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A sparkling exploration of the four cardinal directions, by the acclaimed author of A History of the World in 12 Maps.
North, south, east and ...
Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing.
It shows ...
A GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A superb book' Simon Sebag Montefiore
'An empowering story of human ingenuity' Economist
'Full of curious ...
The definitive 2,500-year history of sugar and its human costs, from its little-known origins as a luxury good in Asia to worldwide environmental devastation ...
The Sunday Times Bestseller
A new assessment of the West's colonial record
In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989 ...
A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the "cropscape"-the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and places that surround a crop
Human efforts to move ...
In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing 'an art without a history'. 'No-one', it went on, 'has made it the business of ...
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bancroft Prize, and the Parkman Prize
From acclaimed diplomat and historian George Kennan, a landmark ...
From prehistoric times to the 21st century, the compelling story of world history may both surprise and inspire
This lavishly illustrated visual encyclopedia tells the ...
A bold, accessible, and truly global overview of LGBTQ+ history, from the ancient world to the present day
Discover the rich and complex history of ...
Against the long historical backdrop of 1492, Columbus, and the Conquest, Robert Stam's wide-ranging study traces a trajectory from the representation of indigenous peoples ...
From Stonehenge to microchips, discover the one simple method used to engineer the world as we know it
Discover the secret method used to build ...
Profit - getting more out of something than you put into it - is the original genius of homo sapiens, who learned how to unleash the energy ...