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...
Following their victory at Towton in 1461, The House of York continued to triumph. Żeby 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
*National Bestseller*New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman Capote's never-published final novel,...
When Marie moves from her family's waxwork museum into the palace of Versailles, her whole life is set to change...When Marie Tussaud learns the exciting news the royal family will be visiting...
Mass market edition of this prequel to }Dune{, which is based on notes left by Frank Herbert, and is co-written by his son and the author of several bestselling }X-Files{ and }Star Wars{ novels,...
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...
'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...
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...
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...
In this major work Dr Mikkola reviews the 13 owls breeding in Europe and an additional four species in lands adjoining the Mediterranean in North Africa and the Middle East. The book has three...
This jaw-dropping, heartbreaking and hopeful novel from debut author Katya Balen will remind you we are all made of stardust. For fans of thought-provoking, moving middle grade from Wonder to Skellig
During the Middle Ages decorative floor tiles were used in abbey churches, royal palaces, parish churches and the homes of wealthy citizens. Tiles were durable and hygienic and added a new...
"Reveals a political kierunek that threatens both our form of government and our species." - Timothy Snyder, author of ON TYRANNY"Riveting.... Want to understand how so many Americans...
A new study of the Battle of Bosworth, the climactic battle of the Wars of the Roses, based on a new interpretation of events following the discovery of the true location of the battlefield.The...
Named one of the Best Books of the Century by New York MagazineTwo-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward (Salvage the Bones, Sing, Unburied, Sing) contends with the deaths of five young men...
The second book in the brand new Backshaw Moss series from million-copy bestseller Anna Jacobs Lancashire, 1930s. When her mother dies, leaving her an old sewing box and a clue to her father's...
Join Elin Hilderbrand for the Summer of Love! In her first historical novel, rich with the details of an era that shaped both a country and an island thirty miles out to sea, Hilderbrand once again...
The sequel to }Nefertiti{, in which her niece follows in her footsteps and marries Ramesses the Great. But when war, drought and plotters threaten his reign, will the people of Egypt overlook her...
Bernie Gunther returns to his desk on homicide from the horrors of the Eastern Front to find Berlin changed for the worse. He begins to investigate the death of a railway worker, but is obliged to...