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The Earth Transformed
An untold history
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 27,75 €
ISBN 978-1-5266-2257-0
EAN 9781526622570
Most people can name the influential leaders and major battles of the past. Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts. In The Earth Transformed, ground-breaking historian Peter Frankopan shows that engagement with the natural world and with climatic change and their effects on us are not new: exploring, ...
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In the Shadow of the Gods
The Emperor in World History
- Penguin UK, 2023
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 528 páginas
PVP: 15,00 €
ISBN 978-0-14-198445-2
EAN 9780141984452
From the acclaimed Wolfson Prize-winning author, a dazzling history of the world's emperors For millennia much of the world was ruled by emperors: a handful of individuals claimed no limit to the lands they could rule over and no limit to their authority. They operated beyond normal human constraint and indeed often claimed a superhuman ...
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Once Upon a Time World
The dark and sparkling story of the French Riviera
- Atlantic Books, 2023
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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The Ship Asunder
A Maritime History of Britain in Eleven Vessels
- Penguin Books Ltd, 2023
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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Making History
The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
- Orion Publishing, 2023
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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Ten Cities that Led the World
From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
- Hodder & Stoughton, 2023
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5293-5644-1
EAN 9781529356441
Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made. Through ten unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how urban centres lead civilisation forward, enjoying a moment of ...
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The West
A New History of an Old Idea
- Random House UK, 2023
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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The Earth Transformed
An Untold History
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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- Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 2023
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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- Granta Books, 2023
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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Pioneers of Capitalism
The Netherlands 1000 1800
- Princeton, 2022
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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- Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022
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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Dinner in Rome
A History of the World in One Meal
- Reaktion Books, 2022
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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The Scent of Empires
Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow
- Polity, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 224 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-5095-5492-8
EAN 9781509554928
Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century? Can a smell bear the traces of history? What can we learn about the history of the twentieth century by examining the fate of perfumes? In this remarkable book, Karl Schlögel unravels the interconnected histories of two of the world's most celebrated perfumes. ...
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- Harper Collins USA, 2022
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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Antwerp
The Glory Years
- Penguin UK, 2022
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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- Scribe Publications, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 224 páginas
PVP: 22,00 €
ISBN 978-1-914484-02-5
EAN 9781914484025
Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan José Millás has always felt like he doesn't quite fit into human society.Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all. Perhaps he is a Neanderthal who somehow survived? So he turns to Juan Luis Arsuaga, one of ...
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- Faber & Faber, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 608 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
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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Nomads
The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World
- Hodder & Stoughton, 2022
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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- Profile Books, 2022
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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