The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World, Paperback

Reducere. To breed or not to breed? That is the question twenty-eight accomplished writers ponder in this collection of provocative, honest, soul-searching e...

Reducere. Origins of Form is about the shape of things. What limits the height of a tree? Why is a large ship or office building more efficient than a small ...

The history of Japan's unprecedented takeover of the global imaginary, as told through the eight packaged fantasies that charmed and changed the wo...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): J. C. SharmanIllustration(s): 9 maps.Number of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 23...

Professor John Dickie's riveting new history of Freemasonry - an organization as mysterious as it is influential.

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured--and transformed--the world's imagination...

A new 30th Anniversary paperback edition of an award-winning classic.Winner of the National Book Award, 1976World of Our Fathers traces the story o...

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Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World - Giorgio Riello

Think Freakonomics meets The Undercover EconomistThe Inner Lives of Markets is a journey into the mysterious corners of everyday economics. Who buy...

The new book from the award-winning SUNDAY TIMES journalist Brian Appleyard. This is a spirited exploration of cars and their cultural impact throu...

Publisher: ListLabAuthor(s): Giulio CeppiIllustration(s): 500 b&wNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 150 x 211 x 23Cover type: Pa...

A compelling account of the crucial year in post-war history, in the tradition of Margaret MacMillan's award-winning and bestselling }The Peacemake...

This book reconstructs what Europe stood for in National Socialist Germany, analyses how the interplay of its defining elements changed dependent o...

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A global history of the world's most famous secret society, encompassing kings and presidents, writers and legislators, composers and entertainers,...

One thousand years ago, a traveler to Baghdad or the Chinese capital Kaifeng would have discovered a vast and flourishing city of broad streets, sp...

Reducere. A TURNING POINT IN PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN HISTORYStanislav Grof, M.D., formerly a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and founde...

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every coun...

Reducere. DescriptionAims to simplify and demystify the Tarot - the ancient oracle, and make it accessible to anyone who would like to read the cards. The me...

Reducere. This true story begins with a little boy named Jack who is sad when he goes to sleep at night. He then gets a hamster that takes him and his family...

Dogopolis suggests a surprising source of urban innovation in the history of three major cities: human-canine relationships.Publisher: The Universi...

Is happiness catching? Are your friends making you fat? Can your sibling make you smart? Is wealth contagious? Where is true love found? Does free ...

How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world's first genuinely global orderFrom Spanish conquistadors to...

Reducere. Established by the Catholic Church in 1231, the Inquisition continued in one form or another for almost seven hundred years. Though associated with...

'Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively, provocative and positive history it deserves.' Irvine Welsh, GuardianA dramatic and intrig...

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The story of dealers of Old Masters, champions of modern art, and victims of Nazi plunder. Since the late-1990s, the fate of Nazi stolen art has be...

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Reducere. In a time of terror for Europe s monarchs--imprisoned, exiled, executed--Napoleon s army marched toward Lisbon. Cornered, Prince Regent Jo\u00e3o h...

For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the Revolution. T...

Martin Walker's account of over forty years of global confrontation between the US and Russia is a masterly narrative of the Cold War's twists and ...

DescriptionThis Element provides a critical review of existing literature on the role of ideas and institutions in the politics of public policy wi...

Reducere. A short history of nearly everything classical. The foundations of the modern world were laid in Alexandria of Egypt at the turn of the first mille...

Reducere. Does God really matter for today's Christians? Craig Gay addresses this issue in his The Way of the (Modern) World: Or, Why It's Tempting to Live A...

Publisher: Soho PressAuthor(s): Takami NiedaNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 147 x 216 x 21Cover type: HardbackRedescopera far...

Reducere. I began my study of Gog and Magog more than fifteen years ago in the early 90's while resident in New York. My subsequent public lecture on the sub...

Now in its fourth edition, this textbook gives a clear and concise account of the government and politics of democratic states, comprehensively upd...

The story of the science of plasma and its revolutionary implications for the way we understand the universe and our place in it.Publisher: Hodder ...