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    Why The West Rules - For Now: The Patterns of History and what they reveal about the Future

    Ian Morris

    Why does the West rule? Eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing uniquely on 15,000 years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social science.

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    Wonderful Words That Tell a Tale

    Tom Read Wilson

    Wonderful Words to Tell a Tale is a treasure-trove of stories within stories within stories, all rooted in the fascinating history of where our language came from.

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    Microdosing

    Ian Morris

    Discover the science behind microdosing and explore its potential therapeutic benefits as well as the controversies and risks associated with this practice in Microdosing: The Science and Controversy of Psychedelic…

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    Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History

    Ian Morris

    The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future.

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    We Are Family

    Oliver Sykes

    Meet six kids and their amazing, single super-Dad

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    Wonderful Words That Tell a Tale

    Tom Read Wilson

    Wonderful Words to Tell a Tale is a treasure-trove of stories within stories within stories, all rooted in the fascinating history of where our language came from.

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    Bodymore Zero

    Ian Kirkpatrick, M M Morris

    You Don't Invite the Devil in by Chance; You Must Play with Intent.

    Taking place ten years before the events of Bleed More, Bodymore, Ralph Reagan is the drummer for…

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    The Physiological Ecology of Phytoplankton

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    Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History

    Ian Morris

    The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future.

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    When Bad Things Happen to Rich People

    Ian Morris

    Set in Chicago, this title features Nix, a college instructor whose novel has flopped. Although he and his pregnant wife are struggling financially, their fortunes change when Nix is asked…

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    The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations

    Ian Morris

    In the last thirty years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the West became so powerful. This book presents a way of investigating these questions…

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    Simple Machines: A Novel

    Ian Morris

    Simple Machines is a novel of passage - of myth and unexpected consequence - set in Wisconsin during one year in the life of Tomas Zimmermann.

    Tomas lives in an…

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    Teaching Happiness and Well-Being in Schools, Second edition: Learning To Ride Elephants

    Ian Morris

    There has been an explosion of interest in positive psychology and the teaching of well-being and ‘happiness’ in PSHE in schools. This title presents an introduction to the theory of…

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    The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations

    Ian Morris

    Over the years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the West became so powerful. Using a numerical index of social development that compares societies in…

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    Classical Greece: Ancient Histories and Modern Archaeologies

    The archaeology of Greece developed in the shadow of Greek historical scholarship, and classical archaeology has become something of a backwater. The contributors to this volume review the history of…

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    Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State

    Ian Morris

    This study of the changing relationships between burial rituals and social structure in Early Iron Age Greece draws upon the ancient literary evidence and the relevant historical and anthropological comparisons…

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    Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World: A 10,000-Year History

    Ian Morris

    In the wake of Brexit, Ian Morris chronicles the eight-thousand-year history of Britain’s relationship to Europe as it has changed in the context of a globalizing world –

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    Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World: A 10,000-Year History

    Ian Morris

    "In the wake of Brexit, Ian Morris chronicles the eight-thousand-year history of Britain's relationship to Europe as it has changed in the context of a globalizing world"--Provided by publisher.

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    War: What is it good for?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots

    Ian Morris

    A bold and controversial rethinking of the role of war in human history and how it will shape our future, sure to provoke debate, from the bestselling author of Why…

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    Archaeology as Cultural History

    Ian Morris

    * Crosses the boundaries between history, classical studies and archaeology. * Shows students and scholars of archaeology what they can learn from text–aided cultural history.

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    Themistocles: Defender of Greece

    Ian Morris

    Themistocles was an Athenian political leader and naval commander whose defeat of the invading Persian navy at Salamis in 480 BC preserved the independence of the Greek city-states and their…

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    Themistocles: Defender of Greece

    Ian Morris

    Themistocles was an Athenian political leader and naval commander whose defeat of the invading Persian navy at Salamis in 480 BC preserved the independence of the Greek city-states and their…

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    Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State

    Ian Morris (Stanford University California)

    This study explores the relationship between burial rituals and social structures in Early Iron Age Greece.

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    Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity

    Ian Morris (Stanford University, California)

    In this innovative book Dr Morris seeks to show the many ways in which the excavated remains of burials can and should be a major source of evidence for social…

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    Why the West Rules–For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future

    Ian Morris (Stanford University California)

    Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.

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    The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models

    Historians and archaeologists normally assume that the economies of ancient Greece and Rome between about 1000 BC and AD 500 were distinct from those of Egypt and the Near East…

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    The Library Book

    Gabby Dawnay

    Our protagonist Zach develops a love of reading thanks to the stubborn efforts of his friend Ro, who reveals the imaginative power of books.

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    The Dynamics of Ancient Empires: State Power from Assyria to Byzantium

    Greek and Roman empires have largely been studied in isolation from those of the Near East. This volume is designed to encourage dialogue across disciplinary boundaries by examining the fundamental…

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    The Library Book

    Gabby Dawnay

    Zach isn’t convinced that books are for him and he would rather watch TV. But thanks to his friend Ro’s stubborn efforts, Zach falls for books hook, line and sinker…

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    The Dynamics of Ancient Empires: State Power from Assyria to Byzantium

    Greek and Roman empires have largely been studied in isolation from those of the Near East. This volume is designed to encourage dialogue across disciplinary boundaries by examining the fundamental…

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    The Little Magazine in Contemporary America

    Gathering together the reflections of twenty-three prominent little magazine editors whose literary journals have flourished over the past thirty-five years, this book highlights the creativity behind this medium, and the…

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    The Little Magazine in Contemporary America

    Gathering together the reflections of twenty-three prominent little magazine editors whose literary journals have flourished over the past thirty-five years, this book highlights the creativity and innovation behind this medium…

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    Leonidas: Hero of Thermopylae

    Ian MacGregor Morris

    A moving biography, this book details the life of Leonidas, the Spartan king who sacrificed himself and his personal bodyguard of 300 men in 480 BC to delay the invasion…

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    William Morris and the Icelandic Sagas

    Ian Felce

    An examination of how greatly the sagas and other literature of Iceland shaped the poems of William Morris.

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    Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State

    Ian Morris (Stanford University California)

    This study explores the relationship between burial rituals and social structures in Early Iron Age Greece.

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    A New Companion to Homer

    Ian Morris,Barry B. Powell

    This volume is an English-language survey of Homeric studies. Thirty scholars from Europe and America provide overviews of the state of knowledge and current controversies in specialist divisions in Homeric…

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    A New Companion to Homer

    Ian Morris,Barry B. Powell

    Now available in paperback for the very first time, this classic volume remains the standard handbook for Homer studies.

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    Every Word Tells a Story

    Tom Read Wilson

    In Every Word Tells a Story, each fascinating word is explored through a quirky, amusing story alongside the extraordinary etymology, word origin, and a definition.

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    Every Word Tells a Story

    Tom Read Wilson

    In Every Word Tells a Story, each fascinating word is explored through a quirky, amusing story alongside the extraordinary etymology, word origin and a definition.

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    What am I?

    Kerry Kitzelman,Steve Parish,Ian Morris

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    Teaching Character in the Primary Classroom

    Tom Harrison,Ian Morris,John Ryan

    A practical guide on how to to teach Character in primary schools, exploring why character matters. Coverage includes the implications of character beyond the classroom and how outdoor learning and…

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