LoveFrom the author of the critically acclaimed The Phantom Atlas and? The Madman's Library?(Sunday Times Literature Book of the Year) comes a magnificent new illustrated work. From prehistoric carvings and ancient Egyptian statues, to medieval spell books and Victorian code writing, this unique collection gathers a wealth of curious objects and surprising stories to trace the story of love through the ages.

do-gooder kids - deep in the wood

' So I'm doing amazing

and tells him the story of their marriage

none is more appealing than the Cycladic figurine

and of what it is to lose a child

the companions

Nigel Winterburn

Cioran grapples with the major questions of human existence: birth

yet in the glow of today's artificial lighting

But with time the Belt has attracted populations of lesser species

In his stimulating book 'The New Leviathans'

Defying her family and the police