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  • Tangible Things

    Making History through Objects

    by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara Schechner, Samantha van Gerbig, Sarah Anne Carter ...
    In a world obsessed with the virtual, tangible things are once again making history. Tangible Things invites readers to look closely at the things around them, ordinary things like the food on their plate and extraordinary things like the transit of planets across the sky. It argues that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past. The authors of this ... Read more

    32,43 €

  • Sumerians: A History From Beginning to End

    by Henry Freeman ...
    A legendary civilization vanished under the Fertile Crescent and escaped a fate worse than death until Sumerologists questioned widely accepted truths. The Sumerians reemerged onto the extraordinary timeline of human history. Their tales of kings and gods, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, and their fearless trade in distant lands, during the remarkable Bronze Age, centered in the world's first ... Read more

    Free

  • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

    'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' Guardian

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    **THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children?The world-renowned historian and intellectual ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • Sapiens

    A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    '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?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, 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 has ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • 1177 B.C.

    The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated

    by Eric H. Cline ...
    Series series Turning Points in Ancient History
    A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapseIn 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and ... Read more

    15,25 €

  • The Dawn of Everything

    A New History of Humanity

    by David Graeber, David Wengrow ...
    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The GuardianFor generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - eithe... ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • Nexus

    The Sunday Times bestselling history about humans, technology and AI from the author of Sapiens

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    ‘If you read only one non-fiction book this year, consider this one’ TOM HANKS‘If there’s one book that I would urge everyone to read – it is Nexus’ STEPHEN FRYThe mind-blowing story of how information networks – from the stone age to AI - have shaped our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories brought us together.Books ... ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • Magicians of the Gods

    Evidence for an Ancient Apocalypse

    by Graham Hancock ...
    Ten-year anniversary edition with new introduction from the author and updated contentFive Star Reader Reviews**"**Captivating, necessary and enlightening."**"**Essential. Wonderfully researched."**"**This book is as good, if not better, than "Fingerprints of the Gods."**"**Read this book. Change your perspective."Graham Hancock - star of Netflix's ANCIEN... ... Read more

    6,99 €

  • Story of Philosophy

    by Will Durant ...
    This brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—is "a delight" (The New York Times) and remains one of the most important books of our time.Will Durant chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and ... Read more

    18,33 €

  • The Penguin History of the World

    6th edition

    by J M Roberts, Odd Arne Westad ...
    This is a completely new and updated edition of J. M. Roberts and Odd Arne Westad's widely acclaimed, landmark bestseller The Penguin History of the World.For generations of readers The Penguin History of the World has been one of the great cultural experiences - the entire story of human endeavour laid out in all its grandeur and folly, drama and pain in a single authoritative book. Now, for the ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • Collapse

    How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive

    by Jared Diamond ...
    From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations.Now in a revised edition with a new afterword, Jared Diamond's Collapse uncovers the secret behind why some societies flourish, while others founder - and what this means for our future.What happened to the people who made ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • De meeste mensen deugen

    by Rutger Bregman ...
    Al eeuwen is de westerse cultuur doordrongen van het geloof in de verdorvenheid van de mens. Maar wat als we het al die tijd mis hadden? In dit fascinerende boek herschrijft Rutger Bregman de geschiedenis van de mens. Rutger Bregman (1988) is historicus. Hij brak internationaal door met zijn bestseller Gratis geld voor iedereen. De meeste mensen deugen is in 46 talen vertaald, wereldwijd zijn er ... Read more

    12,50 €

  • Sapiens

    een kleine geschiedenis van de mensheid

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    Translated by Inge Pieters ...
    Honderdduizend jaar geleden leefde de Homo sapiens nog een tamelijk onbekommerd bestaan in een uithoek van het Afrikaanse continent en deelde hij de planeet met ten minste vijf andere menssoorten. Maar op een zeker moment onderging het brein van deze mens een ingrijpende verandering: nu kon hij zich plots verbeelden dat het gras elders wel eens groener zou kunnen zijn, en dus maakte hij zich op om ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • The Emperor of All Maladies

    A Biography of Cancer

    by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence.Now ... Read more

    19,47 €

  • The Crusades

    The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

    by Thomas Asbridge ...
    From a renowned historian who writes with "maximum vividness" (The New Yorker) comes the most authoritative, readable single-volume military history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land.Nine hundred years ago, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope, rampaged through the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean, seizing possession of Jerusalem, a city revered by both faiths. ... Read more

    1,79 €

  • 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt

    A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

    by Dr Donald P. Ryan ...
    Series Book 2 - 24 Hours in Ancient History
    Spend 24 hours with the ancient Egyptians.Ancient Egypt wasn’t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egypt’s religious capital, we meet 24 Egyptians from all strata of society – from the king to the bread ... Read more

    6,14 €

  • The Pursuit Of The Millennium

    Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages

    by Norman Cohn ...
    The Middle Ages inherited from Antiquity a tradition of prophesy and gave it fresh and exuberant life. This tradition foretold a Millennium in which humanity would enjoy a new Paradise on earth, free of suffering and sin - a Kingdom of the Saints. Generation after generation was intermittently seized by a tense expectation of some sudden, miraculous event in which the world would be utterly ... Read more

    14,99 €

  • 24 Hours in Ancient Athens

    A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

    by Dr Philip Matyszak ...
    Series Book 3 - 24 Hours in Ancient History
    Spend 24 hours with the ancient Athenians. See the city through their eyes as it teeters on the edge of the fateful war that would end its golden age.Athens, 416 BC. A tenuous peace holds. The city-state’s political and military might are feared throughout the ancient world; it pushes the boundaries of social, literary and philosophical experimentation in an era when it has a greater concentration ... Read more

    6,14 €

  • Iran: Empire of the Mind

    A History from Zoroaster to the Present Day

    by Michael Axworthy ...
    FULLY UPDATED SECOND EDITION, NOW WITH NEW POSTSCRIPT BY ALI ANSARIIran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and enormous cultural importance. A nation whose impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbours in the Middle East but on the world as a whole - and ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • The Classical World

    An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian

    by Robin Lane Fox ...
    The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architecture, drama and epic, philosophy and politics -- these are the foundations of Western civilization. In The Classical World, eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles this vast sweep of history from Homer to the reign of Augustus. From the ... Read more

    11,99 €

  • History for Tomorrow

    Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity

    by Roman Krznaric ...
    'Brimming with ideas and insights, this is a welcome, important and clear-eyed view of how understanding the past can help us better prepare for the future' - Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Earth Transformed and The Silk Roads'Enlightening and thrilling. History for Tomorrow tells us who we are and who we could be' - George Monbiot, bestselling author of Regenesis and How Did We Get ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • It's All Greek To Me

    From Homer to the Hippocratic Oath, How Ancient Greece Has Shaped Our World

    by Charlotte Higgins ...
    A lively look at the influence of Ancient Greece on contemporary culture—"A primer, lavish lecture and love song" ( Kirkus Reviews).Why is ancient Greece important? Because, quite simply, if we want to understand the modern Western world, we need to look back to the Greeks. Consider the way we think about ethics, about the nature of beauty and truth, about our place in the universe, about our ... Read more

    12,29 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • After 1177 B.C.

    The Survival of Civilizations

    by Eric H. Cline ...
    Series series Turning Points in Ancient History
    **In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever“A landmark book: lucid, deep, and insightful. . . . You cannot understand human civilization and self-organization without studying what happened on, before, and after 1177 ... Read more

    25,96 €

  • 24 Hours in Ancient Rome

    A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

    by Dr Philip Matyszak ...
    Series Book 1 - 24 Hours in Ancient History
    Walk a day in a Roman’s sandals.What was it like to live in one of the ancient world’s most powerful and bustling cities – one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York?In this entertaining and enlightening guide, bestselling historian Philip Matyszak introduces us to the people who lived and worked there. In each hour of the day we meet a new character – from emperor to ... Read more

    6,14 €