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  • A Little History of the World

    Series series Little Histories
    The international bestseller: E. H. Gombrich’s sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages“All stories begin with ‘Once upon a time.’ And that’s just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time.” So begins A Little History of the World, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old. Rather than focusing on dry facts and dates, E. H. Gombrich ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • A Little History of the World

    Illustrated Edition

    E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Shadows

    The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art

    In this intriguing book, E.H. Gombrich, who was one of the world’s foremost art historians, traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western art through the centuries. Gombrich discusses the way shadows were represented—or ignored—by artists from the Renaissance to the 17th century and then describes how Romantic, Impressionist, and Surrealist artists exploited the device of the cast shadow ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Art and Illusion

    A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation - Millennium Edition

    Series series Bollingen Series
    A groundbreaking account of perception and art, from one of the twentieth century’s most important art historiansE. H. Gombrich is widely considered to be one of the most influential art historians of the twentieth century, and Art and Illusion is generally agreed to be his most important book. Bridging science and the humanities, this classic work examines the history and psychology of pictorial ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Audiobook

    A Little History of the World

    Narrated by Ralph Cosham ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 11 min

    In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, twenty-six-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser was published in Vienna to immediate success. It is now an international bestseller and available in almost thirty languages ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

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    A Little History of Science

    Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 2 min

    Science is fantastic. It tells us about theinfinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body,the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because theyhave always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power.From ancient Greek philosophers through Einstein and Watson and Crick tothe computer-assisted scientists of today, men and women have wondered ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Open Society and its Enemies

    by Karl Popper ...
    Written in political exile in New Zealand during the Second World War and published in two volumes in 1945, The Open Society and its Enemies was hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound defence of democracy'. This legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx prophesied the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and exposed the fatal flaws of socially engineered ... Read more

    $180.00 USD

  • The Men Who United the States

    America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible

    “Simon Winchester never disappoints, and The Men Who United the States is a lively and surprising account of how this sprawling piece of geography became a nation. This is America from the ground up. Inspiring and engaging.” —Tom BrokawSimon Winchester, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Better Angels of Our Nature

    Why Violence Has Declined

    by Steven Pinker ...
    **“If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this—the most inspiring book I've ever read."—Bill Gates (May, 2017)Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year**The author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now offers a provocative and surprising history of violence.Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition

    An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

    "On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition EPB is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose." —New York TimesA beloved classic and the definitive volume on the art of writing nonfictionOn Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition EPB, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the w ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Story of the Jews,

    Finding the Words 1000 BC-1492 AD

    by Simon Schama ...
    Series Book 1 - Story of the Jews
    In this magnificently illustrated cultural history—the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews—Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish experience, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492.It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life ... Read more

    $10.99 USD