An engaging and airy history of the first mass-produced artificial dye and how it ignited a 19th-century revolution in applied science.

That's the warning of The Master Switch, an engaging history of American communications technologies over the last 130 years.

An engaging history of primate studies, written by one of the world's most distinguished primatologists, arguing that culture owes more to the lower orders than humans comfortably believe.

But John Marriott's new, thoroughly engaging history demonstrates that this most febrile of districts never fell easily into any one category.

During the Athens Games, NBC and other international television broadcasters are certain to provide arresting vistas and engaging history to entertain several billion viewers.

This engaging and airy history shows how the development of mauve, the first mass-produced artificial dye, ignited a 19th-century revolution in applied science.

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The often lopsided conclusions drawn from this engaging history will infuriate or exasperate many readers.

Yet it also points to a larger lesson, turning Wrong's engaging history of a forgotten country into an unwitting confession about the difficulty of giving up faith.

A thoroughly engaging history of Islam from the beginning all the way to the present day.