Franz Kafka died in 1924, when he was not yet forty-one. During his life he published only seven ...

This is the first facsimile publication of 'Martha Lloyd's Household Book', the manuscript cookbo...

Johann Wilhelm Weinmann was an apothecary who established a botanic garden in Regensburg and set ...

A stunningly packaged anthology of writings and artwork by noted wood engraver Clare Leighton, in...

Reynard - a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of me...

Spanning the Islamic world, from ninth-century Baghdad to nineteenth-century Iran, this book tell...

A succinct account of one of the great libraries of Europe, with fascinating details of the lives...

A beautiful reproduction of naturalist Mark Catesby's flora and fauna illustrations of North Amer...

An exquisite edition of William Blake's Songs of Innocence, accompanied by an introduction to his...

A spellbinding collection of twenty-four divinatory techniques from around the world exploring ou...

An intimate account of Albert Einstein's visit to Oxford in the 1930's, casting new light on why ...

An informative introduction exploring our fascination with shells, complete with stunningly repro...