The World A Brief Introduction

New York Times Bestseller An invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that will help ...

"This book is designed to provide readers with the background and building blocks they need in order to answer for ...

The World is designed to provide readers of any age and experience with the essential background needed to answer important ...

This popular introductory textbook provides an overview of more than 3 million years of human prehistory. Written in an accessible and ...

"A valuable primer on foreign policy: a primer that concerned citizens of all political persuasions—not to mention the president ...

International development and aid will be prominent on the international agenda in 2015, given a number of high-profile events and conferences ...

A rising China, climate change, terrorism, a nuclear Iran, a turbulent Middle East, and a reckless North Korea all present ...

China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to ...

The Middle East is the birthplace of astronomy and the centre for its development during the medieval period. In this ...

One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Destined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, ...

This new edition of Friedman's landmark book explains the flattening of the world better than ever- and takes a new ...

Method and Theory in Archaeology Archaeology: A Brief Introduction is an introduction to the fundamental principles of method and theory ...

One day Sophie comes home from school to find two questions in her mail: "Who are you?" and "Where does ...

Called the “Confucius from the West”, the Italian Jesuit Giulio Aleni presented in the final years of the Ming dynasty ...

Pre-service and in-service teachers alike benefit from the experience of renowned authors Charles Temple, Miriam Martinez, and Junko Yokota as ...

RJ Ammons and Morgan Eldon, the authors of this book, first met at Harvard College when they were 18 and 19 years ...

International Bestseller From the author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind comes an extraordinary new book ...

A concise account of how revolutions made modern China and helped shape the modern world China’s emergence as a ...

A Journey to the Center of the Earth was a science fiction novel written by Jules Verne in 1864. Jules Verne ...

A panoramic global history of the nineteenth century A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World ...

What do walking, weaving, observing, storytelling, singing, drawing and writing have in common? The answer is that they all proceed ...

This student-friendly textbook introduces the archaeological past from approximately seven million years ago through later politically complex societies. Now fully ...

Thirty-six lectures by Peter N. Stearns that provide a survey of the expanse of human development and civilization across the ...

The Power to Persuade answers a fundamental question: how can you navigate a world where persuasion, rather than direct command, ...

Looming trade wars and rising nationalism have stirred troubling memories of the 1930s. Will history repeat itself? Do we face ...

Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP) “A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED ...

Is one person's terrorist another's freedom fighter? Is terrorism crime or war? Can there be a "War on Terror"? For ...

Ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and James Baker, America in the ...

This book provides an introduction to the theory and practice of diplomacy and its vital role in an era of ...

This brief introduction to Islam is designed to help readers understand this important religious tradition. With both nuance and balance, ...

Demography has developed into a remarkably coherent field and now stands as a firmly established discipline with strong ties to ...

Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying ...

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a dystopian classic: 'exciting, relevant and thought-provoking' (Stephen King). When a group of ...

This brief introduction to Buddhism is designed to help readers understand this important religious tradition. With both nuance and balance, ...

A prescient warning of a future we now inhabit, where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a ...

A three-thousand year history of the world that examines the causes of war and the search for peace In three ...

"The philosophy of mind is unique among contemporary philosophical subjects," writes John Searle, "in that all of the most famous ...

This brief survey of world archaeology, designed for readers with no previous experience of the subject, provides an overview of ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Why is democracy so threatened in America and around the world? And what can we do ...