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Doom - The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Sociology | Reading Level: very good
Disasters are by their very nature hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises and wars, are not normally distributed; there is no cycle of history to help us anticipate the next catastrophe. But when disaster strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were whe ...Show more
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson
$14.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Niall Ferguson's Empire is one of the most successful and controversial history books of recent years. Brilliantly re-telling the story of Britain's imperial past, it shows how a gang of buccaneers and gold-diggers from a rainy island in the North Atlantic came to build the most powerful empire in all h ...Show more
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call if what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that financial history is the back-story to all history. From the banking dynasty who funded the Italian Renaissance to the stock market bubble that caused the French Revol ...Show more
The End of the Liberal Order? by Niall Ferguson
$16.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
`No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible.' -Niall Ferguson `We do not need to invent the world anew. The international order established by the United States after World War II is in need of expansion and repair, but not reconception.' -Fareed Zakaria Fears of a ...Show more
The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die by Niall Ferguson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Niall Ferguson's bold, pithy and insightful analysis of the degeneration of the West. The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations. But what exactly is amiss with Western civilization? T ...Show more
The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and The Struggle for Global Power by Niall Ferguson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Business & Technology | Reading Level: very good
The instant New York Times bestseller. A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks. "Captivating and compelling." --The New York Times "Niall Ferguson has again written a ...Show more
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