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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 455 páginas
PVP: 21,25 €
ISBN 978-1-83895-926-5
EAN 9781838959265
In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes, introducing bathing and the manicured lawn to the wilds of the Mediterranean coast. Today, much of that shore has become a concrete mass from which escape is an exclusive dream.In the intervening years, the stretch of seaboard from the red mountains of the Esterel to the Italian border hosted ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
ISBN 978-0-241-43415-4
EAN 9780241434154
A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Three and a half millennia of British Maritime history, from the Middle Bronze Age to the early 20th century ... This book is written with passion and sympathy. It will live with me for a very long time' Francis Pryor, author of The FensIf Britain's maritime history were ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 784 páginas
PVP: 25,00 €
ISBN 978-1-4746-1579-2
EAN 9781474615792
MAKING HISTORY is an epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers - whether Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare or Simon Schama - continue to influence our ideas about history (and about who we are) today.In this authoritative and entertaining book, Richard Cohen reveals how professional historians and other ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 25,50 €
ISBN 978-0-7535-5973-4
EAN 9780753559734
A radical new account of how the idea of the West has shaped our history, told through the stories of fourteen fascinating lives.We tend to imagine Western Civilisation as a golden thread, leading through the centuries from classical antiquity to the countries of the modern West - a cultural genealogy that connects Plato to NATO.It ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 736 páginas
PVP: 42,50 €
ISBN 978-1-5266-2256-3
EAN 9781526622563
'This is epic, gripping, original history that leaps off the page. I wanted to buy everyone I know a copy' Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland From the international bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes a major history of how a changing climate has dramatically shaped the development-and demise-of civilisations across time. A 2023 HIGHLIGHT ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 14,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78929-526-9
EAN 9781789295269
Taking readers on a global journey through human history, Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesars deceptive PR machine to the cover-ups that caused Chernobyl. From forgeries that created centuries worth of conflict and domination, such as The Donation of Constantine, the Protocols of Zion and the mysterious ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 488 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78378-502-5
EAN 9781783785025
A provocative history of race, empire and myth, told through the stories of men who have been worshipped as gods - from Columbus to Prince Philip. Spanning the globe and five centuries, Accidental Gods introduces us to a new pantheon: of man-gods, deified politicians and imperialists, militants, mystics and explorers. From the conquistadors setting foot ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 280 páginas
PVP: 76,94 €
ISBN 978-0-691-22987-4
EAN 9780691229874
How medieval Dutch society laid the foundations for modern capitalismThe Netherlands was one of the pioneers of capitalism in the Middle Ages, giving rise to the spectacular Dutch Golden Age while ushering in an era of unprecedented, long-term economic growth. Pioneers of Capitalism examines the formal and informal institutions in the Netherlands that made this ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 1344 páginas
PVP: 44,00 €
ISBN 978-0-297-86967-2
EAN 9780297869672
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family. We begin with the footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago. From here, Montefiore takes us on an exhilarating epic journey ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 240 páginas
PVP: 22,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-674-5
EAN 9781789146745
'There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum', writes Andreas Viestad in Dinner in Rome. From the table of a classic Roman restaurant, Viestad takes us on a fascinating culinary exploration of The Eternal City, and global civilization. Food, he argues, is history's secret driving force. Viestad finds deeper meanings ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 304 páginas
PVP: 13,25 €
ISBN 978-0-00-839390-8
EAN 9780008393908
Countries die. Sometimes it's murder, sometimes it's by accident, and sometimes it's because they were so ludicrous they didn't deserve to exist in the first place. Occasionally they explode violently. A few slip away almost unnoticed. Often the cause of death is either got too greedy' or Napoleon turned up'. Now and then they just ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 19,00 €
ISBN 978-0-14-198246-5
EAN 9780141982465
This rich history of Antwerp was a Times Book of the Year and Radio 4 Book of the WeekEven before Amsterdam there was a dazzling North Sea port at the hub of the known world: the city of Antwerp. Antwerp was sensational like nineteenth-century Paris or twentieth-century New York, somewhere anything could happen or at ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 608 páginas
PVP: 14,75 €
ISBN 978-0-571-35357-6
EAN 9780571353576
'Monumental . . .A wonderful book.' Peter Frankopan'Magisterial . . .remarkable.' Guardian'Erudite and highly readable . . .An authoritative guide to the countless ways in which Greek words and ideas have shaped the modern world.' Financial TimesThe Greeks is a story which takes us from the archaeological treasures of the Bronze Age Aegean and myths ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 368 páginas
PVP: 36,50 €
ISBN 978-1-4736-7779-1
EAN 9781473677791
A Spectator Book of the Year'A terrific storyteller' New York Times'A book of beauty and beguiling rhythm that offers unsettling lessons about our present-day world of borders' The Times'Thoughtful, lyrical yet ambitiously panoramic . . .an important, generous and beautifully-written book' William DalrympleThe ground-breaking story of Nomadic peoples on the move across history. Humans have ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 576 páginas
PVP: 36,75 €
ISBN 978-1-78125-835-4
EAN 9781781258354
'Ian Morris has established himself as a leader in making big history interesting and understandable' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and SteelGeography is Destiny tells the history of Britain and its changing relationships with Europe and the wider world, from its physical separation at the end of the Ice Age to the first flickers ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 13,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78739-642-5
EAN 9781787396425
'A brilliant and important book ... Five Stars!' Mark Dolan, talkRADIO'An important new book' Daily Express An alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever told and how they've been used over time. Lincoln did not believe all men were created equal.The Aztecs were not slaughtered by the Spanish Conquistadors. ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-4722-8191-3
EAN 9781472281913
Alex von Tunzelmann is one of the most gifted historians writing today. Brilliant and trenchant, witty and wise, Fallen Idols is a book you will adore, devour, and talk about to everyone you know. Hesitate no longer; buy this book.' Suzannah Lipscomb, author, award-winning historian and broadcaster'Like all the best historians von Tunzelmann uses the ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 400 páginas
PVP: 18,25 €
ISBN 978-0-241-44451-1
EAN 9780241444511
An acclaimed expert on violence and seasoned peacebuilder explains the five reasons why conflict (rarely) blooms into war, and how to interrupt that deadly process.It's easy to overlook the underlying strategic forces of war, to see it solely as a series of errors, accidents, and emotions gone awry. It's also easy to forget that war ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 514 páginas
PVP: 20,75 €
ISBN 978-1-5293-8220-4
EAN 9781529382204
Hailed as the "first freedom," free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a challenging principle, subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat.In Free Speech, Jacob Mchangama traces the riveting legal, political, and cultural history of this idea.Through captivating ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 26,50 €
ISBN 978-1-5247-5918-6
EAN 9781524759186
A provocative, incisive look at the building of social movements--from the 1600s to the present--and how current technology is undermining them"A bravura work of scholarship and reporting, featuring amazing individuals and dramatic events from seventeenth-century France to Rome, Moscow, Cairo, and contemporary Minneapolis."--Louis Menand, author of The Free WorldWe tend to think of revolutions as ...
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