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About England
A cultural history of "e;Englishness"e; and the idea of England since 1960. Brexit thrust long fraught debates about "e;Englishness"e; and the idea of England into …
Simulating the Cosmos
A behind-the-scenes look at the latest tool in astrophysics: computer simulations of the cosmos. Simulating the Cosmos is a behind-the-scenes look at one of the hottest and …
Andrey Rublev
A critical biography of the most celebrated religious icon painter in medieval Russia. A monk from Moscow, Andrey Rublev (c.1360-c.1430) is heralded as the greatest painter of …
Travellers through Time
An accessible history of the Roma people in England told from the inside. The Romany people have been variously portrayed as exotic strangers or as crude, violent, delinquent …
Water Beings
Looking to the vast human history of water worship, a crucial study of our broken relationship with all things aquatic-and how we might mend it. Early human relationships with …
Unearthing the Underworld
A geological saga that digs deep, revealing how even the most ordinary rocks can be stepping stones to the hidden history of our planet. Unearthing the Underworld reveals the …
John Ashbery
A critical biography of America's most influential postmodern poet. Mysterious, esoteric, and baffling, John Ashbery is notorious for the seeming difficulty of his work. But …
Pirates' Code
Fall captive to the code-the real-life buccaneer bylaws that shaped every aspect of a pirate's life. Pirates have long captured our imaginations with images of cutlass-wielding …
Alle Thyng Hath Tyme
An insightful account of how medieval people experienced time. Alle Thyng Hath Tyme recreates medieval people's experience of time as continuous, discontinuous, linear, and …
Ulisse Aldrovandi
A critical biography of the early modern Italian naturalist. The Bolognese naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi was a prolific writer, learned polymath, and prodigious collector who …