"Lost Worlds convinces us of the value of slowing down to recognize the tremendous diversity of the human past. But he presses hard against the conclusion that there was any direction or pattern behind its complexity." —The Wall Street Journal“A spellbinding tour de force!” —Walter Scheidel, author of What Is Ancient History?“This is non-fiction storytelling at its finest.”

The creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn.In the bestselling tradition of The Swerve and A Distant Mirror, The Verge tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and world history. Here, author Patrick Wyman examines ...

The creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn.In the bestselling tradition of The Swerve and A Distant Mirror, The Verge tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and world history. Here, author Patrick Wyman examines ...

Em No limiar da História, Patrick Wyman traz à luz um momento decisivo em que a Europa se liberta definitivamente da Idade Média e o curso da história é para sempre alterado.Um caminho de conhecimento, de curiosidade insaciável, de experiência e de descoberta que preparou o mundo para um futuro globalizado sem precedentes.Uma história de inovação e de rutura e de como a vontade humana não...

Audiobook narrated by the author.“A spellbinding tour de force!” —Walter Scheidel, author of What Is Ancient History?“This is non-fiction storytelling at its finest.” —Eric H. Cline, author of 1177 B.C.The creator of the hit podcast Tides of History offers a new look at humanity’s deep past, showing us how our world was built not by inevitability, ...

不理解這段歷史，就無法看懂我們生活的世界！一部磅礡的史詩，一段震撼的起源，一起見證「世界秩序」的誕生！1200****萬粉絲認證，美國最受歡迎的歷史博士重量級力作！地理大發現、國家概念興起、金融制度建立、文藝復興、宗教改革……這一切，全發生在這40年裡！哥倫布從西班牙啟航，拉開了百年後的「全球化」序幕？透過征服、交易與婚姻，伊莎貝拉女王的一生，正是「國家」的誕生？從養羊到炒房，隨著人們口袋有錢，現代的「資本」也隨之萌芽？活字版印刷，書籍普及，「知識」從此不再是少數人的所有物？火藥的傳播，讓城堡不再堅不可摧，更永久改變「戰爭」的型態？1490至1530年，是歐洲發展的關鍵，不過短短40年，歐洲就擺脫社會紛亂、資源匱乏的泥淖，從當時世界的邊陲，一躍成為歷史的核心，並引領世界往後數百年的發展。這段崛起的歷史背後，究竟發生了什麼事？...

Barbarians, political breakdown, economic collapse, mass migration, pillaging and plunder. The fall of the Roman Empire has been studied for years, but genetics, climate science, forensic science, network models, and globalization studies have reshaped our understanding of one of the most important events in human history. PhD historian and specialist Patrick Wyman brings the cutting edge of history to listeners in plain, relatable English.

Everywhere around us are echoes of the past. Those echoes define the boundaries of states and countries, how we pray and how we fight. They determine what money we spend and and how we earn it at work, what language we speak and how we raise our children. On Tides of History, we prove that the key to understanding our modern world is in our past.

An exhilarating, original novel, set in Brazil, Idaho, and outer space, about an obsessive librarian, a down-at-heel author, and a disgraced historian who go on the hunt for a mystical, life-changing book--and find it.The Infinite Future is a mindbending novel that melds two page-turning tales in one. In the first, we meet three broken people, joined by an obsession with a forgotten Brazilian science-fiction author named Salgado-MacKenzie. There's Danny, a...

From haunting ghost stories to classic fairy tales, Going Public … In Shorts! is a collection of forty classic and lesser-known works by history's greatest writers.Among the stories included are "The Death of a Government Clerk," Anton Chekhov's defining vignette; "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," Mark Twain's comedic story that earned him national fame; "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry's masterful Christmastime tale about love and sacrifice; and "The Stor...