Virtues and Vices
ISBN: HB: 9789189882775, Yale University Press, Stolpe Publishing, April 2026
240 pp., 24,0x17,0 cm, 47 colour and black&white illus.
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Market Money, States and Ideas for a Free World
ISBN: HB: 9789189882355, Yale University Press, Stolpe Publishing, June 2025
320 pp., 24,4x17,4 cm, 35 colour and black&white illus.
In-depth exploration of markets and navigation towards a sustainable future. From the Roman market to digital currencies - how has the market developed over the course of history and what could it look like in the future? This anthology provides an...
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History of Alchemy Influences on Culture, Science and Society
ISBN: HB: 9789189882690, Yale University Press, Stolpe Publishing, May 2025
360 pp., 27,8x23,3 cm, 175 colour and black&white illus.
The history of the complex and fascinating alchemical worldview. The term alchemy, whose etymological roots are both Arabic and Greek, refers to the transmutation process that results in the complete reunification of a material with its original div...
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30.00 GBP
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Swedish Traditions and Holidays An Encyclopedic Calender
ISBN: HB: 9789189696204, Yale University Press, Stolpe Publishing, August 2023
320 pp., 24,9x18,2 cm, 80 colour and black&white illus.
The year is full of traditions, holidays, and festivities that Swedes celebrate at specific times. Some are new, others have been celebrated for a long while. But what do we really know about the origins and history of Valentine's Day, New Year's, Wa...
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30.00 GBP
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Portraits The Forgotten Individuals Who Shaped History
ISBN: PB: 9789189425699, Yale University Press, Stolpe Publishing, November 2022
432 pp., 16,0x11,5 cm, 25 colour and black&white illus.
This selection of Portraits gives pride of place to the secondary figures who make the wheels of history whir and thrum. They include Churchill's half-forgotten right-hand man, a leading light of the Parisian Belle Epoque lost to history, and an ea...
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20.00 GBP
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War How Conflict Shaped Our Societies
ISBN: HB: 9789189069770, Yale University Press, Stolpe Publishing, September 2022
376 pp., 24,4x17,4 cm, 70 colour and black&white illus.
It has been claimed that around 14,500 wars have been fought since 3,500 BC. Humanity has only experienced 300 years of peace on Earth. During the twentieth century more people in total, were killed in wars, than during any previous century. Relative...
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25.00 GBP
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Man and Technology How Humanity Thrives in a Changing World
ISBN: HB: 9789189425897, Yale University Press, Stolpe Publishing, July 2022
232 pp., 24,5x17,5 cm, 25 colour and black&white illus.
Technology shadows us from the moment we are born to the moment we die. Our story cannot be told without telling the story of technology, without understanding both how we mould it to our ever-changing purposes, and how, in turn, technology shapes ou...
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Essays on Jane Jacobs
ISBN: HB: 9789198523690, Yale University Press, Stolpe Publishing, January 2020
300 pp., 22,7x16,0 cm, 65 black&white illus.
Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) gained international recognition with her groundbreaking book The Death and Life of Great American Cities and became a prominent political activist. But despite early worldwide attention, she remains unknown to many. Jacob's w...
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Decadence and Decay From Ancient Rome to the Present
ISBN: HB: 9789198523652, Yale University Press, Stolpe Publishing, October 2019
294 pp., 29,2x25,4 cm, 80 colour and black&white illus.
The fear of living in the end times has a long history. In "Decadence and Decay", a group of distinguished international scholars describe how societies over time have handled and interpreted the concept of decline. In times of unrest and transition...
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