{"title":"History \u0026 Futurology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Futurology (Non-Fiction). Books are graded as either : \"New\", \"As New\", \"Very Good\", \"Good\" or \"Acceptable\" condition. Latest books are listed first. No minimum order.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"arthur-c-clarke-greetings-carbon-based-bipeds","title":"Arthur C. Clarke - Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! (2nd Hand Paperback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe definitive work of Arthur C. Clarke’s brilliant career - a pageant of dozens of futuristic pieces that anticipated many of this century’s greatest scientific and technological advances.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe most visionary and versatile thinker of this century here gathers together in a single volume his most significant and prophetic non-fiction writings to present a personal view of the twentieth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom predicting the role of geosynchronous satellites decades before they existed to his groundbreaking reporting from Kennedy Space Center in the 60's, to anticipating the internet decades before it happened, Clarke has acted both as technological prophet and cultural conscience, celebrating the great scientific powers of man - but simultaneously warning of the perils of a world where power and greed reign unchecked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEach with a new introduction, the essays show how science has expanded exponentially on its own inventions. Sir Arthur’s bona fide scientific understanding is combined with a generosity of spirit, the interests of a new renaissance man, a sublime lack of false modesty and a great flair for the dramatic. This is unarguably the crowning achievement of an unrivalled personal odyssey.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Thick Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - History \u0026amp; Futurology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Published : 1999 (This Edition 2000 -\u003cspan\u003eVoyager\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780006483694\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000027\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP500gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eLoved the format of brief essays. Very readable and enlightening.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The wonderfully titled \"Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!\" is a collection taken from Sir Arthur C Clarke's non-fiction writing from over half a century's prolific output. It might seem a rather daunting book at first sight: 110 separate pieces of writing, well over 500 pages, but in fact it's an excellent read, either from beginning to end or simply dipping in at whim. There are, as might be expected, popular science articles, pieces about space exploration and, of course, science fiction; there are also numerous sideswipes at uninformed UFO believers, spoonbenders, assorted New Agers and Creationists; and there are several fascinating and informative articles on Clarke's great loves, underwater exploration and Ceylon\/Sri Lanka.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Amazon Reviews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorn in Somerset in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke has written over sixty books, among which are the science fiction classics 2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood's End, The City and the Stars and Rendezvous With Rama. He has won all the most prestigious science fiction trophies, and shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of the film of 2001. He was knighted in 1998. 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From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the emergence of Greece and Rome to the depredations by the Mongols, the transmission of the Black Death, the struggles of the Great Game, and the fall of Communism - the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy way of events as disparate as the American Revolution and the world wars of the twentieth century, Peter Frankopan realigns the world, orienting us eastward, and illuminating how even the rise of the West five hundred years ago resulted from its efforts to gain access to and control of these Eurasian trading networks.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn an increasingly globalised planet, where current events in Asia and the Middle East dominate the world's attention, this magnificent work of history is very much a work of our times.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard, Thick 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - History \u0026amp; Futurology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2015 (This Edition 2016 - Bloomsbury)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781408939997\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B000055\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP550gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £14.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Brilliant \u0026amp; Fearless . . . 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I would heartily recommend it to anyone generally interested in history and how it unfolded . . .\" - \u003c\/em\u003eAmazon Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is pretty much exactly what it claims to be: a simple brief overview of European History from the time of Charlemagne to the present day. 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And at the book's heart is the tragic, magnetic figure of Henry VII - controlling, paranoid, avaricious, with a Machiavellian charm and will to power.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good (Almost \u003cstrong\u003eAs New\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Non-Fiction - History \u0026amp; Futurology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2011 (This Edition 2012 - Penguin)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9780141040530\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B002897\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : SP400gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Remarkable . . . Penn brilliantly recreates the sterile atmosphere suffocating Henry's England. His eye for time, circumstance and the telling anecdote is keen. Winter King offers us the fullest, deepest, most compelling insight into the warped psychology of the Tudor dynasty's founder to have appeared since Bacon wrote. - \u003c\/em\u003eFinancial Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Thomas Penn is a superb teller of a tale, a reveller in dodgy deeds, a keen observer of the febrile, dissimulating characters of court and embassy, and a splendid limner of the great jousts and entertainments of the age . . . with a sharp eye for detail and adroit use of a gifted historical imagination . . . he lets us hear the creak of oars and the scratch of pens, as well as the tubercular king fighting for every breath . . . Vigorous and thoroughly enjoyable. - \u003c\/em\u003eEconomist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I feel like I've been waiting to read this book a long time . . . a fluent and compelling account. The level of detail is fascinating and beautifully judged . . . I think that, for the first time, a writer has made me feel what contemporaries felt as Henry VII's reign drew to an end; the relief, the hope, the sudden buoyancy. - \u003c\/em\u003eHilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Succeeds brilliantly. A finely drawn portrait . . . Penn's deft turn of phrase superbly re-creates the drama and personalities of the court.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eTracy Borman, Sunday Times.\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas Penn is an English historian, author and editor. 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Fast, far-sighted insights into the horizons of future change.' - \u003c\/em\u003eNigel Nicholson, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePatrick Dixon is the chairman of Global Change Ltd, a growth strategy and forecasting company. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe has been ranked as one of the twenty most influential business thinkers alive today. He is one of the world's most sought-after keynote speakers at corporate events and advises boards and senior teams on a wide range of strategic issues. Clients include Google, Microsoft, IBM, KLM\/Air France, BP, ExxonMobil, World Bank, Siemens, Prudential, Aviva, UBS, Credit Suisse, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hewlett Packard, Gillette, GSK, Forbes, Fortune, BT, BBC, Fedex and DHL. 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From royalty and religion to fame and fury, see the medieval world - and the women erased from it - with fresh eyes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe middle ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, saints and kings: a patriarchal society that oppressed and excluded women. 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Ramirez shows again and again that dark age Europe was a far more various place than we like to believe.' - \u003c\/em\u003eKathryn Hughes, The Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'One of Femina's greatest strengths is that it is not just a collection of medieval heroines, although there are inspirational stories aplenty in its pages, but also a readable and wide-ranging account of the Middle Ages - with the women put back in - that forces us to look at familiar stories in new ways.' - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Sunday Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'It's about time these stories had a wider audience. They've been waiting long enough.' - \u003c\/em\u003eSpectator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Beautifully written, wonderfully free-ranging and gloriously original, Femina makes us look into the mists of history in new, exciting and provocative ways. A joyous read.' - \u003c\/em\u003ePeter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Silk Roads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAI Summary\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore the captivating world of women throughout history with this compelling exploration of female figures who shaped civilisation. Janina Ramirez weaves together fascinating narratives spanning centuries, revealing the remarkable achievements, struggles, and legacies of women often overlooked in traditional historical accounts. From ancient times to the modern era, discover how these influential women challenged conventions and left an indelible mark on society. Perfect for history enthusiasts and readers seeking fresh perspectives on the female experience across cultures and epochs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJanina Sara Maria Ramirez FRHistS FRSA, sometimes credited as Nina Ramirez, is a British art historian, cultural historian, and TV presenter. 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