From the inspiring author of Girls Who Rocked the World comes another comprehensive collection of true, inspiring profiles of successful young women throughout history who made their mark on the world before turning twenty. Young women today crave strong, independent role models to look to for motivation. Girls Who Changed the World offers a fun and uplifting collection of influential stor…
Everything there is to know about this battle, legendary for its experimental use of artillery, infantry, and tanks The Battle of Cambrai has become synonymous with one of the Allies' first large-scale use of tanks on the Western Front. Cambrai certainly saw over 450 Mark IV tanks lumber across No Man's Land and penetrate the Hindenburg Line. For the Germans on the other side of these defens…
100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables and consume…
From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of Sapiens, comes the second volume in the bestselling Unstoppable Us series that traces human development from the Agricultural Revolution to Prehistoric Egypt. Humans may have taken over the world, but what happened next? How did our hunter-gatherer ancestors become village farmers? Why were kingdoms an…
The formation of Sangiran dome, followed by the erosion process on the peak, has presented the order of layers in deposited period for more than, continuously 2 millions of years. And until today, the old Sangiran's stratigraphy has been revealing the stories of early man, their culture, and environment. The story of Sangiran will never end...
Long shrouded in mystery, Tibet is a hidden land almost completely surrounded by the mountains of central Asia. Known for its tolerant and resilient people, Tibet has come to be synonymous with spirituality; religion is almost omnipresent. It seems that the numerous hardships endured by the Tibetans - oppressive authorities, severe altitude, harsh climate - have forced many to focus on the next…