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The bestselling phenomenon - an enthralling 6,000-year journey through the history of books and reading
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A concise and detailed chronological survey of world events from early human ancestors to the present day
Discover the world's most significant events through ...
A dazzling exploration of the intersections of beauty and power around the globe, told through the lens of an iconic cosmetic
A dazzling exploration of ...
A delightfully captivating journey across the medieval world, from Europe to the Antipodes, seen through the eyes of those who travelled across it
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'A sparkling tour through the stories of the symbols we know so well' - Tim Marshall
Starting with flags that we know, this captivating history explains ...
Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow history of creative vanity ...
'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are an abiding, indispensable ...
Baillie-Gifford award-winner Serhii Plokhy's illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear disasters
In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into ...
10 June 1907, Peking. Five cars set off in a desperate race across two continents on the verge of revolution.
An Italian prince and his ...
It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before ...
An investigation into the evolution of the seven-day week and how our attachment to its rhythms influences how we live
"[Henkin] scours American literature, diaries ...
Humans did not make history - we played host. This book is Guns, Germs and Steel without the guns and steel, Sapiens for the pandemic era ...
'A sweeping, absorbing history, deeply researched, of that extraordinary and enduring phenomenon: the library' - Richard Ovenden, author of Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge ...
The incomparable Bill Bryson travels through time and space to introduce us to the world, the universe and everything in this groundbreaking book, the best ...
Solve intriguing and challenging puzzles based on the world-renowned British Museum collection.
The Rosetta Stone, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Assyrian reliefs, the Lewis Chessmen: many mysteries of ...