Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order (Sharman J. C.)(Paperback)

Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order (Sharman J. C.)(Paperback)

How the rise of the West was a temporary exception to the predominant world orderWhat accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian

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

The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order (Steil Benn)(Paperback)

A sweeping history of the drama, intrigue, and rivalry behind the creation of the postwar economic order When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for 'a new Bretton Woods' to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict. The name of

The Secret Founding of America: The Real Story of Freemasons, Puritans, and the Battle for the New World (Hagger Nicholas)(Paperback)

The widely accepted story of the founding of America is that The Mayflower delivered the first settlers from Plymouth to the New World in 1620. Yet in reality, the Jamestown settlers had already become the first English-speaking outpost thirteen years earlier in 1607. The Secret Founding of America

Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity (Scheidel Walter)(Paperback)

The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best

The Great Deception: The True Story of Britain and the European Union (Booker Christopher)(Paperback)

Christopher Booker's classic story of the European Union's Great Deception, now updated with new material. Now published with a new preface explaining why The Great Deception is of the utmost importance today as it was when it was first published and to coincide with Great Britain's EU referendum

Partition - The story of Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan in 1947 (White-Spunner Barney)(Paperback / softback)

To tell the story of Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan through the chaotic and seismic events of 1947 and the experiences of the people who lived through

The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order (Steil Benn)(Pevná vazba)

A sweeping history of the drama, intrigue, and rivalry behind the creation of the postwar economic order When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for 'a new Bretton Woods' to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict. The name of

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians (Heather Peter)(Paperback)

The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated

The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism (Byrd Jodi A.)(Paperback)

In 1761 and again in 1768, European scientists raced around the world to observe the transit of Venus, a rare astronomical event in which the planet Venus passes in front of the sun. In The Transit of Empire, Jodi A. Byrd explores how indigeneity functions as transit, a trajectory of movement that

Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order (Ikenberry G. John)(Paperback)

A new vision for the American world order In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States engaged in the most ambitious and far-reaching liberal order building the world had yet seen. This liberal international order has been one of the most successful in history in providing

Rise and Fall - A History of the World in Ten Empires (Strathern Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of western classical culture was developed in the

The New Creation and the Storyline of Scripture (Thielman Frank)(Paperback)

A Biblical Theology of the New Creation from Genesis to Revelation 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.' --Revelation 21:3 The Bible begins with the story of one perfectly good God

Dawn of Eurasia - On the Trail of the New World Order (Macaes Bruno)(Paperback / softback)

Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830 (Elliott J. H.)(Paperback)

In this enthralling account of the entwined histories of Britain, Spain, and their empires in the Americas, distinguished historian J. H. Elliott offers us history on a grand scale. He interweaves the histories of the two great Atlantic civilizations, providing rich insights into both while

An Analysis of Henry Kissinger's World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History (Gibson Bryan)(Paperback)

Henry Kissinger's 2014 book World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History not only offers a summary of thinking developed throughout a long and highly influential career-it is also an intervention in international relations theory by one of the most famous statesmen

The European Seaborne Empires: From the Thirty Years' War to the Age of Revolutions (Paquette Gabriel)(Pevná vazba)

An accessible survey of the history of European overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries based on new scholarship In this thematic survey, Gabriel Paquette focuses on the evolution of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch overseas empires in the seventeenth and

The Austrian Revolution (Bauer Otto)(Paperback)

This is the story of the decline and fall of an empire, a region devastated by war, and a world stage fundamentally transformed by the Russian Revolution. Bauer's magisterial work -- available in English for the first time in full -- charts the evolution of three simultaneous, overlapping

Empire of the Moghul: The Tainted Throne (Rutherford Alex)(Paperback / softback)

The greatest story you never knew - how one of the most powerful empires in the history of the world rose to greatness, and destroyed

Brief History of the Roman Empire (Kershaw Dr Stephen P.)(Paperback / softback)

A new look at the rise and fall of the greatest empire the world has ever

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (Baker Simon)(Paperback)

'Ancient Rome' is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Focusing on six turning points in Roman history, Simon Baker's absorbing narrative charts the rise and fall of a political machine unmatched in its brutality, genius, and lust for power. From the conquest of the

The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire (Himelstein Linda)(Paperback)

'A operatic tour-de-force.' --Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of The Widow Clicquot'An impressive feat of research, told swiftly and enthusiastically.' --San Francisco ChronicleFrom Vanderbilt and Rockefeller to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, America's captains of industry are paragons of entrepreneurial

Rise and Fall - A History of the World in Ten Empires (Strathern Paul)(Paperback / softback)

A dazzling new history of the world through ten major

The Adventures of Pinocchio (Collodi Carlo)(Paperback)

The story of the wooden puppet who learns goodness and becomes a real boy is famous the world over, and has been familiar in English for over a century. From the moment Joseph the carpenter carves a puppet that can walk and talk, this wildly inventive fantasy takes Pinocchio through countless