Civilization
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The Great Cities in History
$18.95 Read moreToday, the majority of people in the world live in cities. The implications and challenges associated with this fact are enormous. But how did we get here?
From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotam
- Author: Norwich, John Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0500292515
- Language: English
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Fire: A Brief History
$24.95 Add to cartOver vast expanses of time, fire and humanity have interacted to expand the domain of each, transforming the earth and what it means to be human. In this concise yet wide-ranging book, Stephen J. Pyne
- Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
- Author: Pyne, Stephen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0295746181
- Language: English
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The Yoruba People: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Yorubas and Yoruba Mythology
$25.99 Add to cartLearn about one of the largest people groups in Africa!
The Yorubas are an interesting people with a rich cultural heritage that can be traced back to many centuries ago. The history of the Yorubas is
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: January 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1637165587
- Language: English
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: An Extraordinary New Journey Through History’s Greatest Treasures
$20.00 Add to cartSUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER – From the award-winning historian and broadcaster comes an immersive, awe-inspiring tour of the ancient sites that kindle our imagination and afford us a glimpse into our shar… [more below]
- Author: Hughes, Bettany
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0593686152
- Language: English
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The Devil: A New Biography
$32.95 Add to cart“Although the Devil still ‘lives’ in modern popular culture, for the past 250 years he has become marginal to the dominant concerns of Western intellectual thought. That life could not be thought or i
- Author: Almond, Philip C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 11 2014
- ISBN10: 0801453372
- Language: English
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Civilization and Its Discontents (The Standard)
$44.99 Add to cartCivilization and Its Discontents may be Sigmund Freud’s best-known work. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer ultimate questions: What influences led to the creation of civilization? How d
- Series: Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud #0
- Author: Freud, Sigmund
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: January 17 2005
- ISBN10: 0393059952
- Language: English
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Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
$20.00 Read more“Surprising and remarkable…Toggling between big ideas, technical details, and his personal intellectual journey, Greene writes a thesis suitable to both airplane reading and PhD seminars.”–The Bost… [more below]
- Author: Greene, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 30 2014
- ISBN10: 0143126059
- Language: English
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Bulgaria – Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
$16.99 Read moreDon’t just see the sights―get to know the people.
Bulgaria, situated in southeastern Europe on the Black Sea, is one of Europe’s best-hidden secrets. A haven for nature and history buffs, this yo
- Series: Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
- Author: Tzvetkova, Juliana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: March 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1787023273
- Language: English
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Migrants: The Story of Us All
$34.99 Read moreMigrants cuts through the toxic debates to tell the rich and collective stories of humankind’s urge to move.
‘Fascinating… Miller’s perspective may be just what we need’ Daily Telegraph
‘Timely an- Author: Miller, Sam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1408713543
- Language: English
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Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology
$30.60 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of 1177 B.C., a comprehensive history of archaeology–from its amateur beginnings to the cutting-edge science it is today
In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun’s t- Author: Cline, Eric H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0691183236
- Language: English
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The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
$19.99 Add to cartFor more than a century we’ve known that much of human evolution occurred in an Ice Age. Starting about 15,000 years ago, temperatures began to rise, the glaciers receded, and sea levels rose. The ris… [more below]
- Author: Fagan, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: December 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0465022820
- Language: English
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KWANZAA A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture: Fact Book Second Edition 2022
$8.99 Add to cartMs. Tamu Chambers is a professor of sociology and ethnic studies. In her writing, she addresses social behavior, social and political institutions regarding ethical values from sociological and philos… [more below]
- Author: Chambers, Tamu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: December 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1956691065
- Language: English
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Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age
$18.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Will Durant traces the lives and ideas of those who have hel… [more below]
- Author: Durant, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0743235940
- Language: English
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Romanian History: A Captivating Guide to the History of Romania and Vlad the Impaler
$32.99 Add to cartIf you want to discover the captivating history of Romania and Vlad the Impaler, then keep reading…
Two captivating manuscripts in one book:
- History of Romania: A Captivating Guide to Romanian Histor
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: January 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1637161654
- Language: English
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Antiguas Civilizaciones: Una Fascinante GuÃa sobre la Historia de los Mayas, Aztecas y el Imperio Inca
$29.99 Add to cartExplore la cautivadora historia y mitolog a de tres civilizaciones antiguas
Tres manuscritos en un libro
- Civilizaci n Maya: Una gu a fascinante de la historia y la mitolog a maya
- Azteca: Una Gu a Fasc
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1647483999
- Language: Spanish
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A Brief History of the Human Race
$27.99 Add to cartWhy has human history been crowded into the last few thousand years? Why has it happened at all? Could it have happened in a radically different way? What should we make of the disproportionate role o… [more below]
- Author: Cook, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 410
- Publish Date: February 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0393326454
- Language: English
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History of the Persian Empire
$33.00 Add to cartOut of a lifetime of study of the ancient Near East, Professor Olmstead has gathered previously unknown material into the story of the life, times, and thought of the Persians, told for the first time… [more below]
- Series: Phoenix Books
- Author: Olmstead, A. T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 670
- Publish Date: February 15 1959
- ISBN10: 0226627772
- Language: English
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The City of Babylon
$32.00 Add to cartThe 2000-year story of Babylon sees it moving from a city-state to the centre of a great empire of the ancient world. It remained a centre of kingship under the empires of Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar, Dar… [more below]
- Author: Dalley, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 396
- Publish Date: July 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1316501779
- Language: English
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Islamic Empires: The Cities That Shaped Civilization: From Mecca to Dubai
$19.95 Read moreA history of the rich and diverse civilizations over fifteen centuries of Islam seen through its greatest cities.
Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering,- Author: Marozzi, Justin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1643136933
- Language: English
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5 Cities That Ruled the World: How Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London & New York Shaped Global History
$19.99 Add to cartIn Five Cities that Ruled the World, theologian Douglas Wilson fuses together, in compelling detail, the critical moments birthed in history’s most influential cities –Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London
- Author: Wilson, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 02 2009
- ISBN10: 1595551360
- Language: English
