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Eduardo Galeano Shows us how to remember and how to live. This book is shaped like a calendar. Each day brings with it a story: a journey, feast or tragedy that really... | Artur Beifuss; Francesco Trivini... A unique handbook of the logos of contemporary terrorist organizations worldwide, from al-Qaeda to the Real IRA, with a foreword by renowned graphic designer Steven Heller, and a chronology of... |
Bernhard Rieger Bernhard Rieger reveals how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became a global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola. The Beetle's success hinged on its uncanny... | Robert Macfarlane Written by a nature writer who was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize 2012, this title offers an exploration of the ghosts and voices that haunt old paths, of the... |
Neil MacGregor Encompassing a sweep of human history, this title begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and... | Niall Ferguson Reveals the 'killer applications' that did it: competition - How Europe's small, piratical states built modern capitalism; science - How innovation gave the West the military edge; property rights -... |
Jerry Brotton Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. This title tells the story of our world through maps. It examines... | Andrew Marr From the earliest civilizations to the twenty-first century: a global journey through human history, published alongside a landmark BBC One television series. |
David Abulafia For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilisation. This title provides history of the Mediterranean from the erection of the... | Jared Diamond Explores how tribal peoples approach essential human problems, from childrearing to old age to conflict resolution to health. In this book, the author reveals how tribal societies offer a window... |
Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm Collects tales such as: "The Frog Prince"; "Hansel and Grettel"; "Ashputtel"; and, the original "Cinderella". | Cassell; R. G. Grant 1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History is the essential guide to the most intense, dramatic, important, and extraordinary conflicts that have occurred over the last five millennia. |
Alistair Horne A sparkling memoir by one of our greatest historians. | Boria Sax Tales tell of how Charles II, fearful of ancient legends that Britain will fall if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave their abode, ordered that the wings... |
John James Audubon A complete edition of John James Audubon's world famous The Birds of America, bound in linen and beautifully presented in a special slipcase. To create this edition of Audubon's masterpiece... | David Priestland Proposes a radical approach to how we see our world, and who runs it, in the vein of Francis Fukuyama's "The End of History". This title argues for the predominance... |