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Tim Clare & Irving Finkel
Tim Clare & Irving Finkel: The History of Board Games
Why is playing games a universal human instinct?
British Museum curator and global expert on cuneiform tablet games, Dr Irving Finkel, speaks to Tim Clare, author of The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too, about our enduring fascination with a good game and the role they play in human civilisation, past and present.
Tickets: Tim Clare & Irving Finkel: The History of Board Games - Canterbury Festival
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Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood
£9.89 £10.99
THE ARK BEFORE NOAH: Decoding the Story of the Flood by Dr Irving Finkel is a compelling investigation of one of the most famous myths in the world - and how the re-discovery of an ancient tablet challenges our view of ancient history in a new and exciting way.
Coward: Why We Get Anxious & What We Can Do About It
£9.89 £10.99
Blending memoir, self-help and science, and offering practical help, Tim Clare asks us to rethink anxiety
Cuneiform
£8.99 £9.99
Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. This book brings the world in which the cuneiform was written to life for the non-expert reader, revealing how ancient inscriptions can lead to a new way of thinking about the past.
Games: Discover and Play 5 Famous Ancient Games
£8.00 £8.99
Board games have been played since prehistoric times, passing from person to person and country to country all over the world. This colourful and unique book explains the origins of five of the most long-lasting games, with five fold out game boards and rules so that you can play the games yourself.
Honours
£9.89 £10.99
Neil Gaiman meets Northern Lights in this dark and epic fantasy novel about the secrets we keep, the lies we need to believe and the things that are truly worth fighting for
Ice House
£8.09 £8.99
'A strangely beautiful, beautifully strange fantasy' (SFX) about endless life, cheating death and staying true to what matters most from 'one of the UK's most versatile writers' (Grazia)
The First Ghosts: A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator
£9.89 £10.99
Dr Irving Finkel, curator at the British Museum, explores why the belief in ghosts is what makes us human.
The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too
£9.89 £10.99
Filled with humour, thrill and insight, The Game Changers explores the world of games, showing how they have shaped human history and why we should play them
The Lewis Chessmen: and what happened to them
£4.49 £4.99
In this engaging story, Irving Finkel follows the many adventures of the chessmen after they came to light on a Scottish beach in the nineteenth century. It ends with the big surprise that befell them in September 1993, when they were all temporarily reunited for the first time since their separation, at a Special Exhibition of Chessmen at the British Museum.
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