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“jonn elledge”

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  • A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders

    Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps

    by Jonn Elledge ...
    **#1 International BestsellerEvery border tells a surprising story in this uncommonly enlightening history that will change the way you understand the world“A novel and fascinating perspective on world history.”—Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything**Many lines on the map are worth far more than a thousand words, going well beyond merely marking divisions between nations. In ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Elledge's Nontrivial Trivia

    The Seriously Enlightening Stories Behind Supposedly Simple Facts

    by Jonn Elledge ...
    From the inquisitive mind behind the #1 international bestseller A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders, all the facts you didn’t know you wanted to know—and the stories of how we’ve come to know themThis illuminating compendium follows the captivating stories behind far-ranging facts, wherever they lead. No topic is too trivial for serious consideration, from how one might determine the most ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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    Brief History of the World in 47 Borders, A

    Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps

    by Jonn Elledge ...
    Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 33 min

    A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on mapsPeople have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Unproven, Unlikely, and Firmly Believed

    Why We Fall for History's Most Seductive Conspiracy Theories, and How We Rediscover Reality

    by Jonn Elledge, Tom Phillips ...
    From the internationally bestselling authors of A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders (Jonn Elledge) and Truth and Humans (Tom Phillips), an insightful, illuminating, often hilarious, and extremely timely journey through conspiracy theories, how they spread, and how not to fall for themFrom skepticism about the moon landing to the “deep-state” claims of QAnon, it’s always been human nature to ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions

    The Ideas and Technologies That Made Modernity Possible

    by Jonn Elledge ...
    From the #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders, a collection of 32 brief, highly entertaining and seriously illuminating histories of the inventions that built our modern worldFor over 10,000 years, humans have been busy altering our environment, evolving from communities of hunter-gatherers to the independent, metropolitan sophisticates that we see ourselves as today ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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  • Edward II's Nieces, The Clare Sisters

    Powerful Pawns of the Crown

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