Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, Hardcover - Kyle Harper

A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their ger...

Reducere. The Pawprints of History shines a new light on a favorite subject -- the relationship between humans and their four-legged best friends. Stanley Co...

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How climate change and disease helped to bring down the Roman EmpireHere is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of h...

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Reducere. Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music. --Daniel Levitin A colossal history spanning cultures, time, and ...

A Short History of Disease chronicles the historical and geographical evolution of infectious and non-infectious diseases, from their prehistoric o...

Reducere. A noted medical historian places recent outbreaks of deadly diseases in historical perspective, with accounts of other alarming and recurring disea...

Description"Riveting . . . The Vaccine Race] invites comparison with Rebecca Skloot's 2007 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."--Nature "This is ...

The crowning work of the bestselling Earth Chronicles series - Reveals the existence of physical evidence of alien presence on Earth in the distant...

From the pestilence which contributed to the downfall of Rome to the dancing manias of medieval Europe, the aristocracy's fashion for wearing wigs ...

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Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Piotr SochaIllustration(s): Illustrated in colour throughoutNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2022Dime...

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Have you wondered about your ancestors-how they arrived in the area that they did, what were their lives like, and what legacies they passed on to ...

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Reducere. Climate Change and the Course of Global History presents the first global study by a historian to fully integrate the earth-system approach of the ...

Reducere. The untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science f...

This is the first detailed account of the historic race for long-distance flight records between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy after World War II.Pub...

The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country that also reframes our understanding of who w...

New B-format paperback - The definitive history of the virulent and fatal plague outbreaks that wiped out half of London's populations from the med...

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Reducere. Has there ever been a history of the world as readable as this?In The Human Story, James C. Davis takes us on a journey to ancient times, telling h...

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The human stories behind disease, plagues and epidemics and their deadly impact through history.

DescriptionAn entertaining seat at the table of ten power meals that shaped history--including the menus and recreated recipes Some of the most con...

Reducere. From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Winter Soldier and The Piano Tuner, a collection of interlaced tales of men and women facing the ...

Reducere. "This remarkable account of the 1961 race into space is a thrilling piece of storytelling. . . . It is high definition history: tight, thrilling an...

Reducere. National Book AwardsAvailable in paperback for the first time, these three volumes represent the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson. Volume One...

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Reducere. DescriptionA servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this astonishing historical thriller that moves from a J...

DescriptionEva Rass, a leading expert on the work of Allan Schore, presents a collection that provides an overview of his core ideas and makes acce...

Charting the relationship between humans and animals and how certain species have been instrumental in the development of our understanding of the ...

Reducere. A conservative take on the antifascist movementAntifascism argues that current self-described antifascists are not struggling against a reappearanc...

Reducere. 1968 was an unprecedented year in terms of upheaval on numerous scales: political, military, economic, social, cultural. In the United States, perh...

Reducere. Ayahuasca allows you access to deep knowledge with the aid of the shaman. Through Ayahuasca use, you're able to make contact with the Mother and ac...

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

Reducere. "An engrossing talethat] provides plenty of food for thought" (People, Best New Books pick), this playful, wise, and profoundly moving second novel...

Reducere. DescriptionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.Th...

Reducere. In this, the third book in a series, the author invites you to take the next steps with him as Orrin Clark emerges from childhood, reaches his majo...

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Reducere. DescriptionFrom the beginning of history to the present, a sweep of the world's oceans and seas and how they have shaped the course of civilization...

Reducere. A magisterial history that recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rationale and reason, but rather as a pursuit of practica...

When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world. 'A stunning book on the incalculable debt human...

DescriptionHow social upheavals after the collapse of the French Empire shaped the lives and work of artists in early nineteenth-century EuropeAs t...

Reducere. During World War I, the British Empire enlisted half a million young men, predominantly from the countryside of Egypt, in the Egyptian Labor Corps ...