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The ground-breaking book that uncovers how our fear of death is the hidden driver of most of humankind's endeavours.The human mind can grapple ...
A wide-ranging, thought-provoking introduction to British tax history
'There is almost no issue of public interest which does not derive from taxes or end up ...
How our understanding of the past was transformed between the French Revolution and the Great Exhibition by a band of long-forgotten pioneers, the antiquariesBetween the ...
Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman - Ian Thomson, Independent Innovation brings Peter Ackroyds History of England to a triumphant close. In it, Ackroyd takes ...
Huge corporations are acting like nations, global wealth is going to billionaires and ordinary people are suffering. It's set to be a rocky decade ...
Blood and Oil the explosive untold story of how Mohammed bin Salman and his entourage grabbed power in the Middle East and acquired a network ...
From the author of Crashed comes a short, high-speed history of how Covid-19 ravaged the global economy, and where it leaves us now
When the ...
The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic has shaped the world for centuries. The history of Iceland began ...
'Extraordinary... A fascinating and intelligent book.' - Sunday Times
New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many ...
In China there are up to 25 million Muslims living in the country, representing over 1200 years of Chinese-Islamic relations. However, little is known about ...
A breathtaking visual journey exploring why certain animal species capture our attention, and showcasing hopeful conservation efforts around the world.
From polar bears to mountain ...
Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical development, as it slows ...
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY
"Full of...lively insights and lucid prose" (The ...
Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe?
The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules ...
In June 1942, the U.S. Army began recruiting immigrants, the children of immigrants, refugees, and others with language skills and knowledge of enemy lands ...
