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In The Triumph of Improvisation, James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ...
For centuries arsenic's image as a poison has been inextricably tied to images of foul play. In King of Poisons, John Parascandola examines the ...
Today we are endlessly connected: constantly tweeting, texting or e-mailing. This may seem unprecedented, yet it is not. Throughout history, information has been spread through ...
A new look at the legacy of WWI, a war fought for peace yet followed by a century of devastating violence "The war to end ...
This book tells the story of the early history of surgery - when surgeons were equipped with just knives, fire and boiling oil. The two events ...
From the author of "A Splendid Exchange" comes a remarkable history of media - from the alphabet to the internet - that examines how it has shaped ...
Now in paperback, the fascinating, quirky, highly acclaimed book about that indispensable object, the pencil. Petroski traces its origins back to ancient Greece and Rome ...
This book offers brief outlines of key developments in the history of the world, from the beginning of agriculture 10,000 years ago to the ...
A beautifully presented guide to the plants that have had the greatest impact on human civilisation. Entries range from crops like rice and wheat that ...