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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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Fairies
A Dangerous History
Richard Sugg
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How dangerous were fairies? In the late seventeenth century, they could still scare...
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Goldfish
Anna Marie Roos
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Living work of art, consumer commodity, scientific hero and environmental menace: the...
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Kingfisher
Ildiko Szabo
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Kingfishers are a sight to behold. The dash and verve of this cosmopolitan bird has...
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Mustard
A Global History
Demet Güzey
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Whether grainy or smooth, spicy or sweet, Dijon, American or English, mustard...
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Paracelsus
An Alchemical Life
Bruce T. Moran
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Throughout his controversial life the alchemist, physician and social radical known...
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Photography and War
Pippa Oldfield
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