The Country That Does Not Exist - A History of Somaliland by Gerard Prunier
17.49 USD
75.00 (76% off)
Category: History & Politics
The Somali people are fiercely nationalistic. Colonialism split them into five segments divided between four different powers. Thus decolonization and pan-Somalism became synonymous. In 1960 a partial reunification took place between British Somaliland and Somalia Italiana. Africa Confidential wrote ...Show more
The Little Book of Politics by DK
5.51 USD
13.99 (60% off)
Category: History & Politics
Packed with infographics and flowcharts that explain complex concepts in a simple but exciting way, this book is the perfect pocket-sized introduction to politics and political thought. From the origins of democracy to Machiavelli's cunning statecraft, Rousseau's "social contract" to the American Decla ...Show more
The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre by John Russell Brown
35.00 USD
Category: History & Politics | Series: Oxford Illustrated History
Authoritative and wide-ranging, this absorbing account of the history of theatre draws on the latest scholarly research to describe and celebrate theatre's greatest achievemenst over 4,500 years, from festival performances in ancient Egypt to international multicultural theatre in the late twentieth cen ...Show more
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
3.68 USD
9.79 (62% off)
Category: History & Politics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought...but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.' When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it generated a deba ...Show more
The Warrior Mullah: The Horn Aflame 1892-1920 by Beachy, Ray
24.51 USD
Category: History & Politics
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, And Madness At The Dawn Of Hollywood by MANN, WILLIAM J.
15.39 USD
Category: History & Politics
Tudor Fashion (Usborne Historical Sticker Dolly Dressing) by Emily Bone
9.79 USD
Category: History & Politics | Series: Usborne Historical Sticker Dolly Dressing
Discover the extravagant fashions worn over five hundred years ago in this stylish sticker book set in Tudor England. There are over 100 stickers of dresses, doublets, capes and accessories to create sumptuous outfits for visiting Henry VIII's court, costumes for an acting troupe at The Globe and Europe ...Show more
Wealth of Nations (modern library) by Adam Smith
18.19 USD
Category: History & Politics | Series: Modern Library
Includes notes, commentary, and an introduction by Robert Reich.
Who Are We?: How Identity Politics Took Over the World by Gary Younge
6.13 USD
15.39 (60% off)
Category: History & Politics
What does it mean to call yourself British in the 21st Century? If Obama was raised by his white mother, why is he the first black president? Why do Muslims feel more at home in America, which invaded Iraq, than in France, which opposed the invasion? Who are we, and why does it matter?
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by James A. Robinson, Daron Acemoglu
6.76 USD
17.06 (60% off)
Category: History & Politics | Reading Level: good
This is a provocative bestseller that explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? "Why Nations Fail" sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down t ...Show more
Woeful Second World War (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
8.39 USD
Category: History & Politics | Series: Horrible Histories
All the foul facts about the Woeful Second World War are ready to uncover, including why the blitzed Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty, what really happened in Dad's Army and how to make a rude noise with a gas mask. Refreshed with a fantastic new design for 2016, these bestselling titles are s ...Show more
Work - A History of How We Spend Our Time by James Suzman
35.01 USD
Category: History & Politics
The work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and dictates how we spend most of our time. But this wasn't always the case: for 95% of our species' history, work held a radically different importance. How, then, did work become the central organisational principle of o ...Show more