
USS Constitution Pocket Manual
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Launched in 1797, USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United...

What Have Plants Ever Done for Us?: Western Civilization in Fifty Plants
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When did the British Government become the world's largest drugs pusher? What tree is frequently...

An Anthology of Decorated Papers: A Sourcebook for Designers
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This remarkable and beautiful book brings together a collection of decorated papers dating from the...

Classic Contemporary: The DNA of Furniture Design
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Tim Gosling is a British interior designer with an international reputation for designing exquisite...

1940: Britain Stands Alone
John Christopher and Campbell McCutcheon
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1940 As the period of the 'Phoney War' came to an end, the Nazis unleashed their Blitzkrieg tactics,...
Art, Sex and Politics at the Early Georgian Court: An Eighteenth-Century Lady-in-Waiting's 'Collection of Pictures'
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A provocative letter from a prominent eighteenth-century British noblewoman, Henrietta Howard, to...

Barry Flanagan: Early Works 1965 - 1982
Clarrie Wallis, Andrew Wilson and Jo Melvin
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The sculptor Barry Flanagan (1941-2009) was best known for his bronze hare sculptures that walk,...

Kenneth Clark: Looking for Civilisation
Chris Stephens and John-Paul Stonnard
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Art historian, collector, museum director and broadcaster, Kenneth Clark was one of the leading...

Stanley Spencer: Art as a Mirror of Himself
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Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) explored fundamental issues of life with an urgency and persistence...

The Floral Patterns of India
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Following the critical and commercial success of Pattern and Ornament in the Arts of India, Henry...