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  • Under a Metal Sky

    A Journey Through Minerals, Greed and Wonder

    par Philip Marsden ...
    Discover the wonders and perils of the earth’s precious metals—what they have offered us as humans, and how they’ve forever changed our relationship with the world around usThe ground beneath our feet is full of riches: the ocher that allowed prehistoric humans to paint on cave walls; the tin that drove the early Industrial Revolution; radium, the source of Marie Curie’s wonder; and lithium, the ... En savoir plus

    $29.59 CAD

  • The Crossing Place

    A Journey among the Armenians

    par Philip Marsden ...
    Ebook edition of Philip Marsden’s classic travel book, published to coincide with the centenary of the Armenian massacres.After centuries of prominence as a world power, Armenia has withstood every attempt during the 20th century to destroy it. With a name redolent both of dim antiquity and of a modern world and its tensions, the Armenians founded a civilization and underwent a diaspora that ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Spirit-Wrestlers (Text Only)

    par Philip Marsden ...
    From the acclaimed author of The Crossing Place and The Bronski House.In Moscow, a man points on a map to the place where he was born. He is a Doukhobor, a ‘spirit-wrestler’, a member of a group of radical Russian sectarians. He is pointing to a village beyond the southern steppe, at the far south of the old Russian empire: ‘I was born here,’ he says. ‘On the edge of the world.’So begins Philip ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Summer Isles

    A Voyage of the Imagination

    par Philip Marsden ...
    In an old wooden sloop, Philip Marsden plots a course north from his home in Cornwall. He is sailing for the Summer Isles, a small archipelago near the top of Scotland that holds for him a deep and personal significance. On the way, he must navigate the west coast of Ireland and the Inner Hebrides. Bearing the full force of the Atlantic, it is a seaboard which is also a mythical frontier, a place ... En savoir plus

    $16.29 CAD

  • The Bronski House (Text Only)

    par Philip Marsden ...
    A remarkable, multifaceted story made up of journal accounts, memories, conversations and personal experience, The Bronski House is a paean to Poland, a landmark in travel writing, and a family history – tied together by the unique experience of returning from exile.In the summer of 1992, accompanied by Philip Marsden, the exiled poet Zofia Hinska stepped into the Belorussian village where she had ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Sotto un cielo di metallo

    Un viaggio tra i minerali, l'avidità umana e le meraviglie del nostro pianeta

    par Philip Marsden ...
    Sotto un cielo di metallo è la storia di come nei secoli i metalli ci abbiano plasmato mentre noi li plasmavamo, asservendoli ai nostri bisogni, venerandoli come divinità, sfruttandoli fino all'esaurimento: rendendoli la cosa più preziosa che potessimo desiderare. Tutto inizia quasi per caso, con il primo umano che scopre una pietruzza luccicante. Oro, argento, rame, nichel, platino, aerolite: è ... En savoir plus

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  • The Barefoot Emperor

    An Ethiopian Tragedy

    par Philip Marsden ...
    A fascinating narrative excursion into a bizarre episode in 19th century Ethiopian and British imperial history, featuring a remote African despot and his monstrous European-built gun.Towards the end of 1867, Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia burnt his own capital, took his vast mortar – named 'Sevastopol' – and began a retreat to the mountain stronghold of Mekdala. For months thousands of his ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

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    A History of Britain through its Geology

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  • The Roads To Rome

    A Journey into Europe's past

    **Brimming with life and drama, this is a magnificent journey into two thousand years of history, from the acclaimed historian of Europe'Epic and witty'** Observer'Erudite, entertaining' Helena Attlee'Charming' *Wall Street Journal**'***Delightful and authoritative' Judith Herrin'Compelling...enjoyable' Financial Times**'**All roads lead to Rome.' It's ... ... En savoir plus

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  • The Draw of the Sea

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  • The Golden Road

    How Ancient India Transformed the World

    **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERWinner of the Mark Lynton History Prize 2026 * A Kirkus Reviews Best History Book of 2025 * A Library Journal Best Book of the Year * An NPR Book We Loved This YearThe instant New York Times bestseller and international sensation-a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia's underappreciated role in producing the world as we know ... En savoir plus

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  • Alexandria

    The City that Changed the World: 'Monumental' – Daily Telegraph

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    'Fascinating and important' Natalie Haynes, author of Stone Blind 'Monumental and vividly imagined' Daily Telegraph 'Wonderfully entertaining' Sunday TimesA SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAROn a sparsely populated Egyptian coastline, Alexander the Great sketched his vision of a metropolis into the sand. Situated on the cusp of three continents, it... ... En savoir plus

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