In this concise, lucid and entertaining book, with more than forty maps and illustrations, acclaimed historian John Hirst explores the qualities that have made Europe a world-changing civilisation.

Beginning with a rapid historical overview from the ancient Greeks to the present day (the ‘shortest history’ itself), Hirst goes on to examine what makes Europe unique: its political evolution; the shaping influence of its linguistic boundaries; the crucial role played by power struggles betwe...

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Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep.Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health. Compared to the other basic drives i...

'This is a miracle of a book' George Lamming'Compelling. Stuart Hall's story is the story of an age' Owen Jones 'Sometimes I feel I was the last colonial'This is the story, in his own words, of the extraordinary life of Stuart Hall: writer, thinker and one of the leading intellectual lights of his age. Growing up in a middle-class family in 1930s Jamaica, then still a British colony, Hall found himself caught between two worlds: the stiflingly respectable middle class in Kingston, who, in the...

This fully updated study guide offers complete coverage of every topic on the latest version of the SSCP examThis thoroughly revised guide offers complete coverage of all the material on the Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) exam. Written by a leading IT security certification and training expert, this authoritative resource addresses all seven SSCP domains as developed by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2 (R), including updated exam o...

Now in its fifth edition, Housecroft & Sharpe's Inorganic Chemistry, continues to provide an engaging, clear and comprehensive introduction to core physical-inorganic principles. This widely respected and internationally renowned textbook introduces the descriptive chemistry of the elements and the role played by inorganic chemistry in our everyday lives. The stunning full-colour design has been further enhanced for this edition with an abundance of three-dimensional molecular and protein...

Business Partner is an eight-level business English course that teaches real-world language and business skills.

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Getting Down to the Business of Teaching Economics. Where economics gets down to business.

Created specifically for the economics course as taught in business schools, Economic Principles: A Business Perspective covers the fundamentals of economics in the context of today’s globalized business world, with strong examples, integrated technology, and practical pedagogy. Integrated business and policy briefs, in-depth case studies, chapter-ending business applications, thoroughly explained gra...