Civilizations – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 10

Ryan Ruby

Context Collapse

"Prophet. Entertainer. Courtier. Criminal. Revolutionary. Critic. Scholar. Nobody. Context Collapse is the secret history of the poet--from Bronze Age Greece and Renaissance Italy to the cafâes of Grub St…

Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in world history. His two books, Sapiens: A Brief History of Human…

David Eaton

World History Through Case Studies

This innovative textbook demystifies the subject of world history through a diverse range of case studies. Each chapter looks at an event, person, or place from prehistory to the present and from across t…

Peta Greenfield, Fiona Radford

Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire

Discover the wild and fascinating true stories of the Roman Empire that are rarely taught in history class with this ultimate collection of notorious emperors, scandalous love affairs, rebellion, and more…

Luke Kemp

Goliath's Curse

A vast and unprecedented survey of societal collapse--stretching from the Bronze Age to the age of silicon--that digs through the ruins of fallen societies to understand the root causes of their downfall …

Michael McBride

How to Sound Smart at Parties

"Packed with over 150 fun facts spanning the topics of ancient civilizations, animal behavior, natural science, outer space, human accomplishments, pop culture, and more..."--Provided by publisher.

Toby Wilkinson

The Last Dynasty

Alexander the Great and Cleopatra may be two of the most famous figures from the ancient world, but the Egyptian era bookended by their lives-the Ptolemaic period (305-30 BC)-is little known. In The Last …

Andrews Sisters

The Hits Collection 1937 - 1955

Oswyn Murray

The Muse of History

Oswyn Murray charts the shifting uses of the ancient past, showing how three centuries of scholars interpreted ancient Greece in the light of contemporary political interests. Rich in stories and portrait…

Richard Cohen

Making History

A “supremely entertaining” (The New Yorker) exploration of who gets to record the world’s history—from Julius Caesar to William Shakespeare to Ken Burns—and how their biases influence our understanding ab…

Lizzie Wade

Apocalypse

A richly imagined new view on the great human tradition of apocalypse, from the rise of Homo sapiens to the climate instability of our present, that defies conventional wisdom and long-held stories about …

Hanno Sauer

The Invention of Good and Evil

"We humans were born to cooperate, but everywhere we find ourselves in conflict. The way we live together has changed fundamentally in recent decades: global mobility, demographic upheaval, migration move…

Simon Winchester

Knowing What We Know

"With the advent of the internet, any topic we want to know about is instantly available with the touch of a smartphone button. With so much knowledge at our fingertips, what is there left for our brains …

Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3

Sapiens: A Graphic History-The Masters of History takes us on an immersive and hilarious ride through the human past to discover the forces that change our world, bring us together, and just as often... t…

Pierre Zalloua

Ancestors

"In recent years, as companies like 23andMe and Ancestry.com have made genetic testing available across the globe, it has become relatively simple to find out where your ancestors came from. But acclaimed…

Bettany Hughes

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

"For millennia, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have been known for their aesthetic sublimity, ingenious engineering, and sheer, audacious magnitude: The Great Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens…

EvilDead

United States Of Anarchy

EVILDEAD formierten sich 1987 mit dem Ziel, harte Musik in der Tradition des klassischen Thrash Metals zu erschaffen. Ihr erster öffentlicher Auftritt fand zusammen mit Cryptic Slaughter, Dark Angel und P…

Gilles Lapouge,

Atlas of Lost Paradises

Thoroughly documented, a worldwide selection of places representing many attempts made by mankind through the ages to re-create a paradise on Earth

Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Song of the Cell

Presenting revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, the author draws on his own experience as a researcher, doctor, and prolific…