Master Switch - The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Wu Tim (Atlantic Books))(Paperback / softback)

Master Switch - The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Wu Tim (Atlantic Books))(Paperback / softback)

At the heart of this fascinating book is one of the central questions of our age - rendered more urgent by recent events in the Arab world: is the internet a revolutionary innovation that will overthrow the established order... or will it turn out to have been an unruly technology, that will never

Attention Merchants - The Epic Struggle to Get Inside Our Heads (Wu Tim (Atlantic Books))(Paperback / softback)

A revelatory look at the rise of the 'attention merchants', the advertising marketeers who influence and control our consumption in ways previously

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

Rise And Fall of British Naval Mastery (Kennedy Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Paul Kennedy's now classic book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea power from the Tudors to the present day. Challenging the traditional view that the British are natural 'sons of the waves', he suggests instead that the country's fortunes as a significant maritime force have always been bound

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

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, Volume I, 1 (Lawrence Don)(Paperback)

'A comic I loved!' - Neil Gaiman. The first of a four-volume series reprinting The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire - a landmark 1960s science fiction series which rivalled Game of Thrones in popularity and was the precursor to every mythic sci-fi adventure to come! Under the leadership of Trigo,

India Conquered - Britain's Raj and the Chaos of Empire (Wilson Jon)(Paperback / softback)

India Conquered traces the rise and fall of British power in South

Billion Dollar Loser - The Epic Rise and Fall of WeWork (Wiedeman Reeves)(Paperback / softback)

THE SPECTACULAR RISE AND EXPLOSIVE FALL OF

Short History of Slavery (Walvin James)(Paperback / softback)

Presents an account of the Atlantic slave trade which helps us to understand the rise and fall of one of the most shameful chapters in British

Damaged Goods - The Rise and Fall of Sir Philip Green - The Sunday Times Bestseller (Shah Oliver)(Paperback / softback)

Empire of the Deep - The Rise and Fall of the British Navy (Wilson Ben)(Paperback / softback)

The bestselling complete history of the British Navy - our national story through a different

War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires (Turchin Peter)(Paperback)

From the author of End Times In War and Peace and War, Peter Turchin uses his expertise in evolutionary biology to offer a bold new theory about the course of world history. Turchin argues that the key to the formation of an empire is a society's capacity for collective action. He demonstrates that

Colossus - The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (Ferguson Niall)(Paperback / softback)

Is America the new world empire? Presidents from Lincoln to Bush may have denied it but, this book shows, the US is in many ways the greatest imperial power of all time. This title reveals, is an empire running on empty, weakened by chronic defecits of money, manpower and political

Empire of the Summer Moon - Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (Gwynne S.C.)(Paperback / softback)

The New York Times bestselling history of the Comanches in the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon Edward)(Paperback / softback)

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and

After Tamerlane - The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000 (Darwin John)(Paperback / softback)

Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Soviets, the Japanese and the Nazis - all built empires they hoped would last forever: all were destined to fail. This book shows how their empire building created the

The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (Toland John)(Paperback)

This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author's words, 'a factual saga

Concorde - The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner (Glancey Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

Master of the Revels (Galland Nicole)(Paperback)

The fast-paced sequel to the near-future adventure The Rise and Fall of

Royals and Rebels - The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire (Atwal Priya)(Pevná vazba)

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Volume Two, 2 (Lawrence Don)(Paperback)

The second thrilling omnibus lost Sci-Fi classic from the sixties the New York times called 'highly detailed visions of fantastic worlds' Among the distant stars, fractious tribes come together to found a mighty empire that will wage war against aggressive kingdoms, battle alien invaders, and

Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 (Zuckoff Mitchell)(Paperback / softback)

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, Volume III, 3 (Lawrence Don)(Paperback)

'A comic I loved!' - Neil Gaiman. The best-selling Treasury of British Comics archival series The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire reaches its third thrilling volume. The third thrilling omnibus of the lost Sci-Fi classic from the sixties that the New York Times noted had 'highly detailed visions

Reefer Men: The Rise and Fall of a Billionaire Drug Ring (Thompson Tony)(Paperback / softback)

The rise and fall of an international drug ring: a thrilling international true crime adventure from the bestselling author of