Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy

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...

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

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

From the creator of the iconic "Cathy" comic strip comes her first collection of funny, wise, poignant, and incredibly honest essays about being a ...

'Cheerful and illuminating, full of delicious anecdotes and valuable nuggets. It does what Krueger did best - brings economics to life, and life to...

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A myth-busting book challenges the idea that we're paid according to objective criteria and places power and social conflict at the heart of econom...

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

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

Reducere. American history is full of many great men and women who changed the course of the United States and even the world. They are rightfully considered...

Leading historians select and describe the 20 most significant events in British History.

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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Reducere. The Big 50: Chicago Cubs is an extensive and dynamic look at the 50 top moments and figures that make the Cubs the Cubs The Big 50: Chicago Cubs is...

It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political, and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions. Institutions are invoked ...

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...

Reducere. The Big 50: New York Rangers is a lively, comprehensive look at the 50 men and moments that made the Rangers the Rangers. Experienced sportswriter ...

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 book offers a history of modern Britain since the late 1970s. Twelve chapters take as their starting-point one particularly important day in r...

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

Reducere. The Big 50: Boston Red Sox is an amazing, full-color look at the 50 men and moments that made the Sox the Sox. Experienced sportswriter Evan Drelli...

A sweeping and lively history of one of the most dramatic stories never told--of the greatest railroad war of all time, fought by the daring leader...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: MR Walt DavisHow to Not go Broke Ranching is the irreverent and sometimes humorous effort of a multi generation rancher to ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Dean BakerThere has been an enormous upward redistribution of income in the United States in the last four decades. In his ...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Caela CarterNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 148 x 217 x 32Cover type: HardbackRedescopera ...

*A Junior Library Guild Selection* This groundbreaking, pop-culture-infused LGBTQ+ illustrated biography collection takes readers on an eye-opening...

Reducere. As a husband and wife make plans for an Italian vacation with friends-to visit her family's Tuscan village-she makes an unexpected, last-minute add...

Reducere. A detailed account of Rife's inventions and discoveries is the subject of The Cancer Cure That Worked. This startling book documents events from 19...

Claimed...as her boss's wife Receptionist Cleo's attraction to billionaire Ari Stefanos is a fiercely kept secret. Until one sizzling night it's de...

Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World profiles fifty landmark philosophers, scientists, political, social theorists and spiritual leaders whos...