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Our History, Their History, Whose History?

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Great British Family Names and Their History

For better or worse, what we are is often determined by our family; the events that occurred many years before we were born, and the choices that were

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My Brief History

Stephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inwards for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution. My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his post-war London boyhood to his...

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Lessons From Our Grandparents: An Oral History: Lessons From Our Grandparents: An Oral History. Interviews with grandparents who share their life les

You can learn a lot from grandparents. Their worldview, shaped by their life experiences, offer unique lessons for future generations.

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American Comics : A History - Dauber Jeremy

Anotace: Comics have conquered America. From our cinemas, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among the most popular in cable history, to convention halls, best-seller lists, Pulitzer Prize-winning titles and MacArthur Fellowship recipients, comics shape American culture, in ways ...

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A History of the World in 100 Objects (0241951771)

Kniha - autor Neil MacGregor, 614 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A paperback reader's edition of this original and very successful history of humanity. The book's range is enormous, with each chapter immersing the reader in a past civilisation, not just describing the objects and how they were made, but what their significance is. 'Magnificent...brings hom...

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Jungle: How Tropical Forests Shaped World History - Patrick Roberts

<p>'A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees 'A fascinating story and a crucial revision of the momentous importance of tropical forests to human history' Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins _________________________ Jungle tells the remarkable story of the world's tropical forests, from the arriva...

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Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past - Cohen Richard

Anotace: `A huge, fizzing omnium-gatherum of a book . . . marvellous` Daily Telegraph`Witty, wise and elegant . . . a classic of history itself` The Spectator`Grave and witty, suave yet pointed . . . full of energy` Hilary Mantel`An enthralling investigation . . . consistently entertaining` The Times`Epic . . . whatever Cohen writes about he writes about with brio` New Y...

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Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials - Gibson Marion

Anotace: Salem, King James VI, Malleus Maleficarum. The world of witch hunts and witch trials sounds antiquated, relics of an unenlightened and brutal age. However, `witch hunt` is heard often in the present-day media, and the misogyny it is rooted in is all too familiar today. A woman was prosecuted under the 1735 Witchcraft Act as recently as 1944. This book uses thirt...

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Civilisations: Collapse and regeneration. Rise, fall and transformation in history

The present volume is dedicated to the concept of collapse as reflected through different kinds of historical and environmental evidence. A total of twenty-eight in-depth studies provides a heterogenous analyses of the collapse and regeneration processes in societies and civilisations separated in space in time. The individual chapters vary in their locations, characteris...

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Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials - Marion Gibson

<p>Salem, King James VI, Malleus Maleficarum. The world of witch hunts and witch trials sounds antiquated, relics of an unenlightened and brutal age. However, 'witch hunt' is heard often in the present-day media, and the misogyny it is rooted in is all too familiar today. A woman was prosecuted under the 1735 Witchcraft Act as recently as 1944. This book uses thirte...

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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History - Frankopan Peter

Anotace: A 2023 HIGHLIGHT FOR: BBC NEWS * SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE * FINANCIAL TIMES * NEW EUROPEAN * GUARDIAN * NEW STATESMAN * THE TIMES * THE WEEK * WATERSTONES * BLACKWELL`SMost people can name the influential leaders and major battles of the past. Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts.In The Earth Transformed, ground-...

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The History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Pictures

Based on period documents and photography, the book maps in detail the development of Czech non-university sciences from the 18th century when the Society of Unknown Scholars in the Austrian Lands was founded in Olomouc. The main attention is focused on the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and its most important precursors, whether the Czechoslovak Academy of Sci...

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The Little Book of Architectural History - Mogens A. Morgen

More than 4,000 years of architecture history unfolded through captivating texts and illustrations. Step inside some of the most ground-breaking architecture projects throughout history guided by captivating texts and colourful illustrations. The Little Book of Architecture History is filled to the brim with interesting facts and anecdotes in a format especially directed...

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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History - Frankopan Peter

Anotace: THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIAL TIMESA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER`Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history` Financial Times`Vast, learned and timely work` Sunday T...

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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, 1. vydání - Peter Frankopan

<p>THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIAL TIMES A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history' Financial Times 'Vast, learned and timely work' Sunda...

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Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia - George Makari

An illuminating work revealing the long history of xenophobia and what it means for today's divided world <p>Over the last few years, it has been impossible to ignore the steady resurgence of xenophobia. The European migrant crisis and immigration from Central America to the United States have placed Western advocates of globalisation on the defensive, and a 'New Xe...

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Dogs Who Changed the World: 50 dogs who altered history, inspired literature... or ruined everything - Jones Dan

Anotace: Dogs Who Changed the World is a beautifully illustrated, heart-warming book that celebrates all dogs and proves that every single one of them is absolute magic. Dogs have trotted at our collective side for tens of thousands of years, bound up in the story of humanity. They have inspired great works of art, caught spies, reconnected lost lovers, dragged the drown...

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Macmillan Readers Story of the Olympics The An Unofficial History Pre Int Pack

The Macmillan Readers series are carefully graded from Starter to Upper Intermediate (A1-B2) to help students choose the right reading material for their ability. Our list of titles includes great stories from both contemporary and classic authors. The Olympic Games are the most famous sporting event in the world, but how much do you know about their history? In this Mac...

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The Dawn of Everything : A New History of Humanity - Graeber David

Anotace: For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century ...

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Fifty Things You Need To Know About British History - Hugh Williams

<p>What are the 50 key events you need to understand to grasp British history? If you could choose the 50 things that define British history, events of significance not only in themselves, but in their importance to wider themes running through our past, what would they be? Hugh Williams has made that selection, and the result is a fascinating overview of Britain's...

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The Dawn of Everything : A New History of Humanity - David Graeber

<p>For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century a...

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Civilisations: Collapse and regeneration. Rise, fall and transformation in history - Miroslav Bárta

<p>The present volume is dedicated to the concept of collapse as reflected through different kinds of historical and environmental evidence. A total of twenty-eight in-depth studies provides a heterogenous analyses of the collapse and regeneration processes in societies and civilisations separated in space in time. The individual chapters vary in their locations, ch...

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The Right Side of History : How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great - Shapiro Ben

Anotace: Human beings have never had it better than we have it now in the West. So why are we on the verge of throwing it all away?In 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro spoke at the University of California-Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required to protect his speech. What was so frightening about Shapiro? He came to argue that Western civil...

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The History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Pictures - Martin Franc; Vlasta Mádlová

Anotace: Based on period documents and photography, the book maps in detail the development of Czech non-university sciences from the 18th century when the Society of Unknown Scholars in the Austrian Lands was founded in Olomouc. The main attention is focused on the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and its most important precursors, whether the Czechoslovak Acad...

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The History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Pictures - Martin Franc

<p>Based on period documents and photography, the book maps in detail the development of Czech non-university sciences from the 18th century when the Society of Unknown Scholars in the Austrian Lands was founded in Olomouc. The main attention is focused on the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and its most important precursors, whether the Czechoslovak Acade...

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A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Earlz 21st Century - Chuck Klosterman

Anotace: New York Times-bestselling author and cultural critic Chuck Klosterman sorts through the past decade and how we got to now. Chuck Klosterman´s tenth book (aka Chuck Klosterman X) collects his most intriguing of those pieces, accompanied by fresh introductions and new footnotes throughout. Klosterman presents many of the articles in their original form, featuri...

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The War in the West: A New History : Th - James Holland

<p>In the second volume of his acclaimed new history of the Second World War, James Holland examines the momentous turning points of 1941-1943: Hitler's invasion of Russia; America's entry into the conflict; the devastating Thousand Bomber Raids over Germany; the long struggle in the deserts of North Africa; and the defeat of the U-boats in the crucial Battle of the...

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Kay's Marvellous Medicine: A Gross and Gruesome History of the Human Body - Adam Kay

<p>The brand-new, hilarious book from bestselling, record-breaking author Adam Kay.The olden days were pretty fun if you liked wearing chainmail or chopping people's heads off but there was one TINY LITTLE problem back then . . . doctors didn't have the slightest clue about how our bodies worked.It's time to find out why Ancient Egyptians thought the brain was just ...

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Fantasyland : How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History - Kurt Andersen

<p>You're entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts Fantasy is the USA's primary product. From the Pilgrim Fathers onward America has been a place where renegades and freaks came in search of freedom to create their own realities with little objectively regulated truth standing in their way. The freedom to invent and believe whatever the hell you like is...

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Lotharingia : A Personal History of France, Germany and the Countries In-Between - Winder Simon

Anotace: In AD 843, the three surviving grandsons of the great Emperor Charlemagne met at Verdun. After years of bitter squabbles over who would inherit the family land, they finally decided to divide the territory and go their separate ways. In a moment of staggering significance, one grandson inherited what became France, another Germany and the third Lotharingia: the ...

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Borderlines: A History of Europe, told from the edges - Baston Lewis

Anotace: An illuminating history of twenty-nine key borderlines that demarcate Europe, and what they can tell us about the past, present and future of Europe.`A stunningly topical and timely book. Lewis Baston is a remarkable talent, very gifted as a writer and quite extraordinarily perceptive and original in his thinking` Anthony SeldonEurope`s internal borders have rar...

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Borderlines: A History of Europe, told from the edges - Lewis Baston

<p>An illuminating history of twenty-nine key borderlines that demarcate Europe, and what they can tell us about the past, present and future of Europe.'A stunningly topical and timely book. Lewis Baston is a remarkable talent, very gifted as a writer and quite extraordinarily perceptive and original in his thinking' Anthony SeldonEurope's internal borders have rare...

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Our Rangers Heroes

Rangers FC is steeped in history, but often that history centres on the club's well-known legends whose names and deeds are part of football folklore.

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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II - Alexievich Svetlana

Anotace: A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia-from the winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post o The Guardian o NPR o The Economist o Milwaukee Journal Sentinel o Kirkus ReviewsFor more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has...

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The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name - Muraresku Brian C.

Anotace: The most influential religious historian of the twentieth century, Huston Smith, once referred to it as the "best-kept secret" in history. Did the Ancient Greeks use drugs to find God? And did the earliest Christians inherit the same, secret tradition? A profound knowledge of visionary plants, herbs and fungi passed from one generation to the next, ever since th...

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Puss in Books: Our best-loved writers on their best-loved cats - Magrs Paul

Anotace: A charming collection of quotes about cats from our favourite authors, accompanied by artwork in the trademark style of Paul Magrs (author of The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy). `I love them, they are so nice and selfish` - L.M. Montgomery This collection of quotes from the literary greats explores just why cats have fascinated, mesmeri...

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Puss in Books: Our best-loved writers on their best-loved cats - Paul Magrs

<p>A charming collection of quotes about cats from our favourite authors, accompanied by artwork in the trademark style of Paul Magrs (author of The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy).</p> <p>‘I love them, they are so nice and selfish’ – L.M. Montgomery</p> <p>This collection of quotes from the literary greats explores just why cats have ...

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Hands of Time: A Watchmaker´s History of Time. ´An exquisite book´ - STEPHEN FRY - Struthers Rebecca

Anotace: `5/5 A true joy. A work of staggering complexity and bewildering economy.` TELEGRAPH`A rattling, wonderful read.` OBSERVER`Every page glitters` SPECTATOR`Mesmerising` NEW STATESMAN`An exquisite book, beautifully put together... What a very wonderful book.` STEPHEN FRY `Absolutely gorgeous. It blew my socks off` JAY BLADES`An intensely personal, finely-tuned medi...

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Pearson REVISE Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Anglo-Saxon and Norman England Revision Guide and Workbook: For 2024 and 2025 assessments and exams - incl.

Our Revision Workbooks help students develop vital skills throughout their course in preparation for the exam

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Our Like Will Not Be There Again

Award-winning travel writer Lawrence Millman tromps through western Ireland's rugged countryside to record the oral history of its people before their

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Amongst Our Weapons - Aaronovitch Ben

Anotace: There is a world hidden underneath this great city...The London Silver Vaults - for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up. Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace - only that`s what happened.The disappearing act, th...

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Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World - Helen Czerski

<p>FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.'Professor Alice Roberts'In Helen Czerski's hands, the mechanical becomes magical. An instant classic.'Tristan Gooley, author of How to Read Water'Blue Machine is quite simply one of the best books I have ever read.'Dr George McGavin,...

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Greywacke

The story of three 19th-century geologists whose fraternal rivalry ended up rewriting the history of our planet.

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Edge of the Plain

Blending history, travel and reportage, this is a wide-ranging journey through the history of borders and an examination of their role in shaping our

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Edge of the Plain

Blending history, travel and reportage, this is a wide-ranging journey through the history of borders and an examination of their role in shaping our

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Einstein's Monsters

The astonishing science of black holes, and their role in understanding the history and future of our universe.

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Evolution and Fossil Record of African Proboscidea

This book details the long, diverse, and complex phylogenetic history of elephants and their fossil relatives (the Proboscidea), whose origin is deepl

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My Anaconda Don't!

My Anaconda Don't! inspires readers to love their bodies no matter their shape or size and discover the history of our obsession with butts.

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Long Live the Queens

Powerful and influential kings have long dominated our view of global history, their queens often relegated to the shadows, their influence, deeds and

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Sympathy for the Devil

The story of the Rolling Stones is one of the epic rock 'n' roll yarns of our time. Their music defined today's cultural landscape and their history i

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Religious Culture of the Huguenots, 1660-1750

Recent years have witnessed a revival of interest in the history of the Huguenots, and new research has increased our understanding of their role in s

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How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex

A short, serious history of the co-development of sex and sexuality and the internet, and how the issues at their convergence increasingly define our

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Oyster Isles

Oyster Isles is a journey around the oysters of the British Isles and Ireland, showing how their story is interwoven into the fabric of our history, c

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Royal and Ceremonial Land Rovers

The love affair between the Royal Family and their Land Rovers. This book brings to life an essential part of our motoring and Royal history.

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Long, Long Life of Trees

A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our re

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Against the Current - Isaiah Berlin

<p>The main theme of this collection of essays is the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom. The book offers a powerful defence of variety in our visions of life, and it also contains an updated bibliography of Berlin's publications.</p>

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Evolution and Fossil Record of African Proboscidea Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book details the long and complex phylogenetic history of elephants and their fossil relatives (the Proboscidea), whose origin is deeply embedded some 60 million years ago in Africa. Most of the major evolutionary events of proboscideans occurred in Africa, and these are examined in their geological, paleoecological, geographic, and faunal contexts. Updated informati...

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What Great Paintings Say

This important addition to our understanding of art history's masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass to uncover their most small and subtle elements and all they reveal about a bygone time, place, and culture

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The Aztec Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Stories and Legends - Townsend Camilla

Anotace: The essential guide to the world of Aztec mythology, based on Nahuatl-language sources that challenge the colonial history passed down to us by the Spanish. How did the jaguar get his spots? What happened to the four suns that came before our own? Where was Aztlan, mythical homeland of the Aztecs? For decades, the popular image of the Mexica people - better k...

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