Russell's ebook Library

The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000
Chris Wickham
An ambitious and enlightening look at why the so-called Dark Ages were anything but thatPrizewinning historian Chris Wickham defies the conventional view of the Dark Ages in European history with a work of remarkable scope and rigorous yet accessible...

Introducing Economics: A Graphic Guide
David Orrell
Economics was described by the English economist Lionel Robbins in 1935 as 'the science of scarcity' but these days economics is everywhere, and it's never been more popular - as bestselling books such as Freakanomics attest.But what is economics rea...

Pocket World in Figures, 2008 Edition
Economist
Full of facts and figures about the world today - on subjects as diverse as geography, population and demographics, business, finance and the economy, transport, tourism and the environment, society, culture and crime.