History

Essais et livres en anglais sur l'histoire des pays (USA/UK/Europe...)

  • AFFLUENCE WITHOUT ABUNDANCE : WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL

    AFFLUENCE WITHOUT ABUNDANCE : WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL

    SUZMAN JAMES

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  • THE YEAR 1000 - WHEN EXPLORERS CONNECTED THE WORLD - AND GLOBALIZATION BEGAN

    THE YEAR 1000 - WHEN EXPLORERS CONNECTED THE WORLD - AND GLOBALIZATION BEGAN

    Valerie Hansen

    When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen shows, it was the year 1000, when for the first time new trade routes linked the entire globe, so an object could in theory circumnavigate the world. This was the 'big bang' of globalization, which ushered in a new era of exploration and trade, and which paved the way for Europeans to dominate after Columbus reached America. Drawing on a wide range of new historical sources and cutting-edge archaeology, Hansen shows, for example, that the Maya began to trade with the native peoples of modern New Mexico from traces of theobromine - the chemical signature of chocolate - and that frozen textiles found in Greenland contain hairs from animals that could only have come from North America. Moreover, Hansen turns accepted wisdom on its head, revealing not only that globalization began much earlier than previously thought, but also that the world's first anti-globalization riots did too, in cities such as Cairo, Constantinople, and Guangzhou. Introducing players from Europe, the Islamic world, Asia, the Indian Ocean maritime world, the Pacific and the Mayan world who were connecting the major landmasses for the first time, this compelling revisionist argument shows how these encounters set the stage for the globalization that would dominate the world for centuries to come.

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  • IRAQ: +100 STORIES FROM A CENTURY AFTER THE INVASION (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    IRAQ: +100 STORIES FROM A CENTURY AFTER THE INVASION (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    BLASIM HASSAN

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  • TO THE LAKE - A JOURNEY OF WAR AND PEACE

    TO THE LAKE - A JOURNEY OF WAR AND PEACE

    Kapka Kassabova

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  • A SMALL PLACE (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    A SMALL PLACE (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    KINCAID JAMAICA

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  • HISTORY OF ENGLAND VOL VI: INNOVATION (RELIÉ)(LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    HISTORY OF ENGLAND VOL VI: INNOVATION (RELIÉ)(LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    ACKROYD PETER

    • Picador
    • 3 September 2021
    39.90 €

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  • THE OXFORD HISTORY OF BRITAIN - 2021 EDITION

    THE OXFORD HISTORY OF BRITAIN - 2021 EDITION

    Kenneth O. Morgan

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  • TUNNEL 29 (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    TUNNEL 29 (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    MERRIMAN HELENA

    • Hodder
    • 12 August 2021
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  • EAT THE BUDDHA

    EAT THE BUDDHA

    Barbara Demick

    Poche 14.70 €

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  • PHILIP& & ALEXANDER KINGS AND CONQUERORS (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    PHILIP& & ALEXANDER KINGS AND CONQUERORS (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

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    • Apollo
    • 31 May 2021
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  • AGENT SONYA - LOVER, MOTHER, SOLDIER, SPY

    AGENT SONYA - LOVER, MOTHER, SOLDIER, SPY

    Ben Macintyre

    The incredible story of the greatest female spy in history, from one of Britain''s most acclaimed historians - available for pre-order nowIn a quiet English village in 1942, an elegant housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted wife and mother-of-three, the woman known to her neighbours as Mrs Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity.However, rather than pedalling towards the shops with her ration book, she was racing through the Oxfordshire countryside to gather scientific intelligence from one of the country''s most brilliant nuclear physicists. Secrets that she would transmit to Soviet intelligence headquarters via the radio transmitter she was hiding in her outdoor privy.Far from a British housewife, ''Mrs Burton'' - born Ursula Kuczynski, and codenamed ''Sonya'' - was a German Jew, a dedicated communist, a colonel in Russia''s Red Army, and a highly-trained spy. From planning an assassination attempt on Hitler in Switzerland, to spying on the Japanese in Manchuria, and helping the Soviet Union build the atom bomb, Sonya conducted some of the most dangerous espionage operations of the twentieth century. Her story has never been told - until now.Agent Sonya is the exhilarating account of one woman''s life; a life that encompasses the rise and fall of communism itself, and altered the course of history.''Macintyre does true-life espionage better than anyone else'' John Preston>

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  • THE RATLINE - LOVE, LIES AND JUSTICE ON THE TRAIL OF A NAZI FUGITIVE

    THE RATLINE - LOVE, LIES AND JUSTICE ON THE TRAIL OF A NAZI FUGITIVE

    Philippe Sands

    An astonishing amount of research and expertise has gone into the making of this book . . . a compelling historical and human drama>

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  • Edmund de waal letters to camondo

    Anglais Edmund de waal letters to camondo

    Edmund de Waal

    Version anglaise pour cet ouvrage où l'écrivain et céramiste Edmund de Waal a écrit cinquante lettres à Moïse de Camondo, témoignant de ses réflexions personnelles sur l'art, sur le temps, la mélancolie et la valeur de la mémoire. L'exposition qu'il accompagne sera présentée au musée Nissim de Camondo à Paris du 17 mars au 31 octobre 2021.

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  • ORIGINS - HOW THE EARTH SHAPED HUMAN HISTORY

    ORIGINS - HOW THE EARTH SHAPED HUMAN HISTORY

    Lewis Dartnell

    The Sunday Times bestseller that take us back in time to reveal how the earth made us 'Origins by Lewis Dartnell stands comparison with Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens...
    A thrilling piece of Big History' James McConnachie, Sunday Times 'A sweeping, brilliant overview of the history not only of our species but of the world' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads When we talk about human history, we focus on great leaders, mass migration and decisive wars. But how has the Earth itself determined our destiny? How has our planet made us?

    As a species we are shaped by our environment. Geological forces drove our evolution in East Africa; mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy in Greece; and today voting behaviour in the United States follows the bed of an ancient sea. The human story is the story of these forces, from plate tectonics and climate change, to atmospheric circulation and ocean currents.

    How are the Himalayas linked to the orbit of the Earth, and to the formation of the British Isles? By taking us billions of years into our planet's past, Professor Lewis Dartnell tells us the ultimate origin story. When we reach the point where history becomes science we see a vast web of connections that underwrites our modern world and helps us face the challenges of the future.

    From the cultivation of the first crops to the founding of modern states, Origins reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilizations.

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  • SAY NOTHING - A TRUE STORY OF MURDER AND MEMORY IN NORTHERN IRELAND

    SAY NOTHING - A TRUE STORY OF MURDER AND MEMORY IN NORTHERN IRELAND

    Patrick Radden Keefe

    WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 A BARACK OBAMA BEST BOOK OF 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION 2019 TIME''s #1 Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ''A must read'' Gillian Flynn One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again. Her disappearance would haunt her orphaned children, the perpetrators of the brutal crime and a whole society in Northern Ireland for decades.
    Through the unsolved case of Jean McConville''s abduction, Patrick Radden Keefe tells the larger story of the Troubles, investigating Dolours Price, the first woman to join the IRA, who bombed the Old Bailey; Gerry Adams, the politician who helped end the fighting but denied his IRA past; and Brendan Hughes, an IRA commander who broke their code of silence. A gripping story forensically reported, Say Nothing explores the extremes people will go to for an ideal, and the way societies mend - or don''t - after long and bloody conflict.

    ''10 Best Books of 2019'' - The New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Slate, NPR''s Fresh Air ''Best History Book of 2019'' - Amazon ''10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019'' - TIME ''10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade'' - Entertainment Weekly ''20 Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade'' - Literary Hub ''10 Best True Crime Books of the Decade'' - CrimeReads

    Poche 14.70 €

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  • SPLENDID AND THE VILE

    SPLENDID AND THE VILE

    Erik Larson

    THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ''Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people ... Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished ... Fresh, fast and deeply moving.'' New York Times A STARTLING, GRIPPING PORTRAIT OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE ALIVE IN BRITAIN DURING THE BLITZ, AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE AROUND CHURCHILL. On Winston Churchill''s first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, the Nazis would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons and destroying two million homes. In The Splendid and the Vile , Erik Larson gives a new and brilliantly cinematic account of how Britain''s most iconic leader set about unifying the nation at its most vulnerable moment, and teaching ''the art of being fearless.'' Drawing on once-secret intelligence reports and diaries, #1 bestselling author Larson takes readers from the shelled streets of London to Churchill''s own chambers, giving a vivid vision of true leadership, when - in the face of unrelenting horror - a leader of eloquence, strategic brilliance and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.

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  • THIS SOVEREIGN ISLE : BRITAIN IN AND OUT OF EUROPE (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)(28/01/21)

    THIS SOVEREIGN ISLE : BRITAIN IN AND OUT OF EUROPE (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)(28/01/21)

    TOMBS ROBERT

    • Penguin
    • 18 January 2021
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  • JAKARTA: HISTORY OF A MISUNDERSTOOD CITY (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    JAKARTA: HISTORY OF A MISUNDERSTOOD CITY (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    VAN DER LINDE HERALD

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  • THE NEW SILK ROADS

    THE NEW SILK ROADS

    Peter Frankopan

    A brand new book from the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads 'Masterly mapping out of a new world order' - Evening Standard Revised and updated edition The New Silk Roads takes a fresh look at the relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the ancient trade routes today. The world is changing dramatically and in an age of Brexit and Trump, the themes of isolation and fragmentation permeating the western world stand in sharp contrast to events along the Silk Roads, where ties are being strengthened and mutual cooperation established.

    This prescient contemporary history provides a timely reminder that we live in a world that is profoundly interconnected. Following the Silk Roads eastwards from Europe through to China, by way of Russia and the Middle East, Peter Frankopan assesses the global reverberations of continual shifts in the centre of power - all too often absent from headlines in the west.

    The New Silk Roads asks us to re-examine who we are and where we stand in the world, illuminating the themes on which all our lives and livelihoods depend.


    The Silk Roads , a major reassessment of world history, has sold over 1 million copies worldwide.

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  • THE SILK ROADS - A NEW HISTORY OF THE WORLD

    THE SILK ROADS - A NEW HISTORY OF THE WORLD

    Peter Frankopan

    The No. 1 Sunday Times and international bestseller - a major reassessment of world history in light of the economic and political renaissance in the re-emerging east

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  • Faces and places ; Northern Ireland, 1975-2020

    Français Faces and places ; Northern Ireland, 1975-2020

    Bernard Lesaing

    Plus de vingt ans après les accords de paix de 1998 qui mirent fin à la période des « Troubles », et alors que la mise en oeuvre du Brexit remet l'Irlande du Nord sur le devant de la scène, cet ouvrage bilingue en trois parties pose un regard nouveau sur l'histoire récente de ce territoire vulnérable.

    Il juxtapose des scènes de vie quotidienne prises dans les années 1970, au coeur du conflit, à celles de l'Irlande du Nord d'aujourd'hui, que côtoie une série d'une vingtaine de portraits.

    Bernard Lesaing, photographe-reporter, a pris le temps de se lier aux habitants et d'expérimenter la vie locale.

    Il nous invite dans ce livre à le suivre sur le chemin de la réconciliation en suivant le fil narratif du noir et blanc. Des textes d'universitaires et des témoignages d'habitants apportent un éclairage complémentaire. Ce projet collaboratif contribue à faire émerger une nouvelle représentation de l'Irlande du Nord, à révéler la vitalité de ses habitants, la pluralité de leurs expériences et la persistance de l'espoir face à l'adversité.

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  • DICTIONARY OF MYTHOLOGY (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    DICTIONARY OF MYTHOLOGY (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    COLLECTIF

    • Arcturus
    • 2 December 2020
    27.90 €

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  • GREEK MYTHS (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    GREEK MYTHS (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS)

    TURNBULL ANN (ILLUSTRATED BY SARAH YOUNG)

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  • AGENT SONYA (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS) RELIE

    AGENT SONYA (LIVRE EN ANGLAIS) RELIE

    MACINTYRE BEN

    • Penguin
    • 24 September 2020
    29.90 €

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