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Land of the Rising Cat Japan's Feline Fascination
ISBN: PB: 9783791384948, Prestel Publishing, September 2019
176 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 180 colour and black&white illus.
In a country with millions of cat owners, it's not unusual to find felines in coffee shops, hotel lobbies, and museums; being taken for stroller rides; or even serving as train stationmasters. But how did this cat mania start? Why does it continue to...
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£14,99
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Of Beards and Men The Revealing History of Facial Hair
ISBN: PB: 9780226479200, ISBN: HB: 9780226284002, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 58 halftones
Beards – they're all the rage these days. Take a look around: from hip urbanites to rustic outdoorsmen, well-groomed metrosexuals to post-season hockey players, facial hair is everywhere. The New York Times traces this hairy trend to Big Apple hipste...
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£14,50
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£24,00
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Conspiracy of Ravens A Compendium of Collective Nouns for Birds
ISBN: HB: 9781851244096, Bodleian Library Publishing, August 2014
144 pp., 17x11 cm, 110 black&white illus.
"A murder of crows", "a charm of goldfinches", "an ostentation of peacocks": collective nouns for British birds have existed since at least the mid fifteenth century. They are thought to originate in texts about hunting, but have since evolved into e...
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£9,99
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Bangkok A Cultural and Literary History
ISBN: PB: 9781904955399, Signal Books, March 2008
256 pp., 20.4x13.6 cm
For sale in CIS only! Bangkok stands out as a place of extraordinary allure. Beginning as a floating city in a lush tropical setting, known to foreigners as the "Venice of the East", centuries later, its majestic Grand Palace and glittering Buddhist...
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£12,00
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Phnom Penh A Cultural and Literary History
ISBN: PB: 9781904955405, Signal Books, January 2008
256 pp., 20.4x13.6 cm
For sale in CIS only! Forever linked in the public mind with the Pol Pot tyranny, Phnom Penh only became Cambodia's permanent capital in 1866. Long neglected by Western travellers, in the sixteenth century it was home to Iberian missionaries and fre...
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£12,00
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Fools Are Everywhere The Court Jester Around the World
ISBN: PB: 9780226640921, University of Chicago Press, August 2007
444 pp., 23x15 cm, 49 halftones, 66 line drawings
In this lively work, Beatrice K. Otto takes us on a journey around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history – the court jester. Though not always clad in cap and bells, these witty, quirky characters crop up everywhere, f...
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£28,00
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