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The superstitions, marvels, fantasies and experiments of twins.

The first history in English of the global sensation, sushi.

An engaging account of foie gras, a luxurious yet controversial ingredient.

A celebration of the ancient, unassuming yet exceptional turtle.

English art critic John Ruskin was one of the great visionaries of his time, and his influential books and letters on the power of art challenged the foundations of Victorian life. He loved looking. Sometimes it informed the things he wrote, but often it provided access to the many topographical and cultural topics he explored--rocks, plants, birds, Turner, Venice, the Alps. In The Art of Ruskin and the Spirit of Place, John Dixon Hunt focuses for the first time on what Ruskin drew, rather than wrote, offering a new perspective on Ruskin's visual imagination. Through analysis of more than 150 drawings and sketches, many reproduced here, he shows how Ruskin's art shaped his writings, his thoughts, and his sense of place.

Traces the many ways humans have thought about and pictured squids.

The spirit, ingenuity and genius of Peter Paul Rubens.

A delectable tour of the rich history of yoghurt.

The loss, discovery and reinvention of the world's earliest civilization, the Sumerians.

A vivid portrait of the formidable-looking yet sociable and intelligent crab.

An exploration of the Devil through art, literature, theology and music.

A fun yet comprehensive celebration of the world's fermented food and drink.

A trenchant expose of the effects of automation on worker's lives.

A Band with Built-In Hate portrays The Who through the prism of pop art and the levelling of high and low culture it brought about.

An erudite, engaging literary enquiry into the meaning of midlife.

The first historical account of the development of prison gangs world-wide.

A witty, eloquent, curious history of the wig.

Renowned historian Joanna Bourke explores the modern history of bestiality.

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.