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A Band with Built-In Hate: The W...

Peter Stanfield

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Bodies Politic: Disease, Death a...

Cover for Roy Porter · Bodies Politic: Disease, Death and Doctors in Britain, 1650–1900 (Paperback Book) (2021)

Calling the Spirits: A History o...

Cover for Lisa Morton · Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances (Hardcover Book) (2020)

Cherry - Botanical

Constance L. Kirker

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Children Draw: A Guide to Why, W...

Marilyn JS Goodman

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Divine Images: The Life and Work...

Whittaker, Jason (Head of School...

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Dragons’ Teeth and Thunderstones...

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Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, ...

Cover for Paul Baker · Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain’s Secret Gay Language (Paperback Book) (2020)

Giorgione’s Ambiguity - Renaissa...

Cover for Tom Nichols · Giorgione’s Ambiguity - Renaissance Lives (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Agents of War: A History of Chem...

Edward M. Spiers

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Humphry Repton: Landscape Design...

Williamson, Tom (Co-Editor)

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Those They Called Idiots: The Id...

Cover for Simon Jarrett · Those They Called Idiots: The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day (Hardcover Book) (2020)

Joseph Conrad - Critical Lives

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Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Z...

Cover for Joanna Bourke · Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love (Hardcover Book) (2020)

Smart Machines and Service Work:...

Cover for Jason E. Smith · Smart Machines and Service Work: Automation in an Age of Stagnation - Field Notes (Hardcover Book) (2020)

Piero della Francesca and the In...

Machtelt Bruggen Israels

Cover for Machtelt Bruggen Israels · Piero della Francesca and the Invention of the Artist - Renaissance Lives (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Rosa Luxemburg - Critical Lives

Cover for Dr Dana Mills · Rosa Luxemburg - Critical Lives (Paperback Book) (2020)

Saffron: A Global History - Edible

Ramin Ganeshram

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Savoir-Faire: A History of Food ...

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Cover for Martin Wallen · Squid - Animal (Paperback Book) (2021)

Turtle - Animal

Louise M. Pryke

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Twenty Worlds: The Extraordinary...

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Vanilla: A Global History - Edible

Rosa Abreu-Runkel

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The Wig: A Hairbrained History

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Egyptomania: A History of Fascin...

Ronald H. Fritze

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The Midlife Mind: Literature and...

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Ash - Botanical

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Asteroids - Kosmos

Clifford J. Cunningham

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The Aztecs: Lost Civilizations -...

Frances F. Berdan

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Concrete Poetry: A 21st-century ...

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Cover for Cynthia Chris · Crab - Animal (Paperback Book) (2021)

The Devil and His Advocates

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Fermented Foods: The History and...

Christine Baumgarthuber

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Foie Gras: A Global History - Ed...

Cover for Norman Kolpas · Foie Gras: A Global History - Edible (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Hannah Arendt - Critical Lives

Dr Samantha Rose Hill

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Henri Matisse - Critical Lives

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Oishii: The History of Sushi

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Jam, Jelly and Marmalade: A Glob...

Cover for Sarah B. Hood · Jam, Jelly and Marmalade: A Global History - Edible (Hardcover Book) (2021)

John Ashbery - Critical Lives

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John Donne: In the Shadow of Rel...

Andrew Hadfield

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Rubens’s Spirit: From Ingenuity ...

Cover for Alexander Marr · Rubens’s Spirit: From Ingenuity to Genius - Renaissance Lives (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Twins: Superstitions and Marvels...

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Werner Herzog: Ecstatic Truth an...

Kristoffer Hegnsvad

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Yoghurt: A Global History - Edible

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The Invention of Oscar Wilde

Nicholas Frankel

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The Sumerians: Lost Civilization...

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The Poet and the Publisher: The ...

Cover for Pat Rogers · The Poet and the Publisher: The Case of Alexander Pope, Esq., of Twickenham versus Edmund Curll, Bookseller in Grub Street (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Aldous Huxley - Critical Lives

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Freedom from Violence and Lies: ...

Michael C. Finke

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Avian Illuminations: A Cultural ...

Cover for Boria Sax · Avian Illuminations: A Cultural History of Birds (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Charles Darwin - Critical Lives

J. David Archibald

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Christine de Pizan: Life, Work, ...

Charlotte Cooper-Davis

Cover for Charlotte Cooper-Davis · Christine de Pizan: Life, Work, Legacy - Medieval Lives (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to V...

Cover for Geoff White · Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global (Paperback Book) (2021)

Edible Insects: A Global History...

Gina Louise Hunter

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Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of ...

Cover for JR Moores · Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Extinct: A Compendium of Obsolet...

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Freud’s Patients: A Book of Lives

Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen

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Games People Played: A Global Hi...

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Gloves: An Intimate History

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The Greatest Adventure: A Histor...

Cover for Colin Burgess · The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration - Kosmos (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Hummus: A Global History - Edible

Harriet Nussbaum

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Jean Sibelius: Life, Music, Silence

Daniel M. Grimley

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Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Journeys...

Catani, Dr Damian (author)

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Margery Kempe: A Mixed Life - Me...

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Miracles of Our Own Making: A Hi...

Cover for Liz Williams · Miracles of Our Own Making: A History of Paganism (Paperback Book) (2021)

Most Unimaginably Strange: An Ec...

Chris Caseldine

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Postcards: The Rise and Fall of ...

Cover for Lydia Pyne · Postcards: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Social Network (Hardcover Book) (2021)

The Sea: Nature and Culture - Earth

Richard Hamblyn

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The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Mi...

Katherine Harvey

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Speaking East: The Strange and E...

Cover for Andrew Hussey · Speaking East: The Strange and Enchanted Life of Isidore Isou (Hardcover Book) (2021)

Street Life and Morals: German P...

Lesley Chamberlain

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The Suit: Form, Function and Style

Professor Christopher Breward

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Wanderers: A History of Women Wa...

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Who Killed Cock Robin?: British ...

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Duel Without End: Mankind’s Batt...

Stig S. Frøland

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Albertus Magnus and the World of...

Resnick, Professor Irven M. (Pro...

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Blaise Cendrars: The Invention o...

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Leon Battista Alberti: The Chame...

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Children of Mercury: The Lives o...

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Coconut: A Global History - Edible

Constance L. Kirker

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Doping: A Sporting History

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Dressing Up: A History of Fancy ...

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The Eye of the Poet: Andre Breto...

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Facing China: Truth and Memory i...

Richard Vinograd

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Fighting without Fighting: Kung ...

Cover for Luke White · Fighting without Fighting: Kung Fu Cinema’s Journey to the West (Hardcover Book) (2022)

Foreshadowed: Malevich’s Black S...

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Incomparable Realms: Spain durin...

Cover for Jeremy Robbins · Incomparable Realms: Spain during the Golden Age, 1500–1700 (Hardcover Book) (2022)

The House of Orange in Revolutio...

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House Plants - Botanical

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Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous...

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The Inca: Lost Civilizations - L...

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Where Light in Darkness Lies: Th...

Veronica Della Dora

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The Maya: Lost Civilizations - L...

Megan E. O’Neil

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The Middle Ages and the Movies: ...

Robert Bartlett

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Mina Loy: Apology of Genius

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Counter-Texts: Language in Conte...

Cover for Kim Dhillon · Counter-Texts: Language in Contemporary Art - Art since the 80s (Paperback Book) (2022)

Ornette Coleman: The Territory a...

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Outrageous!: The Story of Sectio...

Cover for Paul Baker · Outrageous!: The Story of Section 28 and Britain’s Battle for LGBT Education (Hardcover Book) (2022)

A Philosophy of Lying

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Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation R...

Peter Stanfield

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