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Round, thin and made of starchy batter cooked on a flat surface, the pancake is a food that goes by many names: crepes, flapjacks and okonomiyaki, to name just a few. This treat is a treasured food the world over. The author unearths the surprisingly rich history of pancakes and their sizzling goodness.

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A new account of the controversial alchemist, physician and social radical known as Paracelsus.

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In this book, Paris-based writer and Invisible Paris blogger Adam Roberts provides a concise and informative portrait of the iconic metropolis.

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A history of the gun, from cannons to laser beams.

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Introducing the major works and currentsof Joseon painting, Pathways to Korean Cultureexplores the various social, cultural and politicalperspectives of this dynamic, dynastic era(13921910), uncovering the fascinating historyof more than 500 years of Korean art andvisual culture.

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Although Paul Delvaux (born 1897) is an artist of international standing, his work is relatively little known in the Anglo-Saxon world. This book places Delvaux's work in the tradition of European figurative painting, as well as in the context of twentieth-century Surrealism, exploring the relationship between them.

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People in most countries are familiar with the blue peacock. This book brings together all the facets of the peacock including natural and social history, its role in religions and mythology in the East and West, and its place in the history of art and artefacts.

In this must-read book for all bird enthusiasts, Barbara Allen skilfully weaves together wildlife trivia, historical tales and the latest research to provide an engaging account of the cultural and natural history of this emblematic bird.

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From the Linux logo to The March of the Penguins, a certain tuxedo-wearing member of the animal kingdom has long captured our hearts and imaginations. Stephen Martin regales us here with the cultural and natural history of the penguin, revealing many fascinating and little-known facts about this beloved bird.

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An exploration of the issues that arise when philosophers ask 'how are we to eat'

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Surveillance cameras. Airport security lines. We see manifestations of societal fears every day, and daily news reports on the latest household danger or raised terror threat level continually stoke our sense of impending doom. This book explores the underlying ideas and issues behind this powerful emotion.

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Photography and Anthropology is a highly illustrated, provocative analysis of anthropologists' use of photography from the 1840s to the present.

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In Photography and Archaeology

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Photography and China

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Photography and Death reveals the beauty, meaning and significance of images once dismissed as disturbing, perverted or grotesque by placing them within the context of changing cultural attitudes towards death and loss.

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In Photography and Exploration

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Used for everything from geographic evaluation to secret spy missions, aerialphotography has a rich and varied history that involves the intimate and reciprocal evolution of two keymodern technologies: photography and flight.

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The ticklish subject of humour is often on the sidelines of writing about photography, yet photos often entertain us with their wit and visual jokes.

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Photography and Ireland

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Examines photography's encounters with literature from the point of view of photography, providing a new way of understanding its interplay with literature and the printed page. The author begins by showing how photography's invention and its publication were shaped by written culture, both scientific and literary.

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How do we know what an amoeba looks like How can doctors see the details of our skeletons and internal organs All of these things are made possible through the innovations of photography. The author provides a primer on the applications of photography to science as she explores the multiple facets of this complex relationship.

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Can film capture what our eyes can't see There are many examples historical and contemporary of photographs of spirits or ghosts. These images have been derided as hoaxes or, at the other extreme, held up as irrefutable proof of the otherworld. This title examines these blurred images of phantoms, psychical emanations and religious apparitions.

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An accessible introduction to photographys perhaps most contested, complex and emotive subject, war.