The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West, Hardcover - Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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Using Game Theory (a theory based on the rationale that everyone acts in their own self-interest) he can foretell and even engineer events.

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For two thousand years, the pope has been the acknowledged head of the Roman Catholic Church. As the direct successor of St Peter, he holds a uniqu...

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A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.Illustrations: 94 colour illustrations

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Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Bruce Kennard-SimpsonIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 344Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x ...

"Monsignor Franco is known as an engaging storyteller of his impactful time in the Church. Read this book and you will see why." -- Timothy Cardina...

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This major new study examines, for the first time, the US, Canadian, and British policies formulated in reaction to the mass atrocities at the birt...

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DescriptionAn engaging critique of the science and metaphysics behind our understanding of the universe The James Webb Space Telescope, when launch...

Publisher: Datum Publishing LimitedAuthor(s): John GolleyIllustration(s): Illustrations, mapsNumber of pages: 284Publication date: 2010Dimensions: ...

From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a r...

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The unlikely tale of Frances Glessner Lee and her revolutionary work in forensic science through the creation of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplaine...

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States that the Wild West of Hollywood and American folklore is nothing more than a functional myth. The author presents a sustained analysis of ho...

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The story of Seville's Archive of the Indies reveals how current views of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are based on radical historical r...

Reducere. A new account of the birth of the West through its birthplace--Renaissance Italy The period between 1492--resonant for a number of reasons--and 157...

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How did representative institutions become the central organs of governance in Western Europe? What enabled this distinctive form of political orga...

'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detectorPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Amit KatwalaNumber of pa...

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Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games - Michael Llewellyn

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