Ships Of Heaven. The Private Life of Britain's Cathedrals, Paperback - Christopher Somerville

The author of }The January Man{ crosses Britain, visiting its storied cathedrals and considering the history of these buildings, encountering belie...

Breathes new life into Shakespeare's story by establishing fresh interpretations of his baptism; evidence pertaining to his father; his wedding; hi...

Reducere. This is an English translation of "The Private Life of the Romanoffs", originally published in German and written by Bernhard Stern. Within this vo...

Reducere. An indispensable biography of the world's most famous detective from Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Vincent StarrettIn a boarding house at...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Based on new interviews and research, this ground-breaking biography explores the secret selves behind Marilyn Monroe's public facades.Illustration...

Through an innovative combination of image and text, Peter Atkins explains the processes involved in chemical reactions. He introduces the 'tool ki...

As our minds develop we create a personalized inner world based on our experiences. But during periods of intense emotion, such as anger, fear or e...

The must-have book to discover the best of Britain's walksPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Christopher SomervilleNumber of pages: 336P...

This book, rather than looking at what Cromwell did and wrote for the king, and what he did in the royal court, will look at who he was as an indiv...

A newly updated biography of life behind the Palace doors - a celebration of the 60 year reign of Elizabeth II.

This book presents intricate, backstage negotiations of interests and compromises between diplomats and lobbyists through the corridors of power, w...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. England's Tudor monarchs--Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I--are perhaps the most celebrated and fascinating of all royal f...

Reducere. As a teenager, Eddie Buczynski had dreamed of becoming a Jesuit Priest. Rejected by the Church because of his questioning mind and budding homosexu...

From easy rambles through apple orchards and lush pastures in Kent to more exhilarating rambles along Sharpenhoe Clappers' chalk escarpments in Bed...

75 years on from the end of the second world war, a unique collection from veteran Commonwealth voices who tell how the war changed their lives irr...

Reducere. John Fitchen systematically treats the process of erecting the great edifices of the Gothic era. He explains the building equipment and falsework n...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The Fires of Heaven is the 5th book in The Wheel of Time Series. In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Shadow Rising, Robe...

Reducere. Heaven. It is a Biblical promise that inspires awe and wonder, but one that seems unknowable until you leave this earth and your temporal body behi...

Reducere. IAN Withers rewrote the book on what it means to be a Private Investigator.He traversed the world recovering abducted children, gathered intelligen...

Reducere. Only after your loved one's heart stops beating does the real work begin. Pennies from Heaven is the true account of Christopher Stillar's remarkab...

The Diocesan Cathedrals of the Metropolitanate of Wallachia and Dobrudja (album)

Featuring cover artwork and endpapers from the late Howard Hodgkin, this intimate biography of Lord Byron is the first book to explore the poet's e...

Author's hurricane and flooding video aired on national television by ABC's Nightline to 3.9 million people. A finalist in the Global eBook Awards,...

Reducere. On December 23, 1966, eighteen-year-old Gary Wood was driving with his younger sister Sue along a dark street in their hometown. They were heading ...

An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late Shah's widow, Emp...

There had, of course, been other fires, Four Hundred and fifty years before, the city had almost burned to the ground. In five days that small fire...

Reducere. Featuring unreported details and stunning revelations, the long-awaited follow-up to the "fabulous, addictive" (Chicago Sun-Times) New York Times b...

For 22 years, Dr Zhisui Li was Mao Tse-tung's personal physician, confidant and companion. In this biography Li provides insights into social and p...

A new collection of walks from one of Britain's best-known walking journalists and currently Walking Correspondent for The Times.Publisher: Haus Pu...

This book is Frederick Osborn's follow up to "The New Reformation: An Assessment of the New Apostolic Reformation from Toronto to Redding." In his ...

Ever been thrown off the bus in the middle of a Swedish forest or asked to play at one of the UK's biggest music festivals with musicians you've ju...

A fascinating history of theatre told through the story of Britain's first ever pantomime clownPublisher: Canongate Books LtdAuthor(s): Andrew McCo...

A literary thriller set during the devastating North Sea flood of 1953, in which a love triangle turns murderous.

THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER FOR NATURE LOVERS'To see a hare sit still as stone, to watch a hare boxing on a frosty March morning, to witness a hare...

More than two hundred photographs and text trace the development of cathedral design from its Norman beginnings through the flowering of Gothic to ...

Edward's private world is revealed in this exciting new work by John Ashdown-Hill, author of The Mythology of Richard III

Established in the 19th century to carry passengers and freight across the Atlantic and Pacific, this is the story of the development of the compan...

Reducere. Living in the light of eternity changes everything! God gave Laurie A. Ditto a terrifying, firsthand vision of hell - an event she details in her b...

Reducere. Living in the light of eternity changes everything! God gave Laurie A. Ditto a terrifying, firsthand vision of hell - an event she details in her b...

Notre Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals is Ken Follett's tribute to the the Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the greatest cathedrals in...

Reducere. Founded 900 years ago by St. Bruno, the Carthusians are the most completely enclosed religious order in the Catholic Church. Living alone and in si...