There are plenty of books coming out this month. Here is just a selection of the titles that could keep you out of the chill for the next few weeks.
. Don’t be confused by the title of his latest, whopping book; here he is arguing his theory that history is powered by ideas. In
Michael McGirr takes issue with that, suggesting rather that there are plenty of examples of when history has been the source of ideas rather than the other way around. Nevertheless, McGirr concludes that “it would be an arrogant person who read this book without gratitude for a feast of insight and learning”.. This is a detail-jammed account of the animal on which we have depended for so long − for transport , for farming and for adventure.
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