Tasting French Terroir: The History of an Idea
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This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that...
Masters of Their Craft: The Art, Architecture and Garden Design of the Nesfields
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In this informative volume, Dr Shirley Rose Evans explores the lives of two of the most prominent...
The Cameo Keeper (Tofana #4)
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Rome 1644: A Novel of Love, Power, and Poison Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of...
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The Grand Designer: Third Marquess of Bute
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When the third Marquess of Bute (1847 - 1900) met the renowned Gothic designer William Burges it...
Jeremiah Invented: Constructions and Deconstructions of Jeremiah
Carolyn J. Sharp and Else Krageland Holt
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In the first half of the 20th century there was immense scholarly interest in the biography of the...
How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World
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This unique book presents a nontechnical view of the history of mechanics, from the Big Bang to...
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors
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The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history....
Gloucester in 50 Buildings
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From Roman origins through its long and distinguished association with the aerospace industry to its...
Art: The Whole Story
Stephen Farthing and Richard Cork
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If you've ever found yourself transfixed by a Renaissance painting, fascinated by an Inca textile,...
The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
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In 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century...