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Synopsis Subtitled : The Fight For Freedom. A New York Times Bestseller! A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017. . . . "Their paths ne...

Synopsis Full Title : Lessons from history : hidden heroes and villains of the past, and what we can learn from them. Lessons from History is a j...

Synopsis George Johnson tells the stories of ten beautiful experiments which changed the world. From Galileo singing to mark time as he measured ...

Synopsis Ever since people first took to the water, boats and ships have had a unique influence on our history. Ship unveils the drama, splendour...

Synopsis Subtitled :  Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think. Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit ...

Synopsis " . . . Myths are stories that are based on tradition. Some may have factual origins, while others are completely fictional. But myths a...

Synopsis Selected by Stephen Pickles. A beautifully packaged annual featuring the best of old favourites, "Look and Learn" fondly remembered by t...

Synopsis Subtitled : Great Commanders of The Ancient & Medieval World. Which was the most brilliant of Hannibal's three crushing defeats of Rom...

Synopsis Over the past two decades, archaeologists have made huge strides in their understanding of the pyramids. They have uncovered edifices buri...

Synopsis Subtitled : The Stories And Transcripts Of The Moments That Made History. Introduction : Simon Sebag Montefiore. Speeches that Changed the...

Synopsis From the classic Greek origins of the world map, through the elaborately decorated manuscript maps and printed maps of the seventeenth and...

Synopsis In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the world o...

Synopsis Subtitled : Why the world looks the way it does. Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, b...