Jungle. How Tropical Forests Shaped World History, Paperback - Patrick Roberts

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Patrick RobertsNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 358 x 38Cover type: Paperback / s...

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Reducere. "A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world"--Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees From the age of dinosaurs to the ...

Reducere. Readers will be fascinated to learn about a wide range of scientists who have attained recognition or have demonstrated unique abilities in a varie...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Patrick RobertsPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 154 x 234 x 35Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lec...

WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD BEST BOOK WITH FACTS 2019! A vibrant exploration of the stories behind different colours, and the roles they've...

Reducere. The perfect desk reference for trivia fans and anyone interested in the history of technology. Bill Yenne is extremely thorough and explains clearl...

A groundbreaking book that explains how the world's history of empires still shapes our lives and politics today

Reducere. "In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, o...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Simon WinchesterNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 135 x 202 x 31Cover type: PaperbackRedesco...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): J.R. WordieIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 598Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 53Co...

Charting the many and varied ways the coconut has shaped and continues to shape our world

Reducere. "In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, o...

Taking the ten biggest lies from history and looking at the people who propagated them, social commentator and expert historian Otto English shows ...

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Reducere. Previously published as Ancient Science, Secret History contains 150 pages of new material. The Secret History of The World and How To Get Out Aliv...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): J. E. LendonIllustration(s): 5 b/w illus.Number of pages: 328Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 168 ...

This book attempts to place the practice of risk management within organizations into a broader context, looking as much at why we try to manage ri...

Andrew Rimas and Evan D.G. Fraser have joined together to tell the remarkable story of the noble cow in Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, a...

Taking the ten biggest lies from history and looking at the people who propagated them, social commentator and expert historian Otto English shows ...

Reducere. Compiled and deftly organized by baseball enthusiast Russell Roberts, 100 Baseball Legends Who Shaped Sports History is a simple compilation of one...

Reducere. "Gripping, exhilarating and inspiring." Sir Ranulph Fiennes, world's greatest living explorer.Why did some people in history achieve at an epic lev...

The epic story of the origin of calculus

A surprising new history of Tutankhamun published to coincide with the centenary of his tomb's discovery.Publisher: Atlantic BooksAuthor(s): Christ...

Reducere. Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our...

As globalisation wobbles into world crisis, a vividly written, brilliantly original history of world trade, the first for a generation: 'A Splendid...

This is the first book to describe the forests of the entire tropical Asian region, based on Peter Ashton's working field experience of over 55 yea...

Reducere. Plagues in World History provides a concise, comparative world history of catastrophic infectious diseases, including plague, smallpox, tuberculosi...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Paul (Professor of History, Professor of History, Clark University) RoppIllustration(s): 20 black ...

Reducere. DescriptionA New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our speciesWhen we talk about human history, w...

A second view holds that globalisation has a long history that can be traced back to the nineteenth century, if not earlier. First, it offers a cat...

This fascinating three-thousand-year history of the census traces the making of the modern survey and explores its political power in the age of bi...

First book of 3-book series showing how maritime trade shaped the world from the Ice Age to modernity.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Ni...

Reducere. The Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Dick for an -umbrella-vator- ride through the understory, canopy, and emergent layers of a tropical rain forest,...

From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for...

A lively and insightful cultural history of the coveted yellow fruit, as well as a gripping narrative about the infamous rise and fall of the Unite...

DescriptionOn January 3, 1914, Pancho Villa became Hollywood's first Mexican superstar. In signing an exclusive movie contract, Villa agreed to kee...

'Stands comparison with Sapiens... Thrilling' Sunday Times Read the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of...

Reducere. DescriptionAt the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americ...

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...

Reducere. At the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americans by Musl...