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Eureka!
The Surprising Stories Behind the Ideas That Shaped the World
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
The fascinating inspirations behind common inventions and creations- from Barbie to Sweet and Low to Mt. Rushmore.
The slinky was born aboard a World War II ship.
The Barbie doll was inspired by a German sex toy.
Weight Watchers began with a Jewish housewife in Queens, New York.
Eureka!...
Saxons vs. Vikings
Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings.
In 871, three of England's four kingdoms were overrun by Vikings, the ruthless, all-conquering Scandinavian raiders who terrorized early medieval...
Murder in the Garden of God
A True Story of Renaissance Ambition, Betrayal and Revenge
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
On April 17, 1581, shots ring out in a Roman garden and a young man falls dead in an ambush. Within days, a powerful baron weds the lovely widow. Everyone knows the baron ordered the hit. But how much did the victim’s wife know? Vittoria Accoramboni, the most beautiful girl in Rome, chafed under...
1215 and All That
Magna Carta and King John
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
1215 is one of the most famous dates in English history, and with good reason, since it marks the signing of the Magna Carta by King John and the English barons, which altered the entire course of English and world history.
John Lackland was born to King Henry II and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitane...
Fields of Blood
Religion and the History of Violence
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
From the renowned and best-selling author of A History of God, a sweeping exploration of religion and the history of human violence.
For the first time, religious self-identification is on the decline in American. Some analysts have cited as cause a post-9/11perception: that faith in general...
The Perfectionists
How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement—precision—in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future.
The rise of manufacturing...
by Eric Burns
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
One of the most dynamic eras in American history—the 1920s—began with this watershed year that would set the tone for the century to follow.
"The Roaring Twenties” is the only decade in American history with a widely applied nickname, and our collective fascination with this era...
by Leo Tolstoy
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2013
A letter from Tolstoy to the Indian revolutionist Tarak Nath Das in 1908, which was sent in response to a request from Das for help in India's struggle for independence.
Summary: Collapse - Jared Diamond
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Complete summary of Jared Diamond’s book: “Collapse: How SocietiesChoose to Fail or Succeed”.This summary of the ideas fromJared Diamond’s book “Collapse” reveals the secret to why some societiessucceed, while others fail. To do this, the author investigates severalsignificant events...
Big History大歷史：跨越130億年時空，打破知識藩籬的時間旅圖
Maps of Time：An Introduction to Big History
Language: Chinese
Release Date: September 6, 2018
我們不能只是了解全球史、世界史！
更必須掌握「Big History大歷史」，更宏觀、開闊、全面、完整的人類歷史圖像敘述！
大衛‧克里斯欽開創大歷史學派「Big History大歷史」開山之作
2005年榮獲西方歷史協會年度最佳世界歷史圖書獎
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Phantom Trail
Discovering Ancient America
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2005
Traveling cross continent, the author explores several prominent, and many virtually "secret" sites of American antiquity. All relate to civilizations and cultures which preceded the arrival of the European-some, by many 1000s of years.
While the focus is on the Great Valley of the...
by Peter Thurgood
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
The streets of London flourish like possibly no other city on earth, with stories from its rich history, stories of death - fire - disease, of riots, and grisly murders, but also of tales of happiness, determination and success. Behind every story and every street however, are the people who lived,...
The Winning of the Carbon War
Power and Politics on the Front Lines of Climate and Clean Energy
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
“A brilliant page turner, alternately daringly funny, coldly sobering, starkly terrifying – poetic, personal, beautiful and intensely urgent." Josh Fox, Emmy-winning film director
“Great fun to read; kind, tough, and often very funny.” Lord Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics
“We...
by Henrique Brunswick
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: October 4, 2012
A Idade Média na Europa é por muitos considerada como a idade das trevas, e muitas das imagens que temos hoje em dia são das obras de ficção construídas em torno desta visão.
No entanto, apesar dos costumes, que hoje chamaríamos bárbaros,...