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  • The Written World

    The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization

    by Martin Puchner ...
    The story of literature in sixteen acts—from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world historyIn this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the how stories and literature have created the world we have today. Through sixteen foundational texts ... Read more

    S$ 7.29 SGD

  • Work

    A History of How We Spend Our Time

    by James Suzman ...
    _______________'A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means' - Yuval Noah Harari'There is eminently underlinable stuff on most pages ... Fascinating' - The Times'One of those few books that will turn your customary ways of thinking upside down' - Susan Cain'Illuminating' - New Statesman_______________</s... ... Read more

    S$ 17.32 SGD

  • Sapiens and Homo Deus: The E-book Collection

    A Brief History of Humankind and A Brief History of Tomorrow

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21**st** CenturyThe tenth anniversary edition of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that cemented Yuval Noah Harari as one of the most prominent historians of our time—featuring a new afterword from the author.One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo s... ... Read more

    S$ 56.67 SGD

  • The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

    A New History of a Lost World

    by Steve Brusatte ...
    "THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY," hails Scientific American: A thrilling new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists."A masterpiece of science writing." —Washington PostA New York Times Bestseller • Goodreads Choice Awards Winner • **A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Smithsonian, *Science Friday,***The Times (London), <st... ... Read more

    S$ 17.65 SGD

  • Salt

    A World History

    by Mark Kurlansky ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | THE BOOK BEHIND THE VIRAL TIKTOKOne tiny rock. One epic history.**"A must-have for any serious cook or foodie."—Anthony Bourdain"This is a "wow!" book: roving, startling, engaging.” —Washington Post“Kurlansky finds the world in a grain of salt.”—New York Times Book ReviewAn unlikely world history from the bestselling author of Milk! and Cod**... ... Read more

    S$ 13.29 SGD

  • Sapiens

    A Brief History of Humankind

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    #1 New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century • The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill GatesOfficial U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari comes a landmark work of big history, a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller ... Read more

    S$ 23.86 SGD

  • How the Scots Invented the Modern World

    The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It

    by Arthur Herman ...
    An exciting account of the origins of the modern worldWho formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics—contributions that ... Read more

    S$ 13.29 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 18.96 SGD

  • Homo Deus

    A Brief History of Tomorrow

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward the future of humanity, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century humankind has ... Read more

    S$ 22.12 SGD

  • 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

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  • Goliath’s Curse

    The History and Future of Societal Collapse

    by Luke Kemp ...
    **A radical retelling of human history through collapse – from the dawn of our species to the urgent existential threats of the twenty-first century and beyond.** FEATURED IN THE NEW BBC SERIES CIVILISATIONS: RISE AND FALL ****** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **‘A brilliant, utterly convincing account of the evolution of human society and why we are probably reaching humanity's end days’ HENRY MARSH ... Read more

    S$ 18.96 SGD

  • Knowing What We Know

    The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

    by Simon Winchester ...
    “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 World

    by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...
    THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family.We begin with the footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago. From here, Montefiore takes ... Read more

    S$ 24.95 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 26.69 SGD

  • The Dawn of Everything

    A New History of Humanity

    by David Graeber, David Wengrow ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality—and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free ... Read more

    S$ 17.43 SGD

  • Powers and Thrones

    A New History of the Middle Ages

    by Dan Jones ...
    The instant Sunday Times bestsellerA Times, New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year'Simply the best popular history of the Middle Ages there is' Sunday Times'A great achievement, pulling together many strands with aplomb' Peter Frankopan, Spectator, Books of the Year'It's so delightful to encounter a skilled historian of such enormous energy w... ... Read more

    S$ 17.87 SGD

  • China

    A History

    by John Keay ...
    An authoritative account of five thousand years of Chinese history.**"Exquisitely written." —**GuardianMany nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivaled, voluminous tradition of history writing, John Keay has composed a vital and illuminating overview of the nation's complex and vivid past.Keay's ... Read more

    S$ 19.28 SGD

  • Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2

    The Pillars of Civilization

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    Series Book 2 - Sapiens: A Graphic History
    The ebook is designed to be read on devices with large color displaysThe Kindle edition is incompatible with iOS. See below for a list of supported devices.This second volume of Sapiens: A Graphic History, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari’s #1 New York Times bestseller, focuses on the Agricultural Revolution—when humans fell into a trap we’ve yet to escape: working harder and ... Read more

    S$ 23.86 SGD

  • Destined For War

    Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

    by Graham Allison ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER | NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR.From an eminent international security scholar, an urgent examination of the geopolitical conditions that could produce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and China—and how it might be prevented.China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides’s Trap: when a rising power ... Read more

    S$ 22.12 SGD

  • An African History of Africa

    Instant Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards

    by Zeinab Badawi ...
    Discover the ground-breaking, must-read history of Africa, the Sunday Times bestseller charting the epic story of the oldest inhabited continent in the world from the perspectives of Africans themselves. Shortlisted for the Nero Book AwardsPicked as a best paperback by the Sunday Times, Guardian and I paperRadio 4 Book of the WeekAs recommended on The Rest is PoliticsEveryone is originally from ... Read more

    S$ 16.01 SGD

  • Fingerprints of the Gods

    The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization

    by Graham Hancock ...
    Could the story of mankind be far older than we have previously believed? Using tools as varied as archaeo-astronomy, geology, and computer analysis of ancient myths, Graham Hancock presents a compelling case to suggest that it is.Graham Hancock is featured in Ancient Apocalypse, a Netflix original docuseries.“A fancy piece of historical sleuthing . . . intriguing and entertaining and sturdy ... Read more

    S$ 16.23 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 2.75 SGD

  • Collapse

    How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition

    by Jared Diamond ...
    In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilizationEnvironmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of societies around the world, but some ... Read more

    S$ 17.43 SGD

  • 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