Sailing by Starlight: In Search of Treasure Island and Robert Louis Stevenson
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Alex Capus follows every step of Robert Louis Stevenson's last years, studying every clue left...
Heirloom Harvest: Modern Daguerreotypes of Historic Garden Treasures
Amy Goldman, Jerry Spagnoli and M. Mark
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One of the foremost plant conservationists in the world, Amy Goldman has devoted her life to...
Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage
David Mabberley, Mel Gooding and Joseph Studholme
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Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A...
The Ugly Wife is a Treasure at Home: True Stories of Love and Marriage in Communist China
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The ugly wife is a treasure at home" is not just an idle expression in China. For centuries, Chinese...
The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis
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The Book Smugglers is the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto residents who rescued thousands of...
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The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for This Storied City and the Race to Save its Treasures
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Two tales of a city: The historical race to reach one of the world's most mythologized places, and...