It has been six months since Tess Müller stopped speaking. Her silence is baffling to her parents, her teachers and her younger sister Meg, but the more urgent mystery for both girls is where their...
Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the twentieth century, an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership. Chief of the Nazi Criminal...
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is infamous for its violence. The struggle it has waged for Kurdish independence in south-eastern Turkey has cost in excess of 40,000 lives since 1984. Less...
Voulant fuir Adrienne, belle actrice parisienne, et avec elle le monde illusoire du théâtre, le narrateur, qui n'est autre que Nerval, se tourne vers Sylvie, jeune campagnarde qu'il a jadis...
Fashion History: A Global View proposes a new perspective on fashion history. Arguing that fashion has occurred in cultures beyond the West throughout history, this groundbreaking book explores the...
- Toi, tu as une maison, Cochonnet, et moi, j'ai une maison, et Hibou et Kangou et Lapin ont chacun leur maison, mais le pauvre Hi-han n'a rien. Aussi, voici à quoi j'étais en train de...
R.E.M.'s debut album, released in 1983, was so far removed from the prevailing trends of American popular music that it still sounds miraculous and out of time today. J. Niimi tells the story...
Les anciens Romains se pressaient sur les gradins du Colisée pour assister aux combats de gladiateurs. Or voici que l'antique amphithéâtre retentit encore des clameurs poussées par les amateurs...
The Dress Detective is the first practical guide to analyzing fashion objects, clearly demonstrating how their close analysis can enhance and enrich interdisciplinary research. This accessible book...
This is the gripping story of the Tippecanoe campaign of 1811: "The prophet's battle." It was a conflict born out of festering tensions inscribed żeby the 1795 Treaty of Greeneville,...
Maria, une jeune fille de milieu modeste, vit aux environs de Birmingham. Indifférente par choix, indécise par nature, elle trouve que l'on fait beaucoup de bruit pour peu de chose. Que valent...
Following their victory at Towton in 1461, The House of York continued to triumph. By 1470, however, relations between Edward and his lieutenant, Eari of Warwick, had broken down and Warwick had...
A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year on Retirement and AgingLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionChicago Public Library's Best of 2019The New York Tim
The German A7V and the British Mark IV were similar in weight, size, and speed, but differed significantly in armour, armament and maneuverability. The A7V had thicker armour, and had nearly double...
Le Bonheur fou, c'est celui qu'éprouve Angelo Pardi, le héros du Hussard sur le toit, à faire la révolution italienne en 1848. Angelo se promène à travers la révolution comme il se...
'Frayn's translation, which strikes me as splendidly lucid and alive...will be acted again and again' New Statesman In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the...
Doctor John Faustus of Wittenburg trades his soul to Lucifer for years of learning without limits and power without parallel. In this completely new edition of the play, Paul Menzer demonstrates...
This unique book weaves linguistic, cultural, and historical themes together to form a concise and accessible account of the development of the Slavic languages. Alexander Schenker demonstrates...
The second book in our Classic Boat series aimed at traditional boat lovers, builders and restorers. Lofting is an essential stage in the transition between designing and building a boat in order...
Ce quatrième volume de la série Ninfa est une enquête sur les gestes de lamentation, lorsqu'un défunt se voit pleuré par une mère (Mater dolorosa), une épouse ou une jeune soeur (Ninfa...