Ocean State Libraries

"The atlas demonstrates the importance of Asia as a "melting pot" of ideas, beliefs, and cultures that have provided the wider world with so much in terms of religion, medicine, literature, and knowledge" -- Foreword.

"The Atlas discusses aspects of art, culture, trade, thought, and religion to provide a more rounded treatment than more conventional historical atlases" -- Foreword.

"A wholly original history of France, filled with a lifetime's knowledge and passion-by the author of the New York Times bestseller Parisians. Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and ending in the era of Emmanuel Macron, France takes readers on an endlessly entertaining journey through French history. Frequently hilarious, always surprising, Graham Robb's France combines the stylistic versatility of a novelist with...

"This historical atlas shows how war, political settlements, and economic and demographic forces eventually imposed national boundaries greatly at odds with the geography and historical precedents of the continent; the atlas also depicts the emergence of the United States as the dominant power on the continent" -- Foreword.