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Istanbul A Cultural and Literary History

Clark Peter

ISBN: PB: 9781904955764, Signal Books, September 2010
256 pp., 20.4x13.6 cm

For sale in CIS only! Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul: these are only three names that have been given to the city that straddles two continents, was the capital of two multinational empires and is today a vibrant commercial and artistic city, t...

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Danube A Cultural History

Beattie Andrew

ISBN: PB: 9781904955665, Signal Books, August 2010
256 pp., 21.7x14.7 cm

For sale in CIS only! The Danube is the longest river in western and central Europe. Rising amidst the beautiful wooded hills of Germany's Black Forest, it touches or winds its way through ten countries and four capital cities before emptying into t...

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Malta A Traveller's Anthology

Manley Deborah

ISBN: PB: 9781904955702, Signal Books, July 2010
256 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

For sale in CIS only! Few countries are as marked by their history as the Maltese islands of Malta and Gozo. At least five centuries before St. Paul was shipwrecked on Malta's northern shore on his way to Rome and martyrdom, what are perhaps the old...

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Venice An Architectural Guide

Goy Richard J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300148824, Yale University Press, June 2010
320 pp., 21.6x11.8 cm, 100 black&white illus., 100 colour illus.

Each year, millions of visitors travel to Venice to admire the architectural marvels of this famed city. In this brief yet comprehensive volume, distinguished architect and critic Richard Goy offers a convenient and accessible guide to the city's pia...

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Siberia A Cultural History

Haywood Anthony

ISBN: PB: 9781904955689, Signal Books, May 2010
288 pp., 21.7x14.7 cm, black&white illus.

For sale in CIS only! Before Russians crossed the Urals Mountains in the sixteenth century to settle their "colony" in North Asia, they heard rumours about bountiful fur, of bizarre people without eyes who ate by shrugging their shoulders and of a l...

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Ionian Islands and Epirus A Cultural History

Potts Jim

ISBN: PB: 9781904955658, Signal Books, March 2010
256 pp., 21.7x14.7 cm

For sale in CIS only! Scattered off the west coast of mainland Greece are the seven Ionian Islands, celebrated for their spectacular landscapes, olive groves and classical associations. Together with the mountainous mainland region of Epirus, the co...

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Innocents in the Dry Valleys An Account of the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1958-1959

Bull Colin

ISBN: PB: 9781602230712, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2010
267 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 halftone, 4 maps, 2 graphs, 81 colour illus.

In the summer of 1958, physicist Colin Bull, along with a biologist and two undergraduate geology students from Victoria University of Wellington, launched an exploration of the Dry Valleys of Victoria Land, Antarctica – the first of what has become...

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Photography

History of Art

Buddhist Art An Historical and Cultural Journey

Beguin Giles

ISBN: HB: 9789749863879, Prestel Publishing, River Books, October 2009
400 pp., 32.2x25.1 cm, colour photos

Buddhism and its art is the one truly unifying factor of the entire Asian continent and has become a fundamental part of our shared world heritage. To draw a unique portrait of this art in a single work is a formidable undertaking due to the great pl...

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Biography & Memoires

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London Observed A Polish Philosopher at Large, 1822-24

Lach-Szyrma Krystin

ISBN: PB: 9781904955641, Signal Books, September 2009
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The philosopher and writer Krystin Lach-Szyrma came to Britain in 1820 as tutor to two Polish princes, as their Grand Tour took them to Enlightenment Scotland, where they spent two years studying at Edinburgh University. After...

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Stockholm A Cultural and Literary History

Griffiths Tony

ISBN: PB: 9781904955528, Signal Books, August 2009
256 pp., 20.4x13.6 cm

For sale in CIS only! Situated on Lake Malaren on one of the world's most beautiful harbours, Stockholm has set the benchmark for civilized city-living since the time of the Vikings. Its medieval regal period saw the Vasa dynasty turn a small town i...

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