Japanese Castles 1540-1640
Stephen Turnbull and Peter E. Davies
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The most familiar characteristics of the traditional Japanese castle are the huge sloping stone...
Lalibela: Wonder of Ethiopia: The Monolithic Churches and Their Treasures
Claude Lepage and Jacques Mercier
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The Unesco World Heritage site of Lalibela in Ethiopia is one of the most extraordinary places in...
Cultured Foods for Your Kitchen: Putting Fermented Foods at the Center of the Plate
Sandor Ellix Katz and Leda Scheintaub
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One hundred inspired recipes to enliven your cooking with pickles, yogurt, kombucha, and beyond. The...
Constitutional Politics in Central and Eastern Europe: From Post-Socialist Transition to the Reform of Political Systems: 2016
Anna Fruhstorfer and Michael Hein
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The contributions to this edited volume discuss constitutional politics in 20 Central and Eastern...
I really need to stop doing this. It rarely ends well. Tudor authors could really have done with better/ any editors. Fact. Get some paragraphs in there, write some shorter sentences, stop wittering on and on and on.....
On a positive note, I now know where the term 'utopian' comes from, and I can safely say that the meaning has altered somewhat over the last 500 years or so. What was utopian then still seems a bit feudalistic now. At least good old Thomas More got everyone thinking though! As a 21st century reader, I can see how daring this book would have been: Kings without riches, no prisons for criminals, people could worship whoever and however they wanted. Very forward thinking for the 16th century. All the same, not a book for me. It was like wading through literary treacle. Not something I'd recommend!
The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon
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'An ass, clothed in the skin of a lion...' Aesop's animal fables are some of the earliest stories...
Jason and Medea
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'The Argonauts were terrified at the sight. But Jason planting his feet apart stood to receive them,...
Greek Mythology