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Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History by Ian Morris
33.00 NZD
Category: History
'Ian Morris has established himself as a leader in making big history interesting and understandable' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel'Morris succeeds triumphantly at cramming 10,000 years of history into a single book' Robert Colvile, TimesGeography is Destiny tells the history of Britain ...Show more
Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History by Ian Morris
55.00 NZD
Category: History
The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future. Geography is Destiny tells the history of Britain and its changing relationships with Europe and the wider world, from its physical separation at the end of the Ice Age to the first flickers of a United Kingdom, struggles ...Show more
War: What is it Good for?: The Role of Conflict in Civilisation, from Primates to Robots by Ian Morris
25.00 NZD
Category: Military
War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the misery it causes poisons foreign policy for future generations. But, argues bestselling historian Ian Morr ...Show more
War: What is it good for?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots by Ian Morris
40.00 NZD
Category: History
War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the misery it causes poisons foreign policy for future generations. But, argues bestselling historian Ian Morr ...Show more
Why the West Rules - For Now Patterns of History and What They Reveal About the Future by Ian Morris
30.00 NZD
Category: History
Secondhand. Why does the West rule? Eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing uniquely on 15,000 years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social science. In the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of ...Show more
Why the West Rules - for Now: The Patterns of History and what they reveal about the future by Ian Morris
75.00 NZD
Category: Business
There are two broad schools of thought on why the West rules. Proponents of 'Long-Term Lock-In' theories such as Jared Diamond suggest that from time immemorial, some critical factor - geography, climate, or culture perhaps - made East and West unalterably different, and determined that the industrial r ...Show more
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