The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, Paperback

Reducere. Nearly six hundred years ago, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties took a very old manuscript off a library shelf, saw with exci...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Harold J. (Clarence Robinson Professor of Biology and Natural Philosophy, Clarence Robinson Profes...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): M KoyamaNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 230 x 150 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

Reducere. Through people-to-people encounters, we expand our sense of mutual understanding and respect.Welcome Back to Abuja Once Again: How I Became a Citiz...

Publisher: Olympia PublishersAuthor(s): Suebrenia CalhounNumber of pages: 43Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 7Cover type: Paperback / ...

Reducere. Lacey's luxurious life as an only child changes the day Mom and Dad bring home a new baby. Although Lacey goes through all the confusion and upset ...

Reducere. Laura Loomer is the most banned woman in America. An investigative journalist, activist, and truth-teller who has earned many powerful enemies in S...

Shakespeare was a man of his time, constantly engaging with his audience's deepest desires and fears. In this book, by reconnecting with this histo...

Reducere. In this astonishing expose, journalist Greg Critser looks beyond the sensational headlines to reveal why nearly 60 percent of Americans are now ove...

Ted Hughes wrote a series of stories for children from the early 1960s through until 1995 about how the world, and the creatures in it, came into b...

Reducere. DescriptionThe extraordinary, touching true story of Smoky, the smallest--and arguably bravest--dog of World War IIIn February 1944, as Japanese mi...

Reducere. A young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in a remarkably short time, becomes the greatest playwright not of ...

Reducere. From a veteran of the trade, a provocative and entertaining voyage into the turbulent heart of modern money that sheds new light on the rise of our...

Reducere. Exploring how Christianity became a world religion, this brief history examines Christian missions and their relationship to the current globalizat...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Joseph HenrichNumber of pages: 704Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 44Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. A New York Times Notable Book of 2020A Bloomberg Best Non-Fiction Book of 2020A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2020A Human Behavior & Evoluti...

Reducere. From the late-fifteenth to the mid-eighteenth century, Spain was the most extensive empire the world had seen, stretching from Naples and the Nethe...

Is Judaism a religion, a culture, a nationality--or a mixture of all of these? In How Judaism Became a Religion, Leora Batnitzky boldly argues that...

Reducere. DescriptionPraise for Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times ""Dennis McDougal is a rare Hollywood rep...

Reducere. A clever story about using your imagination, and a little duct tape, to create an EPIC adventure in your own backyard.Join this young adventurer as...

Reducere. Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Five Days in August bo...

The rise of mass incarceration in the United States is one of the most critical outcomes of the last half-century. Incarceration Nation offers the ...

Publisher: Triumph BooksAuthor(s): Orlando SentinelNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 241 x 279Cover type: HardbackRedescopera f...

It could happen to you. It happened to the girl next door... When Theresa was 15 she moved to a new school and fell for an older pupil, Daniel.

DescriptionThis compelling, timely, and empowering picture book introduces children to Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a Pakistani girl who braved threats f...

Publisher: Between the LinesAuthor(s): Andy HansonNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 128 x 203 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softb...

All the best magic happens when the clock strikes midnight . . . Enter a world of wonder in this classic adventure from the fastest-growing UK chil...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen Smoky, a tiny Yorkie Terrier, is miraculously found in a foxhole in the steaming jungles of Papua New Guinea, she has no way of kno...

Reducere. Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Ar...

Reducere. In 1971, Madison College was a small-town teachers college with around 3, 000 students, most of them female. To elevate the college's visibility an...

Bestselling author Oliver Bullough reveals the scandalous reality of Britain's new position in the world.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Oli...

How the Bible Became a Book combines recent archaeological discoveries in the Middle East with insights culled from the history of writing to addre...

The epic story of the origin of calculus

DescriptionAfter rescuing some animal-eared girls from a group of human knights, Kumakichi finds that it's hard to gather food for these girls whil...

All the best magic happens when the clock strikes midnight . . . Enter a world of wonder in the brand new classic adventure from the fastest-growin...

This is the story of Mike and Bernadette Byrne's amazing and uniquely personal journey. They not only witnessed music history being made but they w...

Reducere. Sir Romeo Beau is a sweet and unique basset hound service-work doggie. In recent years, basset hounds have increasingly been used as therapy dogs b...

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...

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...

Reducere. A powerful account of how cultural anxieties about race shaped American notions of mental illness The civil rights era is largely remembered as a t...

This book is is first comprehensive history of te United States' World War II generals between the wars, covering not only their lives and careers ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engine...

Picture yourself a little ways through life; married, 3 beautiful children. Thinking back on the way life was for you growing up. How simple things...

All the best magic happens when the clock strikes midnight . . . Enter a world of wonder in the brand new classic adventure from the fastest-growin...

Takes us into the heart of the biggest company on earth, ever, to show how the 'Wal-Mart effect' shapes lives everywhere, whether for cleaners in A...