Niall: 234 books

An unprecedented narrative of the relationship that swung the Civil War. When Pickett charged at Gettysburg, it was the all-Irish Pennsylvania 69th who held fast while the surrounding regiments broke and ran. And it was Abraham Lincoln who, a year earlier at Malvern Hill, picked up a corner...

**From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, the definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papers. Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award** No American statesman has been as revered...

In ALWAYS RIGHT historian Niall Ferguson offers a characteristically original, incisive and witty account of Margaret Thatcher's reign – the word seems appropriate – as British Prime Minister. Denounced by her enemies as divisive and dictatorial, Thatcher was the greatest leader Britain has produced...

Why on earth would anyone give up a life on the open road for the regimen of a vast Japanese conglomerate? And is it really so different in Japan from everywhere else? Niall Murtagh spent years as a world traveller - hitchhiking to Istanbul, bussing to Kathmandu and crossing the Atlantic in a home-built...

耶魯大學出版社知名「小歷史」（Little History）系列 2013諾貝爾經濟學獎得主羅伯．席勒 大師推薦 唯有讀懂經濟學，你才能正確地解讀世界！ 「倫敦政經學院經濟史專家、聯合國經濟政策顧問」專業執筆， 用生花妙筆故事，帶你看懂經濟學如何替世界開出解方！ 本書闡述了形塑了人類世界的經濟概念、力量與兩難， 讓你清楚地看出經濟學概念如何誕生、遭逢挑戰， 與屢屢改變人類文明的進程。 什麼原因導致貧窮？在資本主義之下，經濟危機是無可避免的嗎？ 政府干預經濟體是幸或不幸？為什麼油價波動會牽一髮而動全局？ 政府以增加支出的振興手段對抗經濟蕭條真能奏效？ 為什麼貨幣危機會像傳染病一樣蔓延開來？ 這些基本經濟問題的答案對每個人來說都很重要， 但是，經濟學中陌生的術語聽來卻讓人避之唯恐不及。 耶魯大學出版社策劃了這本清楚、易讀且互動性高的書， 用活潑的例子讓經濟學術語不再艱澀難懂，適合完全沒有經濟學基礎的讀者， 也適合想更瞭解完整經濟史與自古至今所有經濟概念的讀者。 本書作者經濟史學家奈爾‧傑斯坦尼，根據歷史順序從古希臘到二十一世紀， 以精煉短小的篇章，清楚梳理了經濟學隨著歷史進程的發展變化， 他介紹了亞當斯密、李嘉圖、馬克思、凱因斯和傅利曼等重要思想家， 搭配重大的歷史轉折點如貨幣的發明、資本主義興起以及大蕭條等等， 也穿插了創業精神、資源不均、行為經濟學與金融崩盤等主題。 讓我們清楚看到，這些經濟學家面對經濟困境時，是如何思考與提出有效解方。 本書特色： 從古希臘到二十一世紀，清晰順暢地再現各個歷史時期的經濟學發展史 以歷史為骨幹，四十篇經濟學大師與理論，清晰呈現所處的歷史大格局與洞見 用有趣的小例子清楚說明經濟概念，屏除艱澀的理論、難懂的統計曲線與數字 英國插畫藝術家Hazel...

How do I know if she likes me? How do I approach her? What should I do so she falls for me? Difficult, huh? Some guys just seem to have it when it comes to dating girls. Seems to come natural. While your tongue is tied up halfway down your throat they walk off with all the girls. How do they...

The British Army's Challenger II Main Battle Tank is one of the most awesome war machines ever built. In March 2003, three Squadrons of Challenger 2s from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, part of Britain's 7th Armoured Brigade, the fabled Desert Rats, gathered in Southern Iraq to prepare for battle.The...

From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson's numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. In it, he grapples with perhaps the most challenging questions of modern history:...

Is China's rise unstoppable? Powered by the human capital of 1.3 billion citizens, the latest technological advances, and a comparatively efficient system of state-directed capitalism, China seems poised to become the global superpower this century. But the Middle Kingdom also faces a series of challenges....

Excerpted from Niall Ferguson’s sprawling bestseller The War of the World, The Abyss now stands on its own as one of the most thrilling short histories of World War I ever written. This is not a conventional military history about battles and generals. Rather, The Abyss examines how World War I...

Part 1: Powerless, the debut novel by Irish author Niall McCreanor focuses around Lee Sopota, an average man in a not so average world. Due to a premature birth Lee has not developed powers like everyone else on the planet and must hide it from those he loves. Lee's thirst for knowledge leads him...

A Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postmodernist theory and culture. Explores the names and ideas that have come to define the postmodern condition – from Baudrillard, Jameson, and Lyotard,...

Niall Mac Coitir provides a comprehensive look at the folklore, legends and history of animals in Ireland, and describes their relations with people, being hunted for food, fur, sport, or as vermin, and their position today. A final section, inspired by stories of animal transformation, looks at twelve...

What if there had been no American War of Independence? What if Hitler had invaded Britain? What if Kennedy had lived? What if Russia had won the Cold War? Niall Ferguson, author of the highly acclaimed The Pity of War, leads the charge in this historically rigorous series of separate voyages into...