This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective. 19 …
We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose …
Daniel Defoe's enthralling story-telling and imaginatively detailed descriptions have ensured that his fiction masquerading as fact remains one of the …
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. In this ''artful, informative, and delightful'' (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, …
The Etruscans were a powerful and influential civilization in ancient Italy. But despite their prominence, they are often misrepresented as …
Scientific Freedom outlines what needs to be done to restore the freedom that can transform scientific understanding. The author defines …
This second volume of collected essays, complement to volume one, focuses upon the art and culture of the third millennium …
We began as savages, and savagery has served us well—it got us where we are. But how do our tribal …
How do three celestial bodies move under their mutual gravitational attraction? This problem has been studied by Isaac Newton and …
What secrets lie beneath the deep blue sea? Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the …
Presents conclusive evidence that ancient Egypt was originally the remnant of an earlier, highly sophisticated civilization• Supports earlier speculations based …
Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social and political forces in history. Over the last 1400 years, …
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of …
