This book provides a detailed look at the lives and works of three influential figures of the Victorian era: artist George Frederick Watts, painter Sandro Botticelli, and poet Matthew Arnold…

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This fascinating study of the economic products of India offers a detailed look at the country's rich natural resources, including everything from spices and timber to cotton and tea. Illustrated…

November 1943: American flyer George Watt parachutes out of his burning warplane and lands in rural Nazi-occupied Belgium. Escape from Hitler’s Europe is the incredible story of his getaway–how brave…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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Assisted by contributors, Scottish botanist George Watt (1851-1930) set about organising vast amounts of information on India’s commercial plants and produce, including scientific and vernacular names, properties, domestic and medical…

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