Heimskringla: Or, the Lives of the Norse Kings

Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway through the ...

The legendary adventures of Norse heroes, dragons, princesses and destiny.

Reducere. Giorgio Vasari's biographical collection "The Lives of the Artists" is one of the most frequently cited art history books since the 16th century. I...

Reducere. The Lives of the Virgins 2015 was written in part about the visit of the poet to Italy, Greece, and his fictitious environment in Southern New Jersey.

A biographical survey of the principal Surrealists by one of the last surviving members of the movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morr...

A bold new account of the lives of pre-modern painters.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Spike BucklowIllustration(s): 28 illustrations, 21 in co...

Reducere. This book of the life of the saints, written and illustrated by Maria Athanasiou, is a labor of love. It will help each of us keep the purpose of o...

Reducere. An informative and funny deconstruction of how the giants of American capitalism shape our world In Billionaires, Darryl Cunningham offers an illum...

From A Long Long Way, his Booker shortlisted novel about the Irish soldiers who fought for Britain during the First World War to his Donal McCann s...

The compelling biography of the beautiful, talented Garman sisters and the glittering, romantic era in which they lived.Publisher: HarperCollins Pu...

The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture: An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple - Jean M. Evans

A survey of the world of the wealthy heiress - glittering and gleaming, flawed and fascinating - from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries...

A survey of the world of the wealthy heiress - glittering and gleaming, flawed and fascinating - from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries...

Reducere. Who were the Apostles really? What happened to them after the end of the Gospel story? You'll be surprised by the wealth of detail Ruffin has dug u...

DescriptionFrom the mid-eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century, the English Old Poor Law was waning, soon to be replaced by the New Poo...

Elephants are as unique as people. They can be clever and curious or headstrong and impulsive, shy or sociable. Learn to know them as individuals a...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Lives of the Twelve is a pioneering work that details the lives of the Twelve Shia Imams. While most works on the Twelve Imams focus...

Reducere. Eyewitness accounts of the lives and teachings of the fourth-century Desert Fathers from the Historia monachorum in Aegypto.

A translation of a classic 11th-century Persian text on behaviour and conduct in government, written between 1086 and 1091 by Nizam al-Mulk, who fo...

The Lives of Latin Texts collects papers presented at a 2018 conference in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University in honor of Richard...

Reducere. DescriptionWe see them every four years, these sun-kissed, muscle-bound athletes, shirtless or bikini-clad. How glamorous it must be, to live the l...

The field of leadership has often been criticized for excluding voices that are not White and male. This book analyzes the transformational leaders...

Reducere. This book follows the tradition of teaching history in a story-based format. The often-politicized "social studies" approach to history focuses on ...

DescriptionIn a fascinating blend of biography and history, Joseph Tartakovsky tells the epic and unexpected story of our Constitution through the ...

How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world's managed bee coloniesHumans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia,...

The incredible story of Britain's female gangsters from the seventeenth century to the present day.Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Caitl...

This book represents the first ever overview of both Manx and Hebridean dynasties that dominated Man and the Isles from the late eleventh to the mi...

Publisher: BookLife PublishingAuthor(s): Madeline TylerNumber of pages: 32Collection: BookLife Accessible ReadersPublication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis history of Germany in the Dark Ages and Medieval eras chronicles the birth and progress of the nation through a series of short bio...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mark KatzDrawing upon research examining life's trajectories, Mark Katz identifies sources of protection, strength, and und...

This ground-breaking new book reveals the powerful ancient memory technique that solves the mystery behind monuments like Stonehenge, which have fo...

Reducere. All loved, and were loved by, their artists, and inspired them with an intensity of emotion akin to Eros.In a brilliant, wry, and provocative book,...

Reducere. Kitab al-Irshad: A Book of Guidance into the Lives of the Twelve Imams (as).

Reducere. Chronic violence has characterized Somalia for over two decades, forcing nearly two million people to flee. A significant number have settled in ca...

Reducere. Kitab Al-Irshad: the Book of Guidance into the Lives of the Twelve Imams, is the earliest surviving history of the Shi'ite Imams (as). It briefly d...

Reducere. Winner, 2018 U.S. History PROSE Award The incredible stories of how trans men assimilated into mainstream communities in the late 1800s In 1883, Fr...

Reducere. A pledge of love and hope paves the way for a tale of courage and resilience...After Wilhelm Quedlin takes Hilde Dremmer as his bride, his heart is...

Reducere. The Mancini Sisters, Marie and Hortense, were born in Rome, brought to the court of Louis XIV of France, and strategically married off by their unc...

For the Lives of All Women/Pela Vida Das Mulheres is a collection of photographs and interviews by Camila Cavalcante.

Reducere. Miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss happen more often than we realize, leaving many to suffer in isolation. Nursery of Heaven is a companion t...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading By the time the Rev...

Publisher: Columbia University PressAuthor(s): Susan (Pennsylvania State University) RankinIllustration(s): 20 illus.; 10 tablesNumber of pages: 24...

To be living as a king or queen sounds amazing, doesn't it? This book shows the real ups and downs of Queens and Kings lives, to show that all that...

Meet 50 trailblazers who made the United States what it is today in this gorgeously illustrated biography book.

The story of how the 6th Duke of Bedford and his second wife, Georgina Gordon, became intimately involved with the scientific discoveries of the En...