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  • The Great Divide

    Nature and Human Nature in the Old World and the New

    de Peter Watson ...
    This "ingenious work about the course of human history" examines why civilizations evolved so differently in the Americas and Eurasia ( Kirkus, starred review).By 15,000 BC, humans had migrated from northeastern Asia across the frozen Bering land bridge to the Americas. When the last Ice Age came to an end, the Bering Strait refilled with water, dividing America from Eurasia. This division ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Modern Mind

    An Intellectual History of the 20th Century

    de Peter Watson ...
    "Splendidly readable and hugely informative. . . . Episode after episode from the cultural life of the twentieth century springs to vivid life." — Boston GlobeFrom Freud to Babbitt, from Animal Farm to Sartre to the Great Society, from the Theory of Relativity to counterculture to Kosovo, The Modern Mind is encyclopedic, covering the major writers, artists, scientists, and philosophers who ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The German Genius

    Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century

    de Peter Watson ...
    A "compelling" history of German cultural and intellectual development from 1750 to the twentieth century ( Financial Times).From the end of the Baroque era and the death of Bach to the rise of Hitler, Germany was transformed from a poor relation among Western nations into a dominant intellectual and cultural force. By 1933, Germans had won more Nobel Prizes than the British and Americans combined ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Ideas

    A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud

    de Peter Watson ...
    The acclaimed author of The German Genius presents a sweeping intellectual historian of human civilization: "[An] extraordinary book" ( Sunday Telegraph, UK).In Ideas, Peter Watson has undertaken a hugely ambitious study, charting the evolution of human history from deep antiquity to the present day through the lens of intellectual development. Here is the grand story of human thought from the ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Queen's Witness

    A Mystery Where Three Worlds Collide in Violence

    de Peter Watson ...
    Queen’s Witness is a tense political thriller set on the edges of London’s criminal underworld that overlaps with Fleet Street and Westminster. After it appears that the government’s Witness Protection Programme has been broken, investigative journalist, Matthew Kent, is lured into making a dangerous error of judgment, when the ensuing spiral of violence and mystery threatens not only his life but ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Stones of Treason

    An Art-World Mystery

    de Peter Watson ...
    An art historian gets caught up in a deadly international standoff in this "inventive" political thriller ( The Guardian).What would happen if Greek extremists blackmailed Britain into returning ancient sculptures? And what if that blackmail involved not only Queen Elizabeth II, but also dark secrets about her uncle, the Duke of Windsor?When Edward Andover, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Memoirs of a Depraved Elderly Gentleman

    de Perry Striker ...
    Memoirs of a Depraved Elderly Gentleman is the autobiographical story of Perry Stroker, a world-renowned and ethically questionable neurosurgeon (now retired) and writer, that delves deep into his personal exploits with a variety of diverse and fascinating women. Sharing deeply private experiences and thoughts in such a public forum might be daunting to most, but Perry is rarely daunted, as made ... Leer más

    $4.36 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Madeleine's War

    A Novel

    de Peter Watson ...
    A compulsively readable blend of romance and drama based on actual events in Britain and France leading up to D-Day in 1944Matthew Hammond is a British military officer posted to the European theater during World War II. He sustained a serious injury on the front lines, so bad, in fact, that it cost him a lung. Now he is back in England, unable to fight, but he continues to serve his country by ... Leer más

    Antes $5.99 USD Ahora $4.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Nazi's Wife

    A Thriller

    de Peter Watson ...
    Stolen gold and forbidden love intertwine in this riveting novel set during the last days of the Third Reich by "a superb writer and a masterful storyteller" ( Houston Chronicle).Walter Wolff, an officer in the US Army's art recovery unit, has been assigned to track down a priceless collection of gold coins stolen from a monastery in Austria. General Eisenhower believes the treasure could be ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Landscape of Lies

    An Art-World Mystery

    de Peter Watson ...
    A mysterious painting holds the clues to a cache of priceless relics in this treasure hunt of "deepening suspense" à la The Da Vinci Code ( Library Journal).In financial trouble, Isobel Sadler considers selling a painting that's been in her family for generations. She can't imagine it's worth much . . . until someone tries to steal it.Mystified, Isobel turns to art dealer Michael Whiting for ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Vatican Vendetta

    An Art-World Mystery

    de Peter Watson ...
    An ambitious American pope makes powerful enemies—from the Italian Mafia to the US President—in this fascinating thriller that "could be next week's news" ( Daily Mail).What if the unused riches of the Catholic Church were called upon to combat global poverty?Following a tragic earthquake in Italy, Pope Thomas—the first American pontiff and a transformative leader—auctions off one of the Vatican's ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Madeleine’s War

    A Novel

    de Peter Watson ...
    Narrado por Gildart Jackson ...

    Completo

    14 hora 20 minutos

    A compulsively readable blend of romance and drama based on actual events in Britain and France leading up to D-day in 1944Matthew Hammond is a British military officer posted to the European theater during World War II. He sustained a serious injury on the front lines, so bad, in fact, that it cost him a lung. Now he is back in England, unable to fight, but he continues to serve his country by ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook