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What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of ...
The tragedies of World War II are well known. But at least one has been forgotten: in September 1939, four hundred thousand cats and dogs ...
'Incisive and scary.. a wake-up call' Nick Fraser, Guardian 'This is the most astonishing, convincing, and disturbing book I've read in years' Joe Sacco ...
In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced until she was carried away six days ...
'War is the most important thing in the world', writes Martin van Creveld, one of the world's best-known experts on military history and strategy ...
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
This book is about a strange object-strange in ...
'Stirring' Roger Lewis, Daily Mail, BOOK OF THE WEEK
'A warm and worthy tribute' The Times
'Elegantly written, thought-provoking' The Lady
'A lucid and affectionate ...
Cannibalism. It's the last, greatest taboo: the stuff of urban legends and ancient myths, airline crashes and Captain Cook. But while we might get ...
On July 22, 2009, a special meeting was held with twenty-four leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health to discuss early findings that a ...
William H. McNeill is known for his ability to portray the grand sweep of history. The Global Condition is a classic work for understanding the ...
Beards-they're all the rage these days. Take a look around: from hip urbanites to rustic outdoorsmen, well-groomed metrosexuals to post-season hockey players, facial hair ...
A highly original history of the least understood and most intractable form of organised human aggression, from ancient Rome to our present conflict-ridden world
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A concise and accessible history of decolonization in the twentieth century The end of colonial rule in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean was one of ...
