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World History by Philip Parker
RRP: £17.99£13.35The full story of human endeavour - complete with its dramas, wars, schemes, discoveries, and personalities - is laid out before you in this illustrated guide to the history of our world.Who were the Mongols, the Maya, or Isis? How far did the Roman or... -
Introduction to the Bible by Christine Elizabeth Hayes
RRP: £19.99£17.37Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The World of the Oxus Civilization by Bertille Lyonnet 9781032570037
RRP: £44.99£39.28This collection of essays presents a synthesis of current research on the Oxus Civilization, which rose and developed at the turn of the 3rd to 2nd millennia BC in Central Asia. First discovered in the 1970s, the Oxus Civilization, or the... -
Stolen Legacy by George G M James 9781604595413
£15.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604595413Author George G M JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint A & D PublishingPublisher A & D PublishingWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 230mm *... -
The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced by Stephanie Dalley
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon is an exciting story of detection involving legends, expert decipherment of ancient texts, and a vivid description of a little-known civilization. Recognized in ancient times as one of the Seven Wonders of the... -
Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City by Gwendolyn Leick
RRP: £12.99£9.09Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is still relatively unknown. Yet, over 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the very first cities were created. This is the first... -
The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History by Greg Woolf 9780199664733
RRP: £31.49£22.34The human race is on a 10,000 year urban adventure. Our ancestors wandered the planet or lived scattered in villages, yet by the end of this century almost all of us will live in cities. But that journey has not been a smooth one and urban civilizations... -
The House Party: A Short History of Leisure, Pleasure and the Country House Weekend by Adrian Tinniswood
RRP: £10.00£6.71A delightful journey through the glamorous story of the English country house party by the bestselling historian.Croquet. Parlour games. Cocktails. Welcome to a glorious journey through the golden age of the country house party - and you are invited. Our... -
Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change by Jared Diamond
RRP: £14.99£10.95'A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises - which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global crisis' YUVAL NOAH HARARI, author of SAPIENS ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** Author of the landmark... -
Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West by Michael Scott
RRP: £12.99£9.09'This vivid and engaging book brings to life some of the most important moments in ancient history, moments that have shaped not only the politics and culture of bygone eras, but the institutions, thoughts and fantasies of our time.' Yuval Noah Harari... -
In the Shadow of the Gods: The Emperor in World History by Dominic Lieven 9780141984452
RRP: £14.99£10.95From the acclaimed Wolfson Prize-winning author, a dazzling history of the world's emperors For millennia much of the world was ruled by emperors: a handful of individuals claimed no limit to the lands they could rule over and no limit to their... -
Under a White Sky: Can we save the natural world in time? by Elizabeth Kolbert
RRP: £9.99£7.11The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: after doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?Meet the biologists trying to save the... -
Civilization: A History of the World in 1000 Objects by DK
RRP: £30.00£23.35Discover how humans created their world from the objects they left behind - from the US Constitution to the first iPhone - in DK's latest history book. From the beginning of human history, the one thing that has defined us is our talent for making... -
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia by Barry Cunliffe
RRP: £27.49£20.78By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it is a tale covering over 10,000 years, from the origins of... -
The Ascent Of Humanity by Charles Eisenstein
RRP: £23.00£15.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583945353Author Charles EisensteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Evolver EditionsPublisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Stepping-Stones: A Journey through the Ice Age Caves of the Dordogne by Christine Desdemaines-Hugon
RRP: £25.00£20.92An awe-inspiring study of the enduring power of Paleolithic art The cave art of France's Dordogne region is world-famous for the mythology and beauty of its remarkable drawings and paintings. These ancient images of lively bison, horses, and mammoths, as... -
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
RRP: £22.00£16.62Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen... -
Why Empires Fall: Rome, America and the Future of the West by John Rapley
RRP: £20.00£14.29'Fascinating, informative and deeply thoughtful' Financial Times'This essay has changed my view both of the past and the present' Carlo Rovelli, The Observer*What can the fall of Rome teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a... -
World Mythology in Bite-sized Chunks by Mark Daniels
RRP: £7.99£3.51A masterful introduction to world mythology, shedding light on the impact it has had on cultures past and present and untangling the complex web of deities, monsters and myths.From the signs of the zodiac to literature and art, the influence of world... -
Uncommon Wrath: Caesar, Cato, and the quarrel that ended the Roman Republic by Josiah Osgood 9780192859563
RRP: £28.99£20.28A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when personal pride overrides the common good. In Uncommon Wrath, historian Josiah Osgood tells the story of how the political rivalry between... -
The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization by Vishal Mangalwadi
£15.96Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its relevance, The Book That Made Your World will transform your perception of its influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization.Indian philosopher Vishal Mangalwadi reveals the... -
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott
RRP: £14.99£13.03An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and... -
Late Antiquity: A Very Short Introduction by Gillian Clark
RRP: £8.99£6.45Late antiquity: decline or transformation, conflict or interaction? Late antiquity is the period (c.300 - c.800) in which barbarian invasions ended Roman Empire in Western Europe by the fifth century and Arab invasions ended Roman rule over the... -
A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Daily Life by Greg Jenner 9781780225654 [USED COPY]
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A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Daily Life by Greg Jenner
RRP: £10.99£7.40'A wonderful idea, gloriously put into practice. Greg Jenner is as witty as he is knowledgeable' - Tom Holland'You will love Greg Jenner's jolly account of how we have more in common with our ancestors than we might think ... all human life is here, ... -
The Light of Italy: The Life and Times of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino by Jane Stevenson 9781800241978
RRP: £30.00£20.95The story of the Renaissance city and palace of Urbino, and the life of the extraordinary man who created it: Federico da Montefeltro. 'Painstakingly researched and yet unfailingly readable' Ross King 'An insight into one of Renaissance Italy's... -
A Little Book of Language by David Crystal
RRP: £10.99£9.37Now in paperback, in the tradition of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, a lively journey through the story of language With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins... -
Mankind: The Story of All Of Us by Pamela D. Toler
RRP: £25.00£17.38It takes more than 10 billion years to create just the right conditions on one planet for life to begin. It takes another three billion years of evolving life forms until it finally happens, a primate super species emerges: mankind. In conjunction with... -
Ancient Worlds: The Search for the Origins of Western Civilization by Richard Miles
RRP: £16.99£12.28Accompanying the major BBC TV series, Richard Miles's Ancient Worlds tells the epic story of civilization, and the cities that made us who we are. The path of human progress is one of enlightenment and cruelty, achievement and bloodshed, creation and... -
What Makes Civilization?: The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West by David Wengrow
RRP: £14.99£10.95The targeted destruction of ancient sites and monuments in the Middle East provokes widespread outrage in the West. But what is our connection to the ancient Near East? In this updated edition of What Makes Civilization? archaeologist David Wengrow... -
The Alphabet Versus The Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain
RRP: £19.99£13.35This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and... -
Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization by Justin Marozzi
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday Times Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North... -
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great by Alex Rowson
RRP: £10.99£7.25'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH This is an astonishing new account of Alexander the... -
Notes Towards the Definition of Culture by T. S. Eliot
RRP: £10.99£7.32'The term culture ... includes all the characteristic activities and interests of a people; Derby Day, Henley Regatta, Cowes, the twelfth of August, a cup final, the dog races, the pin table, the dart board, Wensleydale cheese, boiled cabbage cut into... -
The Celestial Hunter by Roberto Calasso
RRP: £12.99£9.09'A poetic, erudite exploration of history and myth' Financial TimesAn unforgettable journey through centuries and across cultures to the pivotal moment in evolution - when humans did something that no species had yet tried - when we became the hunter and... -
A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History by Edward Wilson-Lee 9780008358259
RRP: £10.99£7.12A Times History Book of the Year 2022 A TLS Book of the Year 2022 'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective... -
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: (Patterns of Life) by Yuval Noah Harari
RRP: £14.99£8.32Yuval Noah Harari's bestselling phenomenon now in a beautifully packaged new special edition. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and... -
Ink: The Mark Of Human Identity by Ted Bishop 9780143169574
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143169574Author Ted BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Demon Under the Microscope by Thomas Hager 9781400082148
RRP: £12.99£8.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400082148Author Thomas HagerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.,U.S.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama by Nigel Cliff
RRP: £16.99£11.67In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies, opening up access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known to history; the ships were...