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John Davies

    John Davies je velšský historik a televizní a rozhlasový moderátor. Ve své práci se zaměřuje na historii a kulturu Walesu, kterou oživuje prostřednictvím poutavých vyprávění a hlubokých analýz. Jeho texty, často inspirované cestami po Evropě, se vyznačují detailním zkoumáním a snahou zpřístupnit velšské dějiny širšímu publiku. Daviesův přístup kombinuje akademickou přesnost s popularizačním citem, čímž oslovuje čtenáře i posluchače se zájmem o historii a identitu.

    John Davies
    Revise German
    Sejlsport
    Hanes Cymru
    Cities on the Edge
    • Cities on the Edge

      Istanbul, Marseilles, Gdańsk, Bremen, Naples, Liverpool

      • 128 stránek
      • 5 hodin čtení

      Captured through the lenses of some of the leading names in photography, Cities on the Edge provides a fascinating insight into six of the world's most 'edgy' cities. Published to coincide with ambitious international 'Cities on the Edge' cultural programme, Davies and his hand picked team ofphotographers provide an incredible visual journey through six cities sharing common cultural, historical, social and economic ties (Liverpool, Naples, Marseilles, Istanbul, Gdansk, Bremen). They are all ports, cities with great histories, cities which have battled with their capital cities overmany centuries, cities famous for their creativity, humour, distinctiveness, love of football. They are also cities which are sometimes considered by their countrymen to be difficult and unruly. Beautiful, unnerving and often stark but always striking, Cities on the Edge is a visually stunning taleof six beautifully and contradictory cities placing their complicated histories in context with their place in the 'New Eur

      Cities on the Edge2008
      3,0
    • Hanes Cymru

      • 710 stránek
      • 25 hodin čtení

      This history of Wales is written in the Welsh language. The first three chapters concentrate on prehistoric, ancient and medieval Wales, the next three run from the end of the Middle Ages to the mid-19th century and the next three on the last 100 years. The book is written from a national rather than a nationalist perspective.

      Hanes Cymru1992
      3,8
    • Revise German

      A Complete Revision Course for O Level and CSE

      • 175 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení
      Revise German1983
    • Sejlsport

      • 159 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení
      Sejlsport1971