
The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets
Darra Goldstein, Laura Mason, Michael Krondl and Sidney Mintz
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A sweet tooth is a powerful thing. Babies everywhere seem to smile when tasting sweetness for the...

Easter Island, Earth Island: The Enigmas of Rapa Nui
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Easter Island, isolated deep in the South Pacific and now a World Heritage Site, was home to a...

Excavating Nations: Archaeology, Museums, and the German-Danish Borderlands
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Excavating Nations traces the history of archaeology and museums in the contested German-Danish...

Albatross
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Albatross looks at the place of these iconic birds in a wide variety of human cultures, from early...

Bumper Book of Dinosaurs
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Dinosaurs are back. Say hello to the Giganotosaurus, the Velociraptor, and Tyrannosaurus rex. Ready...

The Clan of The Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
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A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until...
Historical Fiction Epic Series Female Protagonist Pre-History

The Almagest
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The Almagest is by far the greatest work in astronomy in ancient times. In a massive series of...

The Burning Girls
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500 years ago: eight martyrs were burnt to death 30 years ago: two teenagers vanished without trace...

Sovereign of Stars: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
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Hatshepsut has fulfilled her divine destiny and taken the Pharaoh's throne. But she knows her...

The Kingdom Beyond the Waves
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Professor Amelia Harsh is obsessed with finding the lost civilization of Camlantis, a legendary city...