The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848 (Israel Jonathan)(Paperback)

The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848 (Israel Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

Israel National Trail (2020) ( (Saar Jacob)(Paperback)

The Israel National Trail [INT] is one of the most exciting hikes in the world, expanding over 1,100 kilometres from the north to the south of Israel. It is the ultimate desert hiking experience, and this full and comprehensive guide includes 62 topographical maps (1:50,000) and 8 road maps

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World (Holland Tom)(Paperback)

A 'marvelous' (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of

Storming the Gates: How the Russian Revolution Changed the World (Becker Richard)(Paperback)

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (Bailyn Bernard)(Paperback)

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes, has become a classic of American historical literature. Hailed at its first appearance as 'the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation,' it was enlarged in

Cultural Insurrection: A Manifesto for Arts, Agriculture, and Natural Wine (Nossiter Jonathan)(Paperback)

From the director of Mondovino, a lively discussion of the expanding world of natural wine that considers the movement as a potential remedy for our current cultural crisis. What if, ten years from now, an artist--a filmmaker, for example--will have become as marginal and anachronistic as a

The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World (Powell Jonathan)(Paperback)

Niccolo Machiavelli is misunderstood, argues Jonathan Powell in his 21st-century reworking of the Italian philosopher's influential masterpiece, 'The Prince'. Taking the lessons Machiavelli derived from his experience as an official in 15th-century Florence, Powell shows how these lessons can still

Lafayette and the American Revolution (Freedman Russell)(Paperback)

When the Marquis de Lafayette ran off to join the American Revolution against the explicit orders of the king of France, he was a strong-willed nineteen-year-old who had never set foot on a battlefield. Although the U.S. Congress granted him an honorary commission only out of respect for his title

Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790 (Israel Jonathan)(Paperback)

That the Enlightenment shaped modernity is uncontested. Yet remarkably few historians or philosophers have attempted to trace the process of ideas from the political and social turmoil of the late eighteenth century to the present day. This is precisely what Jonathan Israel now does. In Democratic

Blockchain Revolution - How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World (Tapscott Don)(Paperback / softback)

The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477-1806 (Israel Jonathan)(Paperback)

Jonathan Israel's 1,231-page blockbuster forms the inaugural volume of a new series, the Oxford History of Early Modern Europe, and offers a comprehensive, integrated account of the northern part of the Netherlands over almost 350 years...The Dutch Republic represents the fruit of 12 years of

Fix - How Nations Survive and Thrive in a World in Decline (Tepperman Managing Editor Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2016 The world's most intractable problems solved: ambitious lessons in leadership and hope from free-thinkers and innovators who have tackled our biggest challenges From immigration reform to energy resources, from political paralysis

British Politics and the American Revolution (Perry Keith)(Paperback)

This new book looks at British Politics in the 1760's and 1770's during the American Revolution. Perry looks particularly at colonialism and the colonial administration, and at the general conduct of the war with America. He also surveys the development of radicalism in Britain subsequent to the

Sicilian Uncles (Sciascia Leonardo)(Paperback / softback)

Four novellas that offer a tantalising glimpse of Sicilian life, from the 1848 revolution to the death of

Making the World Global: U.S. Universities and the Production of the Global Imaginary (Kamola Isaac A.)(Paperback)

Isaac A. Komola examines how the relationships between universities, the American state, philanthropic organizations, and international financial institutions inform the academic understanding of the world as global in ways that frame higher education as a commodity, private good, and source of

The World Computer: Derivative Conditions of Racial Capitalism (Beller Jonathan)(Paperback)

In The World Computer Jonathan Beller forcefully demonstrates that the history of commodification generates information itself. Out of the omnipresent calculus imposed by commodification, information emerges historically as a new money form. Investigating its subsequent financialization of daily

Participation Revolution: How to Ride the Waves of Change in a Terrifyingly Turbulent World (Gibb Neil)(Paperback)

How to ride the waves of change in a terryingly turbulent

The (Real) Revolution in Military Affairs (Martyanov Andrei)(Paperback)

The liberal world order, a euphemism for American global hegemony, is crumbling at an accelerating pace. While its collapse is tangible, the outcome of such a collapse remains a matter of speculation and public debate. The US is desperately seeking to preserve the status quo, which rests primarily

How Europe Made the Modern World: Creating the Great Divergence (Daly Jonathan)(Paperback)

One thousand years ago, a traveler to Baghdad or the Chinese capital Kaifeng would have discovered a vast and flourishing city of broad streets, spacious gardens, and sophisticated urban amenities; meanwhile, Paris, Rome, and London were cramped and unhygienic collections of villages, and Europe

The Silk Road Trap: How China's Trade Ambitions Challenge Europe (Holslag Jonathan)(Paperback)

For almost two decades, China has claimed that its expanding economy benefits Europe, stimulating European growth, exports, and employment. But the reality is not so clear-cut. Whilst individual companies may have profited from China's economic rise, unbalanced trade with China has actually cost

Age Of Revolution - 1789-1848 (Hobsbawm Eric)(Paperback / softback)

The first volume of Hobsbawm's classic and universally acclaimed trilogy on the 19th century, beautifully repackaged as an Abacus History

Borderland Apocrypha (Cody Anthony)(Paperback)

The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo marked an end to the Mexican--American War, but it sparked a series of lynchings of Mexicans and subsequent erasures, and long-lasting traumas. This pattern of state-sanctioned violence committed towards communities of color continues to the present day

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

Llama Destroys the World (Stutzman Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)