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A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia (vol. 1): Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire by David Christian
Category: History | Series: Blackwell History of the World Ser.
This is a history of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia from the time of the first inhabitants of the region up to the break up of the Mongol Empire in 1260AD.
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain - Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum and Smart Contracts by David Gerard; Karen Boyd (Photographer); Ben Gutzler (Photographer); Christian Wagner (Introduction by)
Category: Business
"A sober riposte to all the upbeat forecasts about cryptocurrency" - New York Review of Books "A very convincing takedown of the whole phenomenon" - BBC News An experimental new Internet-based form of money is created that anyone can generate at home; people build frightening firetrap computers full of ...Show more
Big History: Between Nothing and Everything by David Christian
Category: Education
Big History: Between Nothing and Everything surveys the past not just of humanity, or even of planet Earth, but of the entire universe. In reading this book instructors and students will retrace a voyage that began 13.7 billion years ago with the Big Bang and the appearance of the universe. Big history ...Show more
DJ BBQ's Backyard Baking - 60 Awesome Recipes for Baking over Live Fire by Christian Stevenson; Chris Taylor; David Wright
Category: Food and Drink
Backyard Baking will take your live fire skills and backyard set-up to the next level, covering everything you ever wanted to know about baking on your BBQ. The standard kettle BBQ is essentially an oven, so why not use it to its potential and get baking? Bake the best ever brioche buns so you can make ...Show more
Future Stories: A user's guide to the future by David Christian
Category: History
Big History professor and bestselling author of Origin Story tells you everything you need to know about the future in this ambitious, interdisciplinary book, taking in history, philosophy, theology, physics, biology, chemistry and, of course, futurology...Every second of our lives - whether we're looki ...Show more
Future Stories: A user's guide to the future by David Christian
Category: Science
'I have long been a fan of David Christian' - Bill Gates A user's guide to the future from the algorithms in DNA to why time is like a cocktail glass, interstellar migrations, transhumanism, the fate of the galaxy, and the last black hole Every second of our lives - whether we're looking both ways befor ...Show more
Illusions - The Art of Magic - Posters from the Golden Age of Magic by Christian Vachon; Suzanne Sauvage (Editor); Jacques Ayroles; David Ben (Text by); Ersy Contogouris (Text by); Kevin Grace (Text by); Giusy Pisano (Text by); Katharina Rein (Text by)
Category: Design
During the Golden Age of Magic--the 1880s to the 1940s--magicians and prestidigitators fought a veritable advertising war. In the United States, Canada, and Europe, city walls were plastered with posters offering tantalizing previews of magician's most spectacular tricks. Poster designers and printers w ...Show more
Kazuo Shinohara: the Umbrella House Project by Kazuo Shinohara; Christian Dehli (Editor); Andrea Grolimund (Editor); Ryue Nishizawa (Text by); Shin-ichi Okuyama (Text by); David B. Stewart (Text by)
Category: Architecture
The story of Shinohara's exquisite modernist gem, a residential home drawing on Japanese vernacular and religious architecture. Built in Tokyo in 1961, the Umbrella House is the smallest residential home created by Japanese architect and mathematician Kazuo Shinohara. More than 60 years later, a strok ...Show more
Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History by David Christian
Category: History | Series: California World History Library
An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arriv ...Show more
Ode to Travel by Patrick Trefz; Jim Denevan; David Kinch; Christian Beamish
Category: Travel
Acclaimed chef, surfer, and photographer Patrick Trefz features in his third powerHouse title scours the globe to home in on spots offering tasty visuals of innovative local dishes, supreme surfing nooks, and camaraderie with fellow chef surfers. Includes three dozen regional recipes.
Origin Story: A Big History Of Everything by David Christian
Category: History | Series: Australian
How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction?Big History creator David Christian gives the answers ...Show more
Origin Story - A Big History of Everything by David Christian
Category: Science
How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction? Big History creator David Christian gives the answe ...Show more