Offering a beguiling view of the history of walking, Wanderers guides us through the different wa...

The central argument of Chromophobia is that a chromophobic impulse - a fear of corruption or con...

Mapping the acoustic onto the human soul, moving meditations on the power and meaning of sound....

A history of humanity's relationship with oceans across cultures and centuries. Much of human exp...

Since time immemorial, the nocturnal skies have mesmerized us, and heavenly bodies have inspired ...

Echoing with the sounds of the sea, an exquisite survey of the science and customs of conchs, cla...

A provocative reassessment of a popular narrative that connects museums, the antiquities trade, a...

Drawing on the latest research, an engaging and nuanced biography of Freud that argues for his co...

A life of the nineteenth-century German writer and composer most famous for inspiring The Nutcrac...

An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people....

Drawing on an impressive range of archaeological and textual sources and a nuanced understanding ...

A concise history of the enormously powerful and influential Shi'i caliphate.p The Fatimids (...