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An engaging blend of practical advice and a catalogue of eccentricity, this book contains everything you need to know, from the fine art of composing a menu to the practicalities of the correct order and temperatures for serving wines.

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This satirical handbook for fellow Americans is a guide to the nuances of British culture in the 1960s. Deftly illustrated with dynamic cartoons, it's packed with gems on Anglo-American differences and pithy advice which tells us as much about the British of the 1960s as it does about their visitors from across the Pond.

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Pizza, pasta, pesto and olive oil: how did these foods - and many more Italian ingredients - become so widespread and popular Richly illustrated, this book maps the extraordinary progress of Italian food, from the legacy of the Roman invasion to its current, ever-increasing popularity.

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This book casts a well-deserved spot-light on punctuation marks, mathematical symbols and glyphs; stalwarts of typography whose handy knack for summing up a command or concept in simple shorthand marshals our sentences, clarifies a calculation or adds some much-needed emotion to our online interactions.

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(Hardback)

Spanning the Islamic world, from ninth-century Baghdad to nineteenth-century Iran, this book tells the story of the key Muslim map-makers and the art of Islamic cartography. Lavishly illustrated with stunning manuscripts, beautiful instruments and Qibla charts, this book provides a window into the worldviews of Islamic societies.

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Did you know that marmalade, pirate, sketch and purse trace their linguistic origins back to the Athens of 500 bce This book offers a word-by-word look at the influence of Greek on everyday words in English, telling the stories behind their etymological developments.

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A fascinating insight into the life of one of our best-loved authors through the biographies of objects that crossed her path in life and afterward.

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The thirteen letters collected by Jane Austens House Museum, in Chawton, give us intimate glimpses into her life in Bath and Chawton and on visits to London, many details finding echoes in her fiction. Brought together in this book, these artefacts make a delightful modern-day keepsake of correspondence from one of the worlds best-loved writers.

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This collection of essays offers an intimate history of Austens art and life told through objects associated with her personally and with the era in which she lived. Her teenage notebooks, music albums, pelisse-coat, letters and the portraits made of her during her life all feature in this lavishly illustrated collection.

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A collection of essays examining the spread of books in Jewish vernacular languages and Hebrew characters, offering an extraordinary insight into the linguistic richness of Jewish life.

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Representing four centuries of collecting and 1,000 years of Jewish history, this book brings together extraordinary Hebrew manuscripts and rare books. Saved for posterity by religious scholarship, intellectual rivalry and political ambition, these collections offer a fascinating journey through Jewish intellectual and social history.

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Highly original and enjoyable examation of the etymology behind a selection of trades and professions, unearthing intriguing nuggets of historical information along the way. Includes explanations of common surnames; obsolete jobs such as pardoner or telegraph boy; and roles for the modern era, such as wedding planner and sky marshal.

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(Hardback)

An authoritative collection of essays celebrating Kafkas life and work, and examining how his writing has continued to provide inspiration for over a century.

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Following on from the publication of the first volume of these forgotten treasures, this book collects together further important and often unique Korean objects within the University of Oxford.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

This book presents a wide selection of Oxfords Latin inscriptions (and a few Greek ones), found in many accessible places in both city and university, dating from the medieval period to the present day. These evocative mementos of the past are translated and explained, vividly illustrating the history of Oxford for the local and tourist alike.

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Homecoming, haunting, nostalgia, desire: these are some of the themes evoked by the beguiling motif of the lighted window in literature and art. In this innovative combination of place-writing, memoir and cultural study, Peter Davidson takes us on atmospheric walks through nocturnal cities in Britain, Europe and North America.

(Hardback)

Listen In explores the sensational early history of radio from the perspective of listeners through previously unpublished testimonies.

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Cats have provided the inspiration for an incredible range of fiction, memoir and poetry, from ancient myths and fables to much-loved childrens books, and from classic tales to contemporary novels. A must for all cat-lovers, this book celebrates the inspirational connections between our favourite feline friends and the literary imagination.

(Hardback)

This compact gift book is packed full of witty, scandalous and entertaining quotations about this famous city from the Middle Ages to the current decade.

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This book contains over one hundred images of the Greater London area before 1800 from maps, drawings, manuscripts, printed books and engravings, all from the Gough Collection at the Bodleian Library. Examples are drawn from the present Greater London to contrast town and countryside at the time. A fascinating insight into life in Georgian London.

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Lost Maps of the Caliphs provides the first general overview of The Book of Curiosities and the unique insight it offers into medieval Islamic thought.