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Have you ever sat and watched a plant? The very idea itself might seem strange. We like to watch things that move, that do something. But in fact, pla

Met haar kenmerkende geestige schrijfstijl maakt Natalie Haynes, bekroond classicus en auteur van De kruik van Pandora, de Griekse mythologie toeganke

Paco Roca – Terugkeer naar Eden Antonia is een ongeschoolde vrouw uit een doorsneegezin, voor wie het leven door de Spaanse Burgeroorlog nog zwaard

Planta Sapiens neemt ons mee in een nieuw wetenschapsgebied: plantenneurobiologie. Planten beschikken over cellen die elektrische signalen versturen e

In this gem of a book, Natalie Zemon Davis explores the role of gifts in Renaissance France. From the King's bounty to the beggar's alms, from the la

To receive a royal pardon in sixteenth-century France for certain kinds of homicide—unpremeditated, unintended, in self-defense, or otherwise excusabl

The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du Tilh, and ree

The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the re

One bookshop. Fifty-one rules. Three women who break them all.

From the Women's Prize-shortlisted author Natalie Haynes comes a stunning reimagining of the Oedipus and Antigone myths, revealing a new side of an an

In Divine Might Natalie Haynes, author of the bestselling Pandora’s Jar, returns to the world of Greek myth and this time she examines the role of the

A feminist retelling of the Trojan War - giving voices to the women the myths forgot . . . Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 On

Natalie Haynes, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of A Thousand Ships, brings life to the infamous myth of Medusa with a heartbreaking, feminist retell

‘I know dirt when I smell it,’ zei een criticus in 1921 over het pas verschenen Verliefde vrouwen, hoewel hij een gekuiste versie onder ogen had gekre

What, exactly, is knowledge of music? And what does it tell us about humanistic knowledge in general? This book grapples directly with these fundament

Creative Block is a book set out to ruffle feathers, get out of ruts and start those juices flowing. Focussing on creative process and theory, it is f

'Natalie's holistic five-week sleep programme is life-changing' – Chloe Brotheridge, author of The Anxiety Solution'I defy anyone to read this book an

A monumental feat of translation: Islam’s founding text rendered in limpid English verse that echoes the sublimity of the Arabic original