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Atlas of Finance
Dariusz Wojcik, Panagiotis Iliopoulos, Stefanos Ioannou, Liam Keenan, Julien Migozzi, Timothy Monteath, Vladimir Pazitka

A unique illustrated exploration of the development of finance that combines data from every part of the world and covers five thousand years of history   From the emergence of money in the ancient world to today’s interconnected landscape of…

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Biba
Barbara Hulanicki, Martin Pel

Biba dominated London fashion from the mid-1960s, defining the dress and outlook of a generation. Celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the opening of the first Biba boutique, this book takes a revealing look at Biba through the words and images of…

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How States Think
John J. Mearsheimer, Sebastian Rosato

A groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally?   To understand world politics, you need to understand how states think. Are states rational? Much of international relations theory assumes…

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Korea
Victor Cha, Ramon Pacheco Pardo

A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day  “Cha and Pacheco Pardo have years of expertise in Korean international relations. . .. A crisp and balanced account.”—Christopher Harding, The…

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Mathematica
David Bessis

A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists   Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requires a special gift or that comprehension…

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Phocion
Thomas R. Martin

Thomas R. Martin recounts the unmatched political and military career of Phocion of Athens, and his tragic downfall   Phocion (402–318 BCE) won Athens’s highest public office by direct democratic election an unmatched forty-five times and was…

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The Brothers Grimm
Ann Schmiesing

The first English-language biography in over fifty years to tell the full, vibrant story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known to history as the Brothers Grimm  “Magisterial.”—Kirkus Reviews   More than two hundred years ago, the German…

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The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome
Guy de la Bedoyere

A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire   The Ptolemaic era, Egypt’s last and one of its longest dynasties, was in many ways a gilded age. Its early rulers restored and even expanded…

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The Great Transformation
Odd Arne Westad, Jian Chen

The first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history  “Almost every page contains an eye-opening detail. . .. The Great Transformation evokes the multiple paths, ideas and possibilities that have…

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The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
Sara Lodge

A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account—and how they became a cultural sensation   From Wilkie Collins to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the traditional image of the Victorian detective is male. Few people…

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The Rediscovery of America
Ned Blackhawk

National Bestseller Winner of the 2023 National Book Award in Nonfiction • Finalist for the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Award in History • Winner of 2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction • Winner of the 2024 Mark Lynton History Prize Named a best…

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The Return of the Taliban
Hassan Abbas

The first account of the new Taliban—showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors  A Newsweek Staffers’ Favorite Book of 2023   Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control…

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The Seven Measures of the World
Piero Martin

The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world  “Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are.”—Kirkus Reviews   From the beginning…

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Vienna
Richard Cockett

How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West’s intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century?   Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising…

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What the Body Knows
John Trowsdale

A leading scientist’s guide to the way our immune system protects us—but only most of the time What is our immune system, and how does it work? A vast array of cells, proteins and chemicals spring into action whenever our bodies are damaged, but immunity…

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What the Greeks Did for Us
Tony Spawforth

An enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture   Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like “pandemic,” a Freudian state of mind like…

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Ignorance
Peter Burke

"A fascinating catalogue of the conditions and agency of ignorance"—Jeffrey Collins, Times Literary Supplement "A declaration of love for education"—Stefan Bauer, History Today "Dazzling . . . a deliciously knowledgeable…

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We Need to Talk About Inflation
Stephen D. King

A FINANCIAL TIMES “BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023: MONEY” AND “BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023: ECONOMICS”“Historically informed and lucid.”—Martin Wolf, Financial Times "Brilliantly clear and concise.”—Juliet Samuel, Times (UK) "Excellent and readable.”—Larry…

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Interacting with Color
Fritz Horstman

The essence of Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color in a format that engages learners of all ages and levels and encourages a hands-on approach  Interaction of Color is often presented as an overarching theory of color, but it is actually a method…

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Plastic Capitalism
Sean H. Vanatta

How bankers created the modern consumer credit economy and destroyed financial stability in the process   American households are awash in expensive credit card debt. But where did all this debt come from? In this history of the rise of postwar…

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Van Gogh and the End of Nature
Michael Lobel

A groundbreaking reassessment that foregrounds Van Gogh’s profound engagement with the industrial age while making his work newly relevant for our world today   Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) is most often portrayed as the consummate painter of…

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47,95 €
A Little History of Psychology
Nicky Hayes

A rich and engaging guide to psychology, the science devoted to understanding human nature   What really drives our decisions? Where do language and memory come from? Why do our minds sometimes seem to work against us? Psychologists have long…

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21,95 €
As If Human
Nigel Shadbolt, Roger Hampson

A new approach to the challenges surrounding artificial intelligence that argues for assessing AI actions as if they came from a human being   “Elegant and erudite.”—John Thornhill, Financial Times   Intelligent machines present us…

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Battleground
Christopher Phillips

The essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East   The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but…

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Goodbye Globalization
Elisabeth Braw

GOLD MEDALLIST IN THE 2024 AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARDSA bold new account of the state of globalization today—and what its collapse might mean for the world economy   After the Cold War, globalization accelerated at breakneck speed. Manufacturing,…

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How to Enjoy Architecture
Charles Holland

Charles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture   Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for most of us, it is experienced as a blur of…

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How to Enjoy Art
Ben Street

An entertaining and lively guide to rediscovering the pleasure in art“Ben Street is one of the greatest communicators and writers on art. [This is] an expert guide to looking at and understanding art. Beautifully put together and brilliantly written.”—Katy…

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How to Steal a Presidential Election
Lawrence Lessig, Matthew Seligman

From two distinguished experts on election law, an alarming look at how the American presidency could be stolen—by entirely legal means  “Their new book asks whether a second Trump attempt to subvert democracy could succeed. Their answer makes…

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London
Paul Knox

A lively new history of London told through twenty-five buildings, from iconic Georgian townhouses to the Shard   A walk along any London street takes you past a wealth of seemingly ordinary buildings: an Edwardian church, modernist postwar…

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Marcus Aurelius
Donald J. Robertson

Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy  “[Robertson] thoughtfully and readably capture[s] the essence of this great man and his great life.…

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