Overview :This entertaining new anthology includes travelers' tales from thirty-eight cities spread over six continents, ranging from Beijing to Berli... Read More
Overview :Whether it's because their rhetoric--"liberty, fraternity, equality"--articulates those ideals to which we most aspire, or because we are sh... Read More
Overview :Introduction outlining the history of houses from manors and medieval palaces to stately homes. Regional guide describing more than 180 hous... Read More
Overview :Global histories tend to be written from the limited viewpoint of a single author and a single perspective, which results in an inevitable b... Read More
Overview :History Day by Day presents an original perspective on over two millennia of human history through 366 quotations, one for each day of the y... Read More
Overview :Plague, pestilence, and pandemics have been a part of the human story from the beginning and have been reflected in art and writing at every... Read More