Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World - Giorgio Riello

Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World - Giorgio Riello

The new book from the award-winning SUNDAY TIMES journalist Brian Appleyard. This is a spirited exploration of cars and their cultural impact throu...

Accompanying the coming series produced for the BBC World Service, Tim Harford looks at how Bitcoin, canal locks, the jumbo jet and forty-seven oth...

Publisher: Little, BrownAuthor(s): Tim HarfordPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 30Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii si...

Based on the series produced for the BBC World Service

Based on the series produced for the BBC World ServicePublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Tim HarfordNumber of pages: 352Publication date...

The history of Japan's unprecedented takeover of the global imaginary, as told through the eight packaged fantasies that charmed and changed the wo...

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A global history of the world's most famous secret society, encompassing kings and presidents, writers and legislators, composers and entertainers,...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): J. C. SharmanIllustration(s): 9 maps.Number of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 23...

How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world's first genuinely global orderFrom Spanish conquistadors to...

Professor John Dickie's riveting new history of Freemasonry - an organization as mysterious as it is influential.

One thousand years ago, a traveler to Baghdad or the Chinese capital Kaifeng would have discovered a vast and flourishing city of broad streets, sp...

This engaging analysis of Western fashion explores the influence of fashion, taste, and style on people's actions and beliefs since the Middle Ages...

The gripping inside story of Paypal, the company that created the digital age as we know it.Publisher: Atlantic BooksAuthor(s): Jimmy SoniNumber of...

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured--and transformed--the world's imagination...

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, an "expansive" global history that highlights "how textiles truly changed the world" (Wall Street Journal)Pub...

Reducere. DescriptionMany people think the future is something we need to adjust to, rather than what we decide through the choices we make today. This book ...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Ken CuthbertsonNumber of pages: 408Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 140 x 214 x 29Cover type: PaperbackRedescop...

Society shapes law... and law shapes society. This book tells the stories of ten legal cases in which the decisions of judges or a jury either hera...

Reducere. All across the planet, entrepreneurs and innovators are actively working to solve humanity's toughest problems. If you are an inventor, trailblazer...

Reducere. Printed cotton sacks are currently fashionable aspects for material culture research, particularly in the costume and quilt history communities. In...

Reducere. I began my study of Gog and Magog more than fifteen years ago in the early 90's while resident in New York. My subsequent public lecture on the sub...

The Supermarine Southampton was the first in a series of successful flying boats designed by Supermarine's R.J. Mitchell and was the first one to b...

Exam Board: OCR Level: GCSE Subject: History First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: June 2018 An OCR endorsed textbook Trust Ben Walsh to guide...

The story of dealers of Old Masters, champions of modern art, and victims of Nazi plunder. Since the late-1990s, the fate of Nazi stolen art has be...

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'Drawing on his deep technical education and boundless curiosity, Tim Gregory brings a childlike wonder of discovery to everything he sees. He show...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Justin TinsleyNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 236 x 36Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farme...

The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle EastPublisher: Yale University ...

Reducere. New York Times Bestseller - New York Times Notable Book 2014 - Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books -A thrilling account of t...

Reducere. Hidden Tapestry reveals the unforgettable story of Flemish American artist Jan Yoors--childhood vagabond, wartime resistance fighter, and polyamoro...

Reducere. (Book). "My dad and I decided to make an electric guitar. I designed an instrument from scratch, with the intention that it would have a capability...

Reducere. DescriptionOver 150 simple family recipes from the best-selling chef and judge on BBC's The Big Family Cooking Showdown.From Tuscan tomato and brea...