Grave New World - The End of Globalization, the Return ...
A controversial look at the end of globalization and what it...
Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World: The Telegraph ...
Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World: The Telegraph and G...
The End of Epidemics - The Looming Threat to Humanity a...
AIDS. Ebola. Bird flu. SARS. Year after year we manage new v...
The Brazilian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalizat...
The Brazilian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization: ...
The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization...
The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization: The...
The End of Money - The story of bitcoin, cryptocurrenci...
Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. Money laund...
The Classic Car Book - The Definitive Visual History
From the Chevrolet Bel Air to the Ferrari Testarossa, this b...
Croatia and Slovenia at the End and After the Second Wo...
This book focuses on the events that took place in late 1944...
Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to the...
Plato and the Post-Socratic Dialogue: The Return to the Phil...
Assassinâs Creed: Birth of a New World â The ...
Assassins Creed: Birth of a New World The American Saga Col...
The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History
The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History - University ...
Joining God, Remaking Church, and Changing the World - ...
Distills the best of mission wisdom for laity and clergy tod...
Free World?: The Campaign to Save the World's Refugees,...
Free World?: The Campaign to Save the World's Refugees, 1956...
Grave New World - The End Of Globalization, The Return Of History
The Better Angels of Our Nature - A History of Violence and Humanity
The most inspiring book Ive ever read Bill Gates, 2017 A brilliant, mind-altering book
Everyone should read this astonishing book Guardian Will change the way you see the world Daily Mail Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 Wasnt the twentieth century the most violent in history? In his extraordinary, epic book Steven Pinker shows us that this is wrong, telling...
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent continue in this second volume of the Trilogy of Five. Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist. Washington Post Book World Whats such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams sardonically silly eyes. Detroit Free Press Following the smash-hit sci-fi comedy The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Unive...
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey - The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
Bright, breezy and unpretentious Guardian A loving and faithful portrait of Almina and her world Countryfile magazine * * * * * * The story of the real Downton Abbey, told by Lady Fiona Carnarvon, chatelaine of Highclere Castle where the phenomentally successful TV series was filmed. Lady Fiona Carnarvon became the chatelaine of Highclere Castle the setting of the hit series Downton...
It's Not the End of the World
Karens parents have always argued, and lately theyve been getting worse. But when her father announces that theyre going to get divorced, it seems as if Karens whole world will fall apart. Her brother, Jeff, blames their mum. Her kid sister, Amy, asks impossible questions and is scared that everyone she loves is going to leave. Karen just wants her parents to get back together. Gradually, ...
New Self, New World
New Self, New World challenges the primary story of what it means to be human, the random and materialistic lifestyle that author Philip Shepherd calls our shattered reality. This reality encourages us to live in our heads, self-absorbed in our own anxieties. Drawing on diverse sources and inspiration, New Self, New World reveals that our state of head-consciousness falsely teaches us ...
The Girl Who Rode the Wind
An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day.When Lolas grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her familys history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, Lorettas nickname was `The Daredevil due to her fear...
The Girl Who Rode the Wind
An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day. When Lolas grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her familys history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, Lorettas nickname was `The Daredevil due to her fe...
Doctor Who: Dalek - The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe
Dalek is the never-before-told history of the Doctors most dangerous enemies, the famous Outer Space Robot People of the planet Skaro from their genesis in the thousand-year conflict between Thals and Kaleds, to their survival of the Time War and (as foreseen by the Time Lords) their conquest of the universe. Along the way, the authors also reveal all-new stories about these legendary cre...
A Brief History of the End of the World
Most peoples concept of the end of the world comes from the book of Revelation. Alternative apocalypses can be found in the Zoroastrianism of ancient Persia, in ancient Hindu scriptures and Norse myths. Today, there are an estimated 25 million Christian fundamentalists in the US who believe it will come with the Rapture; others point to an ecological catastrophe, the AIDS pandemic or nuc...
The Churchill Factor - How One Man Made History
From Londons inimitable mayor, Boris Johnson, the New York Times-bestselling story of how Churchills eccentric genius shaped not only his world but our own. On the fiftieth anniversary of Churchills death, Boris Johnson celebrates the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century. Taking on the myths and misconceptions along with the outsized reality, he p...
Breaking the Chains of Gravity - The Story of Spaceflight before NASA
NASAs history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But Americas space agency and in particular its Apollo lunar-landing program wasnt created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. In the 1930s, rockets were all the rage in ...
The Return
War ends and the world changes, as it always does. The enemy are no longer the enemy just people living their lives. But hate is hard to extinguish. The scars of war are not always visible, and they dont always fade. They havent for Merna Gibson and they definitely havent for her husband, Frank. He wont ever forget what was done to him and his mates. The nightmares, the aches, the pain ...
Obama - The Call of History
Peter Bakers authoritative history of the Obama presidency is the first complete account that will stand the test of time. Baker takes the measure of Obamas achievements and disappointments in office and brings into focus the real legacy of the man who, as he described himself, doesnt look like all the presidents on the dollar bills. With vivid colour photographs by New York Times photog...
The Prisoner's Gold (The Hunters 3)
THE HUNTERS return in their third brilliant novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author Chris Kuzneski, whose writing James Patterson says has raw power. The team are hunting Marco Polos hidden treasure, but who is on their tail? THE HUNTERSIf you seek, they will find
The travels of Marco Polo are known throughout the world. But what if his story isnt complete? What if h...
Between the World and Me - Notes on the First 150 Years in America
For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, hes sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of? In Tremble for My Country, Coates takes readers along on his journey through Americas history of race and its conte...
Race to the End of the World - The Mapmaker Chronicles Book 1 - a bestselling adventure for fans of Emily Rodda and Rick...
A map of the world? Why did the King need one of those? Besides, everyone knew that if you went too far in either direction youd fall off the edge, and if that didnt kill you Genesi the dragon of death would be waiting. The King is determined to discover what lies beyond the known world, and has promised a handsome prize to the ships captain who can bring him a map of the whole globe. To do ...
The Throne of Fire - The Graphic Novel (The Kane Chronicles Book 2)
Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed on the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in big trouble.As descendants of the magical House of Life, they command certain powers. But now a terrifying enemy Apophis, the giant snake of chaos is rising. If Carter and Sadie dont destroy him, the world will end in five days time. And in order to battle the forces o...
The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles Book 2)
EVER since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed on the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in big trouble. As descendants of the magical House of Life, they command certain powers. But now a terrifying enemy Apophis, the giant snake of chaos is rising. If Carter and Sadie dont destroy him, the world will end in five days time. And in order to battle the forc...
Four Seasons in Rome - On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome
`Four Seasons in Rome charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerrs varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world, and the first year of parenthood. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats the chroniclers of Rome ...
SAS - Rogue Heroes - the Authorized Wartime History
From the secret SAS archives, and acclaimed author Ben Macintyre: the first ever authorized history of the SAS Impeccably researched, superbly told by far the best book on the SAS in World War II Antony Beevor In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, came up with a plan that was radical and entirely aga...
The End of Money - The story of bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution
Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. Money laundering
These might sound like plot lines of a thriller, but they are true stories from the short history of cryptocurrencies digital currencies conceived by computer hackers and cryptographers that represent a completely new sort of financial transaction that could soon become mainstream. The most famous or infamous cryptocurr...