A Wind from the North: The Life of Henry the Navigator (Bradford Ernle)(Paperback)

A Wind from the North: The Life of Henry the Navigator (Bradford Ernle)(Paperback)

The captivating biography of Prince Henry of Portugal, the navigator and explorer who helped usher in the Age of Discovery. Before Columbus, Vespucci, and Sir Francis Drake, there was Henry the Navigator. Pirate hunter, intrepid explorer, and ship designer, the Portuguese prince was one of the

The Shield and the Sword (Bradford Ernle)(Paperback)

An authoritative history of the Knights of St. John, from Jerusalem to Malta, told by the bestselling author of The Great Siege. Known by many names through their centuries-long career, The Knights Hospitaller of Saint John dedicated themselves to defending the poor and sick. First formed in

Prince Henry 'The Navigator': A Life (Russell Peter)(Paperback)

Henry the Navigator, fifteenth-century Portuguese prince and explorer, is a legendary, almost mythical figure in late medieval history. Considered along with Columbus to be one of the progenitors of modernity, Prince Henry challenged the scientific assumptions of his age and was responsible for

The Great Siege, Malta 1565: Clash of Cultures: Christian Knights Defend Western Civilization Against the Moslem Tide (Bradford Ernle)(Paperback)

The indispensable account of the Ottoman Empire's Siege of Malta from the author of Hannibal and Gibraltar. In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was thought to be invincible. Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman sultan, had expanded his empire from western Asia to

Gibraltar: The History of a Fortress (Bradford Ernle)(Paperback)

Since ships first set sail in the Mediterranean, The Rock has been the gate of Fortress Europe. In ancient times, it was known as one of the Pillars of Hercules, and a glance at its formidable mass suggests that it may well have been created by the gods. Sought after by every nation with

Thermopylae: The Battle for the West (Bradford Ernle)(Paperback)

An impressively accessible narrative depicting the three-day battle for the pass at Thermopylae (the Hot Gates)--a critical contest in Xerxes's massive invasion of Greece. The bloody stand made there by Leonidas and his small Spartan army in 480 B.C. has been hailed ever since as an outstanding

Love, Henri - Letters on the Spiritual Life (Nouwen Henri J. M.)(Paperback / softback)

Previously unpublished letters from the author of The Wounded Healer and The Return of the Prodigal

At the Back of the North Wind (MacDonald George)(Paperback)

The Life of Henry Brulard (Stendhal)(Paperback)

The Life of Henry Brulard is the autobiography of one of France's greatest writers, Stendhal, author of The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma. Here, writing at white heat and with such ferocious honesty and indignation that his book was to remain unpublishable for more than a century

Drawn from Life (Shepard E. H.)(Paperback / softback)

This is the second volume of memoirs by the artist of 'Winnie the Pooh' and 'The Wind in the Willows'. It describes Shepard's experiences through school, his student days and his marriage and ends on his wedding day, facing married life with #70 in the bank as his total financial

Beyond the North Wind: The Fall and Rise of the Mystic North (McIntosh Christopher)(Paperback)

The North is simultaneously a location, a direction, and a mystical concept. Although this concept has ancient roots in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales, it continues to resonate today within modern culture. McIntosh leads readers, chapter by chapter, through the magical and spiritual history

A Coney Island of the Mind (Ferlinghetti Lawrence)(Paperback)

The title of this book is taken from Henry Miller's 'Into the Night Life' and expresses the way Lawrence Ferlinghetti felt about these poems when he wrote them during a short period in the 1950's--as if they were, taken together, a kind of Coney Island of the mind, a kind of circus of the

Life-Changing Magic of Sheds (Cole Henry)(Paperback / softback)

The ultimate guide to sheds from the renowned presenter of Shed and

Wings of the Dove (James Henry)(Paperback / softback)

Emerging from the grit and stigma of poverty to a life of fairytale privilege under the wing of her aunt, the beautiful and financially ambitious Kate Croy is already romantically involved with promising journalist Merton Densher when they become acquainted with Milly Theale, a New York socialite

North Korea (Marr Henry)(Paperback)

This new edition of Bradt's North Korea has been completely written from scratch and remains the only standalone guide to what is often regarded as the world's most secretive state, a place never far from media scrutiny but about which very little is actually known in the wider world. Detailed is

Henry David Thoreau: A Life (Walls Laura Dassow)(Paperback)

'Walden. Yesterday I came here to live.' That entry from the journal of Henry David Thoreau, and the intellectual journey it began, would by themselves be enough to place Thoreau in the American pantheon. His attempt to 'live deliberately' in a small woods at the edge of his hometown of Concord has

Road Less Travelled - Thoughts on life from the pen of a single Christian (Henry Heather)(Paperback / softback)

Images from the Region of the Pueblo Indians of North America (Warburg Aby M.)(Paperback)

Images from the Region of the Pueblo Indians of North America translates Aby M. Warburg's seminal study of the 'serpent ritual' of the Hopi people, which grew out of a trip to the American Southwest undertaken by Warburg in

Shadow King - The Life and Death of Henry VI (Johnson Lauren)(Paperback / softback)

A new account of the tragic life and troubled times of Henry VI, who inherited the crowns of both England and France and lost both, in the course of a life blighted by mental illness and bloody civil

Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Leach Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Covering the northern half of Yorkshire, this volume is full of contrasts, from urbanized Leeds to the tight-knit mill towns and villages pushing into the

Hold the Dream (Bradford Barbara Taylor)(Paperback / softback)

From the internationally bestselling author of A Woman of Substance comes the continuing story of indomitable heroine, Emma

The Ring of Wind (Young Samurai, Book 7) (Bradford Chris)(Paperback)

Jack Fletcher is battling the high seas. Ambushed by the Shogun's samurai, Jack and his friends have only one hope of escape--the Seto Sea. But with ferocious storms, man-eating sharks, and ninja pirates at every turn, their chosen route is fraught with danger. A treacherous crew only adds to their

Knitting From the North (Grant Hilary)(Paperback / softback)

In Knitting from the North Hilary Grant - who lives in Orkney, at the very north of Scotland, closer to Norway than London - has translated her most popular patterns from her luxury Scottish knitwear range into 30 colourful hand-knitting projects - hats, mittens, scarves and jumpers - to keep your

The Portrait of a Lady (James Henry)(Paperback)

Henry James is one of the giants of American literary history. From the novella 'Daisy Miller' and classic short stories such as 'The Turn of the Screw' to the popular short novel Washington Square and intricately woven and highly complex later novels such as The Golden Bowl and The Ambassadors,