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Jack Weatherford provides an interesting and much more positive account of Genghis Khan’s life and legacy than I … Continuă lectura „Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World is amazing and surprising!”

Check out the cover of the latest Economist 🙂 I can’t wait to read it 🙂

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The predictions for the next 50 years by dozens of world class scientists are wide ranging and intriguing. … Continuă lectura „Read New Scientist’s 50th Anniversary Special Edition”