Search Results for: “Norman E. Land”

In "The Viewer as Poet", Norman Land provides a comprehensive survey of ekphrasis in literature and art criticism from antiquity through the Renaissance. Land demonstrates that Renaissance art criticism assimilated...

In Sicily is a loving take on an extraordinary island, based on Norman Lewis's sixty-yearlong fascination with all things Sicilian! Few places on earth have escaped the singular eye of...

A tense and passionate novel about choices, obsession, destiny and power The sea rose. Civilisation was wiped out, countries drowned. Out of the ashes of a desperate refugee camp, a...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account, Harvests & Harvesting: Through The Ages,...

Despite communist incursions and tribal insurrection, Norman Lewis describes a land of breath-taking natural beauty peopled by the gentle Burmese. This is a country where Buddhist beliefs spare even the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account chronicles the pivotal events of D-Day and the Normandy Landings...

This first comprehensive biography of Henry I, the youngest son of William the Conqueror and an elusive figure for historians, offers a rich and compelling account of his tumultuous life...

'Highly original' Simon Heffer, Telegraph'Masterful... A gripping tale' Giles MiltonThey certainly were not soldiers, yet they suddenly found themselves in uniform, in a foreign land. But, as locomotive drivers, track-workers,...

Author: Joseph PennellBinding: HardbackPublished: London, New York : Macmillan and Co, 1904Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Marked wear and browning of external cover and internal pages;...

Author: C. A. CottonBinding: HardbackPublished: WHITCOMBE AND TOMBS LIMITED, 1948Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis seminal work in physical geography presents a comprehensive analysis of the forces that...

Secondhand History & Culture Bargain Book Box SP2886 Eighteen non-fiction titles spanning natural science, Renaissance art, Medici banking, WWII history, and literary biography — Darwin and da Vinci, Pasteur and...

A vivid re-creation of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath, told through detailed maps, authoritative text by a noted military historian and contemporary photographs. This powerful study chronicles the evolution...

Author: Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery AlameinBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1953Condition:Book: PoorJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket damaged with wear and tear and price clipped, previous owner...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew Australian artists have matched the daring vitality and technical mastery of Norman Lindsay, whose etchings stand as some of the most arresting...

Author: Philip Ardagh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 120 Norman the Norman from Normandy and his not-so-wild boar, Truffle, are off on a sword-swinging adventure! But little Norman...

A fascinating exploration of the often-overlooked gunnery duels between the formidable artillery weapons in the Atlantic Wall defences and the mighty US and Royal Navy battleships. Amphibious landings were an...