Red: A Natural History of the Redhead
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A New York Times bestseller, Red is the first book to explore the history of red hair and...
The Scourging Angel: The Black Death in the British Isles
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Nothing experienced in human history, before or since, eclipses the terror, tragedy and scale of the...
How to Read London: A Crash Course in London Architecture
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Over 2,000 years of settlement give London its unique architectural heritage. Unlike Haussmann's...
Animal: A Beastly Compendium
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This sumptuous book presents a selection of over one hundred stunning artworks, depicting animals...
Symbols of Power in Art
Paola Rapelli and Nicole Garnier-Pelle
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This title is a superbly illustrated and insightful guide to the symbols of power in Western art....
Dante and Islam
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Dante put Muhammad in one of the lowest circles of Hell. At the same time, the medieval Christian...
The Praise of Folly
Anthony Grafton and Desiderius Erasmus
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Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) was a Dutch humanist, scholar, and social critic, and one of the most...
A Ted Hughes Bestiary: Selected Poems
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Originally the medieval bestiary or book of animals set out to establish safe distinctions - between...
The People of the Ruins
Tom Hodgkinson and Edward Shanks
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Trapped in a London laboratory during a worker uprising in 1924, ex-artillery officer and physics...
Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain
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The story of the way Britain has been settled and influenced by foreign people and ideas is as old...