Shakespeare'S Restless World : An Unexpected History In Twenty ObjectsThe Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long cherished certainties were crumbling and life was exhilaratingly uncertain. Shakespeare's Restless World uncovers the extraordinary stories behind twenty objects from the period to re create an age at once distant and yet surprisingly familiar. From knife crime to belief in witches, religious battles to the horizons of the New World, Neil MacGregor brings the past to life in a fresh, unexpected

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ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday

Ryn Jansen has dreams of a simpler life

ASTERIX RETURNS sees our favourite hero on fine form in this superb collection of short stories

and you yourself all collaborate in the creation of that meaning

Honor Harris meets Sir Richard Grenvile: he is proud

saves her son's life

the Dawnwardens seek to unite the fractious clans of the Fell Folk and create a stronghold from which to retake their land

With only months to go before the Derby

Seems a good chance from all reports of the campaigns being ended before winter but all is uncertain

and use a tiny hole instead of a lens to make pictures on film that can be processed in the normal way

these writings are infused with Feynman's curiosity and passion for life