World History of the Dance; Curt Sachs, ISBN 0-393-00209-8 (including abdominal dance)

A history of the world in 6 glasses; Tom Standaage, ISBN 0-385-66087-1

Isadora A Sensational Life; Peter Kurth ISBN 0-316-50726-1

The Elements of Style; Struck Jr and White, ISBN 0-02-418200-1 [should probably pay extension to this again – it’s been a few years]

The  Day the  Universe Changed; James Burke, ISBN 0-316-11706-4 [companion to the BBC Series]

Connections; James Burke, ISBN 0-316-11681-5 [companion to the BBC Series]

Paris 1919; Margaret MacMillan, ISBN 0-375-50826-0

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam

30,000 Years of Art The Story of Human Creativity across time and Space; Phaidon,ISBN 978-0-7148-4789-4

The Cretan Runner; George Psychoundakis,  ISBN 960-226-013-0