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An Exile on Planet Earth Articles and Reflections by Brian Aldiss

These personal and revealing essays by the master of science fiction reveal the influences behind his writing and offer new insights into the man and his world.

Titanic Calling Wireless Communications During the Great Disaster by Michael Hughes

Drawing on the Marconi Archives in the Bodleian Library, the most extensive record of wireless communications, this book recounts the fateful events of April 1912 using complete transcripts of the messages to re-tell this legendary story as it was first heard.

A Dance Through Time Images of Western Social Dancing from the Middle Ages to Modern Times by Jeremy Barlow

This richly illustrated account is an enchanting survey of dance illustration through the ages. It examines how, over the centuries, artists and illustrators have represented dance in a stylized and often humorous manner, and is essential reading for anyone interested in dance or social and cultural history.

Anglicanus Ortus A Verse Herbal of the Twelfth Century by Henry of Huntingdon by Winston Black

This book presents the first English verse translation of Henry of Huntingdon's recently-discovered 'Anglicanus ortus', opening a new window onto this important English author as well as onto the uses of poetry and the knowledge of medicine in medieval England.