Imagined Corners - Exploring the World's First Atlas by Paul Binding
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Published in Antwerp in 1570, the Theatrum orbis terrarum did something no previous book had done—it presented the world in all its component parts, offering the chance to see our planet as a place of staggering variety and ultimate unity. It was the world’s first atlas. Brainchild of Abraham Ortelius, ...Show more
10 Years That Shook the World: A Timeline of Events from 2001 by Loretta Napoleoni
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From 9/11 to the launch of the iPod, from the creation of 'Gmail' to the 2004 tsunami, from the Enron bankruptcy to the killing of Osama bin Laden, 10 Years That Shook the World is the story of an extraordinary decade. For each year, Loretta Napoleoni presents events not as a chronology but as dispatche ...Show more
The Compleat Loo : A Lavatorial Miscellany by Roger Kilroy
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The Narrow Sea by Peter Unwin
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The English Channel separates Britain from Europe, keeping invaders out of Britain and making the island and islanders different from the continent and their fellow Europeans. But the Channel also serves as a link between mainland and island, bearing settlers, missionaries, merchants, refugees and conqu ...Show more
Fortunes of Africa: A 5,000 Year History of Wealth, Greed and Endeavour by Martin Meredith
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Africa has been coveted for its riches ever since the era of the Pharoahs. In past centuries, it was the lure of gold, ivory and slaves that drew fortune-seekers, merchant-adventurers and conquerors from afar. In modern times, the focus of attention is on oil, diamonds and other valuable minerals. Land ...Show more