The Long, Long Life of Trees
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A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics...
House and Home: Cultural Contexts, Ontological Roles
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House and home are words routinely used to describe where and how one lives. This book challenges...
Since Records Began...: The BBC Book of British Weather
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Along with the fine art of queuing and proper tea, talking about the weather is the essence of...
Turned Out Nice Again
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This is an exploration of our preoccupation with the weather, as heard on BBC Radi 3: Changing...
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
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'We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence,...
The Nivelle Offensive and the Battle of the Aisne 1917: A Battlefield Guide to the Chemin Des Dames
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The notorious plateau of the Chemin des Dames saw some of the heaviest fighting of the First World...
Architecture on the Carpet: The Curious Tale of Construction Toys and the Genesis of Modern Buildings
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This entertaining and intriguing book explores the host of connections linking the model-building...
The Arab City: Architecture and Representation
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Moving beyond reductive notions of identity, myths of authenticity, fetishized traditionalism, or...
Anselm Kiefer: A Monograph
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The work of Anselm Kiefer begins with a crucial question. How, after the Holocaust, can one be an...
How to be Parisian: Wherever You Are
Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline De Maigret and Sophie Mas
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How To Be Parisian brilliantly deconstructs the French woman's views on culture, fashion and...