A provocative account of how subjective experience rules society today.

Over the last twenty years museums have proliferated, attracting new audiences and assuming new prominence in public life. The Return of Curiosity offers a fresh perspective on museums and what they may now be good for. Nicholas Thomas argues that what is special about museums are their collections, which are not just rich resources for reflection, but creative technologies that enable people to make new things in the present.Reflecting on art galleries, science and history institutions, and ...

An entertaining, alternative portrait of nudity down the ages.

A tune-filled, light-footed people's history of ballroom dancing.

Reveals how people have used, valued and understood forests over time.

In Tulip, Celia Fisher traces the story of this important and highly popular plant, from its mountain beginnings to its cultivation in the gardens of Mughul, Persian and Ottoman potentates, and its migration from East to West along the silk trading routes.

A beguiling history of ten pathfinding women walkers.

The extraordinary story of William Adams, the real-life inspiration for the TV series Shogun.

A valuable and timely account of attention, from neuroscience to surfing.