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  • Eating Viet Nam

    Dispatches from a Blue Plastic Table

    A journalist and blogger takes us on a colorful and spicy gastronomic tour through Viet Nam in this entertaining, offbeat travel memoir, with a foreword by Anthony Bourdain.Growing up in a small town in northern England, Graham Holliday wasn’t keen on travel. But in his early twenties, a picture of Hanoi sparked a curiosity that propelled him halfway across the globe. Graham didn’t want to be a ... Read more

    S$ 16.78 SGD

  • Knowing What We Know

    The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

    “A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world.” — New York TimesFrom the creation of ... Read more

    S$ 19.39 SGD

  • The Holocaust Industry

    Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering

    In his iconoclastic and controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in global culture to a disturbing examination of Holocaust compensation settlements. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel's evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the ... Read more

    S$ 12.20 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lost Worlds

    How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World

    by Patrick Wyman ...
    "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.” <stron... ... Read more

    S$ 29.86 SGD

  • Medium Raw

    A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

    “A true populist, as interested in celebrating the most humble wok-slinger as he is in extolling the superchef. If his sharp eye and his wicked tongue have brought him acclaim, what has kept him in the spotlight is his heart. Like Oscar Wilde, he is a moralist in the guise of a libertine.” —Denver PostThe instant New York Times bestseller and follow-up to Anthony Bourdain’s blockbuster classic on ... Read more

    S$ 15.90 SGD

  • Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3

    The Masters of History

    This third volume of the illustrated adaptation of the internationally bestselling phenomenon, Sapiens: A Graphic History—The Masters of History, tackles the question of the driving force of humanity’s fate: is it empire, money, religion—or something else entirely—that unites us?Sometimes history seems like a laundry list of malevolent monarchs, pompous presidents and dastardly dictators. But are ... Read more

    S$ 25.50 SGD

  • How Civil Wars Start

    And How to Stop Them

    Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and how to avoid them.'When one of the world's leading scholars of civil war tells us that a country is on the brink of violent conflict, we should pay attention' Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, How Democracies DieWe are now living in the world's greatest era of civil wars. While violence has declined ... Read more

    S$ 16.01 SGD

  • Maths on the Back of an Envelope

    Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything

    by Rob Eastaway ...
    ‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRYHow many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join ... Read more

    S$ 13.51 SGD

  • 秦二世必须死

    by 马伯庸 ...
    秦二世元年,一枚陨石坠落,上刻六字谶言。皇帝震怒。见证、议论此事之人--都必须死!主动调查陨石流言却被嫁祸的御史张苍、刺秦事败只得藏身牢狱的贵公子张良、身负灭国之恨的西楚项伯、哭塌北地长城的孟姜女......这些会被后世铭记的人物,此时还是被王朝追缉的亡命徒。他们各怀心事,却有一致的目标--刺杀天下第二位皇帝。何为天道?何为人心?何为不可逆转的大势?中华第一个王朝末年的动荡与变革,决定华夏千年走势的惊天一刺。马伯庸继《大医》《食南之徒》后,再度求索隐没于历史尘埃下的传奇。天降陨石,其上六字。这不是预言,却拉开了覆秦的序幕。韩、赵、魏、楚、燕、齐、秦。来自七国的七个人,怀着七种心思,陷入同一个大旋涡中。有人为野心,有人为复仇,有人为道义,有人只为活下去。他们的目标只有一个--秦二世必须死。 ... Read more

    S$ 13.80 SGD

  • How Democracies Die

    The International Bestseller: What History Reveals About Our Future

    'The most important book of the Trump era' The EconomistHow does a democracy die?What can we do to save our own?What lessons does history teach us?In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before.Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey - Levitsky and Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how ... Read more

    S$ 15.03 SGD

  • Fall of Civilizations

    Stories of Greatness and Decline

    by Paul Cooper ...
    **"A treasure trove of myths and terror… Atmospheric as hell… Immersive."―**The TimesBased on the podcast with over one hundred million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and ... Read more

    S$ 17.65 SGD

  • Barbarians and the Birth of Chinese Identity

    The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the Yuan Dynasty (907 - 1368)

    by Jing Liu ...
    Series Book 3 - Understanding China Through Comics
    This fun, comic-style series that explores China's relationship with its barbarian neighbors. The Mongols!Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The Understanding China Through Comics series answers these questions and more.The third volume of the Understanding China Through Comics series, Barbarians and the Birth of Chinese ... Read more

    S$ 11.65 SGD

  • Tao Te Ching

    A New English Version

    The bestselling, widely acclaimed translation from Stephen Mitchell"Mitchell’s rendition of the Tao Te Ching comes as close to being definitive for our time as any I can imagine. It embodies the virtues its translator credits to the Chinese original: a gemlike lucidity that is radiant with humor, grace, largeheartedness, and deep wisdom." — Huston Smith, author of The Religions of ManIn eighty-one ... Read more

    S$ 15.58 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black AF History

    The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE * AMAZON'S TOP 20 HISTORY BOOKS OF 2023 * B&N BEST OF EDUCATIONAL HISTORY * THE ROOT'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of untold American history that corrects the record and showcases the ... Read more

    S$ 27.68 SGD

  • History Year by Year

    The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events that Shaped the World

    by DK ...
    Discover the world's most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the War of Jenkins' Ear? Who was Rosa Parks? How did the Arab Spring unfold? Discover history's most decisive moments as and when they happened. Taking a chronological approach, History Year by Year invites you to explore momentous ... Read more

    S$ 42.17 SGD

  • The Neverending Empire

    The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome

    by Aldo Cazzullo ...
    Translated by Loredana Maria Rinaldi ...
    From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.“The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization is alive”.From its ... Read more

    S$ 30.62 SGD

  • Sex with the Queen

    900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics

    In this follow-up to her bestselling Sex with Kings, Eleanor Herman reveals the truth about what goes on behind the closed door of a queen's boudoir. Impeccably researched, filled with page-turning romance, passion, and scandal, Sex with the Queen explores the scintillating sexual lives of some of our most beloved and infamous female rulers.She was the queen, living in an opulent palace, wearing ... Read more

    S$ 16.78 SGD

  • The Dirt

    Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

    NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MACHINE GUN KELLY, DANIEL WEBBER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, AND IWAN RHEON, DIRECTED BY JEFF TREMAINE.Celebrate thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the deluxe collectors' edition of The Dirt—the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe. Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's crazy world of backstage scandals, celebrity ... Read more

    S$ 17.65 SGD

  • The Assyrian Empire: Explore the Thrilling History of the Assyrians and their Fearful Empire in the Ancient Mesopotamia

    Explore the Intense History of the Assyrians.The ancient masters of war and conquest became the most powerful force in the Near East thousands of years ago. One of the first empires in world history. The Assyrians rose to power through the strength of its sophisticated military. The creation of the professional soldier, advanced iron weapons technology, and siege warfare tactics made the Assyrians ... Read more

    Free

  • Access to History: The Cold War in Asia 1945-93 for OCR Second Edition

    Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for A-level ... ... Read more

    S$ 34.00 SGD

  • History

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold's Very Short Introduction is a stimulating essay about how we study and understand history. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our investigation of history, and explores the ... Read more

    S$ 11.04 SGD

  • The Crown's Silence

    The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas

    For readers of Annette Gordon-Reed and Nikole Hannah-Jones, the shocking untold story of the British royal family’s centuries-long investment in slavery and continued profiting off its legacy—from Elizabeth I to the present—and the monarchy’s culpability in the racial injustice that gave birth to the United States.For centuries, Britain has told itself and the world that it is an abolitionist ... Read more

    S$ 27.68 SGD

  • History as Mystery

    In a lively challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical myths. He shows how history's victors distort and suppress the documentary record in order to perpetuate their power and privilege. And he demonstrates how historians are influenced by the professional and class environment in which they work. Pursuing themes ranging from antiquity to ... Read more

    S$ 22.88 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 失败者的春秋

    by 刘勃 ...
    春秋是礼崩乐坏的时代。以周天子为中心的分封制难以为继,新的集权制度亦未建立。春秋是承前启后的时代。齐桓晋文称雄称霸,狐偃管仲封侯拜相,孔子老子更是影响深远。乱世丛林,英雄伟人辈出。一部春秋史,奠定了整部中国史的基础。面对令人望而生畏的杂多人物和纷繁事件,作者刘勃抽丝剥茧,比勘真假莫辨的史籍记载,吸收新近的考古资料,以诙谐轻松的语言,化芜杂晦涩为起伏跌宕,勾画出一幅春秋时代诸国兴亡变幻的画卷,也留下贵族时代最后的背影,重现他们所面临的困境、挣扎和奋斗。与之前出版的《读罢春秋不成歌》截然不同,刘勃试图搭建新架构,再写春秋史。从地缘关系视角分析梳理历史发展脉络,是本书写作的一大特色。内忧外患中,周天子为何突围失败?齐、晋、秦、楚,大国雄主如何博弈?世家贵族,为何在春秋时代渐入黄昏?这些看似是古代中国的独有问题,实际也是现代世界面临的特有挑战。春秋史的激荡,依然能给予我们诸多灵感和想象。 ... Read more

    S$ 13.61 SGD