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Precolumbian Art and the Post-Columbian World: Ancient American
An original study of the influence of American art on art of the 20th century and the works of such people as Paul Gauguin, Frank Lloyd Wright, Diego Rivera, Henry...
The Gutenberg Revolution: The Story of a Genius and an Invention That
In 1450, all western Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to no more than a single modern library. By 1500 they were printed and numbered in their millions. Printing made...
Projections 15: with The European Film Academy
The European Film Academy was founded in 1988 as a cinematic brotherhood that would bring together film-makers from across the East/West divide. The first winner of the Best Film prize...
Cold War Europe, 1945-89: A Political History
The book titled Cold War Europe, 1945-89: A Political History by the author John W. Young. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Modernism: A Guide to European Literature 1890-1930
An exploration of the ideas, groupings and the social tensions that shaped the transformation of life caused by the changes of modernity in art, science, politics and philosophy
Introducing the Holocaust: A Graphic Guide
Who needs yet another book on the Holocaust? Sadly, most of us. The vast amount of serious research work on the Holocaust never reaches the general public, and our notions...
Lotharingia: A Personal History of France, Germany and the Countries
From the bestselling author of Germania, Lotharinigia is the third installment in Simon Winder's personal history of Europe. In 843 AD, the three surviving grandsons of the great emperor Charlemagne...
Chagall
In this lively and comprehensive book, Monica Bohm-Duchen examines Marc Chagall's prodigious output, not only in painting but also in book illustration, theatre design, stained glass and poetry. She follows...
Unholy War: The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism
The story of the Catholic Church's role in the persecution of the Jews. In this investigation, David Kertzer argues that the Roman Catholic Church's role in the historical hatred and...
Eichmann before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer
A New York Times Notable Book of 2014 Smuggled out of Europe after the collapse of Germany, Eichmann managed to live a peaceful and active exile in Argentina for years...
European Powers, 1900-1945
In 1900 the great European Empires stood prosperous and strong in the centre of the world stage, surrounded by an aura of glamour and optimism. By 1945 the old order...
Crowns in Conflict: Triumph and the Tragedy of European Monarchy,
The book titled Crowns in Conflict: Triumph and the Tragedy of European Monarchy, by the author Theo Aronson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
The Rebel Girls of Rome
*Winner of the 2026 Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor in the Young Adult category! Part historical mystery, part sweeping romance, The Rebel Girls of Rome brings the stories of two...
Ladies of the Grand Tour: British Women in Pursuit of Enlightenment
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Chapter OneUnbeknown to Mary Berry, two days before she wrote to her confidant Bertie Greatheed in Go ttingen, Admiral Nelson's fleet had destroyed Napoleon Bonaparte's army in the battle of...
The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American
A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American...
The Myths of Liberal Zionism
Yitzhak Laor is one of Israel's most prominent dissidents and poets, a latter-day Spinoza who helps keep alive the critical tradition within Jewish culture. In this work he fearlessly dissects...
The Flames: A gripping historical novel set in 1900s Vienna, featuring
A stunning debut novel about the intertwining lives of four remarkable women, the muses who inspired the artist Egon Schiele. For fans of THE PARIS WIFE, THE FAMILIARS, THE MINIATURIST...
The Tattooist of Auschwitz: Now a major Sky TV series
One of the bestselling books of the 21st century, now a major Sky TV series starring Harvey Keitel and Melanie Lynskey FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FOR THIS EDITION I tattooed...
World History Biographies: Elizabeth I: The Outcast Who Became
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No one thought that Elizabeth would live to become Queen of England. Her father, Henry VIII, beheaded her mother, Anne Bolyn, for treason in 1536. He then disowned his daughter,...
Seventh-Century Popes and Martyrs: The Political Hagiography of
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This is the 2nd volume in the series Studia Antiqua Australiensia, produced within the Ancient History Documentation Research Centre, Macquarie University. This collection of Latin texts, published in a new...
Rituals, Images, and Words: Varieties of Cultural Expression in Late
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This collection of essays by Australian scholars offers a wealth of contemporary perspectives on cultural communication amongst men and women in late medieval and early modern Europe. Essays dealing with...
Architecture of the Nineteenth Century
This volume offers a complete survey of European architecture during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, examining in particular the influence of the cultural trends of the period on the architects'...
The Cultural Values of Europe
What is the cultural identity of Europe? Are there specifically European values? Questions like these are at the centre of a considerable number of political and scholarly debates in contemporary...
Arts and Crafts Architecture
This major survey gives an incisively critical account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the Arts and Crafts movement, which began in England and quickly influenced...
Encyclopedia of Religious and Philosophical Writings in Late
The Encyclopedia of Religious and Philosophical Writings in Late Antiquity offers easily accessible introductions to the content and historical setting of the main writings of Greco-Roman paganism, early Judaism, and...
First World War
A dramatic new account of 'The Great War' that combines emotive photography with personal accounts which evoke both the futility and the spirit of the Great War. Considering every aspect...
Gallipoli
From 25th April 1915 to 9th January 1916, troops from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Turkey engaged in a bitter struggle for the Gallipoli peninsula. The Allied forces wanted...
Brave Volodymyr: The Story of Volodymyr Zelensky and the Fight for
From acclaimed author Linda Elovitz Marshall comes a picture book biography of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that highlights the importance of standing up for what one believes in, defending freedom...
Deceiving Hitler: Double-cross and Deception in World War II
During the Second World War the Allies controlled every active German agent in Britain. This placed Allied Intelligence services in a unique position. The Allies were able to feed spurious...
Hess: The Fuhrer's Disciple
Rudolph Hess's flight to Scotland in May 1941 remains one of the great unresolved mysteries of World War II. Did he come on Hitler's commission, or, as he always maintained,...
BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western
2024 NAACP Image Awards Nominee: Outstanding Non-Fiction A fun and fact-filled introduction to the dismissed Black art masters and models who shook up the world. Elegant. Refined. Exclusionary. Interrupted. The...
Tate Gallery: An Illustrated Companion
This record of the collections of one of the world's great art museums has more than 300 colour reproductions, accompanied by a detailed commentary. Each of the 37 sections is...
Nelson's Victory
May 2015 sees the 250th anniversary of the launch of HMS Victory, the ship that is so closely associated with Nelson and his great victory at Trafalgar and which, still...
Holocaust Heroes : Resistance to Hitler's Final Solution
This inspiring book examines the often incredible and nearly always tragic examples of Jewish resistance in ghettos and concentration camps during the Nazis 'Final Solution'. It shows that the Warsaw...
black girl, no magic: reflections on race and respectability
'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff 'Witty, fresh and full of life' Liv Little 'I can't recommend more highly......
Waterloo: The Battle That Brought Down Napoleon
The battle on Sunday 18th June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium was to be Napoleon's greatest triumph - but it ended in one of the greatest military upsets of all time....
Kill the Fuhrer: Section X and Operation Foxley
During the Second World War, Britain's top secret Special Operations Executive plotted to assassinate Hitler. A small department of SOE known as Section X had the tantalisingly complex task of...
The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American
A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American...
A More Perfect Union: The Europe We Need
'Timely, necessary and impeccably researched . . . Required reading for anyone interested in Europe. And even more so for anyone interested in Britain' DAILY TELEGRAPH China's rise and Russian...
My Contrary Mary
Long live the queen: The authors who brought you the New York Times bestselling My Lady Jane kick off an all-new historical trilogy with the classy, courtly tale of Mary,...
To Steal from Thieves
In this high-stakes heist novel, an alchemologist and a con man team up to steal a rare necklace-but complicated feelings of attraction and deception threaten to destroy everything and everyone...
black girl, no magic: reflections on race and respectability
'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff 'Witty, fresh and full of life' Liv Little 'I can't recommend more highly......
Far from Eutopia: How Europe is failing - and Britain could do better
In 2020, after three and a half years of bitter negotiations, Britain left the European Union. For some it was a day of freedom, for others a tragedy which would...
The Macmillan Dictionary of the Second World War
This is a comprehensive guide to World War II. More than 1600 detailed entries - together with 15 maps and a series of front-by-front chronologies - cover every aspect of...
Waterloo Archive, Volume 1: British Sources
In the first ground breaking volume of a new series, acclaimed Napoleonic scholar Gareth Glover, brings together previously unpublished material relating to the Battle of Waterloo. The hitherto unseen material...
