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A bold new story of human progress, told through six materials that built our world and will transform our future. For fans of Tim Marshall ...
'Entertaining and vivid... This is a gripping account of an intriguing and little-known Cold War moment' OBSERVER
'Reads like a thriller' THE SUN
The astonishing ...
History loves a villain. Across the entire span of human civilisation, certain people and groups have been identified as being responsible for the ills of ...
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 ...
The epic story of the past, present, and future of world order, revealing how the decline of the West may be a good thing for ...
'Entertaining' The Times'Utterly fascinating and illuminating' Sinclair McKay'Fascinating... An astonishing read, with remarkably vivid protagonists' Harald Jhner'Ohler weaves a masterful tapestry of ...
An entertaining and enlightening book about how ancient peoples dealt with death and what we might learn from them
A lively story of death, What ...
Meet the pioneering female anthropologists who coped with illness, shipwreck, loneliness and misogyny to document the remarkable lives of people in distant parts of the ...
'Fascinating' TOM HOLLAND | 'A delight from start to finish' MIRANDA SAWYER
'A novel and fascinating perspective on world history' BILL BRYSON
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'Readable and expert - a brilliant guide to the life and thought of 17th century Europe's supreme polymath'
Tom Holland
'A richly detailed account of ...
In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story ...
The never-before-told story of the epic battle of wills between Andrew Mellon and Winston Churchill, as they debated the repayment of the enormous sums loaned ...
