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Robert Peckham

Panic

'Extraordinary' Ai Weiwei 'Brilliant' Simon Schama Fear has long been a driving force - perhaps the driving force - of world history: a coercive tool of power and a catalyst for radical change. Here, Ro…

Philip Gooding

On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World

"Across the world, historians have taken an oceanic turn. New maritime histories offer fresh approaches to the study of global regions, and to long-distance and long-term connections. Cambridge Oceanic Hi…

John Charles Chasteen

After Eden

In After Eden, prominent Latin American historian John Charles Chasteen provided a concise history of the world, in which he explores the origins and persistence of the timeless phenomena of humanity's in…

Carthusian Monasticism

This volume seeks-through the work of a number of experts in various fields-to explore monastic life as embodied by Carthusian monks and nuns. Medieval and Early Modern Carthusians are omnipresent in a nu…

Alexandra Churchill, Nicolai Eberholst

Ring of Fire

The dramatic story of 1914—the start of World War I—presenting an expansive, dynamic history of the start of this truly global conflict. Most countries did not know what they were getting into during the…

Stuart Banner

The Most Powerful Court in the World

Stuart Banner's The Most Powerful Court in the World is an authoritative history of the United States Supreme Court from the Founding era to the present. Not merely a history of the Court's opinions and j…

Paul Coulter

10 Mistakes That Changed History

From breakups that ended empires to naps that sank ships, 10 Mistakes That Changed History reveals how overlooked historical errors are responsible for some of the most era-defining events of the past. F…

Uncharted (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Alternate History

What if the United States never existed? No united colonies, no westward expansion, no global superpower shaping wars, economies, or culture.

Charles Darwin

Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy

Reprint of the original, first published in 1878. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

Charles Darwin

Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy

Reprint of the original, first published in 1878. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

Erik Peterson

The Shortest History of Eugenics

For the last two centuries, groups of influential men have, in the professed interest of fiscal responsibility, crime reduction, and outright racism, attempted to control who was allowed to bear children.…

Shaping the Sciences of the Ancient and Medieval World

This book contributes to a worldwide history of textual criticism and critical editions of ancient scientific texts. It first looks at ancient editorial practices, and at their impact on modern editions. …

The Gas Sector in Latin Europe's Industrial History

This volume sheds light on the technical and institutional handicaps that the gas industry had to face since the early 19th century to consolidate its position in the energy market. It traces the history …

The Damned

The Black Album (Deluxe Version)

Product Information Through 1980 the Damned spent some 1078 hours in the studio recording / mixing and this 25th anniversary edition of THE BLACK ALBUM contains all of the released material during that ye…

Nick Lloyd

The Eastern Front

'The First World War from a refreshingly unfamiliar angle . . . masterly' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'Compelling . . . The Eastern Front is essential reading' Margaret Macmillan, Financial Times'A ma…

Jack Ashby

Nature's Memory

A behind-the-scenes tour through the world's greatest natural history museums, revealing how their hidden secrets can help us in the fight against climate changeZoologist Jack Ashby spends his life workin…

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World War I

Now revised and updated, World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide takes you from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles. Experience some of the most prominent battles, …

Josephine Quinn

How the World Made the West

"In How the World Made the West, Oxford historian and classicist Josephine Quinn poses perhaps the most significant challenge ever to the "civilizational" thinking regarding the origins of Western culture…