A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World (Rappaport Erika)(Paperback)

A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World (Rappaport Erika)(Paperback)

How the global tea industry influenced the international economy and the rise of mass consumerismTea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. For centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes--in

Hungry Empire - How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World (Collingham Lizzie)(Paperback / softback)

Empire - How Britain Made the Modern World (Ferguson Niall)(Paperback / softback)

Visions of Empire: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World (Kumar Krishan)(Paperback)

What the rulers of empire can teach us about navigating today's increasingly interconnected worldThe empires of the past were far-flung experiments in multinationalism and multiculturalism, and they have much to teach us about navigating our own increasingly globalized world. Visions of Empire

The Story of Silver: How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World (Silber William L.)(Paperback)

Human Tide - How Population Shaped the Modern World (Morland Paul)(Paperback / softback)

A dazzling new history of the modern world, as told through the remarkable story of population

Infinitesimal - How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World (Alexander Assoc. Prof. Amir)(Paperback / softback)

The epic story of the origin of

Angrynomics (Lonergan Eric)(Paperback)

A book for anyone anxious, worried - or angry - about the mismatch between how they experience the world with its increasing day to day pressures, and the model used by economics to explain and justify

Ghosts of Empire - Britain's Legacies in the Modern World (Kwarteng Kwasi)(Paperback / softback)

This fascinating book shows how the later years of the British Empire were characterised by accidental oversights, irresponsible opportunism and uncertain

Byzantium - The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire (Herrin Judith)(Paperback / softback)

For a thousand years, an extraordinary empire made possible Europe's transition to the modern world: Byzantium. This book provides various short chapters that focus on a theme, such as a building (the great church of Hagia Sophia), a clash over religion (iconoclasm), sex and power (the role of

The Lemonade War, 1 (Davies Jacqueline)(Paperback)

'For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied his fourth pitcher of the day.' And I am the Lemonade King. Fourth-grader Evan Treski is people-smart. He s good at talking with people, even grownups. His younger sister, Jessie, on the other hand,

Splendid Exchange - How Trade Shaped the World (Bernstein William L.)(Paperback / softback)

As globalisation wobbles into world crisis, a vividly written, brilliantly original history of world trade, the first for a generation: 'A Splendid Exchange is a splendid book.' New York TimesSHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES / GOLDMAN SACHS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE

How to Love Wine (Asimov Eric)(Paperback)

Eric Asimov, the acclaimed chief wine critic for the New York Times, has written a beautiful and thought-provoking combination memoir and manifesto, How to Love Wine.With charm, wit, and intelligence, Asimov tells how he went from writing beer reviews for his high school newspaper on Long Island to

Ruling the World (Lester Alan)(Paperback)

Ruling the World tells the story of how the largest and most diverse empire in history was governed, everywhere and all at once. Focusing on some of the most tumultuous years of Queen Victoria's reign, Alan Lester, Kate Boehme and Peter Mitchell adopt an entirely new perspective to explain how the

Palaces for the People - How To Build a More Equal and United Society (Klinenberg Eric)(Paperback / softback)

Outsourcing Empire: How Company-States Made the Modern World (Sharman J. C.)(Pevná vazba)

How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world's first genuinely global orderFrom Spanish conquistadors to British colonialists, the prevailing story of European empire-building has focused on the rival ambitions of competing states. But as Outsourcing

How Google Works (Schmidt Eric III)(Paperback / softback)

How to hire, manage, motivate, strategize and grow a business in today's disruptive world from Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, and Jonathan Rosenberg, advisor to Google CEO Larry

Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World (Trombley Stephen)(Paperback)

Thedevelopment of modern thought is tracedthrough a sequence of accessible profiles of the most influential thinkers in every domain of intellectual endeavor since 1789No major representative of post-Enlightenment thought escapes Trombley's attention in this history: the German idealists Kant,

Postcolonial Europe: Comparative Reflections After the Empires (Jensen Lars)(Pevná vazba)

How has European identity been shaped through its colonial empires? Does this history of imperialism influence the conceptualisation of Europe in the contemporary globalised world? How has coloniality shaped geopolitical differences within Europe? What does this mean for the future of Europe?

The Inca Empire (a True Book: Ancient Civilizations) (Newman Sandra)(Paperback)

Explore the Inca empire, including how the Incas survived in the mountains, how the empire was built, and why it disappeared.A True Book: Ancient Civilizations series allows readers to experience what makes each ancient civilization distinctive and exceptional as well look at its influence on the

Wasp - Eric Frank Russell

The war had been going on for nearly a year and the Sirian Empire had a huge advantage in personnel and equipment. Earth needed an edge. Which was where James Mowry came in.If a small insect buzzing around in a car could so distract the driver as to cause that vehicle to crash, think what havoc one

Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World (Woods Gregory)(Paperback)

Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards in the LGBTQ Studies category: a landmark account of the seismic changes brought to twentieth-century culture by gay and lesbian networks 'An avalanche of stories, ribald gossip, and lengthy asides . . . collectively confirm the book's central thesis: gay

The Elements of Academic Style: Writing for the Humanities (Hayot Eric)(Paperback)

Eric Hayot teaches graduate students and faculty in literary and cultural studies how to think and write like a professional scholar. From granular concerns, such as sentence structure and grammar, to big-picture issues, such as adhering to genre patterns for successful research and publishing and

European Overseas Empire, 1879 - 1999: A Short History (Stanard Matthew G.)(Paperback)

A Timely Look Back at the Era That Shaped Our World Thousands of years of recorded history show that the main way in which human societies have been organized is as empires. Today, the evidence of recent European overseas empire's lasting effects is all around us: from international frontiers and