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Armada - The Spanish Enterprise and Englands Deliverance In 1588 by Colin Martin; Geoffrey Parker
Category: History
The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revisedIn July 1588 the Spanish Armada sailed from Corunna to conquer England. Three weeks later an English fireship attack in the Channel--and then a fierce naval battle--foiled the planned invasion. Many myths still surround ...Show more
Emperor - A New Life of Charles V by Geoffrey Parker
Category: History
The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, togethe ...Show more
Emperor - A New Life of Charles V by Geoffrey Parker
Category: History
Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the World's first transatlantic empire
Empire, War and Faith in Early Modern Europe by Geoffrey Parker
Category: History
In this brilliant and provocative study, renowned historian Geoffrey Parker traces the rise and fall of global empires, the impact of mass warfare and limits to religious growth in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. He ranges from the dramatic rise and fall of Philip II's Spanish superpower to W ...Show more
Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century by Geoffrey Parker
Category: History
Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides, government collapses - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were unprecedented in both frequency and extent. The effects of what historians call the "General Crisis" extended from England to Japan, from the Russian Empire to sub-Sahara ...Show more
Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century by Geoffrey Parker
Category: History
An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change First published in 2013, Geoffrey Parker's prize-winning best seller Global Crisis analyzes the unprecedented calamities-revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, and re ...Show more
Global CrisisWar, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century by Geoffrey Parker
Category: History
"Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonizingly widespread. A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and South America, too, suff ...Show more
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Platforms and Ecosystems by Harvard Business Review; Marco Iansiti; Karim R. Lakhani; Marshall W. Van Alstyne; Geoffrey G. Parker
Category: Business | Series: HBR's 10 Must Reads Ser.
Help your company adapt to the new rules of competition. If you read nothing else on creating value with business platforms and ecosystems, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you reap the rewards of mult ...Show more
Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II by Geoffrey Parker
Category: Biography Memoir
Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married Mary Tudor and later launched the Spanish Armada against her sister Elizabeth I. This compelling biography of the most powerful European monarch of his day begins wi ...Show more