Brief History of the World in 47 Borders, A: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps January 2024 New Titles A humorous look at the

A humorous look at the past

There's a killer on board a luxury yacht

Hercule Poirot--legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile--puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery

including an architectural salvage dealer who still bears scars from the Great War

Brief History of the World in 47 Borders, A: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps January 2024 New Titles A humorous look at theMany lines on the map are worth far more than a thousand words, going well beyond merely marking divisions between nations. In this eye opening investigation into the most remarkable points on the map, a single boundary might, upon closer inspection, reveal eons of history from epic tales of conquest, treaties, and alliances to intimate, all too human stories of love, greed, and folly. By listening to the stories these borders have to tell, we can