Donatello and the Dawn of Renaissance Art, Hardcover - A. Victor Coonin

DescriptionThe Italian sculptor known as Donatello helped to forge a new kind of art--one that came to define the Renaissance. His work was progres...

Publisher: MarsilioIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 456Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 248 x 298 x 41Cover type: Hardb...

DescriptionThis is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring a...

From New York Times bestselling author Alex Tresniowski comes a page-turning, remarkable true-crime thriller recounting the 1910 murder of ten-year...

The dramatic, untold story of a brilliant team, the world's first digital electronic computer, and the race to decrypt the Nazis' toughest code Pla...

DescriptionRenaissance bodies, dressed and undressed, have not lacked attention in art historical literature, but scholarship on the male body has ...

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Reducere. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion, R...

Anthropology At the Dawn of the Cold War. The Influence of Foundations, McCarthyism and the CIA - Dustin M. Wax

A globe-spanning narrative history of the 1850s - a time of electrifying change - seen through the eyes of the men and women who embraced the adven...

Publisher: Sitaram PressAuthor(s): Dena (Dena Merriam) MerriamNumber of pages: 576Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 230 x 32Cover type: Paper...

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Some legends suggest Jesus travelled to the British Isles with Joseph of Arimathea. Gordon Strachan uncovers fascinating connections between the Ce...

Reducere. A fresh look at the endlessly fascinating Tudors--the dramatic and overlooked story of Henry VII and his founding of the Tudor Dynasty--filled with...

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Alex Tresniowski comes a "compelling" (The Guardian) and "riveting" (The New York Times Book Review) true-cr...

Reducere. We know that Constantine issued the Edict of Milan in 313outlawed paganism and made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empiremanipulat...

Available in English for the first time, Julius von Schlosser's seminal work in the history of art and collecting was the first study to interpret ...

A deeply researched, analytically rich, and vivid account of England's early maritime empirePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Eleanor Hubb...

"So smart and entertaining it should come with its own popcorn"--PeopleCoinciding with the sixtieth anniversary of the film version of Truman Capot...

DescriptionThis lucid and captivating book takes the reader back to the early history of all the sciences, starting from antiquity and ending rough...

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The Italian Renaissance was a golden age for bronze sculpture, both on a grand scale--such as Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, or Cellini's Perseus--a...

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The diverse essays gathered in Working for the clampdown cast a critical light on both the cultural legacy and contemporary resonance of one of the...

Reducere. The Lion, the Lamb, and the Dawn of Christianity is a work of historical fiction based on the four New Testament Gospels of the Christian Bible. By...

Florence 1441. Cosimo de' Medici is in his ascendancy and the city wrestles with the aftermath of one of the greatest crimes of the Renaissance, th...

DescriptionIn this vivid account Scott Nethersole examines the remarkable period of cultural, artistic, and intellectual blossoming in Florence fro...

The first comprehensive look at the origins and diffusion across Europe of the etched print during the late 15th and early 16th centuries The etchi...

The internationally bestselling account of the transformative period that followed the Armistice in November 1918.

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In the spirit of Devil in the White City comes a true detective tale of the highest standard: the haunting story of Eliot Ness's forgotten final ca...

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Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): David Paul (Journalist) KuhnNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 233 x 24Co...

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Westerners wanting to know about tantra--particularly the Buddhist tantra of Tibet--often find only speculation and fancy. Tibet has been shrouded ...

Reducere. History tells the story of mankind from prehistory to the present day using a unique visual approach, filled with timelines, images of artifacts, p...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John C. EbyAuthor: Fred MortonThis game situates students in the Multiparty Negotiating Process taking place at the World T...

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Publisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Sverker JohanssonTranslator: Frank PerryPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 215 x 233 x 35Cover type: Paperba...

In their startling new book, Steven and Evan Strong challenge the out-of-Africa theory. Based on fresh examination of both the DNA and archeologica...

Reducere. On a cold, rainy dawn in late November 1872, Lieutenant Frazier Boutelle and a Modoc Indian nicknamed Scarface Charley leveled firearms at each oth...

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Fearing the actions of a god-like Superhero left unchecked, Gotham City's own formidable vigilante takes on Metropolis's most revered, modern-day s...

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