Category: History

One of Financial Times’ Books of the Year, 2015The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks …

From the creators of the New York Times-bestselling The 48 Laws of Power, comes a mesmerizing handbook on seduction: the …

100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How …

The Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 (Perspectives on Modern World History) – Jeff Hay

“The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs reveals the operating system behind any great presentation and provides you with a quick-start …

Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and …

It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to …

 New York Times Notable Book for 2011Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the …

In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal …

«Moi, je suis un homme du peuple, et j’écris pour le peuple. Je raconte ce qui s’est passé sous mes …

In 2015, Russian hackers tunneled deep into the computer systems of the Democratic National Committee, and the subsequent leaks of …

Fukuyama’s essential thesis is that Liberal Democracy is the political system best suited for human beings. He takes his cue …

From the sweet but asocial adolescent in Edward Scissorhands to Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, …

The history of coffee is much more than the tale of one luxury good—it is a lens through which to …

Romola (1862–63) is a historical novel by George Eliot set in the fifteenth century, and is "a deep study of …

The Counter-Revolution of 1776

Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it–with …

While it has often been recognised that the development of Christian orthodoxy was stimulated by the speculations of those who …

Cambridge University Press War and the Law of Nations, A General History

Marie est la fille du seigneur de Croixmart, grand chasseur de sorciers et sorcières, au temps de François Ier. Elle …

An exploration of timeless legends. First told centuries ago, the ancient myths of the Greeks and Romans continue to fascinate …

From award-winningNew Yorkerstaff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its …

Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. …

Écrit en 1839, ce roman peu connu est l’une des rares fictions de Dumas se situant dans l’antiquité (avec, bien …

This book recountsthe horror of World War II on the eastern front, as seen through the eyes of a teenaged …

Claude Wheeler craves excitement, far more than he can ever find as a farmer’s son. He encounters more at university, …