants of Genghis Khan, see these people as ancestors. Their rise cemented Chinese identity and inspired the first Great Wall. Their descendants helped destroy the Roman Empire under the leadership of Attila the Hun. We don’t know what language they spoke, but they became known as Xiongnu, or Hunnu, a term passed down the centuries and surviving today as “Hun,” and Man uncovers new evidence that will transform our understanding of the profound mark they left on half the globe, from Europe to Central Asia and deep into China. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, Empire of Horses traces this civilization’s epic story and shows how this nomadic cultures of the steppes gave birth to an empire with the wealth and power to threaten the order of the ancient world.

Atila

release date: Jan 01, 2006
Atila
Durante veinte cruciales años a comienzos del siglo V, Atila tuvo el destino del imperio romano y el futuro de toda Europa en sus manos. El decadente imperio, que dominaba el mundo occidental desde su doble capital de Roma y Constantinopla, estaba amenazado por tribus bárbaras del este. Fue Atila quien creó el mayor ejército bárbaro. Su imperio rivalizó brevemente con el de Roma, extendiéndose desde el Rin hasta el Mar Negro, del Báltico a los Balcanes. En numerosas incursiones y tres grandes campañas contra el imperio romano, se ganó una inmediata e imperecedera reputación de crueldad. Pero en él había algo más que mera barbarie. El poder de Atila procedía de su asombroso carácter. Era caprichoso, arrogante y brutal, aunque también lo bastante brillante como para ganarse la lealtad de millones de individuos. Los humo lo consideraban semidivino, los godos y otros bárbaros lo adoraban, occidentales cultos estaban orgullosos de servirle. Atila también fue un astuto político. Desde su base en los prados húngaros, enviaba secretarios latinos y griegos para chantajear al imperio. Al igual que otros déspotas, antes y después, dependió del respaldo financiero extranjero, y supo aprovecharse de las debilidades de sus amigos y enemigos. Con esta mezcla única de cualidades, Atila casi llegó a dictar el futuro de Europa. Al final, sus ambiciones acabaron con él. La insensata petición de la mano de una princesa romana y ataques en el interior de Francia e Italia lo condujeron a una muerte repentina en los brazos de una nueva esposa. No fue suficiente para fundar un imperio duradero, pero sí para empujar a Roma hacia su caída final.

Zwinger Palace, Dresden

release date: Jan 01, 1990

Reaching for the Children

release date: Jul 04, 1991

Birth of Our Planet

release date: Jan 01, 1998

The Birth of Our Planet

release date: Jan 01, 1999

Atlas de l'an mil

release date: Jan 01, 2000
Atlas de l'an mil
L''An Mil marque une étape décisive dans l''histoire de notre Terre : une communication universelle peut enfin s''esquisser. Imaginons un scénario. L''Islam trouve or et esclaves dans l''Afrique subsaharienne. L''information descend vers le sud, traverse le Sahara, remonte le Nil, arrive grâce aux bergers bantous chez les Khoï et San du Kalahari. L''Islam commerce aussi avec Byzance, elle-même en liaison avec les Russes qui contrôlent la route commerciale nord-sud et sont en contact avec les Vikings. Ces derniers se rendent régulièrement en Islande, au Groenland et commercent avec les Inuit au nord du "Canada". A ce point, notre message emprunte deux chemins divergents : le premier itinéraire, vers le sud, traverse le sud-est des "Etats-Unis" actuels, puis le sud-ouest désertique, vers l''Amérique centrale, les Andes et enfin l''Amazonie. Au nord, les Inuit de Thulé transmettent l''information vers l''"Alaska" et le nord-est de la Sibérie. Nouvelle croisée des chemins en Chine. Vers l''est, le message parvient au Japon par le biais des marchands chinois ou de la "Corée"; vers l''ouest, le message emprunte la route de la soie, vers l''Asie centrale, puis l''Inde et Ceylan... Le voyage continue. Tout cela est un rêve bien sûr. Pourtant, tous ces liens existaient : les réseaux d''une communication planétaire étaient déjà visibles. John Man tente ici, pour la première fois, une exploration originale et précise des cultures et des lieux symboles sur les cinq continents, saisis à un moment charnière.
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