Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600--1900, Hardcover - Stephen R. Bown

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Jane Bown is a legendary "Observer" photographer best-known for her portraits of icons from Samuel Beckett to Bjork. This is a charming collection ...

Reducere. Celebrated sports writer Roger Kahn casts his gaze on the golden age of baseball, an unforgettable time when the game thrived as America's unrivale...

This book is a ground-breaking study of women in Britain and British America through two centuries of pivotal changes in the law, economy and empir...

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Marvels at the intrepid qualities of the various visitors to this then unknown region and provides impressions of what it was like, as seen through...

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A leading Renaissance scholar shows in this revisionist history how four powerful women redefined the culture of European monarchy in the glorious ...

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How do you keep your employees engaged, creative, innovative, and productive? Simple: Work human From the pioneers of the management strategy that'...

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Reducere. In When We Free the World, acclaimed writer and activist Kevin Powell presents a stunning and brutally honest survey of America, yesterday and toda...

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Biophilia is the theory that people possess an inherent affinity for nature, which developed during the long course of human evolution. In recent y...

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Reducere. For the better part of a century, the Left has been waging a slow, methodical battle for control of the institutions of Western civilization. Durin...

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Reducere. A revealing and fresh take on the extraordinary story of Captain Vancouver, one of history's greatest explorers. From 1791 to 1795, George Vancouve...

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