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Shortest History of Ancient Rome
A Millennium of Western Civilization, from Kingdom to Republic to Empire - A Retelling for Our Times
Av Ross King
Häftad, 2025
205 kr
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Ancient Rome gave rise to the Roman Empire, one of history’s greatest civilizations. It flourished for roughly five hundred years and, at its height, made up at least 20 percent of the world’s population. It left an indelible mark on the world, shaping politics, laws, philosophy, and architecture, …
Shortest History of the United States
From Revolutionary Roots to Global Superpower - The Remarkable Rise of the World's Oldest Democracy
Av Don Watson
Häftad, 2026
111 kr
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When Britain’s thirteen American colonies declared their independence on July 4, 1776, the United States of America was born. It became a profoundly powerful nation that, for much of its history, has been the crucible of invention and creativity, a refuge for millions, and a beacon of hope, …
Shortest History of Germany
From Roman Frontier to the Heart of Europe - A Retelling for Our Times
Av James Hawes
Häftad, 2019
129 kr
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A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as a modern nation until 1871—yet today, Germany is the world’s fourth-largest economy and a standard-bearer of liberal …
Shortest History of India
From the World's Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy - A Retelling for Our Times
Häftad, 2023
125 kr
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India—a cradle of civilization with five millennia of history, a country of immense consequence and contradiction—often defies ready understanding. What holds its people together—across its many cultures, races, languages, and creeds—and how has India evolved into the liberal democracy it is …
Shortest History of France
From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance - A Global Story for Our Times
Av Colin Jones
Häftad, 2025
129 kr
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France has long been feted for its unsurpassed cultural and historical riches. Gothic architecture, Louis XIV opulence, revolutionary spirit, café society . . . what could be more quintessentially French? Rarely do we think of France as a melting pot, and yet historian Colin Jones asserts it’s no …
Shortest History of Japan
From Mythical Origins to Pop Culture Powerhouse - The Global Drama of an Ancient Island Nation
Häftad, 2024
130 kr
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Zen, haiku, martial arts, sushi, anime, manga, film, video games . . . Japanese culture has long enriched our Western way of life. Yet from a Western perspective, Japan remains a remote island country that has long had a complicated relationship with the outside world.Japan—an archipelago strung …
Shortest History of Sex
Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation
Av David Baker
Häftad, 2024
142 kr
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From the first microbial exchanges of DNA to Tinder and sexbots, how did sex begin, and how did it evolve to be so varied and complex in humans? What influence do our genetic ancestors have on our current love lives? And what might sex look like in the future?With acuity, humor, and respect for …
Shortest History of Israel and Palestine
From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace
Häftad, 2023
125 kr
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The ongoing struggle between Israel and Palestine is one of the most bitter conflicts in history, with profound global consequences. In this book, Middle East expert Michael Scott-Baumann succinctly describes its origins and charts its evolution from civil war to the present day. Each chapter …
Shortest History of Scandinavia
14,000 Years from the Stone Age and the Vikings to the Happiest Nations in the World
Häftad, 2025
111 kr
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Scandinavia has long been lauded for its equality, universal welfare, peacefulness, and untouched nature—not to mention its interior design, crime literature, and love of all things hygge. But the Nordic nations have had their dark periods, too: pandemics, wars and occupations, and expansionism are …
Shortest History of China
From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower - A Retelling for Our Times
Av Linda Jaivin
Häftad, 2021
130 kr
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As we enter the “Asian century,” China demands our attention for being an economic powerhouse, a beacon of rapid modernization, and an assertive geopolitical player. To understand the nation behind the headlines, we must take in its vibrant, tumultuous past—a story of “larger-than-life characters, …
Shortest History of AI
The Six Essential Ideas That Animate It
Av Toby Walsh
Häftad, 2025
111 kr
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Since Alan Turing first posed the question “Can machines think?” artificial intelligence has evolved from a speculative idea to a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this evolution, from Ada Lovelace’s visionary work to IBM’s groundbreaking defeat of the chess world champion and …
Shortest History of Turkey
From the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic
Häftad, 2026
111 kr
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Through more than nine centuries of shifting borders, environmental change, and political evolution, Turkey has been a cultural melting pot and a nation-state bent on ethnic unity. It has seen conquest and reform, appeals to tradition and calls to modernize. It has been a home to Christians, Jews, …
Shortest History of Reality
From Plato's Cave to the Mind-Bending Discoveries of Modern Physics - The Human Quest to Explain the World
Häftad, 2026
238 kr
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Since the dawn of consciousness, humans have sought to make sense of this world into which we’re each born. The Shortest History of Reality explores the shifting boundary between what we perceive and what truly exists—tracing the idea of “what’s real” from its everyday, commonsense beginnings to …
Shortest History of Soccer
From Ancient Kicking Games to the World's Most Popular Sport
Häftad, 2026
108 kr
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How did a simple kicking game conquer the world? In this concise yet comprehensive history, sports historian Brian D. Bunk traces soccer’s unlikely, meteoric rise, showing how a pastime humbly rooted in English schoolyard contests grew to become the planet’s most popular sport. Today, soccer is a …
Shortest History of Democracy
4,000 Years of Self-Government - A Retelling for Our Times
Av John Keane
Häftad, 2022
166 kr
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This compact history unspools the tumultuous global story that began with democracy’s radical core idea: We can collaborate, as equals, to determine our own futures. Acclaimed political thinker John Keane traces how this concept emerged and evolved, from the earliest “assembly democracies” in …
Shortest History of War
From Hunter-Gatherers to Nuclear Superpowers - A Retelling for Our Times
Av Gwynne Dyer
Häftad, 2022
129 kr
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War has changed, but we have not. From our hunter-gatherer ancestors to the rival nuclear powers of today, whenever resources have been contested, we’ve gone to battle. Acclaimed historian Gwynne Dyer illuminates our many martial clashes in this brisk account, tracing warfare from prehistory to the …
Shortest History of Greece
The Odyssey of a Nation from Myth to Modernity
Häftad, 2023
129 kr
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Philosophy, art, democracy, language, even computers—the glories of Greek civilization have shaped our world even more profoundly than we realize. Pericles and the Parthenon may be familiar, but what of Epaminondas, the Theban general who saved the Greek world from Spartan tyranny? Alexander the …
Shortest History of Our Universe
The Unlikely Journey from the Big Bang to Us
Av David Baker
Häftad, 2023
129 kr
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In this thrilling history, David Baker captures the longest-possible time span—from the Big Bang to the present day—in an astonishingly concise retelling. His impressive timeline includes the “rise of complexity” in the cosmos and the creation of the first atoms; the origin of all galaxies, stars, …
Shortest History of Italy
3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic - A Retelling for Our Times
Av Ross King
Häftad, 2024
130 kr
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The calendar. The Senate. The university. The piano, the heliocentric model, and the pizzeria. It’s hard to imagine a world without Italian influence—and easy to assume that inventions like these could only come from a strong, stable peninsula, sure of its place in the world. In this breakneck …
Shortest History of Eugenics
From "Science" to Atrocity - How a Dangerous Movement Shaped the World, and Why It Persists
Häftad, 2024
130 kr
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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. Their efforts, “eugenics,” characterize a movement that over the last century swept across the …
Shortest History of Music
From Bone Flutes to Synthesizers, Hildegard of Bingen to Beyoncé - 5,000 Years of Instrument and Song
Av Andrew Ford
Häftad, 2025
111 kr
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No other art is as popular—or pervasive—as music. With just a few clicks, anyone can cue up (and critique) Chopin or Cher, The Bangles or The Beatles—even the brand-new Beyoncé. But things weren’t always this way.In this brisk, breakneck history under 300 pages, award-winning composer, author, and …
Shortest History of the Dinosaurs
The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth
Av Riley Black
Häftad, 2025
129 kr
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The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs tells the 230-million-year epic of these staggeringly fascinating prehistoric creatures, covering their small beginnings, spectacular golden periods, and stunning evolutionary success—before an unthinkable asteroid event brought everything to a screeching halt. …
Shortest History of Migration
When, Why, and How Humans Move - From the Prehistoric Peopling of the Planet to Today and Tomorrow's Migrants
Av Ian Goldin
Häftad, 2025
129 kr
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We are a species in motion—from the first steps of Homo sapiens across Africa to America’s “melting pot.” And when we move—in search of better things, or against our will—our beliefs and skills clash and combine, reshaping society time and again.In this visionary Shortest History of Migration, Ian …
Shortest History of Egypt
From the Dynastic to the Present - A Desert Nation's 5,000 Years of Change and Continuity
Av Maria Golia
Häftad, 2026
238 kr
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Egypt looms large in the popular imagination, conjuring images of pyramids, pharaohs, tomb raiders, vast deserts, and the world’s longest river, the Nile. Yet its true allure might lie in its impressively long history and what it tells us about the human condition.Author Maria Golia draws on …
