Sweeping through fifteen centuries of life in the heart of southern England, this epic novel records the lives of the ordinary folk of Britain from the end of the Roman occupation through to the late 16th century. The author has brought to life a colourful range of characters, from serfs to kings, from slave girls to bishops and from honest working families to murderers, to illustrate what it must have been like to live through some of the most challenging periods of English history, including the attacks of the hated Viking marauders, the French defeat of the English at Hastings, the arrival of the despised Norman invaders and the dissolution of the monasteries. The hardship and terrible cruelty our ancestors had to endure are vividly described.

Featuring more than 650 lighthouses located throughout the five Great Lakes, a lavish encyclopedia uncovers the history behind these noble structures, which helped guide thousands of sailors and now mostly serve as monuments to an exciting period in history and points of pilgrimage for maritime enthusiasts.

Product Description: Buckingham Palace is one of the most familiar buildings in the world, but who knows the real tales hidden behind its ceremonial gates? Who was the witch that once lived in the royal courtyard? How could courtesans once have plied their trade in front of the present royal windows? How dare a prime minister call the palace a monstrous insult to the nation? This text presents a detailed exploration of the ordinary and sometimes extraordinary people who owned or lived on the land now occupied by the Palace, and of the royal occupants who later inhabited it...read more

Presents twenty-one traditional tales from West Africa, including 'The Greedy but Cunning Tortoise,' 'The Boy in the Drum,' and 'The Magic Cooking Pot.' (view table of contents)

Explores the life and work of the French painter, including photographs of Manet's most famous paintings and information about his childhood. (view table of contents)

A respected critic and beloved personality television, Sister Wendy Beckett offers readers quirky commentary on more than fifty high-quality, large-scale reproductions of important American paintings.

Respected art critic Sister Wendy Beckett's brilliant insight and quirky delivery, make her commentary on this collection of more than fifty large-scale, top-quality reproductions of Impressionist paintings a must have for all art lovers. (view table of contents)

Published in conjunction with the National Gallery of Art, an expanded edition of this richly illustrated survey chronicles the history of eight hundred years of Western art, from the Byzantine era to post-modernism, highlighting styles, techniques, media, artists, and themes, and featuring more than 450 masterpieces, as well as oversized details from key paintings. 35,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Explores the life and work of the Spanish artist and provides photographs of some of his more popular works of art. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Neither conventional history nor guide, this book reveals how Buckingham Palace came to be the place it is, from a time when it probably formed the escape route from a Roman battle nearly 2000 years ago to the establishment of the first gentleman's house there in the 17th century, and on into a chequered royal history...read more

Organized alphabetically by artist, the author's personal selections for the one thousand greatest paintings in Western art feature full-color reproductions of each work, detailed annotations, information on the artist's style and techniques, and the location where the masterpiece is on display. 35,000 first printing. Tour. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This sequel to our enormously popular Bonfires and Beacons features 45 more lighthouses on Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior, on both sides of the American-Canadian border. The rugged rocks and vast forests of the Great Lakes region drove early settlers and merchants to develop elaborate shipping networks...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Photographer Larry Wright has captured the most interesting and beautiful lighthouses protecting some of North America's most treacherous waters. Stories of wrecks and rescues, lights and lightkeepers abound. Featured lighthouses are located in Ontario, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ohio...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Although the basic evolutionary patterns of nitrogen metabolism and excretion have been outlined for decades, there has been a resurgence of research activity in the past 15 years. Research in nitrogen metabolism has been stimulated in the area of acid-base balance...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: These practical books written by members of the British Association of Medical Managers (BAMM) help clinical directors tackle their role as medical managers. They provide information and guidance, to enable their readers to benefit from the sharing of learning, good ideas and best practice...read more

Three centuries of English history come to life in a novel that spans from the reign of Charles I and the English Civil War of the 1640s to the present day

Product Description: Book by Wright, Patricia, Reitzes, Lisa B.

The lives of beautiful, ambitious Arabella Sperling and handsome revolutionary Harry Cornish, friends since childhood, take different directions amidst the tumult and upheaval of London in seventeenth-century Restoration England

A beautiful, naive American expatriate in post-World War I Paris experiences passion, romance, and love with, respectively, dissolute Pierre, a dashing American journalist, and vulnerable, shell-shocked Guy

Product Description: For five years the fury of the German war machine has raged against the beleaguered port of Dover. But between the grief and loneliness, the fear and weariness, some are able to discover courage, strength, and even love. Beautiful Faye Ludlow, a brave woman who has emerged from the heart of the storm with the power to shape her own destiny, finds herself fighting three wars at once...read more

Product Description: Light wear to boards, slight curve to front board, content clean and sharp, small slight fold to a few bottom corners, solidly bound, good DJ with some wear Ex Library Book with usual stamps/labels, etc