China’s sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw an unprecedented explosion in the production and circulation of woodblock-printed books. What can surviving traces of that era’s print culture reveal ab
When the ancient Greeks looked up into the heavens, they saw not just sun and moon, stars and planets, but a complete, coherent universe, a model of the Good that could serve as a guide to a better li
National bestselling author Carolyn Hart presents an original new novel about a woman with a curious ability that drops her headfirst into a world of intrigue and murder… Ever since the death of her
This National Book Award winner set during the aftermath of WWII is now available on audio!Format: 4 CDs, UnabridgedNARRATOR: Caitlin GreerWhen Evie's father returned home from World War II, the famil
When Evie's father returned home from World War II, the family fell back into its normal life pretty quickly. But Joe Spooner brought more back with him than just good war stories. When movie-star h
Evaluates the complex life of the stage and screen icon, providing coverage of such topics as his service during World War II, his heralded accomplishments in such productions as The Grapes of Wrath a
Evaluates the complex life of the stage and screen icon, providing coverage of such topics as his service during World War II, his heralded accomplishments in such productions as The Grapes of Wrath a
Building the Post-war World examines the way in which World War II and the ten years of reconstruction that followed saw the establishment of modern architecture in Britain. It charts the opportunitie
An enchanting account of how one couple sold everything to fulfill a dream of living abroad-one country at a time Reunited in love after 35 years and suffering from a serious case of preretirement wa
Once considered marginal members of the animal world (at best) or vile and offensive creatures (at worst), insects saw a remarkable uptick in their status during the early Renaissance. This quickened
World War II saw a global conflict with the weapons technologies of the leading nations of the world pitted against each other. Weapons of World War II examines key air, sea and land weapons, vehicles
Isolated by much of the world for its conduct of the war in Vietnam, the United States saw British support as a key component of its efforts to sway public opinion. This is the first serious examinati
The enchanting true story of a girl who saw fairies, and another with a gift for art, who concocted a story to stay out of trouble and ended up fooling the world.Frances was nine when she first saw th
The conversion to Christianity was a key cultural process that saw the transformation of Europe from classical to medieval world. The growth of the Church has been closely linked with the development
The reason why I wrote "The Reality Of My Life" is to explain to the world what I went through as a should and how impossible it seem during my growth and development for me to achieve my success educ
The Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) saw the first operational deployment of US armoured divisions in World War II, and the experience proved chastening for the 1st Armored Division when it s
Osprey's study of the German commanders of World War I (1914-1918). The turn of the 20th century saw Imperial Germany as essentially a militarist state, whose growing industrial resources and wealth w
Modern Myanmar/Burma is very much a creation of World War II, when the British colony was occupied by the Japanese, and its immediate aftermath. These years saw the rise of Aung San and his assassinat
The frescoes of the Cappella Nuova in the Cathedral of Orvieto have fascinated visitors from Michelangelo to Freud and Czelaw Milosz because of their dramatic portrayal of the end of the world and the
