Civilisations – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 6

Letters for the Ages Great Musicians

A collection of letters written through the ages from musicians of all genres, from Mozart to Freddie Mercury.For tens of thousands of years, across various civilisations, our species has been creating mu…

sofort lieferbar

Buch

Richard Susskind
How To Think About AI

Revealing the unfolding story of Artificial Intelligence, Richard Susskind presents a short non-technical guide that challenges us to think differently about AI. Susskind brings AI out of computing labora…

sofort lieferbar

Buch

William Dalrymple
The Golden Road

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART-TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST - A REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF INDIA?A master storyteller' Sunday TimesIndia is the forgotten heart of the anci…

sofort lieferbar

Buch

G. E. M. Ste. Croix
The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World

The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World is an original and provocative reconstruction of 1,400 years of classical antiquity. Sharply written, it is a major intervention in Marxist theories of class,…

sofort lieferbar

Buch

Josephine Quinn
How the World Made the West

'One of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years' William Dalrymple'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic…

sofort lieferbar

Buch

Ravi Tennekoon
The Chronicles of Kaimakla

The climate apocalypse predicted by today's scientists has finally come to pass. The Eurasian landmass has become one vast desert scorched by ferocious heat. Most of humanity has been obliterated by the f…

lieferbar innerhalb 2-3 Wochen

Buch

Alex Dekker
The Desert Heist

After a catastrophic deployment that left most of his team dead or injured, Nathan Wilde has said his goodbyes to the life of the Green Beret. He is now seeking the quiet life, dedicating himself to his a…

lieferbar ab 30.7.2026.

Buch

Edoardo Albert
Bede: The Man Who Invented England

What is England, and who are the English?The man who first posed and answered these questions lived 1,200 years ago in Northumberland. The Venerable Bede spent almost his whole life in two monasteries loo…

lieferbar ab 4.6.2026.

Buch

Alistair Moffat
The North Sea

The North Sea, a maritime highway and the edge of a nation of islanders with a proud sea-faring past. Running from Kent and the Rhine estuary to the Norwegian coast and the tip of the Shetland islands, it…

lieferbar ab 7.4.2026.

Buch

Jasmine Elmer
Slay

A groundbreaking and seminal chronicle of the hidden history and mythology of female dragon slayers from ancient world expert and author of Goddess with a Thousand Faces Jasmine Elmer.The dragon is a mons…

lieferbar ab 2.7.2026.

Buch

Mike Pitts
Island at the Edge of the World

'The true and fascinating story of Easter Island and its amazing statues' KEN FOLLETT 'Revelatory... fascinating... [and] wholly convincing' MAIL ON SUNDAYWhere did they come from? How did they get there?…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Annabel Savery
99 Questions About: The Aztecs

Discover the fascinating world of the Aztecs through 99 questions and answersWhy were the Aztecs mad for maize? What were chinampas? And did the Aztecs really make towers of skulls?! Find out the answers …

lieferbar in mind. 4 Wochen

Buch

Annabel Savery
99 Questions About: The Vikings

Discover the fascinating world of the Vikings through 99 questions and answersHow did the Vikings wear their hair? Who was Harald Bluetooth? And just why was a 'thing' such a big ... 'thing'?! Find out th…

lieferbar in mind. 4 Wochen

Buch

Ferdowsi,
Shahnameh

A combination of myth and history, Shahnameh is a classic work by one of Persia's greatest poets. Written more than 1,000 years ago in a series of 50,000 elegant couplets, Ferdowsi's work protected the Pe…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Haizong Lei
Chinese Culture and the Chinese Military

This is the first English translation of Lei Haizong's study of the Chinese army, reappraising Chinese civilisation from a military perspective. Born out of concern for China's military circumstances duri…

lieferbar innerhalb 2-3 Wochen

Buch

Dk
The Aztecs

Learn all about the Aztec Empire, from the rise of a mighty civilisation to the invasion of the Spanish, in this ultimate guide.Explore the everyday lives of the Aztecs, from farming on floating islands i…

mind. 3 Monate

Buch

Anna Claybourne,
A Comic Strip History of Planet Earth: Part 2 From Dinosaurs to Now

A funny, fresh comic-strip look at the amazing (and very long!) history of planet Earth for kidsTake a whirlwind comic strip trip through 4.5 billion fascinating years of planet Earth's history, discoveri…

lieferbar in mind. 4 Wochen

Buch

Avi Shlaim
Three Worlds

In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the new state of Israel.'Remarkable.' Max Hastings, THE SUNDAY TIMESToday the once flourishing Jew…

lieferbar innerhalb 1-2 Wochen

Buch

Jean-François Champollion
Chasing Hieroglyphs

Gibson Square

Two years after cracking the hieroglyphic code through the word 'Ramses' on the Rosetta Stone, Jean-François Champollion embarked on an expedition to Egypt on 31 July 1828. France was at war with the sult…

lieferbar in mind. 4 Wochen

Buch

The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 1, Gothic in the Long Eighteenth Century

This first volume of The Cambridge History of the Gothic provides a rigorous account of the Gothic in Western civilisation, from the Goths' sacking of Rome in 410 AD through to its manifestations in Briti…

lieferbar in mind. 4 Wochen

Buch