Alexander the Great: An Illustrated Military History (Rodgers Nigel)(Paperback)

Alexander the Great: An Illustrated Military History (Rodgers Nigel)(Paperback)

This title opens with the rise of Macedonia, followed by an account of Alexander's outstanding military progress and the lasting significance of his vast

Ancient Greece: An Illustrated History (Rodgers Nigel)(Pevná vazba)

An authoritative account of political and military history, art, architecture and culture, fully illustrated

Ancient Rome - An Illustrated History (Rodgers Nigel)(Pevná vazba)

An authoritative account of Ancient Rome, its political and military history, art, architecture and culture, sumptously illustrated throughout with 1000 photographs and reproductions, chronicling the story of the most important and influential civilisation the world has ever

Life in Ancient Rome: People & Places: An Illustrated Reference to the Art, Architecture, Religion, Society and Culture of the Roman World with Over 4 (Rodgers Nigel)(Paperback)

Alexander the Great: From His Death to the Present Day (Boardman John)(Paperback)

An elegant, concise, and generously illustrated exploration of Alexander the Great's representations in art and literature through the ages In this book, John Boardman, one of the world's leading authorities on ancient Greece, looks beyond the life of Alexander the Great in order to examine the

History of Alexander (Curtius Rufus Quintus)(Paperback / softback)

The essential history of Alexander the Great, compelling and brilliantly realized Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual has

The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (Brown John Russell)(Paperback)

The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre, an authoritative and lavishly illustrated new history, celebrates the stage's greatest achievements over 4,500 years, from festival performances in ancient Egypt to international, multicultural drama in the late twentieth century, and from Sophocles and

Lawnmowers: An Illustrated History (Radam Brian)(Paperback)

This concise book follows the journey of this quintessentially great British invention, often thought never worthy of a picture, and celebrates the mundane with its fascinating history, aided by superb unique pictures rarely seen before. From lawnmowers that manicured great palaces to those that

An Illustrated History of the Philippines (Canoy Ray)(Paperback)

Beginning with a definition of who the people of The Philippines are, this fully illustrated history then tracks back to describe the prehistory of the country through to 1500 AD. The next two chapters chart the colonial experiences under Spain (1500-1896), then the first republic and the

A Little History of Philosophy (Warburton Nigel)(Paperback)

For readers of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, an equally irresistible volume that brings history's greatest philosophers to life Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the

An Illustrated History of Cambodia (Coggan Philip)(Paperback)

Beginning with a definition of who the Cambodians are, this fully illustrated history then tracks back to the earliest kingdoms before 800 AD, followed by an investigation of the creation of the magnificent city of Angkor and Cambodia's centuries of greatness up to 1400 AD. The following chapter

Sneaker Obsession - Alexandre Pauwels

This comprehensive illustrated history of the sneaker covers everything from athletic wear to street style, Run-DMC to Travis Scott, Reebok to Nike Air Force 1, and limited editions to sustainability. The stories behind the brands, designers, and sneakerheads that transformed athletic footwear into

An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History (Oats Joclyn M.)(Paperback)

An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History provides upper-level students and instructors with an alternative visual analytical approach to learning about furniture history from antiquity to post-modernism. Following an immersive teaching model, it presents a nine-step methodology to help strengthen

Land Rover Military One-Tonne (Taylor Sean)(Paperback)

A fully illustrated history of the Land Rover 101 One-Tonne - the forward-control military vehicle developed as a gun tractor for the British Army, in production from 1975-1978. Including specification guides, production histories and original photography, Land Rover Military One-Tonne is an

The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History (Jones Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

THE ART OF HORROR: AN ILLUSTRATED

Dornier Do 335: An Illustrated History (Regnat Karl-Heinz)(Paperback)

This is the first comprehensive, well-illustrated documentation on the Do 335, one of the milestones in German aviation history. The Do 335 was developed by Dornier as a heavy fighter in 1943. One of the last high-performance piston-engined aircraft designed, the Do 335 was powered by tandem

Samurai: An Illustrated History (Kure Mitsuo)(Pevná vazba)

Samurai: An Illustrated History brings the violent, tumultuous, and, at the same time, elegant world of the medieval Japanese samurai to life. This Japanese history book traces the story of a unique historical phenomenon: a period of 700 years--equivalent to the entire stretch of Western history

Alexander the Great: A Reader (Worthington Ian)(Paperback)

This exciting new edition is an indispensable guide for undergraduates to the study of Alexander the Great, showing the problems of the ancient source material, and making it clear that there is no single approach to be taken.The twelve thematic chapters contain a broad selection of the most

Gorbals - An Illustrated History (Eunson Eric)(Paperback / softback)

The Young Alexander - Alex Rowson

'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH This is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great - one of the most important figures of the ancient world, whose

Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire (Waterfield Robin)(Paperback)

Alexander the Great conquered an enormous empire--stretching from Greece to the Indian subcontinent--and his death triggered forty bloody years of world-changing events. These were years filled with high adventure, intrigue, passion, assassinations, dynastic marriages, treachery, shifting

Count Luna (Lernet-Holenia Alexander)(Paperback)

At the start of WWII, Alexander Jessiersky, an Austrian aristocrat, heads a great Viennese shipping company. He detests the Nazis, and when his board of directors asks him to go along with confiscating a neighbor's large parcel of land for their thriving wartime business, Jessiersky refuses. Yet,

Bicycle Design - An Illustrated History (Hadland Tony)(Paperback / softback)

An authoritative and comprehensive account of the bicycle's two-hundred-year evolution.The bicycle ranks as one of the most enduring, most widely used vehicles in the world, with more than a billion produced during almost two hundred years of cycling history. This book offers an authoritative and

An Illustrated History of Filmmaking (Boardman Adam Allsuch)(Pevná vazba)

An in-depth and fully illustrated immersion in the world and history of filmmaking, covering everything both in front of and behind the