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Design

Cartography

Blind Maps and Blue Dots The Blurring of the Producer-User Divide in the Production of Visual Information

Grootens Jost

ISBN: PB: 9783037786581, Lars Muller Publishers, November 2020
192 pp., 30x22 cm, 47 illus.

The shift towards digital modes of production has fundamentally changed both cartography and graphic design. The omni-present computer, the interactive possibilities of digital media and the direct exchange of visual information through networks have...

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Nature

Cultural Studies

Botany of Gin

Thorogood Chris, Hiscock Simon

ISBN: HB: 9781851245536, Bodleian Library Publishing, September 2020
112 pp., 21x14.8 cm, 35 colour illus.

From its roots in ancient Greek herbal medicine, the popular spirit we now know as gin was established by the Dutch in the sixteenth century as a juniper-infused tincture to cure fevers. It gained notoriety during the London 'gin craze' in the eighte...

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Nature

Amazing Nature

Bark A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast

Wojtech Michael

ISBN: PB: 9781684580316, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2020
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 283 colour plates, 151 halftones, 65 maps

What kind of tree is that? Whether you're hiking in the woods or simply sitting in your backyard, from Maine to New York you'll never be without an answer to that question, thanks to this handy companion to the trees of the Northeast. Featuring detai...

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History

Before Nature Cuneiform Knowledge and the History of Science

Rochberg Francesca

ISBN: PB: 9780226759586, ISBN: HB: 9780226406138, University of Chicago Press, August 2020
392 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 halftone, 1 table

In the modern West, we take for granted that what we call the "natural world" confronts us all and always has – but "Before Nature" explores that almost unimaginable time when there was no such conception of "nature" – no word, reference, or sense fo...

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Birds

Birds An Anthology

Mitchell Jaqueline, Fitch Daglish Eric

ISBN: HB: 9781851245291, Bodleian Library Publishing, June 2020
272 pp., 19.8x12.9 cm, 25 black&white illus.

Thomas Hardy notes the thrush's "full-hearted evensong of joy illimited", Gilbert White observes how swallows sweep through the air but swifts "dash round in circles" and Rachel Carson watches sanderlings at the ocean's edge, scurrying "across the be...

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Nature

Culture Studies

Blooming Flowers A Seasonal History of Plants and People

Boddy Kasia

ISBN: HB: 9780300243338, Yale University Press, April 2020
256 pp., 23.4x15.2 cm, 64 colour illus.

The bright yellow of a marigold and the cheerful red of a geranium, the evocative fragrance of a lotus or a saffron-infused paella – there is no end of reasons to love flowers. Ranging through the centuries and across the globe, Kasia Boddy looks at...

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History

Beyond the Laboratory Scientists as Political Activists in 1930s America

Kuznick Peter J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226676203, University of Chicago Press, September 2019
374 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

The debate over scientists' social responsibility is a topic of great controversy today. Peter J. Kuznick here traces the origin of that debate to the 1930s and places it in a context that forces a reevaluation of the relationship between science and...

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Dogs

Beginner’s Dog Guide Your Dog's First Year

Lowe Rachele M.

ISBN: PB: 9781760790813, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, July 2019
176 pp., 23.5x18.2 cm

Thinking of buying or adopting a new dog, where do you start? Firstly you need to know what pet will suit you and your family. This guide gives you step by step advice on where to find a good breeder, what to expect from your vet, puppy proofing your...

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Biography & Memoires

Physics

Biographic: Einstein Great Lives in Graphic Form

Clegg Brian

ISBN: HB: 9781781453339, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, October 2018
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, colour illus.

The Biographics series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all...

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Biography & Memoires

Physics

Biographic: Tesla Great Lives in Graphic Form

Clegg Brian

ISBN: HB: 9781781453537, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, October 2018
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, colour illus.

The Biographics series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all...

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