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Elizabeth I ruled England in defiance of convention, exercising supreme authority in a man's world. With courage, brilliance and style, she reigned for nearly ...
For perhaps fifty thousand years the Aboriginal people have lived, and lived well, in Australia. They have developed a unique knowledge of native plants and ...
Focusing on the architectural foundations of this extraordinary city, Robert Hughes' account of Barcelona's growth in relation to the region of Catalunya also features ...
Written just after the heat of the battle and in the language of the time, this is the personal account of an ordinary soldier's ...
A biography of the extraordinary man who became the second president of the United States, this book traces John Adams' adventurous life and spirited rivalry ...
Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden ...
"An extraordinary story of bravery and insanity on the high seas. . . . One of the most gripping sea stories I have ever read." - Sebastian Junger, author ...
In 1856 eighteen-year-old English chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered a way to mass-produce color. In a "witty, erudite, and entertaining" (Esquire) style, Simon Garfield explains ...
Although many studies have addressed important aspects of medieval southern Italy, this was the first work for nearly ninety years to be devoted specifically to ...
Combines contemporaneous accounts, critically studied legends, reproductions of pertinent artworks, and photographs to provide a full-scale, nonideological biography of the Macedonian conqueror and empire builder ...
Eating right has been an obsession for longer than we think. Renaissance Europe had its own flourishing tradition of dietary advice. Then, as now, an ...
An engaging and witty cultural history that traces the evolution of the mirror from antiquity to the present day, illustrating its journeys from wondrous object ...
New edition of one of the most powerful of the Icelandic prose sagas
Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that ...
Penguin Classics relaunch
The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200-118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help ...
