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A paperback reader's edition of this original and very successful history of humanity. The book's range is enormous, with each chapter immersing the reader in a past civilisation, not just describing the objects and how they were made, but what their significance is. 'Magnificent...brings home to our hearth the long-dead ancestors, the distant races, the heroes and brutes... there is poetry in their survival' "Times"

Jenni Murray gives the lie to Thomas Carlyle's infamous declaration that 'the history of the world is but the biography of great men.' Women have played just as great a role in the story of humankind, only for their own tales to be marginalised, censored and forgotten. Their names should be shouted from the rooftops.Marie Curie discovered radium and revolutionised medical science. Empress Cixi transformed China. Frida Kahlo turned an unflinching eye on life and death. In A History of the World in 21 Women, Jenni Murray celebrates the lives, struggles and achievements of some of the most extraordinary people to have ever walked the Earth. They ruled empires, they led nations. They were pioneers in the arts and geniuses of science. They led while others followed, spoke truth to power and fought for change. All left behind an indelible mark.

Fascinating' TOM HOLLAND | 'A delight from start to finish' MIRANDA SAWYER'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once' GIDEON DEFOEPeople have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it does - and about the scale of human folly.From the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilisation, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, to the reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a fascinating, witty and surprising look at the history of the world told through its borders.More endorsements for 47 BORDERS: 'Fascinating and hugely entertaining' MARINA HYDE 'You'll never look at a map the same way again' STEPHEN BUSH '[A] clever, confounding history' PATRICK MAGUIRE'A witty grand tour' DORIAN LYNSKEY 'Warm, funny and sharply political' PHIL TINLINEIn the press:'[A] sprightly telling' New Statesman'Open and inviting' History Today'Wonderfully nerdy - and at times shocking' Byline Times'A diverting and informative read' theartsdesk.com

Contains the following pieces: String Quintet in F Major, WAB 112 ; Intermezzo in D Minor, WAB 113 * Manufacturer ID: B13-2-STI * Format: Set of Parts * Instrumentation: String Quintet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola I, Viola II, Cello) * Urtext / Critical Edition

Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, governed, and devastated Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore present a new approach to analyzing today's planetary emergencies. Bringing the latest ecological research together with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings, Patel and Moore demonstrate that throughout history, crises have always prompted fresh strategies to make the world cheap and safe for capitalism. At a time of crisis in all seven cheap things, innovative and systemic thinking is urgently required. This book proposes a radical new way of understanding-and reclaiming-the planet in the turbulent twenty-first century.

What can we learn from ten wars that have changed world history? A ridiculously funny new book from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of A History of Britain in Ten Enemies.<BR><BR>War: what is it good for? Absolutely something, surely, or we wouldn't keep doing it.<BR><BR>Throughout the ages, each generation has faced the same questions: Am I willing to fight for my way of life? How can I come up with something the enemy hasn't thought of? And the important one that people often forget to ask: is there a way of solving this amicably?<BR><BR>In A History of the World in Ten Wars, bestselling author Terry Deary shows us what can we learn from battles through the ages. In this hilarious, whistle-stop tour, you'll find out:<BR>- Why the ancient Greeks finally decided to band together after fighting each other for centuries- The innovative guerrilla tactics of the Mongols (who were surprisingly interested in supply chains)- Why teabags were invented by accident- How Napoleon's army was defeated not by the freezing Russian winter - common misconception - but by a summer heatwave- And why the so-called World Wars were really just one very long war (with a break for half-time).<BR>Written with Deary's trademark humour, A History of the World in Ten Wars is a page-turning history of the world that will have you laughing as you find out what they didn't teach you in school.<BR><BR><BR>PRAISE FOR A HISTORY OF BRITAIN IN TEN ENEMIES:<BR><BR>'If you could take just one history book to a desert island, this would be it. It is laugh out loud funny' Conn Iggulden, bestselling author of the Emperor series<BR><BR>'Ram-packed with mind-blowing facts, hilarious characters, and little-known tales' Dan Schreiber, author of The Theory of Everything Else<BR><BR>'Packed with dinner-party-worthy anecdotes, the kind that will delight history buffs and newcomers alike' Alice Loxton, The Telegraph<BR><BR>'Playful, cheeky, and very clever, this is a book for anyone who ever wished there was a Horrible Histories for grown-ups' Kate Lister, author of A Curious History of Sex<BR><BR>'Told with characteristic wit and verve...not just an eye-opener, but a mind-opener' Tracy Borman, author of The Private Lives of the Tudors

A history of the world through 12 shipwrecks, from ancient Rome to WW2, by world renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins

The definitive survey, combining current scholarship with a vibrant narrative. Carefully informed by feedback from dozens of scholars, it remains the book that students and teachers trust to explain what's important, where it fits, and why it matters. Peter Burkholder weaves a compelling story of people, their choices, and the western musical tradition that emerged. From chant to hip-hop, he connects past to present to create a context for tomorrow's musicians.

First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. Providing a sophisticated overview of the ideas that have perplexed people from time immemorial, it is 'long on wit, intelligence and curmudgeonly scepticism', as the New York Times noted, and it is this, coupled with the sheer brilliance of its scholarship, that has made Russell's History of Western Philosophy one of the most important philosophical works of all time.

Since its first publication in 1945? Lord Russell's "A History of Western Philosophy" has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject -- unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century. Among the philosophers considered are: Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the Atomists, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Cynics, the Sceptics, the Epicureans, the Stoics, Plotinus, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, Benedict, Gregory the Great, John the Scot, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Occam, Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, the Utilitarians, Marx, Bergson, James, Dewey, and lastly the philosophers with whom Lord Russell himself is most closely associated -- Cantor, Frege, and Whitehead, co-author with Russell of the monumental "Principia Mathematica."

A lively journey through the story of Western civilization, focusing on societies, cultures, and the lives of both ordinary and extraordinary men and women.

A History of World Societies provides a comprehensive overview of world history by sharing the cultural stories of global people -- all through a regional lens.

America’s History explains WHY events occurred, not just when. Students are provided an analytical and big-picture approach to American history with a plethora of support tools to help determine what’s most important.

First published in 1952, this iconic book of first definitions by beloved children's book creators Krauss and Sendak is back in print. Illustrations.

Sleigh bells and wedding bells will ring in this cozy and spicy holiday novella, featuring the entire cast of the Enchanted Legacies series. It's been two years since Alix Knight first fell into the fae realm, and now she and Daemon-her bodyguard-turned-king-are finally getting their happily ever after. With their wedding set for Christmas day, Alix is excited to share her joy with the entire kingdom. Yet, nothing in Ellender is ever simple. According to old fae tradition, the new king and queen are required to grant any request during the week before their wedding, no matter how impossible. Alix and Daemon will need a Christmas miracle, and help from all their friends to play politics with neighboring kingdoms, find, two missing children, manage Alix's pushy human family, and fulfill every wish, before they can finally make it down the aisle. A Holiday in Every Heart is a holiday themed novella in the world of Enchanted Legacies. It follows the events of A Thorn in Every Heart and A Storm in Every Heart and cannot be read independently.

One type-A data analyst discovers her free-spirited side on an impulsive journey from bustling Mumbai to the gorgeous beaches of Goa and finds love waiting for her on Christmas morning.Twenty-eight-year-old Niki Randhawa has always made practical decisions. Despite her love for music and art, she became an analyst for the stability. She's always stuck close to home, in case her family needed her. And she's always dated guys that seem good on paper, rather than the ones who give her butterflies. When she's laid off, Niki realizes that practical hasn't exactly paid off for her. So for the first time ever, she throws caution to the wind and books a last-minute flight for her friend Diya's wedding.Niki arrives in India just in time to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, where she meets London musician Sameer Mukherji. Maybe it's the splendor of Mumbai or the magic of the holiday season, but Niki is immediately drawn to Sam. At the wedding, the champagne flows and their flirtatious banter makes it clear that the attraction is mutual.When Niki and Sam join Diya, her husband and their friends on group honeymoon, their connection grows deeper. Free-spirited Sam helps Niki get in touch with her passionate and creative side, and with her Indian roots. When she gets a new job offer back home, Niki must decide what she wants out of the next chapter of her life-to cling to the straight and narrow like always, or to take a leap of faith and live the kind of bold life the old Niki never would have dreamed of.Story Locale: London, Mumbai, and Goa

NBA journalist Yaron Weitzman lays out the high stakes drama happening inside the Lakers' organization at a crucial juncture in their history, as they try to juggle the warring priorities between Lebron James and the Buss family.When LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018, the match looked like one made in heaven. Here was a living legend, the preeminent athlete of his generation, joining forces with one of the most iconic teams in all of sports. The Lakers, in the midst of their worst stretch in franchise history and reeling from the death of their legendary owner Dr. Jerry Buss, needed a savior. LeBron, fresh off ending Cleveland’s 50-year title drought, needed a new challenge to help further burnish his legacy. The script wrote itself.A little over two years later, LeBron and Dr. Buss' daughter, Jeanie, were standing shoulder to shoulder, hoisting the NBA finals trophy into the air. Having won their record-tying 17th NBA title, the Lakers had reclaimed their accustomed perch on top of the basketball world and seemed destined to dominate the NBA for years to come.Traditionally, the Lakers’ didn’t celebrate championships, they celebrated dynasties. But this was a different Lakers’ organization, one beset by infighting. A single title wouldn’t be enough to cement Lebron James status as a Lakers’ legend or help him surpass the ghost of Michael Jordan. Both parties needed sustained success, but for that to happen they needed to be on the same page. Sadly, the 2020 title would represent the pinnacle of their pairing, and the beginning of a precipitous decline.Drawing from over 250 interviews, Yaron Weitzman takes readers on a riveting, behind the scenes journey of this fraught partnership. From the Succession-like power struggle between the Buss children, to the rise of LeBron’s landscape-altering talent agency and its attempts to assert its own power within the Lakers’ walls, to the evolution of LeBron’s priorities and political voice, “A Hollywood Ending” is the definitive story of an American icon’s final years on stage, one portraying him, a fabled NBA franchise, and the world of modern professional sports in a light never seen before.

But May kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.

Learn how to create a comfortable, sustainable home that is aligned with the seasons and celebrates the beauty of the natural world.

"Sam Osborne may have helped her new friend Hector Griggs save St. Lawrence's Catholic School for Boys from a terrifying monster, but she is still trying to prove herself as a member of Kairos, the secretive and shadowy government agency devoted to investigating the strange and unusual. And her unique ability to control how others see her makes her the perfect agent...if she can learn to play by Kairos' rules. Her next mission? Use her powers of disguise to infiltrate the family of a former agent to find top secret information about monsters hiding in plain sight. But even though Sam is well versed in deception, she may not be prepared for the web of secrets she uncovers. Especially since she may not be the only one pretending to be someone --or some thing--she's not. And once the clues are unraveled and the truth is revealed, the monsters she's searching for might just be closer to home..."--Provided by publisher.

"Young wild colt Sky must find his way over rough terrain to rejoin his family after being captured for the Pony Express."--Provided by publisher.

David Grossman is the bestselling author of numerous works, which have been translated into thirty-six languages. His most recent novel, A Horse Walks into a Bar, was awarded the International Man Booker Prize 2017, and shortlisted for the TLS-Risa Domb/Porjes Prize 2019. Grossman is also the recipient of the French Chevalier de l¿Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the 2010 Frankfurt Peace Prize.

Bei ihrem dritten Einsatz haben die beiden Detektive Pete und Max wieder alle Hände voll zu tun. Zuerst macht jemand die Geige ihrer Freundin Sophie kaputt und dann wird auch noch Geld aus der Klassenkasse gestohlen. Bald merken sie, dass die beiden Fälle zusammenhängen, und ermitteln wie Profis in alle Richtungen. Dabei kommt es immer wieder zu komischen Situationen, sodass auch die Lachmuskeln angesprochen werden. Grammatik, Wortwahl und Textlänge sind so gewählt, dass Sprachanfänger (5. oder 6. Klasse) der Geschichte gut folgen können. Unterstützt werden sie dabei durch die Vokabelangaben, die sich direkt auf der jeweiligen Doppelseite befinden, sowie durch die aussagekräftigen Illustrationen. Auch lenken die geschickt eingeflochtenen Fragen zum Text den Blick des Lesers automatisch auf die wichtigsten Wendungen und Details. Die Antworten finden sich im fortlaufenden Text und können mit einer Rotfolie sichtbar gemacht werden.

"A tender and urgent story about who owns the land on which our identities are forged, starring an unforgettably fierce ninety-nine-year-old heroine"--

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, A House for Mr Biswas is V.S. Naipaul's best-loved novel, a tragicomic tour de force.

"The Nobel Prize winner's first great novel" (Barack Obama), A House for Mr. Biswas is an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul's father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels. In his forty-six short years, Mr. Mohun Biswas has been fighting against destiny to achieve some semblance of independence, only to face a lifetime of calamity. Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning death of his father, for which he is inadvertently responsible, Mr. Biswas yearns for a place he can call home. But when he marries into the domineering Tulsi family on whom he indignantly becomes dependent, Mr. Biswas embarks on an arduous- and endless-struggle to weaken their hold over him and purchase a house of his own. A heartrending, dark comedy of manners, A House for Mr. Biswas masterfully evokes a man's quest for autonomy against an emblematic post-colonial canvas.

A House in Japan erkundet das japanische Zuhause als einen Ort, an dem Vorstellungen vom Wohnen immer wieder hinterfragt und neu definiert werden. In einer von Präzision und Zurückhaltung geprägten Kultur werden Wohnhäuser zu Orten stiller Experimente. Sie setzen auf Klarheit statt Überfluss, auf Haltung statt Zurschaustellung. Streng und zugleich flexibel passen sie sich den Rhythmen des Alltags an und eröffnen neue Möglichkeiten des Lebens. Das Buch zeigt, wie japanische Häuser selbst das Alltägliche in etwas Unerwartetes verwandeln können.

Amanda Lindhout is the founder of the Global Enrichment Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports development, aid and education initiatives in Somalia and Kenya. For more information, visit Amandalindhout.com and globalenrichmentfoundation.comSara Corbett is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine. Her work has also appeared in National Geographic; Elle; Outside; O, the Oprah magazine; Esquire; and Mother Jones.

In this ordinary North Carolina suburb, family secrets are always inbloom.Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family hometo find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring atthe house.Inside, everything has changed. Gone is the eclectic warmth Samexpects; instead the walls are a sterile white. Now, it's veryimportant to say grace before dinner, and her mother won't hear aword against Sam's long-dead and little-missed grandmother, whowas the first to put down roots in this small southern town.The longer Sam stays, the stranger things get. And every day, morevultures circle overhead...

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family. "Mom seems off." Her brother's words echo in Sam Montgomery's ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone. She brushes the thought away as she climbs the front steps. Sam's excited for this rare extended visit, and looking forward to nights with just the two of them, drinking boxed wine, watching murder mystery shows, and guessing who the killer is long before the characters figure it out. But stepping inside, she quickly realizes home isn't what it used to be. Gone is the warm, cluttered charm her mom is known for; now the walls are painted a sterile white. Her mom jumps at the smallest noises and looks over her shoulder even when she's the only person in the room. And when Sam steps out back to clear her head, she finds a jar of teeth hidden beneath the magazine-worthy rose bushes, and vultures are circling the garden from above. To find out what's got her mom so frightened in her own home, Sam will go digging for the truth. But some secrets are better left buried. Also by T. Kingfisher Nettle & Bone What Moves the Dead

A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood—an emotionally powerful and haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture—from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and When the Moon Is Low.For two decades, Zeba was a loving wife, a patient mother, and a peaceful villager. But her quiet life is shattered when her husband, Kamal, is found brutally murdered with a hatchet in the courtyard of their home. Nearly catatonic with shock, Zeba is unable to account for her whereabouts at the time of his death. Her children swear their mother could not have committed such a heinous act. Kamal’s family is sure she did, and demands justice.Barely escaping a vengeful mob, Zeba is arrested and jailed. As Zeba awaits trial, she meets a group of women whose own misfortunes have also led them to these bleak cells: thirty-year-old Nafisa, imprisoned to protect her from an honor killing; twenty-five-year-old Latifa, who ran away from home with her teenage sister but now stays in the prison because it is safe shelter; and nineteen-year-old Mezhgan, pregnant and unmarried, waiting for her lover’s family to ask for her hand in marriage. Is Zeba a cold-blooded killer, these young women wonder, or has she been imprisoned, as they have been, for breaking some social rule? For these women, the prison is both a haven and a punishment. Removed from the harsh and unforgiving world outside, they form a lively and indelible sisterhood.Into this closed world comes Yusuf, Zeba’s Afghan-born, American-raised lawyer, whose commitment to human rights and desire to help his motherland have brought him back. With the fate of this seemingly ordinary housewife in his hands, Yusuf discovers that, like Afghanistan itself, his client may not be at all what he imagines.A moving look at the lives of modern Afghan women, A House Without Windows is astonishing, frightening, and triumphant.

How to Read the Bible Book by Book by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart helps people read the Bible as a whole by showing how each book fits into the grand narrative of Scripture.

In a war-torn era, a man devastated by the loss of his lover and fellow soldier discovers that his beloved may still be among the living!Uru and Tenyo are two elite soldiers with a bond that runs deeper than blood. Living together and fighting side by side has only heightened their affection for one another...but in a world ravaged by war, connections can be severed in an instant. When Uru loses his life, he leaves Tenyo behind with nothing but a final kiss goodbye.After two years of mourning, Tenyo sneaks into the enemy general Kakezuki’s territory with the intent of finishing him off, as promised to Uru. But when he gets there, he finds that the enemy looks exactly like his dearly departed brother-in-arms! There’s no way Uru is still among the living...or is there?