The British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding Shortlist 2024
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Now in its 12th year, the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding rewards and celebrates ground-breaking works of non-fiction that have made an outstanding contribution to the public understanding of world cultures and their interactions, and are grounded in rigorous and high-quality research. This year’s judges have chosen a shortlist of six exceptional books from a record-breaking number of submissions, highlighting a wide range of topics: the secret world of raw materials; race and the healthcare system; endangered languages; a global history of the opium trade; the origins of mathematics and its unsung trailblazers; and relationships between humans and animals in the context of colonisation.
The winner of this year’s prize will be revealed on Tuesday 22 October.
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A bold new story of human progress, told through six materials that built our world and will transform our future. For fans of Tim Marshall, Lewis Dartnell, Jared Diamond and Yuval Harari.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE TIMES…
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'The writing is sublime, the research thorough, the eye for story superb' Sunday TelegraphWhen Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century…
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A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the…
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A dramatic new interpretation of the encounter between Europe and the Americas that reveals the crucial role of animals in the shaping of the modern world.When the men and women of the island of Guanahani first made contact with Christopher…
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Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and – because many have never been recorded – when they’re gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and co-director of the Endangered…
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A vital, eye-opening exploration of race and healthA FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BREAD AND ROSES AWARD FOR RADICAL PUBLISHINGSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 INDIE CHAMPIONS AWARDS FOR…
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