This popular spoken language text for intermediate level students (second year) presents twenty-four lessons based on everyday situations. All lessons include a variety of practice materials. This...
An unprecedented study that reveals tapestry's role as a modernist medium and a model for the movement's discourse on both sides of the Atlantic in the decades following World War II
The complete history of Northern Ireland from the Irish Civil War to Brexit "A wonderful book, beautifully written.... Informative and incisive."-Irish Times After two decades of relative...
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...
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is a towering figure in American history. A controversial theologian and the author of the famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, "he ignited the...
Inspired aby the process of creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire in France, Alberto Manguel, the acclaimed writer on books and reading, has taken up the subject of...
Learn how to: understand your body, and approach exercise in a new way; maximize your fitness while minimizing injury; gain flexibility; benefit from aerobic exercise; build strength through...
Colleen Oakes's twisted reimagining of the Queen of Hearts origin story comes to a thrilling conclusion in War of the Cards--now in paperback Dinah has lost everyone she ever loved. Her brother...
'The international world of states and their modern system is a literary realm', writes Charles Hill in this powerful work on the practice of international relations. 'It is where the...
The richest bachelor in England plays matchmaker...for an heiress he wants for himself!For beautiful, witty Lavinia Gray, there's only one thing worse than having to ask the appalling Parth...
More than 50 festive building ideas Need to keep a little LEGO(R) fan entertained over the holiday season? Packed full of original, inspirational build ideas for LEGO holiday decorations, gifts and...
For much of the past two centuries, religion has been understood as a universal phenomenon, a part of the "natural" human experience that is essentially the same across cultures and...
This volume analyzes children's first names to develop an original theory of fashion. It disputes the commonly-held notion that tastes in names and other fashions simply reflect societal shifts.
An in-depth study of how the Bloomsbury Group imparted a coherent, distinctive group identity--and furthered their liberal beliefs--through art and dress.
A sometimes hilarious, occasionally heartbreaking, and always entertaining joint memoir żeby Joseph Fink, cocreator of Welcome to Night Vale, and his wife, writer and performer Meg Bashwiner,...
One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War...
Votive objects or ex-votos are a broad category of material artifacts produced with the intention of being offered as acts of faith. Common across historical periods, religions, and cultures, they...
A seminal biography of the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire
Harness the power of communities, both inside and outside of your organization, to drive value and revenue, activate your employees' and customers' talents, and create a highly engaged,...
A No 1 New York Times bestseller, Neil Gaimans Graveyard Book is a masterpiece! Hailed aby Diana Wynne Jones as "the best book Neil Gaiman has ever written," and the recipient of 6 starred...
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...