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Acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship, Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History is a ten-volume analysis of the rise and ...
'A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race' DAILY MAIL 'Riveting, superb, terrifying' OBSERVER From the ghostly stone heads of Easter Island ...
For most of western history, all sex outside marriage was illegal, with the church and state punishing any dissent. Between 1600 and 1800, this entire ...
Born at the turn of the 20th century and raised in Vienna, Eric Hobsbawm, who was to become one of the most brilliant and original ...
This new edition of The Penguin History of the World is an opportunity to celebrate a book that is both a richly rewarding narrative and ...
Since its first publication more than eighty years ago, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked ...
First published in 1988, Ira Lapidus' A History of Islamic Societies has become a classic in the field, enlightening students, scholars, and others with a ...
Many books have been written, and continue to be written, about the Second World War: military histories, histories of the Holocaust, the war in Asia ...
Critically acclaimed as a landmark in culinary writing, this savory and engrossing account by a "New York Times" Notable author leaves no placemat unturned as ...
As one of the most simple, effective and powerful forms of communication, it comes as no surprise that comic art has been misappropriated by governments ...
In prehistoric caves, drummers used natural acoustics to recreate natural sound. In classical Europe, orators turned the human voice into a lyrical instrument. In Buddhist ...