The New Naturalists author-wendy-kaplan Spices have played an intrinsic

Spices have played an intrinsic part in the human story

Twilight of the Romanovs opens a door onto the world of pre-revolutionary Russia in original photographs taken during the last decades of Romanov rule

great cities have marked the development of humankind – Babylon and Nineveh

past and present

The New Naturalists author-wendy-kaplan Spices have played an intrinsicFrom the cabinets of curiosity of the 19th century to todays interest in foraged decorations, obsessive and eclectic collectors of natural objects have long filled their homes with their finds everything from fossils and feathers to seeds and dried flowers. This book offers a glimpse inside twenty homes of the most interesting and creative collectors, revealing the stories behind their collections and how they celebrate their love of nature in their