Why do we live the way we do? We spend our lives indoors--at home or at work, in stores and train stations, museums and restaurants--but how often do we stop to consider the ideas behind and the forms of the spaces around us? The Story of the Interior does just this, tracing how interiors have evolved and revealing how they influence the way we live, work, learn, and play.Educator and design writer Graeme Brooker delves into the history of the room and the cultural, social, and technological ...

For as long as cats have coexisted with humans, they have been feared, revered, and respected. They appear as dynamic hunters in Paleolithic carvings and cave paintings; were venerated as gods in ancient Egypt; and still have the power to fascinate and frighten us, as the popularity of Joe Exotic, the self- styled Tiger King, shows. How did we go from hunting, and being hunted by, cats to keeping them as pets in our homes?In this wide-ranging and captivating history, archaeologist Jerry Moore...