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Cookbooks, Food & Wine
New York Times Bestseller * The inspiration for the TV series starring Dan Aykroyd "There aren't many books this entertaining that also provide a cogent crash course in ancient, classical and modern history." -Los Angeles... See More
Cookbooks, Food & Wine
The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses charts an enlightening history of humanity through the foods we eat. Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a... See More
History
From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, an eye-opening road trip through 5,500 years of humans on the go, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization. Tom Standage's fleet-footed... See More
A new edition of the first book by the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses-the fascinating story of the telegraph, the world's first "Internet," which revolutionized the nineteenth century even more... See More
Foreign Languages
Depuis la nuit des temps, certaines boissons ont fait bien plus qu'étancher nos soifs. Six d'entre elles ont même eu un impact considérable sur le cours de notre histoire. Écrit avec beaucoup d'esprit, et fort... See More
Computers & Technology
From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, the story of social media from ancient Rome to the Arab Spring and beyond. Social media is anything but a new phenomenon. From the papyrus letters that... See More
Foreign Languages
Nel corso dei secoli il cibo ha rappresentato per l'uomo molto più che un semplice mezzo di sostentamento. E stato di volta in volta la causa di cambiamenti epocali (l'agricoltura è di fatto l'invenzione umana che ha... See More
Foreign Languages
La disponibilità d'acqua vincola da sempre le sorti dell'umanità, generando fortune e catastrofi, prosperità e guerre: eppure la più antica delle bevande non è l'unica ad aver condizionato la nostra storia. Fotografando... See More
Computers & Technology
Internet, Facebook e Twitter sono considerati strumenti che hanno rivoluzionato il nostro modo di comunicare; ma a ben guardare quella dei social network, più che una rivoluzione, è una storia plurisecolare che inizia con... See More
Reference
The more we ponder, the odder the world can seem. How do footballers get their shirt numbers? Why does having daughters make couples more likely to divorce? How do you move a horse from one country to another? What... See More