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María José Sevilla
Delicioso

Spanish cuisine is a melting-pot of cultures, flavors, and ingredients: Greek and Roman; Jewish, Moorish, and Middle Eastern. It has been enriched by Spanish climate, geology, and spectacular topography, …

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Larry Silver
Old Age in Art

A sweeping history of aging in European art across centuries.Old Age in Art shows how elders have been depicted from ancient Greece and Rome to the present century. The book explores portraits, including …

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Rebecca Simon
The Pirates' Code

Fall captive to the code--the real-life buccaneer bylaws that shaped every aspect of a pirate's life.Pirates have long captured our imaginations with images of cutlass-wielding swashbucklers, eye patches,…

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Peter Stanfield
The Yardbirds

"The Yardbirds were trailblazers in the rapid development of pop music in Britain between 1963 and 1968. With members including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, they helped to set the basic t…

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Michael Staunton
Thomas Becket and His World

A life of England's most famous martyr, rooted in the currents of twelfth-century Europe.This book explores the turbulent life and violent death of Thomas Becket, one of the most controversial figures in …

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William O Stephens
Marcus Aurelius

The moving life and legacy of Rome's great emperor philosopher.This book guides us through the fascinating life and writings of Marcus Aurelius, Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor. Philosopher William O.…

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Damien Stone
The Secret Sacred

With numerous images of artifacts, an illuminating investigation of the clandestine cults of the ancient world.The Secret Sacred explores the hidden religious practices of the classical world. These cults…

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Lars Svendsen,
A Philosophy of Hope

From a leading popular philosopher, an uplifting meditation on the nature and power of optimism.In this book Lars Svendsen embarks on a profound exploration of the nature of hope, asking what exactly hope…

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Russell Thomas
Tofu

The surprising, spicy story of this globe-trotting vegetable protein staple.To the untrained eye, there's nothing as unexciting as tofu, normally regarded as a tasteless, beige, congealed mass of crushed,…

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Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen
Icelandic Pop

A celebration and guide to the land of fire and ice's music history.Iceland punches well above its weight in the world of music, producing global icons like Björk, Sigur Rós, Of Monsters and Men, and Lauf…

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Marvin Trachtenberg
Brunelleschi and the Moment of the Renaissance

A new view of the brilliant, strikingly original Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi.

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Neil Vickers, Derek Bolton
Being Ill

Original, moving, and drawing from a range of fields, an essential exploration of what it means to be ill.A serious illness often changes the way others see us. Few, if any, relationships remain the same.…

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Michaela Vieser, Isaac Yuen
The Sound Atlas

Mapping the acoustic onto the human soul, moving meditations on the power and meaning of sound.Nature writers Michaela Vieser and Isaac Yuen set out in search of sounds beautiful and loathsome, melodious …

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Charles Watkins
Trees Ancient and Modern

Leafed with illustrations and branching into many realms of human thought, an exploration of the beauty, importance, and precarity of forests.While trees are celebrated as symbols of natural beauty, they …

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Gay Watson
Attention

A suitably engrossing investigation of attention through many disciplines and ways of life, from neuroscience to surfing.If there is one thing we are short on these days, it's attention. Attention is cent…

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Kevin J Wetmore Jr
Eaters of the Dead

An exploration of cannibal monsters and ghouls that feast on human flesh.

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Eric Marshall White
Johannes Gutenberg

A critical biography of the mysterious but prolific medieval printer.Johannes Gutenberg is famous as the inventor of Europe's first typographic printing method, and his life and legacy have long fascinate…

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Ghosts, Trolls and the Hidden People

From the land of the sagas, a collection of little-known, little tales from myth and lore--many available in English for the first time.This unique and enchanting book opens the door to a captivating worl…

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Readers for Life

An anthology both personal and profound exploring the deep meaning of reading in our lives.Readers for Life is a collection of essays, mainly specially commissioned for the book, by fiction authors and li…

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