This scintillating narrative of spies and science shows how the atomic bomb was the unnecessary product of mistrust and deceit between America and Britain--resulting in a threat of nuclear war that st
Peter Watson's virtuoso sweep through modern German thought and culture, from 1750 to the present day, will challenge and confound both the stereotypes the world has of Germany and those that German
Comparing and contrasting the development of humankind in the “Old World” and the “New” between 15,000 B.C. and 1500 A.D., a cultural historian ponders a vast array of questions central to the human s
In this hugely ambitious and stimulating book, Peter Watson describes the history of ideas, from deep antiquity to the present day, leading to a new way of understanding our world and ourselves. The
The distinguished historian and author of The Medici Conspiracy examines atheism as a modern intellectual achievement that has motivated individuals to pursue invention and self-reliance, citing the a
A dazzling investigation into psychology, art and religion; the demise of capitalism; and the beginning of a new era.The closing months of 2008 saw the world's nations united in financial uncertainty.
A compulsively readable blend of romance and drama based on actual events in Britain and France leading up to D-Day in 1944Matthew Hammond is a British military officer posted to the European theater
