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The Roma: A Travelling History

A profoundly personal and moving portrait of a misunderstood people and their on-going journey – she...

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Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women

'A fascinating book about four women - it tells us so much about their world, and about our own… Wha...

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The Breast: A Cultural and Political History

While sometimes described as a secondary sex characteristic, the female breast is of primary interes...

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FLICK: The Story of Female Pleasure

Meet the women throughout history who, quite literally, came before us.From the host of award-winnin...

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Moral Ambition: How to Find Your Purpose

The antidote to apathy from the internationally bestselling author and 2025 BBC Reith lecturer Rutge...

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Dickens the Enchanter: Inside the Explosive Imagination of the Great Storyteller

'Dickensian is a language, not an adjective. Conrad speaks it fluently.' -- Spectator World'Marvello...

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Letters for the Ages Great Musicians

A collection of letters written through the ages from musicians of all genres, from Mozart to Elton...

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A Cultural History of Race in Antiquity

The era generally referred to as antiquity lasted for thousands of years and was characterized by a...

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A Cultural History of Medicine in Antiquity

Patient, disease and physician were the three corners of the 'medical triangle' according to one of...

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A Cultural History of the Sea in Antiquity

The sea is omnipresent in the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean basin. It is an inexhaustible so...

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Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys through Ancient Literature

Emily Wilson reflects on the power of language to evolve our understanding of the past 'Enthralli...

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How to Think Like a Poet: The Poets That Made Our World and Why We Need Them

'An entertaining guide to the rhyme and reason of poetry' -- The IdlerHow history's most influential...

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How to Live Like a Stoic: A Handbook for Happiness

'The inestimable Tom Hodgkinson once again contributes to our collective calm with this perfectly ju...

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Why Plato Matters Now

Professor Angie Hobbs proves in this persuasive and intelligent book that Plato is more relevant tha...

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Spinoza, Atheist

In 1656, a young Amsterdam merchant was excommunicated by his Portuguese-Jewish community in the har...