Emperor Alexander Severus - Rome's Age of Insurrection, Ad222-235 (McHugh John S.)(Pevná vazba)

Emperor Alexander Severus - Rome's Age of Insurrection, Ad222-235 (McHugh John S.)(Pevná vazba)

Alexander Severus' is full of controversy and contradictions. He came to the throne through the brutal murder of his cousin, Elagabalus, and was ultimately assassinated himself. The years between were filled with regular uprisings and rebellions, court intrigue (the Praetorian Guard slew their

Sejanus: Regent of Rome (McHugh John S.)(Pevná vazba)

Sejanus is notoriously known as the Tiberius' ambitious and ruthless Praetorian Prefect, widely believed to have craved the throne for himself and is considered the virtual ruler of Rome from AD 26-31.The figure of Sejanus has fascinated from ancient to more modern times. Sejanus, the emperor

The Emperor Commodus: God and Gladiator (McHugh John S.)(Pevná vazba)

Commodus is synonymous with debauchery and megalomania, best remembered for fighting as a gladiator. Ridiculed and maligned by historians since his own time, modern popular culture knows him as the patricidal villain in Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Much of his infamy is clearly based on fact, but is

Paolo, Emperor of Rome (Barnett Mac)(Pevná vazba)

A daring dog takes a whirlwind tour of Rome in search of freedom in new picture book from beloved storyteller Mac Barnett and masterful illustrator Claire Keane Paolo the dachshund is trapped. Though he lives in Rome, a city filled with history and adventure, he is confined to a hair salon. Paolo

Bomb Run and Other Stories (Severin John)(Pevná vazba)

The team of Harvey Kurtzman and John Severin was one of the most fruitful collaborations in the history of comics. The work they did together brings the gritty realism and psychological truth of Stephen Crane and a verisimilitude to the page that it seems as if they are reporting from the scene

How to Speak Machine - Laws of Design for a Digital Age (Maeda John)(Pevná vazba)

Alexander III, 1249-1286: First Among Equals (Reid Norman H.)(Pevná vazba)

Presiding over an age of relative peace and prosperity, Alexander III represented the zenith of Scottish medieval kingship. The events which followed his early and unexpected death plunged Scotland into turmoil, and into a period of warfare and internal decline which almost brought about the demise

Alexander Von Humboldt: How the Most Famous Scientist of the Romantic Age Found the Soul of Nature (Meinhardt Maren)(Pevná vazba)

Seamanship in the Age of Sail - An Account of Shiphandling of the Sailing Man-O-War, 1600-1860 (Harland John)(Pevná vazba)

Allergic: A Graphic Novel (Lloyd Megan Wagner)(Pevná vazba)

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to find the perfect pet At home, Maggie is the odd one out. Her parents are preoccupied with getting ready for a new baby, and her younger brothers are twins and always in their own world. Maggie loves

Folding Polyhedra: The Art & Geometry of Paper Folding (Heinz Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

Explore the reaches of your imagination by combining art, craft, and mathematics to create the age-old geometric form of the polyhedra. More than 50 projects use just one center point to create shapes that are folded symmetrically and build upon each other. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step

Stowaway (Anderson John David)(Pevná vazba)

The beloved author of Posted and Ms. Bixby's Last Day returns with the first book in a coming-of-age sci-fi duology about Leo, a kid trying to navigate the galaxy in order to save his family--and, possibly, the planet Earth.When scientists discover a rare and mysterious mineral buried in the

Old Man's Guide to Health and Longer Life (Hill John)(Pevná vazba)

Writing in an age when the majority of men didn't live to see their fiftieth birthday, John Hill provides practical dvice on diet, exercise and lifestyle, including sleep and emotional health. Full of genuinely good advice, the book offers sage insights as well as ridiculous regimes - making it a

Rubens's Spirit: From Ingenuity to Genius (Marr Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

Peter Paul Rubens was the most inventive and prolific northern European artist of his age. This book discusses his life and work in relation to three interrelated themes: spirit, ingenuity, and genius. It argues that Rubens and his reception were pivotal in the transformation of early modern

Deficit Spending (1941) (Williams John H.)(Pevná vazba)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting,