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A Fistful of Shells - West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution by Toby Green
Category: History
By the time of the 'Scramble for Africa' in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for many centuries. Its gold had fuelled the economies of Europe and the Islamic world since around 1000 CE, and its sophisticated kingdoms had traded with Europeans along the coasts from ...Show more
Fistful of Shells - West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution A by Toby Green
Category: History
'A magisterial, extensive and fresh account of the history of West Africa that rewrites the region and its peoples back into World History, where they belong' Miranda Kaufmann, author of Black Tudors A groundbreaking new history that will transform our view of West Africa By the time of the 'Sc ...Show more
How to Snap Out of It by Green Toby
Category: Psychology
In this book, Toby Green shows us how to get relationships right. It is filled with her wise, bite-sized advice on everything from love, passion, commitment, marriage and parenthood to divorce, euthenasia and abusive relationships.
Inquisition by Toby Green
Category: History
Everybody has heard of the Inquisition. This was an institution that pursued heretics, philandering priests and sexual deviants in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America for a period of over 350 years, changing its focus with the times and enduring stubbornly into the 19th century. Today the word implie ...Show more
Inquisition : The reign of terror by Toby Green
Category: History
Everybody has heard of the Inquisition. It was an institution that pursued heretics, philandering priests and sexual deviants in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America for a period of over 350 years, changing its focus with the times and enduring stubbornly into the nineteenth century. Today the word im ...Show more
The Covid Consensus - The Global Assault on Democracy and the Poor?a Critique from the Left by Toby Green; Thomas Fazi
Category: Non-Fiction
During the first years of the pandemic, the Left agreed that "following the science" with hard lockdowns was the best way to preserve life. But social science reveals the true human cost of this policy. The Covid Consensus provides an internationalist-left perspective on the world's Covid-19 response, w ...Show more
The Covid Consensus: The New Politics of Global Inequality by Toby Green
Category: History
Why does Western pandemic policy have support across the political spectrum, when its social impacts conflict with ideology on both right and left?During the pandemic, the Left has agreed that 'following the science' with hard lockdowns is the best way to preserve life; only irresponsible right-wing pop ...Show more
Thomas More's Magician : A Novel account of Utopia in Mexico by Toby Green
Category: Travel Literature
A fascinating account of one man's attempt to create a real life Utopia In September 1532, eleven years after the Spanish conquest, Mexico is in meltdown. As the conquistadors discover an earthly paradise, its peoples and their Gods are destroyed. This is a time of greed, uncertainty - and idealism. D ...Show more
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