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The bestselling phenomenon - a 6,000-year adventure through the history of books and reading
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'Dazzling ... Finlay's adventures, vividly recounted, make enthralling reading ... This book is equally an inspiration and ...
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 uniquely illustrated guide to the history of our world
Witness our incredible human story unfold - from the very first people in Africa to the ...
Baillie-Gifford award-winner Serhii Plokhy's illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear disasters
In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into ...
'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are an abiding, indispensable ...
'An incredible and stirring story . . . a mix of competition, camaraderie as well as a larky sense of adventure . . . Down goes the flag. Smash goes the ...
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 ...
THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author ...
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 ...
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
'An exquisite book, beautifully put together... What a very wonderful book.' STEPHEN FRY
'Forty-thousand years of our ...
Humans did not make history - we played host. This book is Guns, Germs and Steel without the guns and steel, Sapiens for the pandemic era ...
THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE AND FINANCIAL TIMES
A ...