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In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to the publication of the French Encyclopédi …

With contribiutions Francesco Bandarin, Minja Yang and Mechthild Rössler This publication is the fourth in the Heritage Studies series and aims to reflect upon the many dimensions of sustainability a …

100 Bizarre customs, strange traditions and many facts out of Germany, will help entertain yourself and others about those two important days. Why not plan an entertaining evening and use exciting fa …

Your ultimate guide to the food in the James Bond universe. This book contains recipes based on food eaten in the Ian Fleming novels and the Bond film series. Also included are some recipes from othe …

There are various truths which are hard to believe, in fact very hard to believe, seemed to be unreal in modern world. The forgotten islanders of Tromelin is perhaps the most faithful treachery ever …

In 1958 at the inaugural World Amateur Team Championship at the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, Bill Hyndman struck a shot golfing immortal Bobby Jones called “the greatest clutch shot I hav …

In the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, Italian poetry experienced an extraordinary heyday. In ten chapters, the present volume provides exemplary insights into this period. …

THE Story of Portugal possesses a peculiar interest from the fact that it is to its history alone that the country owes its existence as a separate nation Geographically, the little kingdom is an int …

It would be difficult to find in the history of the sixteenth century a name more fiercely assailed than that of Gianluigi Fieschi. From Bonfadio down to the most recent historians, the Count of Lava …

THE Iberian Peninsula has not always had the same form which it now has, or the same plants, animals, or climate which are found there today. For example, it is said that Spain was once united by lan …