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  • The Judge: Part 2

    par Ian Morris ...
    In the addictive sequel to The Judge: Part 1, the deadly game of cat and mouse continues for the protagonist, Peter Ritchie before drawing to a revealing and haunting close. We are again transported to London in the nineties, where Peter Ritchie’s list of suspects for the murder of prostitute Bobby Black is getting shorter and shorter. Due to his involvement with the case, Ritchie now finds ... En savoir plus

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  • The Judge: Part 1

    par Ian Morris ...
    Collections Livre 1 - The Judge
    Peter Ritchie is just an ordinary solicitor, with an ordinary (if slightly shambolic) life, until the day his client, a male prostitute called Bobby Black dies suddenly when a kinky trick goes wrong. Bobby has been brutally murdered, and someone had tried to cover it up. But who, and why?Peter cannot rest until he knows the truth. And so begins a rollercoaster ride for him and his on-off ... En savoir plus

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  • Why the West Rules - For Now

    The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future

    par Ian Morris ...
    Why does the West rule? In this magnum opus, eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing on 50,000 years of history, archeology, and the methods of social science, to make sense of when, how, and why the paths of development differed in the East and West — and what this portends for the 21st century.There are two broad schools of thought on why the West rules. ... En savoir plus

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  • The Little Magazine in Contemporary America

    Modifié par Ian Morris, Joanne Diaz ...
    Little magazines have often showcased the best new writing in America. Historically, these idiosyncratic, small-circulation outlets have served the dual functions of representing the avant-garde of literary expression while also helping many emerging writers become established authors. Although changing technology and the increasingly harsh financial realities of publishing over the past three ... En savoir plus

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  • The Measure of Civilization

    How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations

    par Ian Morris ...
    In the last thirty years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the West became so powerful. The Measure of Civilization presents a brand-new way of investigating these questions and provides new tools for assessing the long-term growth of societies. Using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares societies in different times and places, ... En savoir plus

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  • War! What Is It Good For?

    Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots

    par Ian Morris ...
    A powerful and provocative exploration of how war has changed our society—for the better."War!. . . . / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing," says the famous song—but archaeology, history, and biology show that war in fact has been good for something. Surprising as it sounds, war has made humanity safer and richer.In War! What Is It Good For?, the renowned historian and archaeologist Ian ... En savoir plus

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  • Het lot van een eilandenrijk

    Hoe de geografie de geschiedenis van Groot-Brittannië al 10.000 jaar bepaalt

    par Ian Morris ...
    Een historische kijk op de rol van het Verenigd Koninkrijk in Europa en de wereld na de Brexit'Om de brexit écht te kunnen begrijpen moeten we ver teruggaan in de tijd, meent de Britse historicus Ian Morris. Het lot van een eilandenrijk is een knap in elkaar gevlochten snelcursus Britse geschiedenis.' FDToen Groot-Brittannië in 2016 voor een vertrek uit de Europese Unie stemde, beschuldigden voor- ... En savoir plus

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  • All The Way To Drumkinnon Bay

    The muse is not ordinary and neither is the poetry. Placing the everyday Scottish urban life in a cinematic context and where they meet is a sweet spot indeed.Ian has come back to his hometown, he has changed and so has the town. These intersections inform the narrative, supported by gorgeous images and backstories that still leave plenty for the reader's imagination.You don't have to know the ... En savoir plus

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  • When Bad Things Happen to Rich People

    par Ian Morris ...
    Collections series Switchgrass Books
    When Bad Things Happen to Rich People is a novel of social satire, a black comedy set in Chicago in the summer of 1995. The novel's protagonist, Nix Walters, is an adjunct instructor of English at a communications college in the loop with few prospects for advancement. He had become a literary punch line when his novel, touted as the next big literary phenomenon, was universally panned by critics. ... En savoir plus

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  • Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels

    How Human Values Evolve

    Collections series The University Center for Human Values Series
    The best-selling author of Why the West Rules—for Now examines the evolution and future of human valuesMost people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the nineteenth century thought just the opposite. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, biology, and history, Ian ... En savoir plus

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  • Geography Is Destiny

    Britain and the World: A 10,000-Year History

    par Ian Morris ...
    In the wake of Brexit, Ian Morris chronicles the ten-thousand-year history of Britain's relationship to Europe as it has changed in the context of a globalizing world.When Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016, the 48 percent who wanted to stay and the 52 percent who wanted to go each accused the other of stupidity, fraud, and treason. In reality, the Brexit debate merely reran a ... En savoir plus

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  • The Dynamics of Ancient Empires

    State Power from Assyria to Byzantium

    Collections series Oxford Studies in Early Empires
    The world's first known empires took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, beginning around 2350 BCE. The next 2,500 years witnessed sustained imperial growth, bringing a growing share of humanity under the control of ever-fewer states. Two thousand years ago, just four major powers--the Roman, Parthian, Kushan, and Han empires--ruled ... En savoir plus

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