The Library of Ancient Wisdom pieces together a vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life from the shattered remnants of the 30,000 or so tablets in Ashurbanipals library... which not only bring kings and queens to life, but also priests, traders...More info...
From the bestselling Ukrainian cookery writer comes a profound meditation on the hopes and fears across generations amid political upheaval...More info...
A fascinating journey through Europe’s old towns, exploring why we treasure them—but also what they hide about a continent’s fraught history...More info...
(Pub. Date: 16-Feb-2023, Hardback, Publisher: Pitkin Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781841659565)
Fully illustrated with beautiful photographs, this special commemorative book by royal biographer Brian Hoey—who had the privilege of meeting Diana on several occasions—pays tribute to the life of this remarkable young woman.Diana, Pri...More info...
A new edition of this best-selling history of Britain, from Roman times, now updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century.The Oxford History of Britain tells the story of Br...More info...
This book takes the concept of piracy as a starting point to discuss the instability of property as a social construction and how this is spatially situated. Piracy is understood as acts and practices that emerge in zones where the construction an...More info...
(Pub. Date: 07-Jun-2017, Hardback, Publisher: Ammonite Press, ISBN-13: 9781781453018)
The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the worlds greatest thinkers and creative. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all of...More info...
