Governing the World - The History of an Idea (Mazower Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Governing the World - The History of an Idea (Mazower Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Balkans (Mazower Mark)(Paperback / softback)

A dazzling short history of the Balkans from the Romans to the present, which provides vital historical and cultural background to contemporary Balkan

Salafi-Jihadism - The History of an Idea (Maher Shiraz)(Paperback / softback)

The Balkans: A Short History (Mazower Mark)(Paperback)

Throughout history, the Balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural, and economic mixing and clashing between Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Orthodoxy. In this highly acclaimed short history, Mark Mazower sheds light on what has been called the

Utopia - The History of an Idea (Claeys Gregory)(Paperback / softback)

A worldwide survey on the idea of utopia, from classical mythology to contemporary science

Post-Humanitarianism: Governing Precarity in the Digital World (Duffield Mark)(Paperback)

The world has entered an unprecedented period of uncertainty and political instability. Faced with the challenge of knowing and acting within such a world, the spread of computers and connectivity, and the arrival of new digital sense-making tools are widely celebrated as helpful. But is this

Encyclopedia of World History (Chandler Fiona)(Paperback / softback)

An incredibly valuable overview of the history of the world from prehistoric times up to the year 2000.Magnificantly illustrated with a wealth of images depicting key events and everyday life in times gone by. With hundreds of links to specially selected websites, available through Usborne

Salonica, City of Ghosts - Christians, Muslims and Jews (Mazower Mark)(Paperback / softback)

The history of a bewilderingly exotic city, rarely written about: five hundred years of clashing cultures and peoples, from the glories of Suleiman the Magnificent to its nadir under Nazi

An Introduction to Islamic Archaeology (Milwright Marcus)(Paperback)

This book offers an introduction to the archaeology of the Islamic world. It traces the history of the discipline from its earliest manifestations through to the present and evaluates the contribution made by archaeology to the understanding of key aspects of Islamic culture. The author argues that

What You Did Not Tell - A Russian Past and the Journey Home (Mazower Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Uncovering his family's remarkable and moving stories, Mark Mazower recounts the sacrifices and silences that marked a generation and their descendants. It was a family that fate drove into the siege of Stalingrad, the Vilna ghetto, occupied Paris, and even into the ranks of the Wehrmacht. His

Hitler's Empire - Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe (Mazower Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Hitler's empire was the largest, most brutal and most ambitious reshaping of Europe in history. Inspired by imperial legacy of those such as British, Third Reich cast its shadow from Channel Islands to Caucasus and ruled hundreds of millions. This title offers an account of the rise and fall of

Dark Continent - Europe's Twentieth Century (Mazower Mark)(Paperback / softback)

The end of First World War saw old empires swept away and opportunity to build a better society from the ruins. This title overturns the myth of Europe as a safe haven of democracy to redefine our view of twentieth century. It tells the story of a century of division, charting struggles of rival

The Secret History of the World (Booth Mark)(Paperback)

'An entire library's worth of scholarship [in] a single volume.' --San Francisco Gate 'Authentically mind-boggling.' --Kirkus They say that history is written by the victors. But what if history--or what we have come to know as history--has been written by the wrong people? What if everything

Secret History of the World (Black Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

The complete history of the world, from the beginning of time to the present day, based on the beliefs and writings of the secret

An Introduction to the Ancient World (de Blois Lukas)(Paperback)

An Introduction to the Ancient World offers a thorough survey of the history of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome. Covering the social, political, economic and cultural processes that have influenced later western and Near Eastern civilisations, this volume considers subjects such as the

From Plato to NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents (Gress David)(Paperback)

An in-depth intellectual history of the Western idea and a passionate defense of its importance to America's future, From Plato to NATO is the first book to make sense of the legacy of the West at a time when it is facing its greatest challenges. Readers of Francis Fukuyama, John Gray, Samuel

Description of the World (Polo Marco)(Paperback / softback)

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

Plagues and Peoples (McNeill William)(Paperback)

The history of disease is the history of humankind: an interpretation of the world as seen through the extraordinary impact--political, demographic, ecological, and psychological--of disease on cultures. 'A book of the first importance, a truly revolutionary work.' --The New Yorker From the

The World of Rome: An Introduction to Roman Culture (Jones Peter V.)(Paperback)

The World of Rome is an introduction to the history and culture of Rome for anyone seriously interested in the ancient world. It covers all aspects of the city--its rise to power, what made it great and why it still engages and challenges us today. Frequent quotations from ancient writers and

The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback)

'A lively, anecdotal, all-encompassing history of Basque ingenuity and achievement.' --Atlantic Monthly From Mark Kurlansky, the bestselling author of Cod, Salt, Birdseye, and Paper--the illuminating story of an ancient and enigmatic people Straddling a small corner of Spain and France in a land

Foolish King (Price Mark)(Paperback / softback)

The Secret History of

Basque History Of The World (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback / softback)

The Basques are Europe's oldest people, their origins a mystery, their language related to no other on Earth, and even though few in population and from a remote and rugged corner of Spain and France, they have had a profound impact on the

Classical World - An Epic History of Greece and Rome (Lane Fox Robin)(Paperback / softback)

The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for centuries and continue to intrigue and enlighten us with their inventions, whether philosophy, politics, theatre, athletics, celebrity, science or the pleasures of horse racing. This book offers an introduction to Ancient