The Popol Vuh: Central American epic that survived Spanish conquest
The Koryo Kingdom: Medieval dynasty that united Korea
Insulin: The discovery that transformed diabetic care
Eunuchs and empires
Vikings and their quest for silver
Fertiliser and poison gas: The legacy of chemist Fritz Haber
Emperor Nero: Bad boy of Ancient Rome
Mirror Mirror on the wall: The history of the looking glass
Kwame Nkrumah: Ghana’s Pan-African idealist
The Truman Doctrine: Beginnings of the Cold War
Margaret Fuller: Early feminist and war correspondent
Money: From coin to cryptocurrency
Pinocchio: The real story of the mischievous wooden puppet
The invention of numbers
Vincent van Gogh: The struggling artist
Franz Liszt: Hungarian pianist and painter in sound
Joseph Heller's Catch-22: A novel of twisted logic and absurd bureaucracy
Sofya Kovalevskaya: The eventful life of a maths pioneer
Machu Picchu: Secrets of a forgotten city
Pleasure and pain: The philosophy of Jeremy Bentham
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