Napoleon's Plunder and the Theft of Veronese's Feast, Hardback - Cynthia Saltzman

A captivating in-depth study of Napoleon's plundering of Europe's art and how it legitimized the Louvre.Illustrations: 32 Illustrations, black and ...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Cynthia SaltzmanIllustration(s): 46 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Di...

One of The Christian Science Monitor's Ten Best Books of MayA highly original work of history . . . [Saltzman] has written a distinctive study that...

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Reducere. Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and Sorcery of Thorns, this exhilarating, page-turning fantasy will pull readers into a lush and stunning worl...

Praise for THORN: "A quietly profound and beautiful fairytale retelling that I'll be recommending for years." Chakraborty, author of City of Brass ...

Reducere. In the next exciting installment of the series, Jack travels to Japan, where under the cover of darkness, a band of ninja thieves has stolen some o...

Reducere. In The Theft of History Jack Goody builds on his own previous work to extend further his highly influential critique of what he sees as the pervasi...

A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 National Book Award winner Jonathan Kozol is best known for his fifty years of work among our nation's poorest ...

DescriptionA Wall Street Journal columnist delivers a brilliant narrative of the mugging of the millennial generation-- how the Baby Boomers have s...

The riveting sequel to THE THEFT OF SUNLIGHT by the author of THORN ('The best YA fantasy book I have read this year!' - Never Judge a Book by its ...

Reducere. It's time to take back what the devil has stolen and put God back into our culture. The Theft of America's Soul is a prophetic wake-up call for all...

DescriptionIt's time to take back what the devil has stolen and put God back into our culture. Phil Robertson, patriarch of A&E's Duck Dynasty and ...

Reducere. The Theft of African Prophecy by the Catholic Church: For 6, 000 years, Africa was ruled by a powerful order of Sibyl matriarchs. They produced the...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Menachem KaiserNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 135 x 204 x 21Cover type: PaperbackRedescop...

Reducere. Robert Mugabe came to power in Zimbabwe in 1980 after a long civil war in Rhodesia. The white minority government had become an international outca...

Reducere. From a gifted young writer, the story of his quest to reclaim his family's apartment building in Poland--and of the astonishing entanglement with N...

Describes the events leading up to the French invasion of Egypt, and the disastrous Battle of the Nile.Illustrations: 1x16 colour plates

Publisher: Scribe PublicationsAuthor(s): Menachem KaiserNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 203 x 374 x 24Cover type: Paperback /...

The journey of Chinese food over 5, 000 years of history - and the story it tells us about the land and its people.

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining thousands of acres of their homeland. Their success rested partly on their being ke...

The Music of Film opens up the world of film music from the inside. Through a series of interviews and conversations with professional composers, m...

An entirely new appraisal of the Anglo-French naval war of 1793-1814: the longest sea war in modern history, and the admirals who fought it for Nap...

Theft of a Tree, by the sixteenth-century poet Nandi Timmana, recounts how Krishna stole the parijata, a wish-granting tree, from the king of the g...

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at one of the world's biggest tech companiesPublisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Lulu ChenNumber of pages: ...

A decadent collection of magical dishes and feasts created by the herbalist, witch, chef and co-owner of Catland Books, Melissa Madara.Publisher: W...

Publisher: Leonaur LtdAuthor(s): R P Dunn-PattisonIllustration(s): IllustrationsNumber of pages: 172Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 150 x 225 x 1...

A feast of folk tales about food, with a foreword from Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food MovementPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): T...

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A dazzling, award-winning new novel by the 'offensively gifted' author of How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone

What did it mean to keep a secret in early medieval England? It was a period during which the experience of secrecy was intensely bound to the beli...

Unique study of the Peninsular War from the French perspective.Illustrations: 32 black and white illustrations