Originally published in 1980, Gaywyck, the first gay gothic romance both honors and reinvents the classic style. Vincent Virga creates a world as authentic as anything penned by DuMaurier, retaining the creaking ancestral mansion and mysterious and brooding master of the manor, while replacing the damsel in distress with the young and handsome ...
An anthology of artifacts, taken from the Special Collections of the Library of Congress, that illustrate the history of the United States and its culture. Items such as a page of J. Robert Oppenheimer's notes on nuclear reactions, a label from a bottle of patent medicine, and a "Pogo" comic strip attacking Senator Joseph McCarthy are included, ...
CARTOGRAPHIA offers a stunning array of 200 of the most beautiful, important and fascinating maps in existence, from the world's largest cartographic collection, at the Library of Congress. These maps show how our idea of the world has shifted and grown over time, and each map tells its own unique story about nations, politics and ambitions. The ...
"The American Civil War: 365 Days" comprises a vivid visual history of one of the most tumultuous and pivotally important eras in the history of the USA. From pre-war political clashes over slavery in the South, to the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army, "The American Civil War" constitutes a telling mosaic of America's most costly and rending ...
A sweeping saga of love and danger among the aristocracy of early 19th-century New York, "Vadriel Vail" paints a vivid portrait of the excesses and arrogance of the privileged upper classes while providing a richly detailed and classic gothic tale of romance, secrets, and windswept coastlines. From the heights of glittering society to the depths ...
A first-of-its-kind collection of twenty-four historic maps and views of New York City, specially bound so they can be removed easily and framed in standard-size frames. "Historic Maps and Views of New York" is a unique and fascinating collection of twenty-four New York maps and views dating from the 1600s through the present. Included with each ...
An anthology of artifacts, taken from the Special Collections of the Library of Congress, that illustrate the history of the United States and its culture. Items such as a page of J. Robert Oppenheimer's notes on nuclear reactions, a label from a bottle of patent medicine, and a "Pogo" comic strip attacking Senator Joseph McCarthy are included, ...
Combining 50 rare, beautiful, and diverse maps of California from the collections of the Library of Congress, informative captions about the origins and contents of those maps, and essays on Golden State history, this book is a collectible for cartography buffs and a celebration of state history for residents, former residents, and visitors.
Combining 50 rare, beautiful, and diverse maps of Colorado from the collections of the Library of Congress, informative captions about the origins and contents of those maps, and essays on Centennial State history, this book is a collectible for cartography buffs and a celebration of state history for residents, former residents, and visitors.
Combining 50 rare, beautiful, and diverse maps of the Commonwealth of Virginia from the collections of the Library of Congress, informative captions about the origins and contents of those maps, and essays on state history, this book is a collectible for cartography buffs and a celebration of Virginia for residents, former residents, and visitors.
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