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Timothy Mowl
All Around Is Fairy Ground

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Exquisitely illustrated in color, a fascinating study of gender, social mores, design, and horticulture in Regency gardens.Regency gardens dazzled with color, invention, and theatricality: trellises heavy…

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Katrina Navickas
Contested Commons

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A dynamic history of political organizing for the preservation of public spaces in England.A radical history of England, Contested Commons is a gripping overview of increasingly restrictive policing and l…

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Fabio Parasecoli
Maurice Ravel

Critical Lives

One of the Best Books of 2025: Music at the Financial TimesAn introduction to the life and work of the impressionist French composer.Maurice Ravel is one of the twentieth century's most intriguing and con…

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Mary Pickering
Prophet of Science

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An accessible biography of the man who founded sociology.Born during the ferment of the French Revolution, Auguste Comte (1798-1857) was one of the foremost thinkers of the nineteenth century, whose ideas…

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Alasdair Pinkerton
Radio

"Published in association with the Science Museum, London."

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Aleksander Pluskowski
The Teutonic Knights

A gripping account of the rise and fall of the last great medieval military order.This book provides a concise and incisive introduction to the knights of the Teutonic Order, the last of the great militar…

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Jake Poller
Paul Poiret

Beautifully illustrated, the story of the incandescent French designer and entrepreneur, purveyor of all things lavish.Before Chanel, Dior, or Saint Laurent, there was Paul Poiret. Born in Paris in 1879, …

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Susanna Rabow-Edling
Jean Baudrillard

Critical Lives

The first English biography of the twentieth-century French sociologist and philosopher.Once hailed as a historian of the future, Jean Baudrillard remains a vital figure for understanding the present. Fam…

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Glenn Richardson
Scipio Africanus

The life story of an early Roman military commander whose brilliance surpassed all of the emperors to come.Scipio Africanus (235-183 BCE) commanded his first army at twenty-five, led a daring invasion of …

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Jeremy Robbins
Francisco de Zurbarán and the Fabric of the World

Renaissance Lives

A major re-evaluation of Francisco de Zurbarán, master of Spain's Golden Age.Francisco de Zurbarán painted with unmatched stillness and intensity. Famed for his monks, saints, and martyrs, he also created…

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Helen M. Rozwadowski
Vast Expanses

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A history of humanity's relationship with oceans across cultures and centuries. Much of human experience can be distilled to saltwater: tears, sweat, and an enduring connection to the sea. In Vast Expanse…

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Tobias Rüther
Heroes

Now available in a new format, the story of Bowie's rebirth in Berlin, where a city's revival shaped his most innovative work.In 1976, David Bowie left Los Angeles and the success of his celebrated albums…

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Helen Scales
Berghain Nights

One of the Books of the Year 2025 at The Irish TimesA pulsing, personal, and fabulous ride through the music and culture of an iconic nightclub scene.Fascinated by Berlin nightclub Berghain's strange tech…

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John Scanlan
Fatimids

A concise history of the enormously powerful and influential Shi'i caliphate.The Fatimids (909-1171) built an empire that included North Africa, Egypt, and parts of Sicily, Syria, Palestine, and Arabia. T…

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Maria Jose Sevilla
Plunder?

A provocative reassessment of a popular narrative that connects museums, the antiquities trade, and theft.In this thought-provoking new work, historian Justin M. Jacobs challenges the widely accepted beli…

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William Sheehan
Solar Eclipses

A thrilling guide to the celestial drama and scientific wonder of eclipses.For millennia, solar eclipses have stirred awe and fear. Once seen as omens, they are now celebrated as rare spectacles that unit…

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Peter Stanfield
In the Service of the Shogun

"Exhaustively researched. . . . Students of Japanese history and culture owe Cryns a debt of gratitude for this impressive achievement."--Wall Street Journal - "William Adams comes alive in…

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Damien Stone
Forever President

The life story of enigmatic North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, grandfather to Kim Jong Un.Kim Il Sung (1912-94) ruled his country, North Korea, for longer and shaped it more profoundly than almost any other…

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John Sutherland
97 Fights

An explosive history, from boxing's cinematic origins to today's global spectacle--and its uncertain future.The noble art of boxing is the world's oldest contact sport. Its Big Bang moment was the arrival…

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Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen
Experience Society

An enlightening look at how our elevation of the sensorial and the subjective has impaired our ability to connect--and how we might build that connection back.In today's so-called experience society, ever…

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