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Dead Famous

An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen

de Greg Jenner ...

'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian'A fascinating, rollicking book in search of why, where and how fame strikes. Sit back and enjoy the ride.' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'[An] engaging and well-researched book... Jenner brings his material to vivid life' ObserverCelebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as ... Leer más

$5.99 USD

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'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian'A fascinating, rollicking book in search of why, where and how fame strikes. Sit back and enjoy the ride.' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'[An] engaging and well-researched book... Jenner brings his material to vivid life' ObserverCelebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as
... Leer más

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Ask A Historian

50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

de Greg Jenner ...

'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through ... Leer más

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'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through
... Leer más

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A Million Years in a Day

A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone Age

de Greg Jenner ...

"For those fascinated by odd bits of historical trivia and the evolution of modern-day life . . . an entertaining, informative and highly detailed read." ― Shelf Awareness (starred review)Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock?Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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"For those fascinated by odd bits of historical trivia and the evolution of modern-day life . . . an entertaining, informative and highly detailed read." ― Shelf Awareness (starred review)Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock?Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us
... Leer más

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Neues von vorgestern

Die ganze Geschichte der alltäglichen Dinge

de Greg Jenner ...

Seit wann schlafen Menschen eigentlich in einem Bett? Wer hat das Zähneputzen erfunden, und wer hat sich überhaupt "Arbeit" ausgedacht? TV-Historiker Greg Jenner, Englands populärster Geschichts-Erklärer nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise in die Geschichte unseres Alltags. Wir begleiten seinen Protagonisten vom Aufstehen ins Bad und zur Arbeit; wir sitzen mit am Tisch, wenn er isst und telefoniert, und ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Seit wann schlafen Menschen eigentlich in einem Bett? Wer hat das Zähneputzen erfunden, und wer hat sich überhaupt "Arbeit" ausgedacht? TV-Historiker Greg Jenner, Englands populärster Geschichts-Erklärer nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise in die Geschichte unseres Alltags. Wir begleiten seinen Protagonisten vom Aufstehen ins Bad und zur Arbeit; wir sitzen mit am Tisch, wenn er isst und telefoniert, und
... Leer más
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Ask A Historian

50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

de Greg Jenner ...

Narrado por Greg Jenner, Dan Schreiber, Janina Ramirez, Shappi Khorsandi ...

Completo

11 hora 4 minutos

'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through
... Leer más

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Dead Famous

An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen

de Greg Jenner ...

Narrado por Greg Jenner ...

Completo

12 hora 45 minutos

Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling, titillating, and outraging us for much longer than we might realize. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron, whose poetry sent female fans into an erotic frenzy; or the cheetah-owning, coffin-sleeping, one-legged French actress Sarah Bernhardt, who launched a violent feud ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling, titillating, and outraging us for much longer than we might realize. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron, whose poetry sent female fans into an erotic frenzy; or the cheetah-owning, coffin-sleeping, one-legged French actress Sarah Bernhardt, who launched a violent feud
... Leer más

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A Million Years in a Day

A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age

de Greg Jenner ...

Narrado por Matthew Lloyd Davies ...

Completo

11 hora 25 minutos

Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old.Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old.Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the
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Past Forward: A Century of Sound

A BBC Radio 4 history series

de Greg Jenner ...

Narrado por Greg Jenner, Stephen Fry, Naomi Alderman, Martin Johnes, David Vincent, Rob Evans, Kitty Hart-Moxon, Joe Moran, Geoff Dyer, Sathnam Sanghera0 ...

Completo

4 hora 35 minutos

A funny, fascinating and personal look at 100 years of history in the BBC archivesHistorian Greg Jenner uses a random date generator to visit somewhere in the BBC's vast archives of remarkable sound clips from the last 100 years. Using that clip as a jumping-off point to explore what has changed between then and now, Greg talks to experts and those connected to the archived people, places, and ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

A funny, fascinating and personal look at 100 years of history in the BBC archivesHistorian Greg Jenner uses a random date generator to visit somewhere in the BBC's vast archives of remarkable sound clips from the last 100 years. Using that clip as a jumping-off point to explore what has changed between then and now, Greg talks to experts and those connected to the archived people, places, and
... Leer más

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Mortal Monarchs

1000 Years of Royal Deaths

de Suzie Edge ...

Narrado por Suzie Edge ...

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7 hora 47 minutos

A humorous deep-dive into the varied - and oft-gruesome - deaths of the King and Queens of England and Scotland.How the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to uncover the plots, accusations, rivalries, ... Leer más

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A humorous deep-dive into the varied - and oft-gruesome - deaths of the King and Queens of England and Scotland.How the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to uncover the plots, accusations, rivalries,
... Leer más

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The Delusions Of Crowds

Why People Go Mad in Groups

de William J. Bernstein ...

Narrado por Tom Parks ...

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17 hora 19 minutos

Inspired by Charles Mackay's 19th-century classic Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Bernstein engages with mass delusion with the same curiosity and passion, but armed with the latest scientific research that explains the biological, evolutionary, and psychosocial roots of human irrationality. Bernstein tells the stories of dramatic religious and financial mania ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

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Inspired by Charles Mackay's 19th-century classic Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Bernstein engages with mass delusion with the same curiosity and passion, but armed with the latest scientific research that explains the biological, evolutionary, and psychosocial roots of human irrationality. Bernstein tells the stories of dramatic religious and financial mania
... Leer más

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Invention and Innovation

A Brief History of Hype and Failure

de Vaclav Smil ...

Narrado por Tim Fannon ...

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7 hora 56 minutos

The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of invention.Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises of new inventions ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of invention.Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises of new inventions
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Miracles on the Water

The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack

de Tom Nagorski ...

Narrado por Graeme Malcolm ...

Completo

12 hora 33 minutos

An unforgettable story of children in wartime, of heroism at sea, and--above all--of courage and the power of the human spirit.On September 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, but the ship's prized passengers were 90 children whose parents had elected to send their ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

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An unforgettable story of children in wartime, of heroism at sea, and--above all--of courage and the power of the human spirit.On September 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, but the ship's prized passengers were 90 children whose parents had elected to send their
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