General & world history books

An innovative, interdisciplinary perspective on soft power in history, moving beyond the framework of the nation-state...  Read More >>

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The great historian of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Russia returns with an enthralling revisionist history...  Read More >>

A revelatory new history of the ancient world told through its seven greatest monuments, by bestselling author and...  Read More >>

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Barbarians and Romans (1983) examines the rise of the barbarian tribes and the consequent decline of the Roman Empire....  Read More >>

The Elements of Greek Philosophy (1922) is an overview of the basic principles of Ancient Greek philosophy, tracing...  Read More >>

From Renaissance to Revolution (1923) traces in some of its many expressions the influence of the Renaissance on...  Read More >>

In the Beginning (1957) represents a series of lectures given by the author at Cornell University, examining the...  Read More >>

Social Change in the South Pacific (1957) summarises the results of applying historical and contemporary fieldwork...  Read More >>

Palestine of the Jews (1919) examines the history of Jewish Palestine, from 4,000 years ago to the early twentieth...  Read More >>

The Struggle for the Pacific (1937) examines the rivalries and postures as various powers – European, the US, Japan...  Read More >>

The Collective Spirit (1925) lays down a rough outline of what science can tell us as to the progress of evolution,...  Read More >>

First published in 1990, Nationalism in France (now with a new preface by the author) is a concise history of the...  Read More >>

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Dieses Buch bringt interdisziplinäre Wissenschaftler aus den Bereichen Geschichte, Theologie, Volkskunde, Ethnologie...  Read More >>

In the shadow of the Cold War, whispers from the cosmos fueled an unlikely alliance between the US and USSR. The...  Read More >>

A fascinating history of stones and the surprising ways they have - and continue to - shape, influence and inspire...  Read More >>

A detailed new account of the British military campaign in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, based on the experiences...  Read More >>

This volume presents a global study of the economic and cultural global systems in which smoking materials, practices...  Read More >>

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Named Best Book of the Year by the Globe and Mail, History Today and The Hill Times A gripping...  Read More >>

This book takes a thematic approach to the global history of water, covering a wide range of human interactions...  Read More >>