Sweeping in scope, Civilization is the story of the western world from its origins to the present. It ends with an assessment of civilization’s current state in light of its past, and an indication of how it might go about the task of renewing itself.From the Hardcover edition.

Civilization

History

OSBORNE, Roger

World

Vintage Books

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The Deprat Affair

Biographies & Memoirs

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Lucrecia was a nineteen-year old Madrilena when, in 1587, her dreams began to be recorded and published by a disaffected group of clerics. Over the next three years they transcribed 400 of Lucrecia's dreams which they considered to be messages from God. The dreams warned of the defeat of the Armada, of the death of King Philip II, of the fall of Spain and of a new beginning under a new king--all told in bold and highly original visions. The Dreamer of the Calle de San Salvador produces 35 of Lucrecia's most captivating dreams. This pioneering work shows us what history is like seen from the inside out.

Dreamer Of Calle San Salvador

Americas

Civilization: A New History of the Western World

Pegasus Books

Of the People, By the People: A New History of Democracy

'Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.'Churchill had more reason than most to rue the power of democracy, having been thrown out of office after leading Britain to victory in 1945. Democracy, when viewed from above, has always been a fickle master; from below it is a powerful but fragile friend.Most books on democracy focus on political theory and analysis, in a futile attempt to define democracy. For Of the People, By the People takes the opposite approach, telling the stories of the different democracies that have come into existence during the past two and half millennia. From Athens to Rhaetia, Jamestown to Delhi, and Putney to Pretoria, the book shows how democratic systems are always a reflection of the culture and history of their birthplaces, and come about through seizing fleeting opportunities. Democracy can only be understood through the fascinating and inspiring stories of the peoples who fought to bring it about.The book raises profound questions about whether democracy is the engine of prosperity, or a luxury that only the prosperous can afford; and whether its assumption that good government arises from mass participation is an illusion. By giving the individual histories of different democracies, the book shows that real and lasting democracy always arises from beneath, and needs a process of never-ending communal creativity to sustain itself.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Bodley Head

Lucrecia was a 19-year-old Madrilena when, in 1587, her dreams began to be recorded and published by a disaffected group of clerics. Over the next three years, they transcribed 400 of Lucrecia’s dreams, which they considered to be messages from God. The dreams warned of the defeat of the Armada, the death of King Philip II, the fall of Spain, and a new beginning under a new king. As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order. This book includes 35 of Lucrecia’s most captivating dreams. The inventiveness of these visions are astonishing, while the stories that they tell are compelling and of immense historical interest. Roger Osborne weaves a commentary around each dream, which helps us to understand Lucrecia’s visions and the extraordinary time and place she inhabited.

The Dreamer of the Calle de San Salvador: Visions of Sedition and Sacrilege in Sixteenth-Century Spain

Gripping detective story, fascinating social history, and intense human drama, The Deprat Affair recreates the hothouse atmosphere of colonial Indo-China in the early 20th century. Among its bitter rivalries, its nepotism, and favors, how are we to disentangle the scientific, the moral, and the legal truths of the affair? En route to a golden future as one of France’s greatest geologists, Jacques Deprat is suddenly accused of fraud and plunged into a desperate fight to save his reputation. Thrown out of the science to which he has given everything, he reinvents himself, changes his name, and begins not one, but two fascinating liveseach as extraordinary and colorful as the one left behind. Innocent or guilty, Jacques Deprat is an astonishing figure, whose capacity to overcome international disgrace and the dissolution of his dreams makes an amazing and captivating story.

The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China

The Floating Egg begins with the search for an alchemist’s secret and ends with the re-imagination of a past world. Each chapter is connected to a particular corner of northeast England, and each explores the uncertain line where myth is dissolved into science and belief gives way to knowledge. For example, one episode shows how the fall of Constantinople converted the common rock of the Yorkshire cliffs into a source of extraordinary wealth and power, and how this, in turn, uncovered the inhabitants of a succession of past worlds. The stories move from documentary accounts to fictional recreations of historic events, from contemporary writings and illustrations to present-day reflection. By using different ways of describing the world of scientific endeavor, the author has produced a fascinating, visually beautiful, and highly entertaining book that allows us to witness the birth of a new science—geology.

The Floating Egg: Episodes in the Making of Geology

Literature & Fiction

Pimlico

Sweeping in scope, Civilization is the story of the western world from its origins to the present. It ends with an assessment of civilization’s current state in light of its past, and an indication of how it might go about the task of renewing itself. From the Hardcover edition.

Europe

The first "NME" album charts were dominated by soundtracks from musicals such as "Porgy and Bess" and "West Side Story", but the later ones demonstrate how the rock 'n' roll generation became consumers with large amounts of disposable income. Illustrated with over 150 photographs, this book shows how listening habits have changed over the years by presenting complete "NME" album-chart listings from 1963, when the first one was published.

Thirty Years of "NME" Albums Charts

Reference

Pan/Macmillan

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Civilization

The Deprat Affair

Dreamer Of Calle San Salvador

Civilization: A New History of the Western World

Of the People, By the People: A New History of Democracy

The Dreamer of the Calle de San Salvador: Visions of Sedition and Sacrilege in Sixteenth-Century Spain

The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China

The Floating Egg: Episodes in the Making of Geology

Civilization: A New History of the Western World

Thirty Years of "NME" Albums Charts