A Radical History of the World

'...a good bit of spice to give the critlings a flavour, and plenty of treacle to make the mince-meat look rich' Radical Victorian reformer Henry M...

Reducere. What if I told you that the world is on the cusp of such a radical transformation that all the anxieties which now crowd your mind are about to die...

Reducere. DescriptionHe Disagreed with Something that Ate Him analyses the two James Bond films starring Timothy Dalton made in 1987 and 1989. Critically ove...

Two cornerstones of liberalism from the great social radical of English philosophy John Stuart Mill was a prodigious thinker who sharply challenged...

Here is the perfect introductory guide to the history and ideas of the Quakers, one of the world's most fascinating and enigmatic religious groups....

Reducere. In the early 20th Century, a group of socialists, anarchists, and radical unionists got together to form the International Workers of the World. Th...

DescriptionFrom early slave rebels to radical reformers of the Civil War era and beyond, the struggle to end slavery was a diverse, dynamic, and ra...

Reducere. A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Joseph Heller's Catch-22, which eponymously coined the term so ...

Contributor(s): Author: Sarah Jane DowningThe broader Regency period 1795-1820 stands alone as an incredible moment in fashion history unlike anyth...

From the secret SAS archives, and acclaimed author Ben Macintyre: the first ever authorized history of the SAS'Impeccably researched, superbly told...

Joseph Conrad's enduring portrait of the ugliness of colonialism in a deluxe edition with a gripping cover by Hellboy artist Mike Mignola Heart of ...

Reducere. Romantic intrigue and electric action fill the gripping sequel to The Tiger at Midnight, a world inspired by ancient Indian history and Hindu mytho...

Reducere. What is the church? And why does it exist? These are essential questions for those who seek to follow Jesus in community. David Fitch delves into t...

A Penguin Classic Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bim...

Reducere. Something has happened to the simple, yet radical and profound movement started 2, 000 years ago by a Jewish carpenter from Nazareth. A movement th...

DescriptionAlan TuringAlan Turing had a radical and ingenious mind. He is considered one of the fathers of artificial intelligence, and his theorie...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A parable written for the age of technological disruption . . . brilliantly told' Sunday TimesThe international bests...

As the "Giant of Africa" Nigeria is home to about twenty percent of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa, serves as Africa's largest producer of oi...

Reducere. Imagine God's Justice and Lead with CompassionLove. Justice. Solidarity. Living as siblings in the "kin-dom" of God requires bold faith. Women in t...

Oliver CromwellOne of the most controversial figures in British History, Oliver Crowell entered the world as an insignificant member of the English...

In this unprecedented history of a scientific revolution, award-winning author and journalist Carl Zimmer tells the definitive story of the dawn of...

Reducere. In personal stories from twenty years of activism and reporting, an award-winning journalist calls on readers to imagine a world without borders.To...

Reducere. To heal addiction, you have to go back to the start... Dr Gabor Mate is one of the world's most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. Hi...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this, one of Dewey's most accessible works, he surveys the history of liberal thought from John Locke to John Stuart Mill, in his sea...

A fiery, intersectional guide for activists and witches alike, Revolutionary Witchcraft is an empowered introduction to the history and practice of...

The "best all-around book yet on fracking" (San Francisco Chronicle) from a Pulitzer Prize finalist: "Gold's work is a tour de force of contemporar...

Contributor(s): Author: Blair ImaniForeword by: Tegan and SaraIllustrator: Monique LeAn inspiring and radical celebration of 70 women, girls, and g...

Advancing time focuses on how the ever quickening pace of change impacts today's society and the massive challenges it creates. Never before has ou...

On July 12, 1917, in the mining town of Bisbee Arizona, twelve hundred striking miners and their supporters were rounded up by forces organized by ...

Radical glossary of the vocabulary of policing that redefines the very way we understand law enforcement This book will arm activists on the street...

Reducere. "An original book...about individuals who used ideas to change the world" (The New Yorker)--the fascinating exploration into the creation and histo...

Misbehaviour, a major motion picture based on the author's life, and starring Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (as Jennifer Hosten), will be rel...

This is the fascinating history of how the radical delta-wing became the design of choice for early British and American high-performance jets, and...

Reducere. His body hosting a pair of strange alien presences, an amnesiac space traveler returns home to an unrecognizable Earth Many centuries in the future...

Reducere. Hermits have thrived in every major historical era, geography, culture, and society - from antiquity to the present, East and West, in deserts, for...

Reducere. Five months after being deployed to Iraq, Lima Company's 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, found itself in Fallujah, embroiled in so...

A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with...

Reducere. DescriptionThe modern classic about an idealistic British schoolmaster's influence on his students: "A minor miracle" (The New York Times). Through...

Reducere. The Jewish People in its very being constitutes a living protest against a world of hatred, violence and war. Radical Then, Radical Now is a popwer...

In this extensively researched ode to scandal, Peter Blecha recounts the travails of musicians who have dared to air "unacceptable" topics. Filled ...

This introduction to the art of California focuses on the distinctive role the state played in the history of American art, from early twentieth-ce...

Reducere. Fred Rogers was one of the most radical pacifists of contemporary history. We do not usually think of him as radical, partly because he wore colorf...

Reducere. Now available in paperback for the first time, with a new introduction, the poignant and insightful memoir from Yossi Klein Halevi, the award-winni...

Reducere. In this wide-ranging and perceptive work of cultural criticism, Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter shatter the most important myth that dominates much ...

In many ways, the Heinkel He 177 "Greif" (Griffon) was Nazi Germany's "lost" strategic bomber. With some fundamental creases ironed out, and built ...

‘Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation’ New York TimesLess a mystery unsolved than a secret well keptThe mystery has haunted gener...

Reducere. An exciting vision of the future --Michael Eric Dyson Rob Bell's Everything Is Spiritual is an unexpected and compelling invitation to see your lif...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, "our greatest living chronicler of the natural world...

A survey of recent history reveals the gloomy picture of an ongoing series of conflicts, wars, and general turmoil. Consequently, the human emotion...

Reducere. DescriptionThroughout history the pursuit of strategic commodities has governed world affairs. Centuries ago salt enjoyed a monopoly over food pres...

Reducere. DescriptionA new history of the world's most embattled ideaToday, democracy is the world's only broadly accepted political system, and yet it has b...

Reducere. A groundbreaking look at the lives of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, the most consequential father-son pair in American history, often in th...

DescriptionIn every psychic experience, even in the production of a work of art, there exists a nucleus that is impossible to transform. It resists...

Reducere. DescriptionLearn to read the Tarot cards with a clearer understanding than has ever been seen in their history. Radical Tarot reaches into new dime...

DescriptionAn updated and expanded edition of our hand-illustrated and accessible introduction to the world of bike repair Through working at both ...

Reducere. "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." And so we have. Time and again, mankind has faced down problems, but have often failed to take ...

Reducere. Editors Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel offer We Want it All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics as an experiment into how far literature, writ...

Reducere. Description"Espinoza's book stands out as a beacon for future queer writers, thinkers, and activists. Reading these accounts, I felt myself drawn i...

Reducere. Romantic intrigue and electric action fill the gripping sequel to The Tiger at Midnight, a world inspired by ancient Indian history and Hindu mytho...

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award From an award-winning historian comes a dazzling history of the birth of cultural anthropology ...

Hailed by The New York Times for writing "with wonderful clarity about science . . . that effortlessly teaches as it zips along, " nationally bests...

Reducere. Public support for the legal right to abortion in the United States is at an all-time high. Yet we're in the midst of an all-out assault on reprodu...

Inequality is up. Decent work is down. Free market fundamentalism has been exposed as a tragic failure. In a job market upended by COVID-19--with C...

Reducere. For Erik Reece, life, at last, was good: he was newly married, gainfully employed, living in a creekside cabin in his beloved Kentucky woods. It so...

In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become...

"Joe Hill's influence is everywhere. Without Joe Hill, there's no Woody Guthrie, no Dylan, no Springsteen, no Clash, no Public Enemy, no Minor Thre...

It is a rule that no Trevelyan ever sucks up either to the press, or the chiefs, or the right people. The world has given us money enough to enable...

With austerity cuts to public funding, many contemporary art museums have been forced to scale down their budgets, staff and acquisitions. In Radic...

Reducere. A fresh look at the life and times of Victoria Woodhull and Tennie Claflin, two sisters whose radical views on sex, love, politics, and business th...

DescriptionAt the height of Tim Maia's soaring fame, he joined a radical, extraterrestrial-obsessed cult and created two plus albums of some of Bra...