
13 Art Materials Children Should Know
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The earliest artists wielded bones, pieces of ivory, and wooden sticks to create works that tell us...
After Alexander: Central Asia Before Islam
Georgina Hermann and Joe Cribb
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This is a new study of the history, archaeology and numismatics of Central Asia, an area of great...
Arts of the Hellenized East: Precious Metalwork and Gems of the Pre-Islamic Era
Martha L. Carter and Prudence O. Harper
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The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, houses one of the world's most spectacular collections of ancient...

Virgin Sacrifice in Classical Art: Women, Agency, and the Trojan War
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The Trojan War begins and ends with the sacrifice of a virgin princess. The gruesome killing of a...

Ali Pasha, Lion of Janina: The Remarkable Life of the Balkan Napoleon'
Eugenia Russell and Quentin Russell
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At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the life of a petty tyrant in an obscure corner of the...

The Mark of Athena
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The Mark of Athena is the explosive third part in Rick Riordan's number one series - Heroes of...
Reading the Male Gaze in Literature and Culture: Studies in Erotic Epistemology
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This book examines the phenomenon of 'the male gaze', a concept which has spread beyond academia and...

The Politics
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The Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, and it raises...

The Table of Less Valued Knights
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This book is longlisted for the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Sir Humphrey du Val of the...

The Medicinal Chef: Eat Your Way to Better Health
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In his first major cookbook, TV's Medicinal Chef and nutrition expert Dale Pinnock presents his...