The Drawing Room: English Country House Decoration
Jeremy Musson and Julian Fellowes
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A highly detailed look at the most accomplished English country house interiors, exemplifying...
London Theatres
Peter Dazeley, Michael Coveney and Mark Rylance
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London is the theatre capital of the world. From world-famous musicals to West End shows, from...
The Hellfire Clubs: Sex, Satanism and Secret Societies
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The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. Rumors of their orgies,...
A House Full of Daughters: Seven Generations, One Family
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This is selected as a Book of the Year in the Telegraph & the Lady. As read on BBC Radio 4. All...
Sophocles: Antigone
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Antigone is Sophocles' masterpiece, a seminal influence on a wide range of theatrical, literary, and...
The First Yeats: Poems by W.B. Yeats, 1889-1899
W.B. Yeats and Edward Larrissy
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W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) began writing poetry as a devotee of Blake, Shelley, the pre-Raphaelites, and...
The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu)
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A wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, which also has an...
Down Station
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A small group of commuters and tube workers witness a fiery apocalypse overtaking London. They make...
Animal and Shaman: Ancient Religions of Central Asia
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What common features can be found in the native religions of the vast Eurasian landmass? Julian...
Black Baseball in New York City: An Illustrated History, 1885-1959
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For the first time, witness and read about New York's most prominent black teams, from post Civil...