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Die Wissenschaft hat uns Impfstoffe, Elektrizität und die Raumfahrt beschert. Doch der Weg zum Fo...

Gauchos, Tango, Weltmeisterschaft: Die Bilder kennt jeder. Doch was steckt wirklich hinter der Ge...

Was, wenn die Wiege der Zivilisation gleichzeitig eines der blutigsten Schlachtfelder der Weltges...

Ever get that nagging feeling that the history you learned in school skipped the really juicy par...

Ever wonder what secrets those ancient Jewish texts hold, the ones that shaped a people through f...

Ever catch yourself wondering why every tough day or bad breakup suddenly gets slapped with a tra...

You know that feeling when something just does not add up. Billions are thrown at fixing gaps in ...

This book collects over 2,000 interesting facts drawn from history, science, nature, geography, a...

Wie verwandelte sich ein Flickenteppich zankender Stämme in Europas gefürchtetste Macht, nur um i...

Ancient Egypt was not just pyramids and pharaohs. Behind the golden masks and towering monuments ...

Egypt's history spans more than five thousand years, from the earliest farming communities along ...

Movies have shaped the way people understand the world, told stories across borders, and changed ...

Ancient Egypt was not just pyramids and pharaohs. Behind the golden masks and towering monuments ...

What if Ireland's story was never about luck at all? Behind the green hills and pub songs lies a ...

Turkey stands where Asia and Europe meet, and its history stretches back thousands of years. The ...

Forget romanticized Viking tales and tsarist propaganda. Finland's real story is a land caught be...

Did you know the Allies faked an entire invasion fleet with inflatable tanks? Or that the U.S. mi...

Mexico has one of the most layered and dramatic histories of any country in the world. Long befor...

Norway's history is one of the most remarkable stories in Europe. A small, rugged country on the ...

The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean has been fought over, settled, and resett...

Did you know Seoul's modern skyscrapers stand atop thousands of hidden tunnels where resistance f...

Spain is not just a country. It is a battlefield where Romans, Moors, and Inquisitors clashed ove...

What if Asia's glittering palaces hid torture chambers, skull towers, and rivers of blood? This b...

From the banks of the Indus to the shadows of the British Raj, India's history is one of the most...

Why does nearly every culture on earth have stories about eating human flesh? This book takes on ...

American history has a darker side that rarely shows up in school textbooks. Behind the founding ...

Kriege fressen nicht nur Männer, sie verschlingen Epochen. Dieser Band zoomt hinein in die größte...

Why do people start smoking in the first place, and why does every attempt to quit seem to fail? ...

What if everything you were taught about dinosaurs is wrong? The Dinosaur Conspiracies takes a ha...

Ever feel like the stories about Vietnam miss the real gut punch, the ones from the people who ac...

Neuseeland hat eine Geschichte, die weit über die Postkartenmotive hinausgeht. Von den ersten pol...

Australien galt jahrhundertelang als geheimnisvolles Südland am Rand der bekannten Welt. Doch die...

You are a Cancer. You have heard the words too sensitive and moody more times than you can count....

What if the greatest threat to humanity wasn't a bomb, but an idea? This book traces the 50-year ...

From tribal civilizations to Cold War superpower, this book traces the full arc of American histo...

You are tired of it. Losing control over alcohol, the hangovers, the excuses, the blackouts. This...

Wine has been part of human civilization for thousands of years, woven into religion, trade, agri...

What if the history books got it half wrong? Everyone talks about empires as nothing but thieves ...

Have you ever wondered why people stick with their own kind, even when the world pushes for mixin...

Vergiss romantische Biergärten. Die wahre Geschichte des Biers ist dunkler, seltsamer und brutale...

Did you know Odin gave up his own eye for wisdom and hung himself from Yggdrasil for nine nights ...

Germany's history stretches from prehistoric settlements and early Germanic tribes who clashed wi...

Japan's history is one of sharp contrasts: centuries of isolation followed by rapid modernization...

Most people think the Titanic sank because it hit an iceberg. End of story. But almost as soon as...

Forget Spain's shadow. Portugal's own story is a blood and salt saga where tribal rebels defied R...

Was, wenn vieles, was über Chinas Anfänge zu wissen geglaubt wird, nur die halbe Wahrheit ist? Hi...

Forget golden arches. This is the story of how two broke visionaries took over a failing burger j...