{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-the-world-in-50-failures","title":"A Short History of the World in 50 Failures","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA fascinating and entertaining alternative history of the world told through fifty of the greatest failures, catastrophes and missed opportunities ever to occur.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eExplore the failures, mistakes and missed opportunities that shaped history in this new entry in the series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the botched attempt to create a life-extending elixir that produced gunpowder, to the unsuccessful stint in medical school which led to a career in naturalism for Charles Darwin, to the missile detection system malfunction that almost sparked a nuclear war, the course of human history has so often been shaped by failures of all magnitudes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e fifty bite-sized chapters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e spanning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethousands of years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Failures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e details how the world as we know it has been defined by plans gone awry, opportunities not seized upon and schemes that were always fated to end in catastrophe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Whether it’s the pharaoh Akhenaten’s misplaced attempt to found a new religion or Napoleon’s doomed invasion of Russia, discover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e a fascinating collection of outsized tales and historical snafus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat created the world as we know it today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expandev\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Michael O'Mara Books US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50340232855837,"sku":"9781789297898","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781789297898.jpg?v=1757517184","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/a-short-history-of-the-world-in-50-failures","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}