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Fake History
Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World
- Carlton Books, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
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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- Headline, 2022
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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- Penguin Books Ltd, 2022
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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- Hodder & Stoughton, 2022
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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- Random House UK, 2022
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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Ten Cities That Led The World
From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
- Hodder & Stoughton, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 19,75 €
ISBN 978-1-5293-5643-4
EAN 9781529356434
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 glory ...
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- Penguin UK, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 14,75 €
ISBN 978-0-241-37051-3
EAN 9780241370513
'An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps'Not merely an horologist's delight, but an ingenious meditation on the nature and symbolism of time-keeping itself' Richard HolmesThe measurement of time has always been essential to human ...
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The Fabric of Civilization
How Textiles Made the World
- Basic Books, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 30,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5416-1762-9
EAN 9781541617629
The story of humanity is the story of textiles-as old as civilization itself. Textiles created empires and powered invention. They established trade routes and drew nations' borders.Since the first thread was spun, fabric has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel traces this surprising history, exposing the hidden ways ...
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- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 704 páginas
PVP: 37,80 €
ISBN 978-0-374-15735-7
EAN 9780374157357
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution-from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality-and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike-either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. ...
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Money
From Bronze to Bitcoin, the True Story of a Made-up Thing
- Atlantic Books, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 16,05 €
ISBN 978-1-78649-572-3
EAN 9781786495723
Humans invented money from nothing, so why can't we live without it? And why does no one understand what it really is? In this lively tour through the centuries, Jacob Goldstein charts the story of this paradoxical commodity, exploring where money came from, why it matters and whether bitcoin will still exist in twenty years. ...
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War
How Conflict Shaped Us
- Profile Books, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 16,05 €
ISBN 978-1-78816-257-9
EAN 9781788162579
The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of harmony in human history: the 'long peace', as Stephen Pinker called it. But despite this, there has been a military conflict ongoing every year since 1945. The same can be said for every century of recorded history.Is ...
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Liquid History
An Illustrated Guide to London's Greatest Pubs
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THOSE WHO LOVE LONDON. An illustrated guide to London's best pubs and their extraordinary history, presented by the founder of the world-famous Liquid History Tours. Pull up a stool for a thirst-quenching trundle through London's liquid history in search of the city's greatest pubs.We raise a toast in Shakespeare's local, pop ...
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- Bantam, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 432 páginas
PVP: 24,85 €
ISBN 978-1-78763-310-0
EAN 9781787633100
In his brilliant and excitingly ambitious new book, Neil Oliver takes us on a whistlestop tour around the world and through a million years to give us a unique and invaluable grasp of how human history pieces together.From the east to the west, north to south, these 100 moments act like stepping stones allowing us ...
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The Interest
How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery
For two hundred years, the abolition of slavery in Britain has been a cause for self-congratulation - but no longer. In 1807, Parliament outlawed the slave trade in the British Empire, but for the next quarter of a century, despite heroic and bloody rebellions, more than 700,000 people in the British colonies remained enslaved. And ...
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- Ebury, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 14,75 €
ISBN 978-1-5291-0994-8
EAN 9781529109948
'We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed' Martin Luther KingIn an era where our liberties are often under threat, Letters to Change the World sends reminders from history that standing up for - and voicing - our personal and political beliefs ...
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Metropolis
A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention
- Vintage UK, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 448 páginas
PVP: 14,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78470-752-1
EAN 9781784707521
From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city. 'Brilliant...enchanting' Evening Standard 'Exhilarating' New York TimesThe story of the city is the story of civilisation. From Uruk and Babylon to Baghdad and Venice, and on to London, New York, Shanghai and Lagos, Ben Wilson takes us through millennia ...
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The Great Imperial Hangover
How Empires Have Shaped the World
- Atlantic Books, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 384 páginas
PVP: 16,05 €
ISBN 978-1-78649-833-5
EAN 9781786498335
For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world's imperial legacies are still shaping the thorniest issues we face today.From Russia's incursions in the Ukraine to Brexit; from Trump's 'America-first' policy to China's ...
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The History Makers
2500 Years of Who We Are
- Random House USA, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 736 páginas
PVP: 37,75 €
ISBN 978-1-4000-6876-0
EAN 9781400068760
An epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers'from Julius Caesar to William Shakespeare to Simon Schama'continue to influence our ideas about history (and about who we are) today There are many stories we can spin about years gone by, but which accounts come to be told, and ...
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Past Mistakes
How We Misinterpret History and Why it Matters
- Icon Books, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 306 páginas
PVP: 14,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78578-690-7
EAN 9781785786907
From the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, David Mountain brings colour and perspective to historical mythmaking. The stories we tell about our past matter. But those stories have been shaped by prejudice, hoaxes and misinterpretations that have whitewashed entire chapters of history, erased women and invented civilisations.Today history is often ...
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Burning the Books
A History of Knowledge Under Attack
- Hodder & Stoughton, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 16,00 €
ISBN 978-1-5293-7877-1
EAN 9781529378771
An unforgettable 3,000-year-old journey - from Mesopotamian clay tablets trying to predict the future, to Tudor book-hunters and Nazi bonfires, and on into the dangers of our increasingly digital existence, Burning the Books shows how the preservation of knowledge is vital for the survival of civilization itself. 'A wonderful book, full of good stories and ...
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