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Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"How did Ceopatra's carpet make a grand entrance? What was behind Henry VIII's tournament triumphs? Richard the Lionheart: Hero king or royal reprobate? Uncover all this and more in Corpse Talk, the hilarious and mind-expanding talk show that brings the dead famous to life!"-- cover page 4.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Join Lucy Worsley on a journey across Europe to visit the incredible locations where royal history was made. From the Spanish Armada to the French Revolution, learn how royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology. Host: Lucy Worsley.
85) Hark!: a vagrant
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A romp through history and literature--with dignity for few and cookies for all--with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, and political and historical figures.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this first volume of the full-color illustrated adaptation of his groundbreaking book, renowned historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind's creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens challenges us to reconsider accepted...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This second volume of Sapiens: A Graphic History, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari s #1 New York Times bestseller, focuses on the Agricultural Revolution when humans fell into a trap we ve yet to escape: working harder and harder with diminishing returns. What if humanity s major woes war, plague, famine and inequality originated 12,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens converted from nomads to settlers, in pursuit of the fantasy...
Author
Publisher
Buster Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Featuring a day in the life of early humans as they paint woolly mammoths on the walls of a cave, a fierce gladiator battling in the Colosseum and a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II. And not forgetting the animals of history - from a day in the life of Hannibal's war elephant marching over the Alps and an Egyptian cat (worshiped as a god, of course) to a Galapagos tortoise who meets Charles Darwin on his famous voyage of the Beagle...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Chronicles key events from 1900 to the present day in a unique storyboard style. Each story unfolds step by step, using sequences of photographs to reveal the triumphs and tragedies that shaped the modern world. The last 100 years have brought change to every country and aspect of our lives.
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Ida B. Wells, the Black Prince, and Benito Juárez burst off the pages of Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, armed with modern-sounding quips and amusingly on-point repartee. Kate Beaton's second D+Q book brings her hysterically funny gaze to bear on these and even more historical, literary, and contemporary figures. Irreverently funny and carefully researched, no target is safe from Beaton's incisive wit in these satirical strips" --...
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Authoritative, Compelling, provocative: internationally respected historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto introduces you to the key historical and philosophical notions that have shaped our world since the dawn of civilization. Over 175 of the world's most pivotal ideas are crystallized and clearly explained -- from cannibalism to zen, from time to the unconscious, from logic to chaos theory. The author's wide-ranging and unashamedly personal analysis...
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"This entertaining companion to the massively popular history podcast tackles everything from Alexander the Great to Agatha Christie, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate-with a unique blend of wit, wisdom, and good old-fashioned banter. The Rest Is History podcast brilliantly distills major moments in human history, covering everything from the Trojan War to a historical ranking of the greatest dogs. Now, this official tie-in book brings the chart-topping...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of The Romanovs -- a magisterial history of humanity viewed through the lens of its most powerful dynasties. In this sprawling and eye-opening book, best-selling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the world's great dynasties across human history through engrossing tales of palace intrigue, glorious battle, and the real lives of people who held unfathomable power. He trains his eye on founders of humble origin, like...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart the journey along the Silk Roads. From ancient world laws laid down by King Hammurabi and the mighty Persian empire, to terrifying huns, the rise of...
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