Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail

History

Stephen R. Bown

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Thomas Dunne Books

1993, US hardcover edition, St. Martin's Press, NY. Oversize, 160 pages. The author is a wildlife filmmaker and does an admirable job here depicting "... for the first time in one volume, information on wolves from all over the world." Here, in addition to the facts about these fascinating creatures, are classical myths and folk songs, magic and faith. Wonderful full-color and b&amp;w photos throughout, with paintings and drawings besides. This is a gorgeous book about one of the world's most fascinating creatures. A fantastic title.

The Complete Wolf: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to the Wolves of the World

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

BOMFORD, Liz

Pets & Animal Care

A companion book to the PBS-TV special, Dolphins, this  illustrated survey of the history and behavior of dolphins explores  their unique forms of communication, their relationships with humans,  and the manifold threats to their survival.

Dolphins

Catton, Chris

On the Vineyard: A Year in the Life of an Island

Examines the varied lifestyles and people that populate Martha's Vineyard, from presidents and fishermen to Native Americans and African Americans

Carpineto, Jane

Travel

It began in Bosnia, where Islamic nationalism was reborn as Serb shells rained down on Europe's ancient Muslim heartland. It was the start of a three-year odyssey into the hearts and minds of Muslim Europe and America, a journey by which Adam LeBor set out to discover what it means to be a Muslim in the 90s, living in the West, but with a heart turned east. He met Muslim soldiers on the front lines of Bosnia who, abandoned by Europe, rediscovered Islam. He met with exiled Muslim dissidents in London - a city now referred to as the intellectual capital of the Arab world. He spoke to Turkish rappers in Berlin and young Algerian artists in Marseilles, both in the vanguard of a new European-Muslim culture that straddles the gulf between two disparate worlds. And in the United States he met with Muslim lobbyists who are demanding a presence in the corridors of power as a new wave of Black Americans are turning to Islam in their rage against the white establishment. Islam and Christianity are at a crossroads, argues LeBor, but a global media, a global economy, and a new mix of cultures mean that a symbiosis of the best of both worlds will be the result, not the violent clash of creeds that so many on both sides expect.

A Heart Turned East: Among the Muslims

LeBor, Adam

Europe

Based on a series shown on cable's The Learning Channel, a famous behaviorist shares his original and often startling take on human nature, gender roles, and the equality between men and women that appears our ancestral cultures.

The Human Sexes: A Natural History of Man and Woman

MORRIS, DESMOND

Health, Fitness & Dieting

The Ireland Anthology

A collection of works celebrating the Emerald Isle includes poems by W. B. Yeats, excerpts from the writings of Jonathan Swift and Katherine Mansfield, and dozens of letters and journal entries from Irish men and women throughout history.

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Art critic Abel Lasher denounces four previously unknown paintings by naturalist John James Audubon as fakes and is subsequently found murdered, leading Wilder's search for a killer past the paintings' owner into the often dangerous world of high art

The Audubon Quartet

SIPHERD, RAY

United States

In this first installment of a new series, the creator of fictional sleuth Darina Lisle introduces famed Italian artist Canaletto who, while traveling through England, finds himself eating dinner with Jane Austen, as well as discovering he has a talent for detective work.

Canaletto and the Case of the Westminster Bridge

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Laurence, Janet

Mystery

A portrait of life in ancient Athens examines the hedonistic lifestyles of the Greeks, detailing the vice, excess, and ephemeral pleasures that marked the classical world

Courtesans & Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens

Davidson, James N.

Ancient Civilizations

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