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Burned Alive challenges the accepted history of astronomy and shows how cosmology led Bruno bravely to his death.

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A major, comprehensive history of Russian food.

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In this lively book, Meg Muckenhoupt traces cabbage's culinary paradox, exploring the cultural and chemical basis for its smelly reputation and enduring popularity. Filled with fascinating facts and recipes for everything from French cabbage soup to sauerkraut chocolate cake, Cabbage

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Dan Torre uniquely explores the natural, cultural and social history of cacti - with particular emphasis on how these remarkable plants have been represented in art, literature, cinema, animation and popular culture around the world.

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What birthday, wedding, bar mitzvah or children's party would be complete without it This book explores the origin of modern cake and its development from sweet bread to architectural flight of fancy, together with the meanings, legends and rituals attached to cake throughout the world.

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In this eye-catching, beautifully illustrated book, bestselling author Desmond Morris tells the compelling story of cats in art, from prehistory until the present day.

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Becky Sue Epstein chronicles champagne, the most ebullient and celebratory of wines, describing its history and the celebrities who made it famous, from Dom Perignon to the widow Veuve Cliquot.

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A fresh, up-to-date account of the life and work of Charles Darwin.

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Cheese is one of the most ancient of civilized foods and one of the most nourishing. This title reveals how cheese was invented and where, when and even why. It tells the true story of cheese, from its prehistoric invention to its modern rebirth.

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Recounts the origins, art, literature and legends of the cherry tree.

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Whet Moser's book reveals how Chicago grew into a metropolis through its social, urban, cultural and sometimes scandalous history. He takes readers from the very beginnings of the city to the global city it has become - and offers a local's perspective on the best and most interesting aspects of Chicago to visitors today.

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Since its inception the world of cinema has embraced the image of the child and both extended and challenged its representations. This title explores the complex and adventure of childhood on screen and examines how the child in film has been used to embody the aspirations and anxieties of modern life.

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Since 1984, Chinese cinema has been the most dramatic entry onto the international film scene. China into Film is the first book to look at contemporary Chinese cinema as a visual art and to illustrate the ways in which it has been shaped by centuries of Chinese tradition.

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Now nearly one hundred years old, Indian cinema is one of that country's most vibrant cultural products as well as being the world's most prolific, at its peak producing an estimated 800 films a year. Cinema India is the first book to concentrate on the visual culture of Indian film.

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Citizen Warhol investigates Andy Warhol's most deep-seated inuences - his religious practices; his art training; his dalliance with Aubrey Beardsley; his triumphs as a commercial artist - and shows how they were fundamental to the life and legacy of the mature artist.

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An exploration of what 'the city' represented in the medieval imagination. Drawing upon original accounts, illustrations and maps from across medieval Europe, and on science, religion, art, literature, drama and architecture of the Latin West, it offers an interpretation of how medieval Christians saw their urban worlds.

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Simon gives us a new biography of the iconic, iconoclastic fashion designer Coco Chanel. Drawing upon rich archival sources, Coco Chanel provides a lively, clear-eyed account of the life and work of a woman whose influence transcends the world of fashion.

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The computer has in many respects become so common that it largely disappears from view. This book shows how changes in attitudes have been reflected in the physical design of the computer, and the ways in which the computer has been represented and promoted by manufacturers in advertising media.

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Acknowledged as one of the major sculptors and avant-garde artists of the twentieth century, Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) also remained one of the most elusive. This book looks beyond the mythology of the artist to show us Constantin the Romanian student, as well as Brancusi the celebrated artist.

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Contemporary Chinese Art examines China's thriving present-day cultural scene, from the country's issues of state control to its booming artistic marketplace.

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Gothic images pervade contemporary culture, from popular interior decorating programmes to news stories of vampire-obsessed killers. This book seeks to analyse this trend. Why is Gothic perennially undergoing revival What is its role in modern consumer culture And is its popularity or its usefulness drawing to an end

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This book is the first contemporary study of its kind since the 1979 Revolution in Iran, a fascinating and comprehensive account of subversive and mainstream Iranian art and visual culture.

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