Silk Roads - The Extraordinary History that created your World - Illustrated Edition (Frankopan Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Silk Roads - The Extraordinary History that created your World - Illustrated Edition (Frankopan Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan, number one bestselling author and historian explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married

Silk Roads - A New History of the World (Frankopan Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west in the New World of the

Silk Roads - A New History of the World (Frankopan Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (Frankopan Peter)(Paperback)

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. 'A rare book that makes you question your assumptions about the world.' --The Wall

New Silk Roads - The Present and Future of the World (Frankopan Peter)(Paperback / softback)

A brand new book from the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads | 'Masterly mapping out of a new world order' – Evening Standard | Revised and updated edition | The New Silk Roads takes a fresh look at the relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the

New Silk Roads - The Present and Future of the World (Frankopan Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Empire of Things - How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First (Trentmann Frank)(Paperback / softback)

Magnificent ... groundbreaking ... a triumph' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'A masterpiece, a delight to read ... a rare and beautiful thing' Gerard DeGroot, The TimesWhat we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more

A Little History of the World (Gombrich E. H.)(Paperback)

A special edition of the international bestseller that is 'sumptuously illustrated. . . . Perfect for reading to alert and curious children, but it's even better as a secret pleasure, read alone, with no children in sight.' (Philip Kennicott, Washington Post) E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of

Silk Roads - A History of the Great Trading Routes Between East and West (Torr Geordie)(Paperback / softback)

Neverwhere - the Illustrated Edition (Gaiman Neil)(Paperback / softback)

Discover Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, the extraordinary modern classic from the bestselling author of American Gods, illustrated for the first time by 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate Chris Riddell. This beautiful edition features the fully illustrated short story, 'How the Marquis Got His Coat Back',

History of the Middle East - 5th Edition (Mansfield Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Illustrated History of Thailand (2nd edition) (Hoskin John)(Paperback / softback)

This fully illustrated history is divided geographically according to the sequence of succeeding Thai kingdoms. Each section follows a historical chronology, covering accounts of major events during each reign, with an assessment of the character of individual kings and their particular

Scotland Film Locations (Taplin Phoebe)(Paperback / softback)

Discover the locations that created movie magic with this beautifully illustrated guide to the cities, towns and windswept landscapes that have formed the backdrop to some of Scotland's most famous

Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome (Scalzi John)(Paperback)

Discover the history of Haden's Syndrome, the virus that created the world of John Scalzi's inventive near-future thrillers Lock In and Head On, in the prequel novella Unlocked.Not long from now, a virus will sweep the globe. Most will suffer no worse than flu-like symptoms, but an unlucky one

Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present (Mazur Dan)(Paperback)

Comics is a richly illustrated narrative of extraordinary scope. Examples from all over the world include everything from Crumb and Kirby to RAW; from Metal Hurlant to Marjane Satrapi to nouvelle manga; from both the American mainstream and underground to the evolving and influential British scene

Photos That Changed the World (Stepan Peter)(Paperback)

Now available in an updated and revised edition, Photos that Changed the World gathers together images of pivotal moments in world history in one stunning volume. In lavish two-page spreads, this book presents nearly one hundred of history's most memorable photographs -- from the Wright Brothers'

Access to History: Britain 1951-2007 Third Edition (Lynch Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Put your trust in the textbook series that has given thousands of A-level History students deeper knowledge and better grades for over 30

Titans of History - The Giants Who Made Our World (Montefiore Simon Sebag)(Paperback / softback)

NEW EDITION - FEATURING UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND NEW CHAPTERS The giant characters of history - from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einstein, Henry VIII to Hitler, Catherine the Great to Margaret Thatcher, Jesus Christ to Genghis Khan -- lived lives of astonishing drama and adventure,

Galapagos (Nicholls Henry)(Paperback / softback)

The full story of the extraordinary islands that gave the world Darwin's theory of

Ilfracombe History Tour (Christie Peter)(Paperback / softback)

A pocket-sized, illustrated history tour of Ilfracombe showing how the North Devon town has changed across the

Third Reich - A Chronicle (Overy Richard)(Paperback / softback)

A superbly illustrated new history of the Third Reich from a world-class

Northmen - The Viking Saga 793-1241 (Haywood John)(Paperback / softback)

A history of the Vikings that fully reflects the extraordinary geographical range of their activities, from Newfoundland in the west to Baghdad in the

Globalisation In World History (Hopkins A G)(Paperback / softback)

A second view holds that globalisation has a long history that can be traced back to the nineteenth century, if not earlier. First, it offers a categorisation of types and stages of globalisation that existed before the late twentieth century, No such taxonomy exists at

History of Fairground Transport - From Horses to Artics (Ford Allan)(Paperback / softback)

A lavishly illustrated look at the world of fairground