An engaging overview of our attitudes to, and relationships with, wooded environments throughout history.
Chillies traces the culinary journey of the spice and uncovers cultural and spiritual links between chillies and humans, from their use as an aphrodisiac, to the recent discovery that chilli heat shows promise as a treatment for neuropathic pain, prostate cancer and leukaemia.
A superbly illustrated ?scientific and cultural history of mountains.
The Space Within explores how interior space has been integral to the development of Modern architecture from the late 1800s to today, and how generations of architects have engaged with interior space and its experience in their design processes.
Mysterious and often inaccessible, Tibet has been a source of fascination to outsiders for centuries and a troublesome and resistant subject for photographers.
Highly regarded woodpecker expert Gerard Gorman delves into the natural and cultural history of woodpeckers, presenting their natural, social and cultural history.
Extensively illustrated with images of the lunar surface, The Moon is an accessible introduction that will appeal to both amateur and professional astronomers and all those fascinated by Earth's natural satellite
A masterful and eminently readable account of the Ancient Greek diaspora.
Zebra is a comprehensive and wide-ranging study of the natural and cultural history of this popular animal.
A History of Language charts the history of linguistics from the times of Homo erectus through to the nineteenth century when the science of linguistics was developed and analyses the emergence of language as a science and its development as a written form.
An up-to-date, beautifully illustrated investigation of the planet Mercury.
An informed and entertaining history that takes readers from the world’s first restaurants in Kaifeng to the latest high-end dining experiences.