To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World, Paperback - Arthur Herman

Reducere. To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how the British Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in histo...

Publisher: ScribnerAuthor(s): Bruce JonesNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 226 x 171 x 30Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farme...

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

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...

Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World profiles fifty landmark philosophers, scientists, political, social theorists and spiritual leaders whos...

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. "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: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Cathy (Cathy Crimmins) CrimminsNumber of pages: 340Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 141 x 208 x 19Cover ty...

A dazzling new history of the modern world, as told through the remarkable story of population change.

The epic story of the origin of calculus

A Times Literary Supplement and History Today Book of the Year'An astonishing and thrilling story.' Stephen GreenblattThe Ottoman Empire was a hub ...

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

A non-Eurocentric, sweeping look at the material conditions and events that created capitalism

From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped hist...

This fascinating three-thousand-year history of the census traces the making of the modern survey and explores its political power in the age of bi...

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Driven by a desire for vengeance on factual TV commissioners, a documentarian fallen on hard times embarks on a journey taking in the pass of Therm...

Reducere. At the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americans by Musl...

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...

Unwritten Rule calls for a radical realignment, embracing a federal approach that would accommodate devolution as the best way of bringing about a ...

Patent documents describe inventions and offer accurate information about the history of technology. This book shows how patents and the inventions...

Reducere. DescriptionHow silver influenced two hundred years of world history, and why it matters todayThis is the story of silver's transformation from soft...

Reducere. DescriptionAt the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americ...

We live in a world of numbers and mathematics, and so we need to work with numbers and some math in almost everything we do, to control our happine...

Reducere. DescriptionA dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and e...

Reducere. You don't have to be full of 'get up and go' to have success, find love, or even earn a living. There are tools, innate tools, that permit you to d...

What makes a government legitimate? Arthur Isak Applbaum rigorously argues that the greatest threat to democracies today is not loss of basic right...

Publisher: Leonaur LtdAuthor(s): Herman WhitakerNumber of pages: 164Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 148 x 223 x 21Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

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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...

An urgent and persuasive argument for why we must fight global monopolies to protect freedom and prosperity.Publisher: Atlantic BooksAuthor(s): Tim...

From the Ford Model T and the legacy of mass production, to the original Volkswagen expression of national identity, this book presents the car as ...

From behavioural scientists to best mates, Kate finds extraordinary stories and research, drawing on her own experiences to create a fascinating bl...

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In recent decades, Tokyo, London, and New York have been the sites of credit bubbles of historically unprecedented magnitude. Central bankers have ...

A poetic call for mindfulness, creativity, and analog real-world connection in an increasingly disconnected world from singer-songwriter Valerie June.

The foremost U.S. authority on Islam and, Seyyed Hossein Nasr discusses today's hot button issues--including holy wars, women's rights, the rise of...

An urgent and persuasive argument for why we must fight global monopolies to protect freedom and prosperity.

A compulsive page-turner about the battle for Berlin and control of the Western world in the aftermath of the Second World War from 'the master of ...

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

Describes MacLean's extensive Royal Navy war experiences in the Arctic, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAu...

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

A lively and insightful cultural history of the coveted yellow fruit, as well as a gripping narrative about the infamous rise and fall of the Unite...