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Recounts the origins, art, literature and legends of the cherry tree.

In Egyptomania Ronald H. Fritze takes us on a historical journey to unearth the Egypt of the imagination, a land of weird gods, murky magic, secret knowledge, marvellous pyramids, enigmatic sphinxes, monumental obelisks, immense wealth and mystifying mummies.

A sweeping story of twenty real worlds orbiting other stars.

A new account of the short yet extraordinary life of Rosa Luxemburg.

A magisterial account by Roy Porter of representations of the body in health, disease and death.

A funny, bold and provocative enquiry into what it means to be human.

A history of the fabled heroes and miracles of the Middle Ages.

A comprehensive account of France's rich culinary history.

Drawing on archaeology, mythology and folklore, Kenneth J. McNamara explores humankind's unending quest for the meaning of fossils.

The dramatic history of the world's most expensive spice.

An original interpretation of Joseph Conrad's life of writing.

Humphry Repton (1752-1818) remains one of England's most interesting and prolific garden and landscape designers. Renowned for his innovative design proposals and distinctive before-and-after images, captured in his famous "Red Books," Repton's astonishing career represents the link between the simple parklands of his predecessor Capability Brown and the more elaborate, structured, and formal landscapes of the Victorian age. This lavishly illustrated book, based on a wealth of new research, reinterprets Repton's life, working methods, and designs, and examines why they proved so popular in a rapidly changing world.

An exploration of the visual elusiveness at the core of Giorgione's work.

Informed by psychology and practical teaching with children, Children Draw is a concise, richly illustrated book, aimed at parents and carers, that explores why children draw and the meaning and value of drawing for youngsters - from toddlers aged two to pre-adolescents aged twelve.

A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.

A unique, global perspective of the monochrome in modern art.

An exploration of the extraordinary role that food played in shaping Britain during the `long' eighteenth century.

Paul Baker recounts the story of Polari with skill, erudition and tenderness.

A richly illustrated exploration of gender, identity, sexuality and celebrity in Edo-period Japan.

A full portrait of the complex and brilliant Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca.

An informative, witty and concise account of London's past, and its present.

An investigation of maverick French painter Jean-Honore Fragonard within the lively society of eighteenth-century France.

An insightful biography of Leo Tolstoy, one of the greatest novelists of all time.

A critical biography of German novelist, playwright and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

An insightful and compelling biography of celebrated French storyteller Guy de Maupassant.

Now available in paperback, this is the first truly global survey of the history and variety of communist poster art.

This natural and cultural history of a much-loved animal, the otter, features numerous illustrations of otters in nature and culture and shows how otters have been persecuted by many cultures, and highly revered by others, such as the Native Americans.

An account of moles in nature, and cultures around the world.

An up-to-date guide to the biology and cultural history of the jellyfish.