Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World
If you like book Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World here is the list of books you may also like
Buy this book on AmazonSimilar books (20)
-
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a strange continent and brings back tales of untold riches. The European empires rush over, eager to stake …
Buy this book on Amazon -
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45
“When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was finished in the bunker in Berlin and its death warrant signed on the bench a…
Buy this book on Amazon -
The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing)
"This is that rarity, a useful book."--Warren Buffett
Buy this book on Amazon
Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. … -
-
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
From the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, comes a surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution, and the tragic relationship between George Washington …
Buy this book on Amazon -
Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the GDR prese…
Buy this book on Amazon -
The Big Short: by Michael Lewis
Warning : This is an independent addition to The Big Short , meant to enhance your experience of the original book. If you have not yet bought the original copy, make sure to purchase it before buying…
Buy this book on Amazon -
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years.
Buy this book on Amazon
This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics.
Humans are heading up and … -
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
A forceful argument against America's vicious circle of growing inequality by the Nobel Prize–winning economist.
Buy this book on Amazon
America currently has the most inequality, and the least equality of opportunity, among … -
The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
From the New York Times bestselling author and television and podcast host, a powerful, wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered ou…
Buy this book on Amazon -
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
2019 was the last great year for the world economy.
Buy this book on Amazon
For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want coul… -
Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3)
The multiple-award-winning SF master returns to the universe that is his greatest success--the world of Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion--to tell a story of love and memory, triumph and terror in a n…
Buy this book on Amazon -
The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries
Buy this book on Amazon
In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world they built -- and then lost -- over nearly a mill… -
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
From award-winning author Paulina Bren comes the remarkable history of New York’s most famous residential hotel and the women who stayed there, including Grace Kelly, Sylvia Plath, and Joan Didion.
Buy this book on Amazon
Wel… -
Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
A landmark, magisterial history of the trial of Japan’s leaders as war criminals—the largely overlooked Asian counterpart to Nuremberg
Buy this book on Amazon
In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies, the wo… -
Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
Traces the history of sugar production and consumption, examines its relationship with slavery, class ambitions, and industrialization, and describes sugar's impact on modern diet and eating habits.
Buy this book on Amazon -
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Other Wes Moore, and Someone Has Led This Child to Believe, Rob Henderson vividly recounts growing up in…
Buy this book on Amazon -
Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled between drivers; the steady crescendo of horns honking; the shouts of street vendors; the television set…
Buy this book on Amazon -
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Principles, who has spent half a century studying global economies and markets, Principles for Dealing with the Changing W…
Buy this book on Amazon -