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Fabulosa!
Paul BakerPaul Baker recounts the story of Polari with skill, erudition and tenderness.Read more › -
A Feast for the Eyes
Carolyn TillieA delicious, beautifully illustrated tour of edible art, from Arcimboldo to zucchini.Read more › -
Five Years Ahead of My Time
Seth BoveyThe first comprehensive survey of garage rock, from the late 1950s to the present day.Read more › -
Fat
Christopher E. ForthA survey of how fat has been perceived and imagined in the West since antiquity.Read more › -
Cosmos
Roberta J. M. OlsonCharts the human love affair with the heavens in art and astronomy, and includes both sound science and insightful art and cultural history.Read more › -
The Europe Illusion
Stuart SweeneyThe Europe Illusion considers Britain’s relationships with France and Prussia-Germany since the map of Europe was redrawn at Westphalia in 1648.Read more ›
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Modern Architectures in History
Harry Margalit
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Afterimages
On Cinema, Women and Changing Times
Laura Mulvey
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Marking a return for Laura Mulvey to questions of film theory and feminism, as well...
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The Braganzas
The Rise and Fall of the Ruling Dynasties of Portugal and Brazil, 1640–1910
Malyn Newitt
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For 270 years, the House of Braganza provided the kings and queens of Portugal....
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Dogs in Art
Susie Green
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From the Zoroastrian sculpture of a 100kg mastiff to the portrait of a coiffured...
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The End
Artists’ Late and Last Works
Carel Blotkamp
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When is a work of art finished? Can it be complete in a mental sense? And who...
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Delicioso
A History of Food in Spain
María José Sevilla
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Spanish cuisine is a melting-pot of cultures, flavours and ingredients: Greek and...
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