In this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written. She traces his life through the various spheres in which he lived and worked, beginning...
In addition to his many remarkable paintings and drawings, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) left behind a fascinating and voluminous body of correspondence. This highly accessible book includes a broad...
Examining the breadth and depth of thirty-five years of work żeby Jeff Koons (b. 1955), one of the most influential and controversial artists of the 20th century, this highly anticipated volume...
What was it like to be a soldier on a Napoleonic battlefield? What happened when cavalry regiments charged directly at one another? What did the generals do during battle? Drawing on memoirs,...
New York Times best-selling novelist, graphic novelist, and all-around character, Dan Abnett (Horus Rising, Guardians of the Galaxy, The New Deadwardians) turns his skewed vision to the year 1333....
Founder of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VII was a crucial figure in English history. In this acclaimed study of the king's life and reign, the distinguished historian S. B. Chrimes explores the...
This biography of George IV, king between 1820 and 1830, provides a reassessment of the monarch's character, reputation and achievement. E.A. Smith does not minimize the king's faults but...
This study places the reign of Edward IV in the context of late-medieval power politics, and analyzes the methods żeby which a usurper sought to retain his throne and re-assert the power of a...
An imaginative reassessment of thelred "the Unready," one of medieval England's most maligned kings and a major Anglo-Saxon figure The Anglo-Saxon king thelred "the Unready"...
This account of King John's reign is a study both of the king and his political misfortunes, and also of his times. John is set against the background of his predecessors, of the society in...
Das Leben kann ganz schön durcheinander geraten, wenn man ein Vampir ist - besonders wenn man bis vor wenigen Tagen nicht die geringste Ahnung davon hatte. Vor diesem Problem steht auch die...
INTU PLAY wurde von Pär Ahlbom entwickelt. Insbesondere helfen die INTU PLAY Übungen und das Spielen dabei, die Qualität des Lebendigen in Prozessen wahrzunehmen und ins eigene Leben zu...
The dazzling splendors of the court of Napoleon I (1769-1821) reflected the grandeur and ambitions of the greatest empire of the day.This luxurious volume re-creates the ambiance and captures the...
In 1714 George Ludwig, the fifty-eight year old elector of Brunswick-Luneburg became, as George I, the first of the Hanoverian dynasty to rule Britain. Until his death in 1727 George served as both...
In recent years, Iran has gained attention mostly for negative reasons - for its authoritarian religious government, disputed nuclear programme, and controversial role in the Middle East - but...
In this widely acclaimed biography, Bertram Wolffe challenges the traditional view of Henry VI as an unworldly, innocent, and saintly monarch and offers instead a finely-drawn but critical portrait...
Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori's publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom's new and authoritative account illuminates the complex history of the iconic creature, tracing...
A resplendent celebration of the spectacular fashion designs of Guo Pei, China's first and preeminent couturier Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy is a journey into the imaginative world of Guo Pei,...
This welcome volume encompasses the entire history of the bassoon, from its origins five centuries ago to its place in twenty-first-century music. James Kopp draws on new archival research and many...