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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 ...
A global account of pirates and their modus operandi, from the Middle Ages to the present day
In the twenty-first century piracy has regained a ...
A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio epidemic sparked a revolution in medical care.
Americans knew polio as the 'summer ...
THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
From the master storyteller ...
Have you ever wondered what Stalin did before he became leader of the Soviet Union? Did you know Socrates, Alcibiades and Aristophanes once got together ...
From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our past, examining these ...
An expansive history of how an economic shock a half century ago created a world that is addicted to mass migration.The oil shock of ...
This brilliantly concise history of the Pacific Ocean nevertheless succeeds in examining both the indigenous presence on ocean's islands and Western control or influence ...
The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern world
The New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation ...
Taking readers on a global journey through human history, historian Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesar's ...
A dazzling history of the world's emperors, spanning the last thousand years
For millennia much of the world was ruled by emperors- a handful ...
A bold new account of the Age of Revolution, one of the most complex and vast transformations in human history
"A fresh and illuminating framework ...
