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  • The Histories

    by Herodotus ...
    Translated by Tom Holland ...
    Tom Holland's 'stirring new translation' (Telegraph) of Herodotus' Histories, one of the great books in Western history - now in paperbackThe Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction writing. Joined here are the sheer drama of Herodotus' narrative of the Persian ... Read more

    RM 57.09

  • Fall of Civilizations

    Stories of Greatness and Decline

    by Paul Cooper ...
    **"A treasure trove of myths and terror… Atmospheric as hell… Immersive."―**The TimesBased on the podcast with over one hundred million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and ... Read more

    RM 49.89

  • A History of Jerusalem

    One City, Three Faiths

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    Due to the level of detail, maps are best viewed on a tablet.‘A History of Jerusalem should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.’ Stephen Tummin, Daily TelegraphJerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other city in the world.Held by believers to contain the site where Abraham offered up Isaac, the place of ... Read more

    RM 37.79

  • Tao Te Ching

    A New English Version

    by Stephen Mitchell, Lao Tzu ...
    The bestselling, widely acclaimed translation from Stephen Mitchell"Mitchell’s rendition of the Tao Te Ching comes as close to being definitive for our time as any I can imagine. It embodies the virtues its translator credits to the Chinese original: a gemlike lucidity that is radiant with humor, grace, largeheartedness, and deep wisdom." — Huston Smith, author of The Religions of ManIn eighty-one ... Read more

    RM 44.09 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Medium Raw

    A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

    by Anthony Bourdain ...
    Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world, ... Read more

    RM 45.09

  • Maths on the Back of an Envelope

    Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything

    by Rob Eastaway ...
    ‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRYHow many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join ... Read more

    RM 38.49

  • Promiscuous Knowledge

    Information, Image, and Other Truth Games in History

    by Kenneth Cmiel, John Durham Peters ...
    "[A] lively account of the cultural and intellectual history of how Americans have lived with image and information since the mid-nineteenth century." —Peter Simonson, author of Refiguring Mass CommunicationSergey Brin, a cofounder of Google, once compared the perfect search engine to "the mind of God." As the modern face of promiscuous knowledge, however, Google's divine omniscience traffics in ... Read more

    RM 50.79 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Time's Monster

    History, Conscience and Britain's Empire

    by Priya Satia ...
    CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NEW STATESMAN AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'In this searing book, Priya Satia demonstrates, yet again, that she is one of our most brilliant and original historians' Sunil Amrith, author of Unruly WatersFor generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors. British historians' accounts of conquest guided the consolidation of imperial rule in India ... Read more

    RM 49.99

  • The LGBTQ + History Book

    Big Ideas Simply Explained

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Big Ideas
    Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions.Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ+ history and culture, this book showcases the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience. This diverse, global account explores the most important moments, movements, and phenomena, from the first known lesbian ... Read more

    RM 87.79

  • Life in a Medieval Village

    by Frances Gies, Joseph Gies ...
    Series series Medieval Life
    The reissue of Joseph and Frances Gies’s classic bestseller on life in medieval villages.This new reissue of Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made ... Read more

    RM 38.89

  • German Influence on British Cavalry

    With an Excerpt From Remembering Sion By Ryan Desmond

    by Erskine Childers, Ryan Desmond ...
    First published in 1911, this vintage book contains an fascinating account of how British cavalry was influenced by German practices and techniques at the turn of the twentieth century. Contents include: “Introductory”, “Sir John French on”, “The Arme Blanche”, “The British Theory of The Arme Blanche”, “Cavalry In Combat”, “Tactics Against The Various Arms”, “The Fight Of The Independent Cavalry”, ... Read more

    RM 39.17 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Facts and Trivia

    American History

    by Terri Schlichenmeyer ...
    Entertaining, informative, and fun. Educational, trivial, and profound. Astonishing, amazing, and surprising. That’s history! Take a weird and wonderful tour of American history with this treat of stories, trivia, and facts!From Juan Ponce de León to John Wayne to Jane Doe to the little-known stories hidden inside bigger historical events, The Book of Facts and Trivia: American History combines ... Read more

    RM 56.49

  • Violence and Public Memory

    Edited by Martin Blatt ...
    Violence and Public Memory assesses the relationship between these two subjects by examining their interconnections in varied case studies across the United States, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.Those responsible for the violence discussed in this volume are varied, and the political ideologies and structures range from apartheid to fascism to homophobia to military ... Read more

    RM 227.36

  • Los grandes asesinatos en la historia mundial

    by Jacques Chabannes ...
    Series Book 2 - Sociología Politica
    Rigurosa descripción cronológica y analítica de los magnicidios mas impactantes en la historia de la humanidad, desde los inicios de las civilizaciones hasta 1963 con la absurda muerte del popular presidente estadounidense John F. Kennedy. A lo largo del texto el autor describe crimenes de Estado, regicidios y asesinatos de importantes personalidades políticas acaecidos en diversas etapas de la ... Read more

    RM 22.27 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials

    by M. V. B. Perley ...
    The doctrine of familiar spirits was current in most ancient times. It is possible that immediately after the fall in Adam the imprisoned spirit of man began to assert its former freedom and ability. The old Scriptures depicted the witch’s character, gave warning of her blighting influence, and enacted heavy penalties against employing her agency. In Exodus, xxii. 18: “Thou shalt not suffer a ... Read more

    RM 11.72 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Weltkrieg

    by August Niemann ...
    In meiner Erinnerung taucht der britische Oberst auf, der mir in Kalkutta sagte: Dreimal bin ich hierher nach Indien kommandiert worden. Vor fünfundzwanzig Jahren als Leutnant: -- damals standen die Russen fünfzehnhundert Meilen von der indischen Grenze entfernt. Dann als Kapitän vor zehn Jahren: -- und damals standen die Russen nur noch fünfhundert Meilen entfernt. Vor einem Jahre als ... Read more

    RM 21.19

  • Rural Society in the Age of Reason

    An Archaeology of the Emergence of Modern Life in the Southern Scottish Highlands

    by Chris J. Dalglish ...
    Series series Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
    My interest in the archaeology of the Scottish Highlands began long before I had any formal training in the subject. Growing up on the eastern fringes of the southern Highlands, close to Loch Lomond, it was not hard stumble across ruined buildings, old field boundaries, and other traces of everyday life in the past. This is especially true if you spend much time, as I have done, climbing the ... Read more

    RM 377.29

  • Historical Dictionary of France

    by Gino Raymond ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Europe
    From the construction of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower to the Fall of the Bastille and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen to Napoléon Bonaparte's defeat at Waterloo to Albert Camus' L'Etranger and the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, France has been a part of some of the greatest and most memorable events in human history. Author Gino Raymond relates the history of these ... Read more

    RM 709.49

  • The Roof of the World Is Forever

    by Aimee Lamb ...
    Temuchin, from a herding family grew up to be a fearsome warrior/conqueror always supported by his three natural brothers, and one half brother, as well as his warrior sister through whose eyes we follow Temuchin as he becomes the great Genghis Khan and ruler of the largest then known dominion in the world. When Temuchin and his family, stalwart friends and followers moved, they moved their homes, ... Read more

    RM 19.56 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Entrepreneur in the History of Political Economy

    The Hunting for Heffalumps in the Early Economic Analysis

    by José M. Menudo ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    Modern economic theory has marginalised the figure of the entrepreneur, despite their significance in economic activity. Entrepreneurs rose in prominence as economic agents during the Enlightenment, but no consensus on this issue was formed in the period. This book addresses the role of the entrepreneur in the economic thought of the 18th and early 19th centuries, filling a gap in the ... Read more

    RM 243.04

  • Hegel’s Encyclopedic System

    Edited by Sebastian Stein, Joshua Wretzel ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
    This book discusses the most comprehensive of Hegel’s works: his long-neglected Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Outline. It contains original essays by internationally renowned and emerging voices in Hegel scholarship. Their contributions elucidate fundamental aspects of Hegel’s encyclopedic system with an eye to its contemporary relevance. The book thus addresses system-level claims ... Read more

    RM 227.36

  • My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The Cold War, c1945-1991

    by Melanie Vance ...
    Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthe... ... Read more

    RM 56.69

  • Ground Zero: Eine Forensische Analyse

    Was geschah wirklich am 11. September 2001?

    by Tilman W. Birkenfeld ...
    Dieses Buch ist kein Manifest und keine Theorie – es ist eine forensische Untersuchung eines Tatorts, der die Welt verändert hat. Mit nüchterner Präzision analysiert Tilman W. Birkenfeld den physikalischen Zustand von Ground Zero und konfrontiert die offiziellen Erklärungen mit empirischen Beweisen, die bislang systematisch ignoriert oder ausgeblendet wurden. Dabei entsteht ein Bild, das weder ... Read more

    RM 35.29

  • Rethinking Medieval and Renaissance Political Thought

    Historiographical Problems, Fresh Interpretations, New Debates

    Edited by Chris Jones, Takashi Shogimen ...
    Series series Themes in Medieval and Early Modern History
    This collection of essays, written by leading experts, showcases historiographical problems, fresh interpretations, and new debates in medieval and Renaissance history and political thought.Recent scholarship on medieval and Renaissance political thought is witness to tectonic movements. These involve quiet, yet considerable, re-evaluations of key thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas and Machiavelli, ... Read more

    RM 227.36