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A Richer Dust: Echoes from an Edwardian Album
‘Atkinson, Huby’ In the Dark and the South Crescendo … Grandioso Development Development The Convention Diminuendo Coda Appendices The Arlington Fiasco Family Tree
The Twelve Caesars
Colour essays Nature and the Gods Towns Living and the Family Emperor and Empire Maps The Roman Empire at the Death of Augustus Rome in the Time of Augustus Introduction Julius Caesar, afterwards deified Augustus, afterwards deified Tiberius Gaius (Caligula) Claudius, afterwards deified Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Vespasian, afterwards deified Titus, afterwards deified Domitian Genealogical …
The Great Commanders
Foreword David G Chandler Introduction Alexander the Great Julius Caesar Horatio Nelson Napoleon Bonaparte Ulysses S. Grant Georgi Zhukov
The Prehistoric World
In the Beginning How Fossils are Formed Evolution The Ages of the Earth The Birth of Life The Progression of Plants Continents Adrift The Palaeozoic World Life in Ancient Seas Conflict in the Waters The Conquest of the Land The Mesozoic World The Rule of the Reptiles The Conquest of the Air The Cenozoic World …
The Evolution of Early Man
Introduction Man as an Animal The Scientific Background Man’s Closest Relatives Man’s Unique Features Who were the Earliest Hominids? Australopithecus – Ancestor or Rival? The First Men Homo erectus – the Original Missing Link The Roots of Modern Man Neanderthal – Cousin or Brother? The Spread of Modern Man
The Ascent of Man
Foreword Lower than the Angels[rtoc] Animal adaptation The human alternative Beginning in Africa Fossil evidence The gift of foresight Evolution of the head The mosaic of man The cultures of the hunter Across the ice ages Transhumance cultures: The Lapps Imagination in cave art[/rtoc] The Harvest of the Seasons[rtoc] The pace of cultural evolution Nomad …