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Peter Bond
Out of This World

A grounded, inside look at how astronauts live, train, and survive in space.Spaceflight may now seem routine, but it remains one of the most dangerous and demanding human endeavors. This book offers a cle…

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Svend Brinkmann
Domenico Ghirlandaio

Renaissance Lives

An accessible life of the fifteenth-century painter and instructor of Michelangelo.Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448-94) was a master of Renaissance art, celebrated for his vivid frescoes and detailed portraits.…

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Kerry Brown
Mao

Chairman Mao's extraordinary life and complex legacy laid bare.Mao Zedong lived one of the most epic and influential lives of the twentieth century. His impact on the People's Republic of China was vast. …

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Michelle P Brown
Spirit of the North

The history and enduring significance of the Lindisfarne Gospels, a beloved illuminated manuscript.Why does the North of England possess such a distinctive identity, and why does a manuscript created on a…

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Colin Burgess
The Greatest Adventure

A thrilling exploration of the past, present, and future of the space race.The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the twentieth century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, dis…

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Liam Cagney
Berghain Nights

One of the Books of the Year 2025 at The Irish TimesA pulsing, personal, and fabulous ride through the music and culture of an iconic nightclub scene.Fascinated by Berlin nightclub Berghain's strange tech…

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Liam Cagney
Myriad, Microscopic and Marvellous

The fascinating life and legacy of a pioneering seventeenth-century microbiologist.The pioneering Dutch microbiologist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek uncovered hidden worlds of minuscule life. With his ingenious,…

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Stephen Case
Celestial Bodies

A jargon-free history of the shifting relationship between astronomy and astrology.For most of human history, the study of celestial bodies and their earthly influence was not distinguished. Although the …

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Camilla Cassidy
Ground beneath Our Feet

A personal history of enclosure in England that explores the meaning of belonging in the landscape.What can it mean to belong to a place when it doesn't belong to you? The Ground beneath Our Feet tells th…

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Paolo Cherchi Usai
Firefly

An illuminating survey of the scientific and cultural history of the many-named glowing insect: the spark bug, lightning bug, or firefly.Fireflies have inspired poets, songwriters, and scientists for cent…

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Paul Chrystal
Miracula

Occasionally scandalous and always fascinating, a cornucopia of surprising and little-told yarns from the classical world.Both humorous and shocking, Miraculais filled with astonishing facts and stories d…

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Jo Coghlan, Lisa J Hackett
Dressing for Leisure

Across fashion, film and television, and more, a revealing look at how changing swimwear designs reflect shifting attitudes.From the suffocating modesty of bloomers to the bold minimalism of the bikini, D…

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Richard Cooper
François Rabelais

The adventurous life of the sixteenth-century French writer.François Rabelais was one of the Renaissance's most extraordinary figures: comic author, physician, teacher, editor, monk, and tireless intellec…

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Marty Crump
Salamander

The remarkable story of one of the world's most intriguing creatures.Combining natural history, cultural history, and conservation science, this richly illustrated book traces the evolutionary history, an…

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Frederik Cryns
The Shoguns at War

The first comprehensive English-language history of Japan's fifteen Ashikaga shoguns.For more than two centuries, the Ashikaga shoguns stood at the center of Japan's political and cultural life. Founded b…

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Michael F Cusato
Francis of Assisi

Now in paperback, an accessible introduction to the life of this most-venerated saint.This book is an accessible biography of Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan religious order and one of the mo…

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Alyssa Dinega Gillespie
Alexander Pushkin

The dramatic life of the modern Russian writer.Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) was the founder of the modern Russian literary tradition and the first to fully develop Russian as an expressive literary langu…

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Tim Entwisle
Three Worlds Oak

Offering fresh botanical insight, charm, and humor, the first memoir dedicated to a plant genus.A dying hybrid oak in Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens sets off on an imaginative search for its parents, a…

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Biancamaria Fontana
Desk Revolutionaries

A character-driven, insider's view of how the French government was rebuilt between the Revolution and the rise of Napoleon.The French Directory is often dismissed as an uninspiring interlude between revo…

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Gregory Forth
The Wicked Witch

A worldwide survey of witches that reveals universal patterns in how we perceive witchcraft.Few figures haunt the human imagination like the witch. While existing books and media have largely focused on t…

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