
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life was the first comprehensive history of the disc jockey, a figure who...

Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, Experiences and Empathy
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Emotionally Durable Design presents counterpoints to our 'throwaway society' by developing powerful...

Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West
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In the years after Wrold War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of...

The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey Through Human History
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Man has always been fascinated by Equus caballus, recasting horse power into many forms: a hunk of...
The Atlantic Trade and British Architecture, Art and Landscape 1740-1840
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2007 marked the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in Britain and its...

The Great Cat Massacre: A History of Britain in 100 Mistakes
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In 1914 a train pulled into a provincial British railway station. The porter, a curious chap, asked...
The Greenest Nation?: A New History of German Environmentalism
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Germany enjoys an enviably green reputation. Environmentalists in other countries applaud its strict...

The History of Radiology
Adrian M K Thomas and Arpan K. Banerjee
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In 1890, Professor Arthur Willis Goodspeed, a professor of physics at Pennsylvania USA was working...

The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth and Esther Eidinow
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What did the ancient Greeks eat and drink? What role did migration play? Why was emperor Nero...

Bali: Sustainable Visions
Isabella Ginanneschi and Duncan Murray Kirk
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Discover how visionary architects and designers are pioneering a new, environmentally sustainable...