European History

Dalmatia , by Ino Kuvacic, brings us over 100 authentic Croatian dishes. At its heart, Dalmatian cuisine is frugal, honest and rustic, with distinctive flavours, including silver beet, varenik (grape...

Discover the cuisine of a secret part of southernmost Tuscany, known as La Costa D'Argento - the silver coast, in the second edition of Acquacotta . In this cookbook, Tuscan-based,...

'How is it our minds are not satisfied? What means this whispering in the bottom of our hearts?' Listening to the whispering in his own heart, Henry Reynolds was led...

Author: J. S. MillwardBinding: HardbackPublished: HUTCHINSON EDUCATIONAL, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPortraits And Documents by G.M. Young presents a compelling...

Author: Bede Jarrett, O.P.Binding: HardbackPublished: Burns Oates & Washbourne Limited, 1924Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThe Life Of St...

Author: Ron Radford, Giovanni Valagussa, Jaynie Anderson, Attilio Pizzigoni And David WiseBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Australia, 2011Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in...

Author: Jeanne DelaisBinding: HardbackPublished: Paris-Match, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: FRENCH TEXT ONLY.Jeanne Delais's Alfred De Musset presents a comprehensive biographical and critical examination of the...

Author: Albert BlankertBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria, Art Exhibitions Australia, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling art history volume Rembrandt:...

Author: Joan BlaeuBinding: HardbackPublished: Birlinn in association with National Library of Scotland, 2006Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Blaeu Atlas Of Scotland presents a monumental work of 17th-century...

Author: Roland MousnierBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1973Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the profound political and social ramifications...

Author: Anna Pallucchini, Carlo Ludovicio Ragghianti, Licia Ragghianti CollobiBinding: HardbackPublished: Newsweek., 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some slight chipping and...

Author: Th. A. FischerBinding: HardbackPublished: John Donald Publishers Ltd, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly historical account chronicles the significant and often overlooked contributions of...

Author: Roger Manvell & Heinrich FraenkelBinding: HardbackPublished: THE BODLEY HEAD, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the...

Author: Irene Richards B.A. And J. A. Morris B.Sc.(Econ)Binding: HardbackPublished: George G. Harrap and Company Ltd., 1957Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and...

Author: Louis Adhémar Timothée Le GolifBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1954Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical adventure...

Author: Ian GreyBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Union, Newton Abbot, 1974Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography, Boris Godunov: The Tragic Tsar, chronicles...

Intended as a companion to "Roman Public Buildings"(0-85989-239-5) by the same editor, this volume completes the architectural picture of Roman society. The text covers the political, social and economic significance...

An epic saga of samurai warfare in medieval Japan This celebrated literary classic has delighted generations of Japanese. In its pages, you will find a vivid contemporary description of the...

Andrea Carandini's archaeological discoveries and controversial theories about ancient Rome have made international headlines over the past few decades. In this book, he presents his most important findings and ideas,...

Professor White's historical study of the rediscovery of pictorial space during the Renaissance and of its origins in antiquity was acclaimed when it first appeared. It opened up important new...

A timeless tale of love, lust, and politics, Tosca is one of the most popular operas ever written. In Tosca's Rome, Susan Vandiver Nicassio explores the surprising historical realities that...

The lives of England's Kings and Queens, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II. This painstakingly illustrated book celebrates the Great Dynasties of English Royalty, from the establishment of the...

Author: William Henry ArcherBinding: HardbackPublished: Queensberry Hill Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No. 309 of 500....

Author: Edward P. CheyneyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harper Torchbooks, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEdward P. Cheyney's The Rise Of Modern Europe:...

Author: Robert T. Elson And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWorld War II: Prelude To War chronicles the tumultuous political and social...

Author: Douglas BottingBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1984Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe historical account The Aftermath: Europe chronicles the tumultuous period following World War II, detailing the continent's struggle for...

Author: Douglas Botting And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account The Second Front: World War II meticulously chronicles the strategic...

Author: John R. Elting And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1985Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBattles For Scandinavia: World War II chronicles the intense military campaigns that...

Author: Emmanuel Le Roy LadurieBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press., 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Water damage to various pages and edges, foxed edges, previous...

Author: A. KostenevichBinding: HardbackPublished: Aurora Art Publishers., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Hermitage, one of the world's biggest treasuries of Western European art, already had a wide...

"Studies in Ancient Technology" forms a series of books, each containing a number of essays on ancient technology, covering both the preclassical and classical period and demonstrating the continuity and...

England, late 1547. Henry VIII is dead. His 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the old king's widow Catherine Parr and her new husband Thomas Seymour. Ambitious, charming and dangerous,...

During the Second World War, Winston Churchill won two resounding victories. The first was a victory over Nazi Germany, the second a victory over the legion of sceptics who had...

This book studies the evolution of the family from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and how the process radically influenced child-rearing, education, contraception, sexual behaviour and marriage.

How did Edward VII, whose reign lasted for only nine years, become one of the most popular and well-known of British monarchs? This biography, combining informative text with illustrations, provides...

A compelling history of the German ethnologists who were inspired by Prussian polymath and explorer Alexander von HumboldtThe Berlin Ethnological Museum is one of the world's largest and most important...

A comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the West How did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did "Westerners"...

La Roja is bestselling author Jimmy Burns tremendous opus on Spanish soccer. From its early beginnings when the first soccer on the shores of Bilbao and Buenos Aires was played...

How can the words of the past help heal the horror of the present For as long as she can remember, Barbara Spiel has always found solace in books. Born...

An unforgettable story, tying together past and present, from the bestselling author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris and The Royal Librarian Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright...

The children of survivors of the Holocaust, the second generation, are in middle life, their own children already independent. This volume contains a collection of personal reflections of the child...

Author: Musée d'OrsayBinding: PaperbackPublished: San Francisco, CA Munich; New York [Paris, France]: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing; Musée d'Orsay, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No...

From Normandy to the Caribbean Islands, this innovative biographical pursuit follows Adele Hugo on her reckless journey of unrequited love - and the writer who chased after her more than...

'Joyful, life-affirming, greedy. I loved it' - DIANA HENRY 'Whether you are an avid cyclist, a Francophile, a greedy gut, or simply an appreciator of impeccable writing - this book...

Author: Olwen H. HuftonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Fontana Press, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical analysis, Europe: Privilege And Protest 1730-1789, chronicles...