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Paradise of Thorns, a new William Collins book, full description to follow when available...

Lured by the promise of sudden wealth, strategic defense, or free real estate, we have established cities in scorching deserts, atop active supervolcanoes, and along sinking river deltas. To maintain these metropolises, we’ve constructed elaborate engineering marvels—from mountain-piercing...

Lured by the promise of sudden wealth, strategic defense, or free real estate, we have established cities in scorching deserts, atop active supervolcanoes, and along sinking river deltas. To maintain these metropolises, we’ve constructed elaborate engineering marvels—from mountain-piercing...

A vivid and bracing examination of today’s most secretive geopolitical conflict: the battle for dominance beneath the oceans. History’s most powerful weapon. The crucial sinews of global finance. The next frontier in the competition for critical minerals, and the new front lines of possible...

First, water freezes. Second, fuel freezes. By third the sky is jammed. Fourth and the mountains are saying it: time, time to go. Up in the furthest reaches of the Indian Himalaya, where land touches sky, snakes the Manali-Leh Highway: the highest-altitude long road in the world, comprised of...

●世界で累計10万部突破！「伝説の地理本」に全面改訂版が出た！統計データを更新、新たな論点を大幅加筆！アメリカもロシアも「地理」で動く！トランプ大統領の「本当の狙い」とは？世界の「今」と「未来」がよくわかる本

京都住所の「上ル」「下ル」、1階と2階とで市が違うビル、長野県長野市南長野県町、住所の中に「ABC」や「渡辺」の文字――。 日本の住所は実はツッコミどころだらけ。全国のユニークな住所をたどると、そこには歴史の偶然や行政の事情、地域の人々の思いが隠されていた。

An acclaimed design thinker shows how societies have been built to push us apart—and how they can be rebuilt for human connection Imagine you dropped your wallet and a stranger found it. Would you get it back? Your answer to this question says a lot about you: It predicts your happiness, the...

日本は「東西」で語れるのか？ 「中部地方」は存在するのか？ 何が「裏日本」をつくったのか？ 私たちが知らない〈この国のかたち〉 日本列島って、こんなに面白かったのか！！！ 【フルカラー＆図版100点以上収録】 分けて、つないで、知的興奮……日本の見方がガラリと変わる まったく新しい地理学入門！

A sweeping history of the British village, both rural and urban, which makes a compelling case for why we need to protect our local communities, from bestselling author Simon Jenkins We are a nation of villages, from the rural, picturesque hamlets of Castle Combe and Clovelly, to the tight-knit...

Business leaders now cite geopolitical volatility as the #1 risk. Tina Fordham–the first Chief Global Political Analyst on Wall Street and host of the London Stock Exchange’s Navigator series–has spent over 25 years advising governments, military leaders and business C-Suites on exactly this kind of turbulence. In Mad World, she demystifies geostrategy with insight, wit and candour, making the case for pragmatic optimism at a time when it’s easy to feel despondent.

人类文明的兴衰绝非偶然，而是季风、山川与人类求生本能之间一场跨越数万年的宏大地理博弈。当你在通勤的喧嚣或深思的独处中，渴望寻找理解全球局势的底层逻辑时，这部充满史诗感的历史洞见将彻底颠覆你的旧有认知...

英雄の決断や戦争の勝敗よりも深く人類の運命を決定づけてきた、地理と気候という大自然のダイナミクスが織りなす壮大な歴史ドラマへようこそ。いつもの通勤時間や散歩のひとときが、地球規模の知的好奇心を刺激す...

La geografia non è un semplice sfondo, ma il vero motore occulto che plasma l'evoluzione e la storia dell'umanità. Durante i tuoi spostamenti quotidiani o nelle pause di profonda riflessione, lasciati avvolgere da una narrazione epica che trasforma le dinamiche atmosferiche e le immense reti...

Begreife die Weltgeschichte neu: Wie Klima und Geografie den Aufstieg mächtiger Zivilisationen unerbittlich formen. Dieses fesselnde Sachbuch verwandelt deine Zeit beim Pendeln in eine augenöffnende Zeitreise von den ersten menschlichen Siedlungen bis zur global vernetzten Moderne. Spüre die...

What if humanity's greatest challenges are not the differences between us, but the divisions we have come to accept as permanent? In an age of climate crises, wars, mass displacement, economic uncertainty, and unprecedented technological change, the problems shaping our future increasingly transcend national boundaries. Yet our thinking remains deeply rooted in systems built around separation, competition, and fear.

Barfield draws on sources from mythology, philosophy, history, literature, theology, and science to chronicle the evolution of human thought from Moses and Aristotle to Galileo and Keats. Saving the Appearances is about the world as we see it and the world as it is; it is about God, human nature...

'I realised that time is precious, and what we do with it matters, especially if we want to create change. And that begins with conversation.' Growing up the son of a Black father and white mother in 1980s Britain, Alex Beresford has always known that identity isn't straightforward. From the...

What can a city reveal about the civilization that built it? In The City, influential urban thinker Lewis Mumford examines the growth of American cities and the social values embedded in their streets, buildings, industries, and neighborhoods. Mumford argues that every period of American history...

For readers seeking solutions to finally end the gun violence that kills tens of thousands of people each year in the United States— from a Harvard-trained trauma surgeon treating victims in Chicago If hope for ending gun violence can take hold in Chicago’s South Side, then it can take hold...