{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-the-world-in-50-failures","title":"A Short History of the World in 50 Failures","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplore the failures, mistakes, and missed opportunities that shaped history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the botched attempt to create a life-extending elixir that produced gunpowder to the unsuccessful stint in medical school that 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 often been shaped by failures of all magnitudes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 50 bite-sized chapters spanning thousands of years, \u003ci\u003eA Short History of the World in 50 Failures\u003c\/i\u003e details how the world as we know it has been defined by plans gone awry, opportunities not seized, and schemes that were always fated to end in catastrophe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether it's the pharaoh Akhenaten's misplaced attempt to found a new religion or Napoleon's doomed invasion of Russia, discover a fascinating collection of outsized tales and historical snafus that created the world as we know it today.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1789297893\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781789297898\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Gazur, Ben\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Michael O'Mara Books US\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Michael O'Mara Books US","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover (Sep 2025)","offer_id":46080144277701,"sku":"9781789297898","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781789297898.jpg?v=1776034763","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/a-short-history-of-the-world-in-50-failures","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}