With 100+ full-page illustrations, The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Expressions introduces readers to the fascinating, humorous, and often unbelievable origin stories behind the English language&
This is a well-written and learned book that guides the popular reader through Romania's long and eventful history. All eras are covered: the stone, bronze, and iron ages; the classical period of the
The number of travelers France welcomes each year is as great as its population-some sixty million. They arrive to experience not only the latest fashions in clothing, art, and cuisine, but also the v
In its lavish amalgam of theatrical and musical resources, its flamboyant charm, its extravagant appeal to the heart and the mind, and its seemingly inexhaustible power to move and astonish us, opera
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Religions is a comprehensive survey of world religions from pre-history to the present day. Each religion is treated in depth, with text written by a recognized a
Sumptuously illustrated in colour and packed with information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is available for the first time in paperback. Offering fresh interpretations of class
Now available in a revised and updated version, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare provides a unique account of Western warfare from antiquity to the present day. The book treats the histor
Travel writer Kishore and journalist Ganpati trace the 4500-year history of the subcontinent in a pocket book using necessarily broad strokes, but jeweled with myths and legends that are as much part
“The Scots,” said a censorious English member of Parliament in 1607,“have not suffered above two kings to die in their beds these two hundredyears.” He may have exaggerated, but undeniably Scotland ha
