The Courtiers' Anatomists: Animals and Humans in Louis XIV's Paris
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The Courtiers' Anatomists is about dead bodies and live animals in Louis XIV's Paris - and the...
The Nature of Sex: The Ins and Outs of Mating in the Animal Kingdom
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Thought about sex today? Of course you have! It's about the most natural thing any animal can do....
The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game
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"The Ball" takes us to the farthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancient...
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The international bestselling author of the Broken Empire and the Red Queen’s War trilogies begins...
Owen McCafferty: Plays 2: Absence of Women; Titanic; Quietly; Unfaithful; Death of a Comedian; Beach
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Owen McCafferty's second collection includes plays that span from the sinking of the Titanic to the...
Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews
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The history of a bewilderingly exotic city, rarely written about: five hundred years of clashing...
Satow's Diplomatic Practice
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First published in 1917, Satow's Diplomatic Practice has long been hailed as a classic and...
Survivors: The Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
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An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe in search of visible traces of...
Friend of the Devil. A: The Glorification of the Outlaw in Song, from Robin Hood to Rap
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This book is a fun and informative historical survey of songs that lionize notorious brigands from...
The Animal in Ottoman Egypt
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Since humans first emerged as a distinct species, they have eaten, fought, prayed, and moved with...