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Philipp Blom
Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present

Hailed as an "arresting" (Lawrence Klepp, New Criterion ) account, Nature's Mutiny chronicles the great climate crisis of the seventeenth century that totally transformed Europe's social and pol…

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John Haywood
Ocean

"This work is a comprehensive cultural history of the Atlantic Ocean before Columbus, tracing its development from geological formation and the rise of early humans to the advancements in shipbuildin…

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Charlotta Forss
Mapping the North

An eye-opening history of the exploration and mapping of our globe's northernmost regions.Maps have played a central role in our understanding of what and where defines the North. At the same time, the no…

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Graham Robb
The Discovery of Britain

Interweaving personal and historical narratives and making use of contemporary sources, Graham Robb's lively exploration of Britain through the ages peels back the layers of this island nation and shows h…

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Victoria Shepherd
Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside

A thrilling history of mudlarkers, charlatans, experts and chancers - the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade.'What a story! And how skilfully told! A tale about treasure, as twisty and thrilling a…

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Jessica Lightfoot,
Strabo

"This book provides a short and accessible introduction to Strabo's life, times and cultural context. It outlines the importance of geography and geographical writing in the Augustan period and its d…

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Edward Armston-Sheret
On the Backs of Others

Edward Armston-Sheret offers new perspectives on British exploration during the Victorian and Edwardian eras by focusing on the contributions of those people and animals ordinarily written out of mainstre…

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Wading Barefoot Through a Mountain Stream

Experience dramatic mountain vistas and karst caves with China's most famous travel writer Xu Xiake stands as China's most distinguished traveler and travel writer, whose extensive journeys through Ming-d…

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Colin Salter
The History Trees

The ultimate photographic collection of the most historic trees on the planet.Uncover remarkable trees from around the world, many of which have borne witness to key moments in history or reached a scale …

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Victoria Shepherd
Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside

A thrilling history of mudlarkers, charlatans, experts and chancers -- the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade.'What a story! And how skilfully told! A tale about treasure, as twisty and thrilling …

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Richard Campanella
Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences

"Richard Campanella's Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences tells the epic story of human settlement in Louisiana, unearthing the original geographical rationales for the formation of hundreds of citi…

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Richard Campanella
Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences

"Richard Campanella's Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences tells the epic story of human settlement in Louisiana, unearthing the original geographical rationales for the formation of hundreds of citi…

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Sophie Pinkham
The Oak and the Larch

From the Baltic to the Pacific, from the Arctic to the steppes of Central Asia, Russia's forests account for nearly one-fifth of the world's wooded lands. The Oak and the Larch is the first-ever English-l…

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David Fletcher
The Queen's Atlas

A cartographic snapshot of late Tudor England, gorgeously reproduced with the first county maps of England and Wales.Nowadays, we take for granted the ready availability of maps of all kinds, but in Tudor…

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Dk
Maps, Annotated

This fascinating history of cartography includes more than 300 maps, from the ancient world to the present day.Combining stunning reproductions with clear annotations and pull-out details, it is an expert…

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Wyl Menmuir
The Spirit of Stone

From the lonely heights of mountains to the womblike depths of caves, stone has always drawn us in. In The Spirit of Stone, Wyl Menmuir explores the many ways in which rock and earth form part of our iden…

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Tirthankar Roy
Water and Development

Explores the idea that the economic emergence of societies in arid and semi-arid tropical regions depended on their ability to extract and recycle water and, in turn, on manipulating the environment in ce…

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Jon Woolcott
The Tattooed Hills

A journey through Britain's chalklands, uncovering the stories, symbolism, and shifting meanings of the mysterious figures carved into our hills.Across southern England and beyond, the land bears the mark…

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David N Livingstone
The Empire of Climate

How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquityScientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat…

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Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon, Thomas Lynn
An Historical and Descriptive Account of China

Reprint of the original, first published in 1836. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

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