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The Silk Roads
A New History of the World
Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the Balkans across the steppe and South...
Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world,...
The New Silk Roads
The New Asia and the Remaking of the World Order
From the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now—as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East. "All roads used to lead to Rome. Today they lead to Beijing." So argues Peter Frankopan in this...
From the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about...
A Chronology of the Crusades provides a day-by-day development of the Crusading movement, the Crusades and the states created by them through the medieval period. Beginning in the run-up to the First Crusade in 1095, to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, and ending with the Turkish attack on Belgrade in 1456, this reference is a comprehensive...
A Chronology of the Crusades provides a day-by-day development of the Crusading movement, the...
Pursuit
The Balvenie Stories Collection
What is it to pursue a goal, to strive for an ideal, to follow a dream?These are the questions explored by The Balvenie in this unique collection compiled by award-winning novelist Alex Preston. The stories - from some of the brightest and most exciting voices writing today - tell of determination, endeavour and perseverance against the odds. They...
What is it to pursue a goal, to strive for an ideal, to follow a dream?These are the questions...