Unearthing the Underworld
£18.00An illumination of the the hidden world of rocks – the secret-keepers of past environments, of changing climates and the pulse of life over billions of years.
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The Worst Military Leaders in History
£15.99A rogues’ gallery of the worst leaders in military history.
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Games People Played
£15.99The first truly global history of sport, covering everything from curling to baseball.
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How the Country House Became English
£25.00An exploration of the evolution of the quintessentially English country house.
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The Pirates’ Code
£15.99A rollicking account of pirates’ codes, the strict rules essential for survival at sea.
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About England
£20.00David Matless explores how ‘England’ and ‘Englishness’ have been imagined since the 1960s.
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Water Beings
£30.00A major, beautifully illustrated exposition of marine serpent beings, which demonstrates how and why some – but not all – human societies have moved from worshipping water to wreaking havoc upon it.
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Pet Revolution
£20.00Pet Revolution tracks the British love affair with pets over the last three centuries.
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Calling the Spirits
£10.99‘Calling the Spirits’ investigates the eerie history of our conversations with the dead, from necromancy in Homer’s Odyssey to the emergence of Spiritualism, when Victorians were entranced by mediums and the seance was born.
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The Fires of Lust
£12.99The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much – or too little – sex, while the Roman Catholic Church taught that virginity was the ideal state. Holy men and women committed themselves to lifelong abstinence in the name of religion. Everyone was forced to conform to restrictive rules about who they could have sex with, in what way, how often, and even when, and could be harshly punished for getting it wrong. Like us, medieval people faced challenges in finding a suitable partner or trying to get pregnant (or trying not to). They also struggled with many of the same social issues, such as whether prostitution should be legalized. Above all, they shared our fondness for dirty jokes and erotic images. By exploring their sex lives, this book brings ordinary medieval people to life, revealing details of their most personal thoughts and experiences.