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In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story ...
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In the early nineteenth century, Henry Maudslay, an engineer from a humble background, opened a factory in Westminster Bridge Road, a stone's throw from ...
Is mental illness - or madness - at root an illness of the body, a disease of the mind or a sickness of the soul? This Way ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This ...
'A wonderful idea, gloriously put into practice. Greg Jenner as is witty as he is knowledgeable' - Tom Holland
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A work of history, but also about art and architecture, trade and commerce, travel and exploration, economics and politics, this is above all a book ...
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
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History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that ...
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Horrible, spine-chilling and deeply fascinating, this book details the vile history of ...
