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  • A LITTLE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
    LAWRENCE, SNEZANA
    A lively, accessible history of mathematics throughout the ages and across the globe Mathematics is fundamental to our daily lives. Science, computing, economics—all aspects of modern life rely on some kind of maths. But how did our ancestors think about numbers? How did they use mathematics to explain and understand the world around them? Where do numbers even come from? I...
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    24,75 €

  • A LITTLE HISTORY OF MUSIC
    PHILIP, ROBERT
    A superbly engaging guide to music around the world, from prehistory to the present Music excites and moves us perhaps more than any other art form. From a Neanderthal’s bone flute to the festivals of Glastonbury and Coachella, human beings have always made and enjoyed music. Covering a remarkable range, including Indian raga, Javanese gamelan, medieval chant, jazz and K-po...
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    16,50 €

  • A LITTLE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
    WARBURTON, NIGEL
    A lucid guide to humankind's greatest thinkers, from Aristotle to Peter Singer Philosophy begins with the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them just how little they genuinely understood. This engaging Litt...
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    16,50 €

  • A LITTLE HISTORY OF LITERATURE
    SUTHERLAND, JOHN
    A vibrant guide to the world of literature, from dramatic plays to engrossing novels Literature has inspired every civilisation, from Greek myth to today’s graphic novels. John Sutherland, who has researched, taught and written on the entire glorious span of human literary activity, here guides readers on a journey ‘through the looking glass’ to show how literature from acros...
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    16,50 €

  • EMPIREWORLD
    SANGHERA, SATHNAM
    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIn his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the world.'Beautifully written, and not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times. This is essential reading' Peter Frankopan'An absolute masterpiece' James O'Brien'Deeply poignant .. . riveting .. . brave, painful, urgent and timely' Jerry ...
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    21,25 €

  • OPERATION MINCEMEAT
    MCINTYRE, BEN
    **Soon to be a major film, starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilson, Johnny Flynn and Jason Isaacs**A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONA SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER'Astonishing ... Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan' Daily Mail'A rollicking read' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'Brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining' New York...
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    16,93 €

  • HOMO DEUS
    HARARI YUVAL NOAH
    **THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER** Sapiens showed us where we came from. In uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going. 'Homo Deus will shock you.It will entertain you. It will make you think in ways you had not thought before' Daniel Kahneman, bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenge...
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    17,15 €

  • SAPIENS. A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND
    HARARI YUVAL NOAH
    **THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack ObamaWhat makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human. Earth is 4.5 billion years old.In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others ha...
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    17,15 €

  • ROARING GIRLS : THE EXTRAORDINARY LIVES OF HISTORY'S UNSUNG HEROINES
    KYTE, HOLLY
    'Extraordinary' Woman&Home A Roaring Girl was loud when she should be quiet, disruptive when she should be submissive, sexual when she should be pure, 'masculine' when she should be 'feminine'. Meet the unsung heroines of British history who refused to play by the rules. Roaring Girls tells the game-changing life stories of eight formidable women whose grit, determination and r...
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    16,98 €

  • IN SPITE OF THE GODS
    LUCE, EDWARD
    India is poised to become one of the world's three largest economies in the next generation and to overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2032. Well before then India's incipient nuclear deterrent will have acquired intercontinental range and air, sea and land capabilities. India's volatile relationship with its nuclear-armed neighbour, Pakistan, may prove to be...
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    15,40 €

  • A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 47 BORDERS
    ELLEDGE, JONN
    A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps, described by Richard Osman as 'an absolutely incredible present for anyone who's interested in the world at all, which is sort of all of us' (The Rest Is Entertainment podcast)'Fascinating' TOM HOLLAND 'A delight from start to finish' MIRANDA SAWYER'A novel and fascinating perspe...
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    16,50 €

  • SIEGE
    MCINTYRE, BEN
    ‘Unforgettable’ Independent‘Fresh and gripping’ TelegraphTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEROn April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took 26 hostages, including embassy staff, visitors, and three British citizens. A tense six-day siege ensued as millions gathered around screens across...
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    17,03 €

  • ESPAÑA: A BRIEF HISTORY OF SPAIN
    TREMLETT, GILES
    Image for Espana: a Brief History of SpainClick to enlargeEspana: a Brief History of Spainby Giles Tremlett (Author)Format:Paperback / softback 304 pages, 1 x 16pp colPublisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLCImprint:ApolloISBN:9781789544381Published:2 Feb 2023Classifications:European history, History: earliest times to present day, Travel writingReadership:General (US: Trade)Weight:2...
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    18,50 €

  • SAY NOTHING : A TRUE STORY OF MURDER AND MEMORY IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    RADDEN KEEFE, PATRICK
    DescriptionWINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 A BARACK OBAMA BEST BOOK OF 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION 2019 TIME's #1 Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A must read' Gillian Flynn One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again....
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    15,50 €

  • ATLAS OF IMPROBABLE PLACES : A JOURNEY TO THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL CORNERS
    ELBOROUGH, TRAVIS
    'Atlas of Improbable Places has that rare, through-the-wardrobe quality. It is a delightful compendium of the strangest places on the planet.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 2020 WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR Atlas of Vanishing Places. In Atlas of Improbable Places, Travis Elborough goes in search of the obscure and bizarre, the beautiful and arca...
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    14,50 €

  • THE REST IS HISTORY
    HOLLAND, TOM / SANDBROOK, DOMINIC
    Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys – there’s a new history book in town. From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past – from Alexander the Great to Tolkien, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation’s favourite historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take on the most curious moments in history, answering t...
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    16,25 €

  • THE EINSTEIN VENDETTA
    HARDING, THOMAS
    From the Sunday Times bestselling author of HANNS AND RUDOLF, THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE and BLOOD ON THE PAGE, pre-order the gripping story of an unsolved murder which took place against the extraordinary background of Nazi-occupied Florence during World War Two . . .'I absolutely devoured The Einstein Vendetta ...Remarkable. Totally compelling' Edmund de Waal'Can't express how mov...
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    21,50 €

  • WHY WAR?
    OVERY, RICHARD
    A richly absorbing book... Overy is unquestionably one of our finest living historians - The Daily TelegraphWhy has warfare always been part of the human story?From biology to belief, what explains the persistence of violent conflict?What light can this shed on humanity’s past – and its future?There can be few more important but also more contentious issues than attempting to u...
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    16,50 €

  • GHOSTS OF SPAIN
    TREMLETT, GILES
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    17,25 €

  • WORLD ORDER
    KISSINGER,HENRY
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    16,50 €

  • SPQR
    BEARD, MARY
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    19,48 €

  • OXFORD COMPANION TO SCOTTISH HISTORY
    LYNCH, M
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    31,20 €

  • SECRETS OF THE CODE
    BURSTEIN, D
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    14,90 €

  • MYTHOS
    FRY, STEPHEN
    STEP INTO ANOTHER WORLD - OF MAGIC, MAYHEM, MONSTERS AND MANIACAL GODS - IN STEPHEN FRY'S MOMENTOUS SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, MYTHOS'A romp through the lives of ancient Greek gods. Fry is at his story-telling best . .. the gods will be pleased' Times___________No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's v...
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    15,48 €

  • A LITTLE HISTORY OF ART
    MULLINS, CHARLOTTE
    A thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the first artworks ever made to art’s central role in culture today Art can help us see the world differently or understand our place in it a little more clearly. It can move us emotionally, even if sometimes we cannot explain why. It is powerful stuff. Roaming from Japan and India to South America and the Middle East, Ch...
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    16,50 €

  • THE REST IS HISTORY RETURNS
    SANDBROOK, DOMINIC
    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe second bestselling book from 'the most joyous and brain-enhancing podcast out there' (The Times) - also including puzzles and a quiz!Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook bring you an alphabetical miscellany, taking on some of history’s best and most bizarre moments. Charge forth against the traitors of the American Revolution, journey through...
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    16,50 €

  • A LITTLE HISTORY OF RELIGION
    HOLLOWAY, RICHARD
    A rich and inclusive history of belief, from humanity's earliest days to our own times Religion is distinctly human. We can’t help wondering about where we come from and why we are here. Did some all-powerful being make the universe? When we die, is there anything else to come? And what will it be like? Questions like these have occupied human minds across the ages.In our sea...
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    16,50 €

  • A LITTLE HISTORY OF ECONOMICS
    KISHTAINY, NIALL
    An accessible account of the history of economics through the ideas of great thinkers Economics explains the world. For example, the fact that you’re holding this book in your hands puts you in a special position. To many people around the globe, spending money on a book and being able to read it would seem as likely as a trip to the moon.But why can some countries afford the b...
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    16,50 €

  • HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST CA. 3000 - 323 BC
    VAN DE MIEROOP,MARC
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    68,35 €

  • NORMAL WOMEN
    GREGORY, PHILIPPA
    A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES'Radically reframes our national story' OBSERVER'This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' SPECTATOR'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES'Normal Women is Gregory's finest moment' GLAMOUR UKFROM THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING HISTORICAL NOVELIST COMES THE CULMINATION OF HER LIFE'S WORKDid you know that there ...
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    18,25 €


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