Mars: A history of the Red Planet
A radiant light: The Indonesian poet Amir Hamzah
Sailing by the stars: The pioneering voyages of David Lewis
Inside the mind of crime writer Patricia Highsmith
Ibn Sina: The Persian polymath
The Panama Canal: The real story behind the engineering triumph
Ida Pfeiffer: 19th Century globetrotter
Rain or shine? A short history of the weather forecast
Emile Berliner, inventor of the gramophone
Tracing the roots of ancient trees
The Wizard of Oz: A homegrown American fairy tale
Falconry: The history of hunting with birds of prey
Aramaic: An imperial language without an empire
X-rays: New ways of seeing
Machiavelli, master of power
The birth of the modern car
Ukulele - a history of Hawaii's national instrument
Tadeusz Kosciuszko, groundbreaking fort builder
The census: A snapshot of life
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