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The Dead Sea

Walking Europes Last Wilderness

Death to Order

Everyone Breaks These Laws

Copyright’s profound impact on the online world as we know it

The Danube

The Danube cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries: Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Germany. Travelling its full length from east to west, the author embarks on a year-long journey that leads to a new perspective on Europe today.

Biba

Biba dominated London fashion from the mid-1960s, defining the dress and outlook of a generation. Celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the opening of the first Biba boutique, this book takes a revealing look at Biba through the words and images of the people who were intimately involved with the company and its phenomenal success.   Established in 1963 as Biba Postal Boutique—a small

What the Greeks Did for Us

An enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture   Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like “pandemic,” a Freudian state of mind like the “Oedipus complex,” or a replica of the Parthenon in a Chinese theme park, ancient Greek culture shapes the contours of our lives. Ever since

The Return of the Taliban

The first account of the new Taliban—showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors  A Newsweek Staffers’ Favorite Book of 2023   Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan—a scenario few Western commentators anticipated. But after a twenty-year-long bitter war against the Republic of Afghanistan,

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome

The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective

A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account—and how they became a cultural sensation   From Wilkie Collins to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the traditional image of the Victorian detective is male. Few people realise that women detectives successfully investigated Victorian Britain, working both with the police and for private agencies, which they

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome

A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire   The Ptolemaic era, Egypt’s last and one of its longest dynasties, was in many ways a gilded age. Its early rulers restored and even expanded Egyptian power. Over a span of 300 years the period was witness to intellectual enlightenment, imaginative state-building, and some of the most

The Ever-Changing Past

The Brothers Grimm

The first English-language biography in over fifty years to tell the full, vibrant story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known to history as the Brothers Grimm  “Magisterial.”—Kirkus Reviews   More than two hundred years ago, the German brothers Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859) published a collection of fairy tales that remains famous the world over. It has been

A Little Book of Language

Assassins and Templars

Cannabis

Can Europe Survive

A Little History of the Earth

Dr. Bot

Atlas of AI

The hidden costs of artificial intelligence-from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality, and freedom"This study argues that [artificial intelligence] is neither artificial nor particularly intelligent. . .. A fascinating history of the data on which machine-learning systems are trained."-New Yorker"A valuable corrective to much of the hype surrounding AI and a useful