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Dungeons & Dragons Worlds & Realms: Adventures from Greyhawk to Faerûn and Beyond

Adam Lee - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate fifty years of the spellbinding settings and planes of Dungeons & Dragons with this beautifully illustrated exploration of the multiverse.. "A wonderful collection. This incredible journey through the fantastical realms that inspired countless tables to roll dice together...
 
 
Rubik's: 50 Years of the World's Most Famous Cube

Official Rubik's - White Lion Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A vibrant visual celebration of the iconic cube. The Rubik's® Cube was created in 1974 by Ernő Rubik, a Hungarian architecture professor. Rubik later used the Cube as a learning exercise to teach his students about three-dimensional spaces. Little did he know his 'magic cube'...
 
 
Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire: History, Trivia, and Tales, Including Caligula, Marcus Aurelius, Aqueducts, Assassinations, and More!

Dr. Peta Greenfield - Ulysses Press
Format: Paperback

Discover the wild and fascinating true stories of the Roman Empire that are rarely taught in history class with this ultimate collection of notorious emperors, scandalous love affairs, rebellion, and more!. Whether you think about the Roman Empire every day or not, the legendary stories...
 
 
Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders

Cara Giaimo - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling authors of Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura comes Atlas Obscura: Wild Life, a nature book like no other---a dazzling, over-the-top collection of the world's most extraordinary wild species that takes you to all seven continents and beyond. It's more than a field...
 
 
The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments

Adrian Bliss - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

"All at once funny, touching, dazzlingly informative and fascinating, brilliantly imaginative and altogether wonderful. Capable of switching between divine silliness and genuinely tender sweetness, tragedy, and wonder." - STEPHEN FRY. History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full...
 
 
Breverton's Phantasmagoria: A Compendium Of Monsters, Myths And Legends

Terry Breverton
Format: Hardcover

. A superbly illustrated guide to the mysteries of myth, legend, and - gulp! - real life..
 
 
Everything to Play For: An Insider's Guide to How Videogames are Changing Our World

Marijam Did - Verso
Format: Paperback

An insider's account of the videogame industry telling how gaming can become a force for good. Everything To Play For asks if videogames can achieve egalitarian goals instead of fuelling hyper-materialist, reactionary agendas. Combining cultural theory and materialist critiques with...