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A Million Years in a Day

A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone Age

de Greg Jenner ...

"For those fascinated by odd bits of historical trivia and the evolution of modern-day life . . . an entertaining, informative and highly detailed read." ― Shelf Awareness (starred review)Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock?Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us ... Leer más

$17.29 USD

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"For those fascinated by odd bits of historical trivia and the evolution of modern-day life . . . an entertaining, informative and highly detailed read." ― Shelf Awareness (starred review)Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock?Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro
Ask A Historian

50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

de Greg Jenner ...

'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through ... Leer más

$5.99 USD

Disponible también en: Audiolibro

'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro
Dead Famous

An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen

de Greg Jenner ...

'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian'A fascinating, rollicking book in search of why, where and how fame strikes. Sit back and enjoy the ride.' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'[An] engaging and well-researched book... Jenner brings his material to vivid life' ObserverCelebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as ... Leer más

$5.99 USD

Disponible también en: Audiolibro

'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian'A fascinating, rollicking book in search of why, where and how fame strikes. Sit back and enjoy the ride.' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'[An] engaging and well-researched book... Jenner brings his material to vivid life' ObserverCelebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro
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Ask A Historian

50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

de Greg Jenner ...

Narrado por Greg Jenner, Dan Schreiber, Janina Ramirez, Shappi Khorsandi ...

Completo

11 hora 4 minutos

'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
Neues von vorgestern

Die ganze Geschichte der alltäglichen Dinge

de Greg Jenner ...

Seit wann schlafen Menschen eigentlich in einem Bett? Wer hat das Zähneputzen erfunden, und wer hat sich überhaupt "Arbeit" ausgedacht? TV-Historiker Greg Jenner, Englands populärster Geschichts-Erklärer nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise in die Geschichte unseres Alltags. Wir begleiten seinen Protagonisten vom Aufstehen ins Bad und zur Arbeit; wir sitzen mit am Tisch, wenn er isst und telefoniert, und ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Seit wann schlafen Menschen eigentlich in einem Bett? Wer hat das Zähneputzen erfunden, und wer hat sich überhaupt "Arbeit" ausgedacht? TV-Historiker Greg Jenner, Englands populärster Geschichts-Erklärer nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise in die Geschichte unseres Alltags. Wir begleiten seinen Protagonisten vom Aufstehen ins Bad und zur Arbeit; wir sitzen mit am Tisch, wenn er isst und telefoniert, und
... Leer más
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Past Forward: A Century of Sound

A BBC Radio 4 history series

de Greg Jenner ...

Narrado por Greg Jenner, Stephen Fry, Naomi Alderman, Martin Johnes, David Vincent, Rob Evans, Kitty Hart-Moxon, Joe Moran, Geoff Dyer, Sathnam Sanghera0 ...

Completo

4 hora 35 minutos

A funny, fascinating and personal look at 100 years of history in the BBC archivesHistorian Greg Jenner uses a random date generator to visit somewhere in the BBC's vast archives of remarkable sound clips from the last 100 years. Using that clip as a jumping-off point to explore what has changed between then and now, Greg talks to experts and those connected to the archived people, places, and ... Leer más

$12.28 USD

A funny, fascinating and personal look at 100 years of history in the BBC archivesHistorian Greg Jenner uses a random date generator to visit somewhere in the BBC's vast archives of remarkable sound clips from the last 100 years. Using that clip as a jumping-off point to explore what has changed between then and now, Greg talks to experts and those connected to the archived people, places, and
... Leer más
Audiolibro

Dead Famous

An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen

de Greg Jenner ...

Narrado por Greg Jenner ...

Completo

12 hora 45 minutos

Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling, titillating, and outraging us for much longer than we might realize. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron, whose poetry sent female fans into an erotic frenzy; or the cheetah-owning, coffin-sleeping, one-legged French actress Sarah Bernhardt, who launched a violent feud ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling, titillating, and outraging us for much longer than we might realize. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron, whose poetry sent female fans into an erotic frenzy; or the cheetah-owning, coffin-sleeping, one-legged French actress Sarah Bernhardt, who launched a violent feud
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
Audiolibro

A Million Years in a Day

A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age

de Greg Jenner ...

Narrado por Matthew Lloyd Davies ...

Completo

11 hora 25 minutos

Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old.Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old.Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
Transatlantic Storms in Anglo-American Relations

How the Alliance Weathers Crises

de William D. James, Greg Kennedy, Suzanne Doyle, Carson Teuscher, C. J. Jenner, Thomas Maguire, David Gioe, Wyn Rees, Michael F. Hopkins0, Emma Salisbury1, Andrew Gawthorpe2, Gill Bennett, OBE3, Louise Kettle4, Reja Younis5, Barbara Zanchetta6, Jonathan Esty7 ...

An authoritative, in-depth study on the character, legacy, and trajectory of the UK-US allianceAfter the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, many observers declared the UK-US alliance—often dubbed "the special relationship"—dead. Yet this was hardly the first time the partnership was read its last rites. Indeed, one of its defining characteristics is its resilience in the face of ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

An authoritative, in-depth study on the character, legacy, and trajectory of the UK-US allianceAfter the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, many observers declared the UK-US alliance—often dubbed "the special relationship"—dead. Yet this was hardly the first time the partnership was read its last rites. Indeed, one of its defining characteristics is its resilience in the face of
... Leer más
Audiolibro

Rant

An Oral History of Buster Casey

de Chuck Palahniuk ...

Narrado por Stina Nielsen, L.J. Ganser, James Jenner, Kevin R. Free, Alan Nebelthau, Julia Gibson, Norman Dietz, Jonathan Hogan, Melanie Martinez, Angela Rogers, Andrea Gallo, Robin Miles, John McDonough, Cynthia Darlow, George Guidall, Danielle Ferland, James Yaegashi, Johnny Heller, Suzanne Toren, Greg Steinbruner, Ed Sala, Ruth Ann Phimister, Lizzy Cooper-Davis, Richard Poe, Nick Landrum, Henry Strozier, Tom Stechschulte, Nicole Poole, T. Ryder Smith, Andy Paris ...

Completo

10 hora 12 minutos

Buster "Rant" Casey just may be the most efficient serial killer of our time. A high school rebel, Rant Casey escapes from his small town home for the big city where he becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. Rant Casey will die a spectacular highway death, after which his friends gather the testimony needed to build an oral history of his short, violent life. With ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

Buster "Rant" Casey just may be the most efficient serial killer of our time. A high school rebel, Rant Casey escapes from his small town home for the big city where he becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. Rant Casey will die a spectacular highway death, after which his friends gather the testimony needed to build an oral history of his short, violent life. With
... Leer más
The Great Silence

Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age

de Juliet Nicolson ...

This account of British life in the wake of World War I is "social history at its very best . . . insightful and utterly absorbing" ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).As the euphoria of Armistice Day in 1918 quickly subsided, there was no denying the carnage that the Great War had left in its wake. Grief and shock overwhelmed the psyche of the British people—but from their despair, new life would slowly ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This account of British life in the wake of World War I is "social history at its very best . . . insightful and utterly absorbing" ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).As the euphoria of Armistice Day in 1918 quickly subsided, there was no denying the carnage that the Great War had left in its wake. Grief and shock overwhelmed the psyche of the British people—but from their despair, new life would slowly
... Leer más
A History of the Wife

de Marilyn Yalom ...

"A valentine to wives . . . after reading Yalom's history, one thing is clear: marriage is not for the faint-hearted." — USA TodayHow did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose ... Leer más

$2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

"A valentine to wives . . . after reading Yalom's history, one thing is clear: marriage is not for the faint-hearted." — USA TodayHow did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose
... Leer más