A beautifully illustrated tour of the visual culture of medieval falconry in Europe and beyond.
Medieval falconry was not just about hunting; the practice also signified sovereignty, power, and diplomac…
The Globe tells the story of humanity's quest to discover the shape of the world. Philosophers in ancient Greece deduced the true shape of the Earth in the fourth century BCE; the Romans passed the knowle…
Now in paperback, a beautifully illustrated guide to the white and green sign of spring.
Elegant flowers dressed in simple white and green, snowdrops look far too fragile to deal with wintry weather. Bu…
Blooming with rare archival images, the story of scientific botanical illustrations over nearly seven hundred years.
In a world flooded with images designed to create memories, validate perceptions, and…
Now in paperback, an exploration of the myths of England's deceptively bucolic rolling hills and country lanes believed to be created and shaped by the Dark Lord himself.
According to legend, the Englis…
"Song Noir examines the formative first decade of Tom Waits's career, when he lived, wrote and recorded nine albums in Los Angeles; from his soft, folk-inflected debut, Closing Time (1973), to the abrasiv…
A critical biography of the seventeenth-century scientist's expansive life and work.
Robert Hooke was England's first professional scientist and a pioneer of science communication. He was also one of th…
A history of post-war playgrounds and their enduring legacy.
After World War II, a new kind of playground emerged in Northern Europe and North America. Rather than slides, swings, and roundabouts, these…
An intimate biography of an eminent historian of art and culture, exploring his life both within and away from the academy.
Tangled Paths tells the life story of Aby Warburg (1866-1929), one of the most …
The life, work, and legacy of one of the twentieth century's most published African American women.
This book explores the life and legacy of Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), the most-published African A…
A provocative reassessment of a popular narrative that connects museums, the antiquities trade, and theft.
In this thought-provoking new work, historian Justin M. Jacobs challenges the widely accepted b…
A highly illustrated voyage through shipwrecks ancient and contemporary.
Out of the Depths explores all aspects of shipwrecks across four thousand years, examining their historical context and significan…
Drawing on an impressive range of archaeological and textual sources and a nuanced understanding of biases, this book offers a valuable reappraisal of the enigmatic Phoenicians.
The Phoenicians is a fasc…
Spanning thousands of years, a wide-ranging history of Pakistan from the Bronze Age to partition and beyond.
This book takes us on a sweeping journey through the ebbs and flows of Pakistan's history, fr…
A spectacular overview of Korean art since the 1960s.
This book showcases a collection of the most visually captivating, intriguing, and often overlooked examples of Korean art. Mina Kim highlights the …
A lavishly illustrated tour of the famed adventurer's globetrotting travels, written by a celebrated translator of Polo's writings.
At the age of seventeen, Marco Polo left his Venetian home on a contin…
Vivid and racy, a deep-dive into tabloids from their sixteenth-century beginnings to the National Inquirer and beyond.
The Newsmongers unfolds the seedy history of tabloid journalism, from the first prin…
From smoothies to folklore, a global history of the many incarnations of the mango.
This beautifully illustrated book takes us on a tour through the rich world of mangoes, which inspire fervent devotion…
A revisionist biography of Andreas Vesalius--the father of modern anatomy--as deeply shaped by Renaissance culture.
In 1543 the young and ambitious physician Andreas Vesalius published one of the most f…
A fascinating guide to the natural and cultural significance of mosses and lichens.
Moss and Lichen is a celebration of the extraordinary biology, beauty, and resilience of two unassuming organisms. Endo…
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