The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps
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The Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but as it was thought to be....
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
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'An endlessly fascinating and enjoyable book' Neil MacGregor 'Full of delights' Tom Stoppard An...
The History of Rome in Painting
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Traditionally founded by its namesake Romulus in 753 BC, Rome began modestly, as a little village of...
A Bazaar Life: The Autobiography of David Alliance
David Alliance and Ivan Fallon
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At the age of thirteen, David Alliance was taken out of school by his father and apprenticed into...
Strategy and Choice
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From the coalition's desert showdown with Saddam Hussein to the dieter's duel with himself in the...
How to Use Objects: Code and Concepts
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While most developers today use object-oriented languages, the full power of objects is available...
Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century: The Literary Agenda
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The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and...
An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan's Mega-City, 1750-1850
Sumie Jones and Kenji Watanabe
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During the eighteenth century, Edo (today's Tokyo) became the world's largest city, quickly...
Germany: Beyond the Enchanted Forest: A Literary Anthology
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'German military figures had a certain terrifying glamour,' wrote Patrick Leigh Fermor, recalling...
Vienna: A Cultural and Literary History
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From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Habsburgs, Vienna's...