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  • The Economist Quiz Book

    60 Brain Teasers for Inquisitive Minds

    de Tom Standage ...
    Calling all problem-solvers drawn to the smart, quirky and counter-intuitive.Challenge yourself to join the dots, get your facts straight and sort the genuine from the fake in this puzzle book inspired by the sharpest brains at The Economist.Do stocks with catchy names outperform the market? Is Bohemian Rhapsody really longer than Hey Jude? And can geopolitics affect the popularity of dog breeds? ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • A History of the World in 6 Glasses

    de Tom Standage ...
    New York Times Bestseller * The inspiration for the TV series starring Dan Aykroyd“There aren't many books this entertaining that also provide a cogent crash course in ancient, classical and modern history.” -Los Angeles TimesBeer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola: In Tom Standage's deft, innovative account of world history, these six beverages turn out to be much more than just ways to ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • An Edible History of Humanity

    de Tom Standage ...
    The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses charts an enlightening history of humanity through the foods we eat.Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. An Edible History of Humanity is ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Una storia commestibile dell'umanità

    de Tom Standage ...
    Traducido por Bourlot S. ...
    Nel corso dei secoli il cibo ha rappresentato per l'uomo molto più che un semplice mezzo di sostentamento. E stato di volta in volta la causa di cambiamenti epocali (l'agricoltura è di fatto l'invenzione umana che ha permesso la nascita della civiltà moderna), strumento di potere, apripista delle prime reti commerciali globali, collante tra le società, arma ideologica e causa di conflitti. La sua ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    A History of the World in 6 Glasses

    de Tom Standage ...
    Narrado por Sean Runnette ...

    Completo

    7 hora 34 minutos

    Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming the defining drink during a pivotal historical period.A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century through ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • A Brief History of Motion

    From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next

    de Tom Standage ...
    From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, an eye-opening road trip through 5,500 years of humans on the go, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization.Hailed for their "colorful, smooth, and wonderfully engaging" writing (Smithsonian), Tom Standage's fleet-footed and surprising global histories have delighted readers and cemented his reputation as one of ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Victorian Internet

    The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

    de Tom Standage ...
    A new edition of the first book by the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses-the fascinating story of the telegraph, the world's first "Internet," which revolutionized the nineteenth century even more than the Internet has the twentieth and twenty first.The Victorian Internet tells the colorful story of the telegraph's creation and remarkable impact, and of the visionaries, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • L'histoire du monde en six verres

    de Tom Standage ...
    Depuis la nuit des temps, certaines boissons ont fait bien plus qu’étancher nos soifs. Six d’entre elles ont même eu un impact considérable sur le cours de notre histoire.Écrit avec beaucoup d’esprit, et fort documenté, L’Histoire du monde en six verres raconte l’évolution de l’humanité, de la préhistoire au xxe siècle, à travers la bière, le vin, les liqueurs, le café, le thé et le Coca-Cola. ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Oddly Informative

    Matters of fact that amaze and delight

    de Tom Standage ...
    The more we ponder, the odder the world can seem.How do footballers get their shirt numbers?Why does having daughters make couples more likely to divorce?How do you move a horse from one country to another?What counts as a journey into space?The keen minds at The Economist contemplate all these questions and more in their quest for the globe's most extraordinary quandaries and conund... ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Writing on the Wall

    Social Media—The First Two Thousand Years

    de Tom Standage ...
    From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, the story of social media from ancient Rome to the Arab Spring and beyond.Social media is anything but a new phenomenon. From the papyrus letters that Cicero and other Roman statesmen used to exchange news, to the hand-printed tracts of the Reformation and the pamphlets that spread propaganda during the American and French ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Audiolibro

    A Brief History of Motion

    From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next

    de Tom Standage ...
    Narrado por Liam Gerrard ...

    Completo

    8 hora 19 minutos

    Tom Standage's fleet-footed and surprising global histories have delighted fans and sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Now, he returns with a provocative account of an overlooked form of technology-personal transportation-and explores how it has shaped societies and cultures over millennia.Beginning around 3,500 BCE with the wheel—a device that didn't catch on until a couple thousand years ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Audiolibro

    An Edible History of Humanity

    de Tom Standage ...
    Narrado por George K. Wilson ...

    Completo

    10 hora 2 minutos

    Throughout history, food has acted as a catalyst of social change, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict, and economic expansion. An Edible History of Humanity is a pithy, entertaining account of how a series of changes—caused, enabled, or influenced by food—has helped to shape and transform societies around the world.The first civilizations ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook