World History category: 14642 books
The Last Lost World
Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
An enlightening investigation of the Pleistocene’s dual character as a geologic time—and as a cultural idea
The Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. It’s a time of ice ages, global migrations, and mass extinctions—of woolly rhinos, mammoths, giant ground sloths,...
by Michael J. Findley, Mary C. Findley
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Follow the history of the founding of America and its degeneration into a secularist state. This secularism occurred in defiance of the greatest documentation in the world. The founding writings spelled out the dangers of Government-Church union. They also gave the simple preventive medicine for that...
Where the Wild Coffee Grows
The Untold Story of Coffee from the Cloud Forests of Ethiopia to Your Cup
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
"Enchanting . . . An absorbing narrative of politics, ecology, and economics."--New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)
"A must-read for coffee enthusiasts."--Smithsonian (Best of the Year)
"Reads like an engaging multimystery detective novel."--Wall...
Masters of the Word
How Media Shaped History from the Alphabet to the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A captivating, illuminating, and sweeping historical narrative revealing the fascinating role media has played throughout the course of history.
In “an engaging mix of theory, fact and enlightenment from across the millennia that wears its rich scholarship lightly,” Masters of the Word...
Heroes of History
A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2002
In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Will Durant traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, from its dawn to the beginning of the modern world.
Heroes of...
The Seekers
The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 1998
Throughout history, from the time of Socrates to our own modern age, the human race has sought the answers to fundamental questions of life: Who are we? Why are we here?
In his previous national bestsellers, The Discoverers and The Creators , Daniel J. Boorstin first told brilliantly how e...
Archive Stories
Facts, Fictions, and the Writing of History
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2006
Despite the importance of archives to the profession of history, there is very little written about actual encounters with them—about the effect that the researcher’s race, gender, or class may have on her experience within them or about the impact that archival surveillance, architecture, or...
What Might Have Been?
Leading Historians on Twelve 'What Ifs' of History
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2010
A dozen star historians on what might have happened at history's turning points if the dice had fallen differently.
Throughout history, great and terrible events have often hinged upon luck. Andrew Roberts has asked a team of twelve leading historians and biographers what might have happened...
by Deborah Cadbury
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
From the best-selling author of THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS and THE LOST KING OF FRANCE comes the story of how our modern world was forged – in rivets, grease and steam; in blood, sweat and human imagination. The nineteenth century saw the creation of some of the world's most incredible feats of engineering....
What on Earth Happened? ... In Brief
The Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
How old is the universe? When did life on earth begin? What happened to the dinosaurs? How was the moon created? How did ancient Chinese science shape the modern world? How did Islam trigger globalization? Are humans really superior to other living things? And how can you fit the complete history...
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
A History of Now
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed. However, events in the early years of the twenty-first century – first, the 2003 war with Iraq and its chaotic aftermath...
Smuggling
Contraband and Corruption in World History
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
In this lively book, Alan L. Karras traces the history of smuggling around the world and explores all aspects of this pervasive and enduring crime. Through a compelling set of cases drawn from a rich array of historical and contemporary sources, Karras shows how smuggling of every conceivable good...
An Imperial World
Empires and Colonies Since 1750
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
This text helps students understand world history by focusing on an issue that has profoundly shaped the modern world order: the establishment and collapse of global empires since 1750.
An Imperial World uses a combination of primary documents and analytical essays, both tightly focused around...
The Lever of Riches
Technological Creativity and Economic Progress
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 1992
In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success. But why are some nations more creative than others, and why do some highly innovative societies--such as ancient China, or Britain in the industrial revolution--pass...