The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World (Anthony David W.)(Paperback)

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World (Anthony David W.)(Paperback)

Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing

The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building (Peterson David J.)(Paperback)

An insider's tour through the construction of invented languages from the bestselling author and creator of languages for the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Syfy series Defiance From master language creator David J. Peterson comes a creative guide to language construction for sci-fi and fantasy

The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World (Montgomery Scott L.)(Paperback)

How four revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment shaped today's world This panoramic book tells the story of how revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment about freedom, equality, evolution, and democracy have reverberated through modern history and shaped the world as we know it today. A

Land : How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World - Simon Winchester

From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake

Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History (Mintz Sidney W.)(Paperback)

A fascinating persuasive history of how sugar has shaped the world, from European colonies to our modern diets In this eye-opening study, Sidney Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the

The Story of Silver: How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World (Silber William L.)(Paperback)

Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East (Gerges Fawaz A.)(Paperback)

How the conflict between political Islamists and secular-leaning nationalists has shaped the modern Middle East In Making the Arab World, Fawaz Gerges, one of the world's leading authorities on the Middle East, describes how the clash between pan-Arab nationalism and pan-Islamism has shaped the

A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World (Rappaport Erika)(Paperback)

How the global tea industry influenced the international economy and the rise of mass consumerismTea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. For centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes--in

The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age (Shelmerdine Cynthia W.)(Paperback)

This book is a comprehensive up-to-date survey of the Aegean Bronze Age, from its beginnings to the period following the collapse of the Mycenaean palace system. In essays by leading authorities commissioned especially for this volume, it covers the history and the material culture of Crete,

The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought (Rasmussen Dennis C.)(Paperback)

The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships--and how it influenced modern thoughtDavid Hume is arguably the most important philosopher ever to have written in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as 'the Great Infidel' for his religious skepticism and deemed unfit to

Electric Universe - How Electricity Switched on the Modern World (Bodanis David)(Paperback / softback)

From the author of the bestselling E=MC2, a brilliantly descriptive analysis of one of the most powerful forces that controls the universe -

Price of Paradise (Overton Iain)(Paperback / softback)

An urgent and pertinent exploration of how and why the suicide bomber has shaped the modern age, written by a multi-award winning investigative journalist and human rights

How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization: The Time and Heroic Story of How Gay Men Shaped the Modern World (Crimmins Cathy)(Paperback)

A cultural history of the customs, fashions, and figures of gay life in the twentieth and the early twenty-first centuries-and how they have changed us for the better.How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization presents a broad yet incisive look at how an unusual 'immigrant' group, homosexual men, has

Ghost Riders - Operation Cowboy, the World War Two Mission to Save the World's Finest Horses (Felton Mark)(Paperback / softback)

GIs and Germans join forces in a thrilling true adventure story from the last days of the Second World

The Rider's Balance: Understanding the Weight AIDS in Pictures (Loch Sylvia)(Pevná vazba)

How to best communicate with the horse has long been pondered, studied, and deciphered. From a handler's body language on the ground to the rider's use of 'aids' (seat, legs, reins) when in the saddle, the ways we convey our wishes to the horse are the essential foundation of the partnership we

That Sweet Enemy - The British and the French from the Sun King to the Present (Tombs Isabelle)(Paperback / softback)

Their rivalry both on peace and war, for good and ill, has shaped the modern world, from North America to India in the eighteenth century, in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and it is still shaping Europe

Land - How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World (Winchester Simon)(Pevná vazba)

From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it

Borrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age (Armstrong Sue)(Paperback)

Uncovering the science behind how and why we age. The aging of the world population is one of the most important issues facing humanity in the 21st century--up there with climate change in its potential global impact. Sometime before 2020, the number of people over 65 worldwide will, for the first

Punishment and Slavery (Anthony William)(Pevná vazba)

Have you ever wondered how the movement of people has shaped the world around you? People have always moved around the world, whether to build a new home or flee from a natural disaster. Without the movement of people, the world would be a very different place. World War One and Two shaped the

The Electric Century: How the Taming of Lightning Shaped the Modern World (Williams J. B.)(Paperback)

This book is about how electricity has profoundly changed the way we live, work, and play. Some twenty topics are covered, with an abundance of graphs and images to build a comprehensive picture. Each looks at the developments, and the people who initiated them, together with how one led to the

The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850 (Fagan Brian)(Paperback)

The groundbreaking history of how climate change transformed Europe and the world, from a renowned archaeologist -- updated with a new preface on the latest climate research The Little Ice Age tells the fascinating story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European

The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought (Rasmussen Dennis C.)(Pevná vazba)

The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships--and how it influenced modern thoughtDavid Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as 'the Great Infidel' for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit

Public Schools and the Second World War (Seldon Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

Following on from Public Schools and the Great War, Sir Anthony Seldon and David Walsh now examine those same schools in the Second World War. Privileged conservative traditions of private schools were challenged in the inter-war years by the changing social and political landscape, including a

Awakening from the Daydream: Reimagining the Buddha's Wheel of Life (Nichtern David)(Paperback)

Hell realms, gods, and hungry ghosts--these are just a few of the images on the Buddhist wheel of life. In Awakening from the Daydream, discover how these ancient symbols are still relevant to our modern life. In Awakening from the Daydream, meditation teacher David Nichtern reimagines the ancient