Jankowski: Eastern Europe

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Eastern Europe!: Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region That Shaped... - Tomek Jankowski. When the legendary Romulus killed his brother Remus and founded the city of Rome in 753 BCE, Plovdiv -- today the second-largest city in Bulgaria -- was already thousands of years old. Indeed, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, Brussels, Amsterdam are all are mere infants compared to Plovdiv. This is just one of the paradoxes that haunts and defines the New Europe, that part of Europe that was freed from Soviet bondage in 1989 which is at once both much older than the modern Atlantic-facing power centers of Western Europe while also being in some ways much younger than them. "Eastern Europe! "is a brief and concise (but informative) introduction to Eastern Europe and its myriad customs and history. Even those knowledgeable about Western Europe often see Eastern Europe as terra incognita, with a sign on the border declaring "Here be monsters." This book is a gateway to understanding both what unites and separates Eastern Europeans from their Western brethren, and how this vital region has been shaped by, but has also left its mark on, Western Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Ideal for students, businesspeople, and those who simply want to know more about where Grandma or Grandpa came from, "Eastern Europe!" is a user-friendly guide to a region that is all too often mischaracterized as remote, insular, and superstitious. Eastern Europe!: Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region That Shaped... - Tomek Jankowski od nakladatelství New Europe Books (UK) v kategorii English literature za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Knihydobrovsky.cz Kniha napsaná v cizým jazyce. Je velmi čtivá. Vhodná i pro trénování cizího jazyka.