Sahel - Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara, Hardback - Alisa LaGamma

A comprehensive exploration, spanning 1, 300 years, of the art and culture of the Sahel region of Africa

A compelling examination of one of the most artistically rich and creative African kingdoms Artists from the kingdom of Kongo--a vast swath of Cent...

It is frequently said that we are living through the end of politics, the end of social upheavals, the end of utopian folly. Consensual realism is ...

An ode to conviviality, south of the Sahara - generosity and positivity through recipes, stories and culinary traditions.Publisher: Murdoch BooksAu...

A deeply-reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist into the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City-a watery har...

Reducere. Historian and author M. B. Synge tells the reader the greatest and most compelling stories of antiquity; those of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and I...

Recipes that chart the culinary history and traditions of the lands that once belonged to the Venetian Republic, with a particular focus on the Tri...

Reducere. The final steps are the longestA timeless paradise greets Odin upon arrival to the islands of the gods. Vanaheim is the ultimate respite after the ...

Publisher: Hirmer VerlagAuthor(s): Sophia SotkeIllustration(s): 42 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 156Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 175 x ...

From Sunday Times bestselling historian Saul David, the dramatic tale of the first American troops to take the fight to the enemy in the Second Wor...

Reducere. Martin Prechtel continues the narrative of his unique life in Santiago, Atitlan in Long Life, Honey in the Heart, an eloquent memoir replete with t...

In the three works in this volume, On the Constitution of the Art of Medicine, The Art of Medicine, and A Method of Medicine to Glaucon, the physic...

* A hilarious collection of genuine love letters from the bestselling author of 'I Lick My Cheese: And other notes from the frontline of flatsharin...

During the late 19th century, a small group of Frenchmen from the fort at Detroit settled north along the shore of Lake St. Clair at the mouth of t...

Published here for the fi rst time, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg's historically unique photographs show the Archivo General de Indias in Seville before i...

From celebrity portraitists such as Terry O'Neill, to famed fashion photographers like Jerry Schatzberg and wildlife specialists Tim Flach and Sue ...

The fighting that raged in the East during the First World War was every bit as fierce as that on the Western Front, but the titanic clashes betwee...

Georgia is the most Western-looking state in today's Near or Middle East. This book begins with the first intimations of the existence of Georgians...

J.C. Squire (1884-1958) bestrode the literary world of the inter-war era like a colossus. A poet, journalist, editor of the New Statesman and presi...

A gripping and fast-paced narrative, Pulizer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik tells the story of the titanic battle between two giants of the Gilded Ag...

Description"Mark Obmascik has deftly rescued an important story from the margins of our history--and from our country's most forbidding frontier. D...

The first global history of the Normans, who - beyond the conquest of England - came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.Publ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 376Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 243 x 28Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Francisco (N...

The extraordinary true story of five women who met in Oxford at the dawn of the 20th century, and set out to explore the furthest reaches of the kn...

The story of a fascinating, bohemian - and, at times outrageous - life that spanned the twentieth century - the perfect book for fans of the Mitfords.

People collect to connect with the past, personal and historic, to exercise some small and perfect degree of control over a carefully chosen portio...

This small book brings together some of the beautiful art that has, for centuries, gone into the creation of almanacs and calendars. Alexandra Harr...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Grant SniderIllustration(s): Full-color illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 2...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Linda NochlinIllustration(s): 126 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 448Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

Publisher: Association for Asian StudiesAuthor(s): Alisa FreedmanNumber of pages: 168Collection: Asia ShortsPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x...

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Daniel Galmiche, a Michelin-starred chef and author of the French Brasserie Cookbook shows how to make authentic French dishes, using the ingredien...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): John (Associate Professor of Games and Learning, Parsons The New School for Design) SharpIllustration(s): 43 b 8...

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In June 1887, a man known as General Husayn, a manumitted slave turned dignitary in the Ottoman province of Tunis, passed away in Florence after a ...

Publisher: Distributed Art PublishersNumber of pages: 104Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 249 x 304 x 16Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Ed SchadRed...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Gabrielle SelzIllustration(s): 22 b-w photos, 11 color photosNumber of pages: 392Publication da...

A collection of precepts that together provide a powerful philosophy for daily life. With practical grace and wisdom, the Manual addresses living w...

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Examines the administrative system and function of stamp impressions on storage jars in ancient Israel, illustrating the history of Judah during si...

Cataphracts were the most heavily armoured shock cavalry on the ancient battlefield, predating the knights of Western Europe by over 1000 years.

A tribute to the impressive roster of women artists who have graduated from Yale UniversityPublisher: Yale University PressNumber of pages: 308Publ...

Reducere. DescriptionAuthor, coach, and business leader, Alisse Bradley, reveals the Feng Shui science of health, wealth and prosperity in business with this...