For a one/two-semester undergraduate Art History survey course. Hailed as the most up-to-date and comprehensive contextual text published in a single volume, this enlightening survey presents art history as an essential part of the development of humankind. Encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, it covers ...
Germany's Atlantic Wall was the most ambitious military fortification program of World War II. With Germany's gradual loss of the strategic initiative to the Allies, in 1942 Hitler was forced to construct an impenetrable wall of fortifications along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coast. This book deals solely with the structures on the French ...
Rainford Hugh Perry was born in the sky, in rural Jamaica, in Africa, or on Jupiter, depending on which version of his legend you wish to believe. The most storied producer in reggae music, his iconoclastic, sound-bending techniques have contributed to the music of Bob Marley and the Wailers, the Clash, and countless other artists, as well as ...
"Leontyne Price: Highlights of a Prima Donna" is a collector's item. It was published in 1973 and covers some of the most essential years of her life and career. It has circulated extensively via libraries and has been cited in a variety of magazine articles, books and encyclopedias such as: "The Music of Black Americans: A History by Eileen ...
Firsthand reminiscences of the charm, eccentricity, and creativity of the Bloomsbury group, especially as it was connected with Vanessa Bell's country house, Charleston.
Celebrating its 175th anniversary, McCormick's company, now Navistar International, has been a vital force in the American landscape. This lavishly illustrated, oversized volume is packed with original photography, nostalgic advertising, and fascinating detail and history.
Tens of thousands of US soldiers and untold millions of Koreans died in this war the first major arena of the East-West conflict. This concise international history of the war offers a new approach to its understanding, tracing its origins and dynamics to the interplay between modern Korean history and twentieth century world history. The ...
Imperial Russian Foreign Policy aims to demythologise a field hitherto dominated by suspicions of diabolical cunning, inscrutable motives, and international plots using unseen forces of the gigantic, fear-inspiring empire of the tsar. The contributors, leading historians from both Russia and the West, examine Imperial foreign policy from its ...
This collection by Hugh B. Cave was nominated for a World Fantasy Award. Originally scheduled as a Carcosa release, it includes eighteen novelettes and short stories dating from the Thirties. The collection was assembled and edited by Karl Edward Wagner. The genre was called "weird menace", and it melded hard-boiled adventure with horror. Mad ...
Following World War II the United States, determined to prevent the extension of Soviet and Communist Chinese influence, took the lead in organizing the defence of Western interests in Asia. Steven Lee explores the foreign policy objectives of the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, and examines the role that economic and military aid played ...
This edited collection traces the social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of Korea's dramatic transformation since the late nineteenth century. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the chapters examine the internal and external forces which facilitated the transition towards industrial capitalism in Korea, the consequences and impact ...
When Jimmy finds a badge with the word "Amadans" on it, no one seems to know what it means. When he logs onto the Amadan website, he gets pulled into a fairy world where he must save the day.
After World War II the United States, determined to prevent an extension of the influence of the Soviet Union and Communist China, took the lead in organizing the defence of Western interests in Asia. Exploring the foreign-policy objectives of the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom, this book examines the role played by economic and military aid ...
First published in 1977 and now reprinted in its original form, A Source-book of Scottish Witchcraft has been the most authoritative reference book on Scottish Witchcraft for almost thirty years. It has been invaluable to the specialist scholar and of interest to the general reader. It provides, but provides much more than, a series of lists of ...
The Bloomsbury Group has long preoccupied writers, critics and the general public alike, and for many years Charleston in Sussex, the home of artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, was its focal point. This book contains a compilation of articles originally commissioned for "The Charleston Newsletter", and offers an evocation of the extraordinary ...
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