Explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared... Læs mere
An enthralling reflection on the ways that family history influences identity, from the 2014 Nobel laureate for literature
The forgotten story of how ordinary families managed financially in the Victorian era--and struggled to survive despite increasing national prosperity
One of Greece's most beloved contemporary writers, the author is considered by many to be her homeland's national poet. This title offers a collection of 80 poems that are selected from throughout his long career.
Encompasses the history of the Papacy, from its beginnings nearly two thousand years ago to the election of Francis I.
An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change
How did a community that was largely invisible in the first two centuries of its existence go on to remake the civilizations it inhabited,... Læs mere
Following a facsimile of the 1609 Quatro printed in parallel with a conservatively edited, modernized text, Stephen Booth offers an analytic commentary that ranges from brief glosses to substantial critical essays.
The story of India's exuberantly colored textiles that made their mark on design, technology, and trade around the world