By mid-5th century BC, Athens was governed by democratic rule and power turned upon the ability of the citizen to command…

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Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Rangan Chatterjee reveals how to make positive change that actually lasts in his latest,…

We can define the mad, but how do we classify the sane? Answering this question, the author delves deep into history,…

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Includes research on non-verbal communication, social skills and happiness.…

Where do politicians come from? How do they get elected? What do they do all day? And why do they seek power? In this title,…

Beautifully packaged reissue. Kniha 9780140156676 City of the Mind | Penelope Lively Brožovaná…

Presents short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most part about Welsh people, providing depictions of valley…

37 miteinander verwobene Geschichten über Schicksale von Russen und Deutschen während des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Gewinner des…

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Book of the Year 2023 according to New York Times, New Yorker, Guardian, Economist, Observer, The Spectator, Financial…

Shows how our own changing values and interests have shaped our feelings about an era which is by some measures very remote…

The definitive book on human rights law, now updated with a new chapter on war crimes in Ukraine and the continuing war in…

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A collection of stories, which examine society through the eyes of the woman, as she encountered choices in marriage,…

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Spanish poetry is astonishing in its richness and variety. This anthology covers the two great flowerings of Spanish verse:…

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This mesmerizing exploration of the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power is a masterful analysis of…

Based on new CEB research from thousands of B2B marketers, sellers and buyers around the world, this book shows you how to…

In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall…

Examines human life on Earth from the viewpoint of beings belonging to a distant world, led by the 'all-wise Beelzebub'.…

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Why did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? And what explains the huge rise in incomes…

An annotated parallel-text edition of Wordsworth's autobiographical poem in blank verse.…

Includes George Puttenham's Art of English Poesy, Samuel Daniel's Defense of Rhyme, and passages by writers such as Ben…

We live in a world where uncertainty is inevitable. How should we deal with what we don’t know? And what role do chance,…

Politicians have failed us. But democracy doesn’t have to. Bought by special interests, detached from real life, obsessed…

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A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of…

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The Death of Yugoslavia is a survey of the pressures and events that contributed to the break-up of former Yugoslavia,…

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A prescient, thoughtful and chilling examination of the current state of the world If there are lessons from history, now is…

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Oliver Bullough's "Let Our Fame be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant Peoples of the Caucasus" is the extraordinary untold…

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An exploration of the ideas, groupings and the social tensions that shaped the transformation of life caused by the changes…

Takes readers month-by-month, day-by-day, through the festivities of English life. This book explains how the festivities…

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Why exactly did Van Gogh cut off his ear? Was Warhol an original or just a copyist? This title provides answers to all this.…

''The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our life-time.'' The words of Sir Edward Grey,…

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Do you fixate on a particular narrative about yourself that you wish you could change? Think of your brain as your hardware…

A sporting, cultural and political history of football worldwide, to be published to coincide with the beginning of the…

Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's idea of the 'seven ages' of a human life, this new anthology brings together the…

Marx's major work was the product of 30 years' close study of the most advanced industrial society of his day. Capital:…

Explores how the intrepid seafarers of eighth-century Greece sailed around the Mediterranean, encountering strange new…

Based on Andersen's 30 years of experience as a consultant and business leader, "Growing Great Employees" offers a practical…

From the teenager in provincial Russia in 1875 to his premature death in Germany in 1904, the author wrote over 4,500…

PRE-ORDER THE ALL-PURPOSE MASTER CLASS IN PERSUASION AND NEGOTIATION HEREThe definitive guide to transforming everyday…

Suitable for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be…

Every new government promises to represent a new dawn, but for New Labour it was the Covenant that Tony Blair made with…

This is a comprehensive, scholarly accessible study, in which the authors draw upon poetry and mythology, art and…

From one of our most acclaimed chroniclers of the forces eroding America’s social fabric, her most personal and powerful…

Gives an overview of Media Studies, covering print, digital and broadcast media, as well as the theories, technicalities and…