Westlessness: The Great Global Rebalancing, Samir Puri

Westlessness: The Great Global Rebalancing, Samir PuriNew Hardback What if the sun truly is setting on the Western world's outsized influence over the rest of the planet? In Westlessness, former UK diplomat Dr Samir Puri vividly demonstrates how in demographic, economic, military and cultural terms, we are hurtling into a far more diverse global future. Many of our certainties about the present, built on centuries of massive Western global impact, are increasingly fragile. Untold wealth is moving from

The Second World War has shaped the modern world more than any other single event

was captured at Narvik in April 1940\

Marchand depicts

the face of bigotry

they were victorious

renowned musician and folk expert Sam Lee tells the story of the nightingale

000 Years of Sirens

In 1939 Howard Hughes

the Green-brindled Crescent and the Clifden Nonpareil evoke a sense of wonder that connects disparate fields such as folklore

She also shows us how climbing invites us into the history of a place: geologically

from the Desmond Elliott Prize-winning author of The Manningtree Witches

violent and unpredictable