ISBN: 9780300212402 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 368 Rok wydania: 2014
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...
ISBN: 9780300243185 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 264 Rok wydania: 2019
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
ISBN: 9780300141788 Oprawa: twarda Ilość stron: 576 Rok wydania: 2022
ISBN: 9780300278705 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 288 Rok wydania: 2024
ISBN: 9780300082913 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 512 Rok wydania: 2000
William II, better known as William Rufus, was the third son of William the Conqueror and England's king for only 13 years (1087-1100) before he was mysteriously assassinated. In this vivid...
ISBN: 9780300246766 Oprawa: twarda Ilość stron: 248 Rok wydania: 2020
This compelling book surveys reconstructions and imitations of landmarks, archaeological sites, and other artifacts, using them to explore the ethics and consequences of recreating the past.
ISBN: 9780300259803 Oprawa: twarda Ilość stron: 512 Rok wydania: 2023
ISBN: 9780300269420 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 288 Rok wydania: 2024
ISBN: 9780300151459 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 352 Rok wydania: 2009
"White Guard", Mikhail Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical first novel, revolves around a Russian family in their home city of Kiev in 1918. Alexei, Elena, and Nikolka Turbin, adult...
ISBN: 9780300238419 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 328 Rok wydania: 2018
"The journey to understand the painting is also the journey to understand Rothko, because the work is so thoroughly suffused with the man."--Christopher Rothko Mark Rothko (1903-1970),...
ISBN: 9780300079791 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 268 Rok wydania: 2011
Richard III ruled England for a mere twenty-six months, yet few English monarchs remain as compulsively fascinating, and none has been more persistently vilified. In his absorbing and universally...
ISBN: 9780300149418 Oprawa: twarda Ilość stron: 264 Rok wydania: 2012
Instantly recognizable with his iconic eye patch, Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) was a powerful yet controversial figure in Israel from the 1950s through 70s. A fearless warrior and a strong-headed,...
ISBN: 9780300278484 Oprawa: twarda Ilość stron: 288 Rok wydania: 2024
ISBN: 9780300209471 Oprawa: twarda Ilość stron: 784 Rok wydania: 2014
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...
ISBN: 9780300187717 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 320 Rok wydania: 2012
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...
ISBN: 9780300195873 Oprawa: twarda Ilość stron: 288 Rok wydania: 2014
Examining the breadth and depth of thirty-five years of work by Jeff Koons (b. 1955), one of the most influential and controversial artists of the 20th century, this highly anticipated volume...
ISBN: 9780300088021 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 320 Rok wydania: 2001
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...
ISBN: 9780300078831 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 400 Rok wydania: 1999
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...
ISBN: 9780300073744 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 376 Rok wydania: 1998
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...
ISBN: 9780300229721 Oprawa: miękka Ilość stron: 392 Rok wydania: 2017
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"...