The adventurous stories of the greatest explorers in history. ...
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A distinguished team of 26 military historians reveal the decisive conflicts that have shaped world history from the 5th century BC to the 21st century. The cou ...
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Michael D. Coe,Mark van Stone
In the recent past, a working knowledge of the Maya script has been confined to epigraphers, art historians and other specialists. This is a compact, portable g ...
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J. C. Cooper
Explains the meanings associated with objects, plants, animals, myths, religious symbols, and images in art. ...
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Diana Darke
'Exquisitely written and lavishly illustrated, this delightful book brings five centuries of Ottoman culture to life. Diana Darke constantly amazes the reader w ...
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Christian Grataloup
Trace the history of the world in over 500 easy-to-follow maps, from the dawn of humanity to the present day. Organized chronologically, A History of the World ...
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Nicolas Guillerat,John Scheid
Packed with cleverly designed graphics, charts and diagrams, Ancient Rome: Infographics uses data visualization to tell the epic tale of the city of Rome and it ...
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Adam Selzer
The most sensational and intriguing murders from across the USA are re-examined in this disquieting volume, which introduces readers to the most lethal killers ...
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From the editor of the bestselling Histories of Nations, an eye-opening anthology showing how people have suffered and survived during plague and pandemic, from ...
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Cynthia Saltzman
A captivating in-depth study of Napoleon's plundering of Europe's art and how it legitimized the Louvre. ...
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Suzanna Ivanic
A clear, concise and detailed analysis of the eclectic and beautiful visual and material culture of Catholicism. Focusing on a carefully curated selection of Ca ...
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Roger Luckhurst
Over the centuries the Gothic has been revived and rewritten to reflect the anxieties of each era. It encompasses the weird, the feared and the uncanny; haunted ...
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Patrick Baty
The first-ever visual expansion of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, featuring over 800 illustration references from the natural world. ...
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A cartographic exposition of the 19th century's most dramatic and intriguing murders from the world's most crime-ridden cities and regions. ...
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Joshua Frydman
The perfect introduction to the world of Japanese myth and legend. This is a smart and succinct guide to the rich tradition of Japanese mythology, from the earl ...
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Garry J. Shaw
Join Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw on a tour up the Nile, through a beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich mythology: the stories of Horus, Isis ...
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Jeremy McInerney
Balancing textual and archaeological evidence, this brand-new, single-voiced narrative paints a vivid picture of Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Roman ...
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Jamie Camplin,Maria Ranauro
A beautifully illustrated survey of the relationship between the development of books, the artist and Western pictorial art from the 15th to the 20th centuries. ...
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Stephen Turnbull
A witty, informative and highly entertaining guide to how to be a pirate, combining historical accuracy with a humorous eye in an irreverent but revealing look ...
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Christopher Frayling
Offers a comprehensive and illustrated history and anthology of vampires in literature, from the folklore of Eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond. The aut ...
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Garry J. Shaw
This handy guide to Egyptian mythology explores how the ancient Nile-dwellers explained the world around them. It delves into the origins of life, the creation ...
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Philip Matyszak
This handy guide to the Greek and Roman Myths brings classical mythology to life. Written by a bestselling author on Ancient Greece and Rome, the book features ...
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Michael Prestwich
Tells you things you need to know about the ups and downs of knightly life in the Middle Ages, from how to look your best on the battlefield to the going rates ...
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