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| Author: | Mark Kurlansky |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Catalogue number: | 112240 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
This book mixes the unusual recipe of a large helping of history, a decent portion of politics, a drop of geology and major injection of home economics. Blended together carefully, the outcome is a...
| Author: | Richard Fortey |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 130574 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
Fortey, a paleontologist by profession, has created an exceptional 'Intimate History' of the Earth. Adopting the role of enthusiastic guide, he leads the reader around and even into some of the world...
Women Travelers - A Century of Trailblazing Adventures 1850-1950
| Author: | Christel Mouchard |
| Publisher: | Flammarion |
| Catalogue number: | 157788 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Inspiring stories of a century of pioneering women, with essays by Alexandra Lapierre, the bestselling novelist of “Artemesia”.
An award-winning novelist brings to life the stories of the greatest women...
| Author: | E. H. Gombrich |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Catalogue number: | 169538 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
“A Little History of the World” presents Ernst Gombrich’s lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time.
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no respect of a job...
Around the World in 80 Treasures
| Author: | Dan Cruikshank |
| Publisher: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Catalogue number: | 136383 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
In this accompaniment to the BBC TV series, Dan Cruickshank travels through 36 countries in four and a half months to tell the story of civilisation through the world's greatest and most fascinating...
The Wonderful World of Albert Khan
| Author: | Albert Kahn |
| Publisher: | BBC Books |
| Catalogue number: | 164333 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
“The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn” is just that, a wonderful book full of autochromes sumptuously reproduced from Kahn’s huge collection.
In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert...
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The basis of the this handsome looking book is the true story of Gilbert Bland. In 1995 Bland was caught stealing four 200-year-old maps from the Peabody Library of John Hopkins University in Baltimore. Further investigation revealed that 19 libraries across North America had been systematically vandalised...
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The Economist's “Pocket World in Figures” reveals fascinating facts about our planet such as where people live the longest, which is the biggest island and who glugs the most wine...
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What if the world were a village..?
The population of the world is enormous, and the figures are often hard to understand, so a popular children’s book investigates what the world would be like if we imagined it as a village of just 100 people...
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