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From Pegasus to Black Beauty, horses have held a unique place in human society and imagination. This book chronicles the rich and complex natural history of the animal, from wild feral horses to the domesticated species that once played a central role in daily life as a means of transportation, an instrument of war, and a source of labour.

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Served in a fresh soft bun, and adorned with your choice of mustard, ketchup, chilli, sauerkraut, coleslaw, pickles, relish, sliced tomatoes, hot peppers and fried or fresh onion, the hot dog must surely be one of the world's favourite convenience foods. The author recounts the history of this popular dish.

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Igor Stravinsky was a celebrity composer in an increasingly celebrity-obsessed age. He was a true modern, a man of his time. Stravinsky's extraordinary music reflected and shaped his own times, and resonates with audiences even today. Stravinsky tells of a colourful life lived against the backdrop of the twentieth century's wars and revolutions.

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Taking the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet in 1959 as its starting point, this book offers an interpretation of the ways in which the idea of Tibet has been imagined by Tibetan artists in exile in India and in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.

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A critical reinterpretation of India's leading role in the history of modern architecture, this book shows how architecture in India has reflected and embodied dramatic shifts in Indian society and culture over the course of the twentieth century.

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Kiff Bamford traces the circuitous journey of Jean-Francois Lyotard life and work, unravelling the thrust of Lyotard's main philosophical arguments, his struggle with thinking and his confrontation with the task of writing and thinking philosophy differently.

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The first book to examine the films of Jim Jarmusch from a sound-oriented perspective. The three essential acoustic elements that structure a film - music, words and noise - propel this book's fascinating journey through his work, including Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down By Law (1986), Dead Man (1995), and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013).

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In John Cage, Rob Haskins outlines how the controversial artist contributed to twentieth-century music, literature and art. Haskins considers John Cage's life, art, ideas and work, evaluating the twin pillars of Cage's creative output and the ideas that lie behind it.

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A new account of the life and work of poet, scholar, soldier and cleric John Donne.

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John Dixon Hunt's new biography takes a fresh look at the life and work of 17th-century English writer, gardener and diarist John Evelyn. Hunt discusses Evelyn's most famous work, his Diary, as well as his domestic life, his extensive European travels, and his wide-ranging work on social and ethical issues.

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A new critical biography of Joseph Beuys, arguably the most important and controversial German artist of the late twentieth century.

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An original interpretation of Joseph Conrad's life of writing.

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The book traces Malevich's development from his beginnings in Ukraine and early years in Moscow - where he was closely involved in the Futurist circle - through to the late 1920s and beyond.

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A new history of the United Arab Emirates, which looks behind the region's glossy facade to cast a revealing light on a much-misunderstood land.

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Kimono traces the transformation of the Japanese garment from everyday attire to National symbol, exploring the historic and contemporary use of this enduring cultural legacy.

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From Korean artists' first encounters with oil paintings in the late nineteenth century to the varied and vibrant creative outputs of the 2000s, this new account covers a critical and, from a cultural perspective, a revolutionary time, signified by the breakdown of earlier artistic conventions and the rise of new art forms.

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Lancelot 'Capability' Brown is often thought of as an innovative genius who single-handedly pioneered a new, 'naturalistic' style of landscape design. Illustrated with over 120 images, this beautiful book shows that Brown's style, like the organization of his business, was the product of a distinctly modern world.

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A classic account of how landscape has been central to questions of 'Englishness' - of national identity, history and modernity, as well as concepts of citizenship and the body.

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A new biography of Langston Hughes, taking in his extraordinary life and canonical works.

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This book provides a succinct and comprehensive history of Latin American cinema from its origins in 1896 to the award-winning cinema of the present day.

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You can squeeze it, zest it, slice it, juice it, pickle it, or even take a bite out of it as Sicilians do. This title tells the story of the remarkable adventure of the lemon, starting with its fragrant and mysterious ancestor, the citron, adored by the Greeks and Romans for its fine perfume and sacred to many of the world's great religions.

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A challenging, iconoclastic history of empire-building from the point of view of women.