How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of how Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in it 978-0-307-42095-4, 0307420957, 9780609606353

How the Scots invented the Modern World: the true story of how western Europe's poorest nation created our world & everything in it 9780307420954, 9780609606353, 0307420957

Now in paperback, this lively bestseller traces the history of Scotland's many contributions to our culture, drawin

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How the Scots invented the Modern World: the true story of how western Europe's poorest nation created our world & everything in it 9780307420954, 0307420957

Now in paperback, this lively bestseller traces the history of Scotland's many contributions to our culture, drawin

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How the Scots invented the Modern World: the true story of how western Europe's poorest nation created our world & everything in it 9780307420954, 0307420957

Now in paperback, this lively bestseller traces the history of Scotland's many contributions to our culture, drawin

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The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization 9780399576423, 9780399576430

The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial role it plays in our l

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Having It All in the Belle Epoque: How French Women's Magazines Invented the Modern Woman 9780804787130

This book explores the fascinating ways in which two French photographic women's magazines of the early 1900s creat

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The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World 0062652559, 9780062652553

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The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World 9780062652577, 0062652559, 9780062652553

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How the World Works: The Story of Human Labor from Prehistory to the Modern Day

A sweeping history of the full range of human labor Few authors are able to write cogently in both the scientific and t

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The story of silver : how the white metal shaped America and the modern world 9780691184517, 0691184518

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The birth of plenty: how the prosperity of the modern world was created 9780071760805, 0071760806, 9780071747042, 0071747044

"Compact and immensely readable . . . a tour de force. Prepare to be amazed." — John C. Bogle, Founder and For

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