How Oliver Olson Changed the World

Oliver Olson's teacher is always saying that one person with a big idea can change the world. But how is Oliver supposed to change the world when h...

Reducere. No right seems more fundamental to American life than freedom of speech. Yet well into the twentieth century that freedom was still an unfulfilled ...

Winner of the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize'Majestic, informative and often delightful ... insights on every page' Yanis Varoufakis, ObserverThe definit...

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Reducere. Recalls the group of scientists whose invention of radar during World War II contributed to the Allied victory, and chronicles their post-war achie...

Reducere. At 15, Kortney Olson had everything in front of her. The associated student body president, drumming in a Christian rock band, a leader on the Yout...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Devi SridharNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 169 x 243 x 40Cover type: HardbackRedescop...

By the end of 18th century Edinburgh had become the marvel of modern Europe, home to the finest minds of the day and their breathtaking innovations...

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Publisher: Prometheus BooksAuthor(s): Jeff PearceIllustration(s): 24 Illustrations including: - 21 Black and White Illustrations; - 3 Maps.Number o...

Reducere. A book for both the beer geek and the foodie seeking a better understanding of modern food and drink On the night of April 17, 1945, Allied planes ...

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Reducere. Whether they came from Sioux Falls or the Bronx, over half a million Jews entered the U.S. armed forces during the Second World War. Uprooted from ...

This amazing book will appeal to both comic-book novices and all loyal fans of Stan Lee and the merry Marvel universe.Illustrations: 32 black and w...

DescriptionThe Story of Trees takes the reader on a visual journey from some of the earliest known tree species on our planet to the latest fruit c...

Reducere. Mention history and some might struggle to stifle a yawn. But when presented as a narrative it can often be compelling reading. Stephen J. Nichols ...

In 1829, surgeon and amateur naturalist Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward placed soil, dried leaves, and the pupa of a sphinx moth into a sealed glass bottle,...

Reducere. This is the moving story of a nonviolent hero, illustrated with more than 70 photographs, and told by a highly respected author who grew up in Gand...

Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down. How One Generation of British Actors Changed the World - Robert Sellers

Reducere. The risks of global warming are pressing and potentially vast. The difficulty of doing without fossil fuels is daunting, possibly even insurmountab...

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Award NameAxiom Business Book AwardsAward categoryBusiness CommentaryMuch in the same vein as DELIVERING HAPPINESS, LOOPTAIL combines both Bruce Po...

DescriptionOver the past two million years that human species have inhabited the Planet Earth they have distinguished themselves by their ability t...

Dive deep into the world of this everyday insect -- and the science behind its uncertain future.Bumble bees are as familiar to most of us as the fl...

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...

Reducere. Steve D. Bullock spent 38 years with the American Red Cross, culminating with his appointment as Acting President following the departure of Elizab...

Reducere. Western civilization is becoming increasingly pluralistic, secularized, and biblically illiterate. Many people today have little sense of how their...

Marisa Meltzer was put on her first diet aged five: it was the beginning of a fraught relationship with food. Jean Nidetch was a housewife from Que...

Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Nick ChaterNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 241 x 38Cover type: HardbackR...

Reducere. Greenpeace: The Inside Story is the first comprehensive eye-witness account of the human drama behind the creation of the world's largest direct-ac...

An inspiring account of the transformative power of purpose-driven entrepreneurship. Bag Lady is a masterful case study in how to start up a compan...

Reducere. This lively chronicle of the years 1847--1947--the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world--is " a] thrilling and tragic histor...

DescriptionFrom an Idea to Google is a behind-the-computer-screen look into the history, business, and brand of the world's largest search engine. ...

A unique chronicle of the hundred-year period when the Jewish people changed the world - and it changed them

The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic has shaped the world for centuries.

Reducere. From a contributor to The Cut, one of Vogue's most anticipated books "bravely and honestly" (Busy Philipps) talks about weight loss and sheds a lig...

Reducere. The powerful sequel to Olson's best-selling missionary classic, Bruchko, details his missionary work and events from the 1970s to the present.

No previous book has explored deeper or broader into Napoleon's seething labyrinth of a mind and revealed more of its complex, fascinating, provoca...

Reducere. ``A thorough and engaging study of two female scientists worth their weight in radium.`` --Booklist, starred review In 1934, Irene Curie and her hu...

A gloriously celebratory and inspirational book about women through history who broke from convention and cycled their way to freedomIllustrations:...

Reducere. Mahatma Gandhi and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. both shook, and changed, the world, in their quest for peace among all people, but what threads ...

Reducere. Publisher: Rizzoli International PublicationsAuthor(s): Michael GordonIllustration(s): 150 COLOR & B/W ILLUSTRATIONSNumber of pages: 168Publication...

The highly praised and fascinating story of the women through history who broke from convention and cycled their way to freedomPublisher: Orion Pub...

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

Reducere. Many people believe passionately in truths that originate from the Bible, yet they do not know that the Bible is the source of those truths. This b...

Reducere. We may not give much thought to the boxes in our freezers or the cans on our shelves, but behind the story of food preservation is the history of c...

Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Michael FreemantleIllustration(s): 16 Plates, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber o...

This immersive dive into the life and work of Salvador Dal unlocks the secret of this creative genius and reveals for the first time how his erotic...

Melvyn Bragg explores a controversial selection of British books and their huge impact on historyPublisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Melvyn Bra...