Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal (Kidd Chip)(Paperback)

Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal (Kidd Chip)(Paperback)

Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal Vol. 3 (Bridwell E. Nelson)(Pevná vazba)

Chosen to receive the power of six mighty elders, young newscaster Billy Batson has only to speak the name of the ancient wizard...SHAZAM! In 1973, DC brought back one of the most beloved superheroes of all time: Shazam! Fans rejoiced at the return of Billy Batson; his sister, Mary; and their

Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk Van Otterloo Collection: A Supplement to Golden (Duparc Frederik J.)(Pevná vazba)

Highlights from one of the world's most impressive private collections of Dutch Golden Age masterpiecesOver the past 35 years, husband-and-wife collector duo Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo have acquired an unparalleled private collection of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings, representing a

Chip Kidd: Book Two (Kidd Chip)(Pevná vazba)

Chip Kidd is recognized worldwide as one of the best graphic designers working today, especially in book design. This is a much anticipated follow-up to Chip Kidd: Book One, where he not only showcases his most recent work, but demonstrates the relationship he has with some of the world's most

The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five (Livy)(Paperback)

'The fates ordained the founding of this great city and the beginning of the world's mightiest empire, second only to the power of the gods' Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at the bridge, the saga of Coriolanus, Cincinnatus called from his farm to save the state - these and many

Moonrise: The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures (Ashley Mike)(Paperback)

This anthology presents twelve short stories from the most popular magazines of the golden age of SF and includes stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Judith Merril and John

The Golden Age (Vidal Gore)(Paperback)

The Golden Age is Vidal's crowning achievement, a vibrant tapestry of American political and cultural life from 1939 to 1954, when the epochal events of World War II and the Cold War transformed America, once and for all, for good or ill, from a republic into an empire. The sharp-eyed and

Lost Mars - The Golden Age of the Red Planet(Paperback / softback)

These ten short stories from the golden age of science fiction feature classic SF writers including H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury and J.G. Ballard, as well as lesser-known writers from the genre. They reveal much about how we understand our place in the universe. Lost Mars is the first volume in the

On the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel (Humphreys Andrew)(Paperback)

Pathfinders - The Golden Age of Arabic Science (Al-Khalili Jim)(Paperback / softback)

For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic science, the author reintroduces such figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before

The Golden Age of Strength and Conditioning (Epley Boyd)(Paperback)

In The Golden Age of Strength & Conditioning, 32 college and professional strength coaches share their story of how they became part of the 'golden years' of strength and conditioning. From sharing their start in the profession, to the adversities they had to overcome, and the philosophies and

Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV (Bourne Stephen)(Paperback)

A long overdue exploration of gay representation on British TV from its 'golden age' to the launch of the liberal Channel

China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty (Benn Charles)(Paperback)

The Tang Dynasty (618-907), traditionally regarded as the golden age of China, was a time of patricians and intellectuals, Buddhist monks and Taoist priests, poetry and music, song and dance. In China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty, Charles Benn paints a vivid picture of the

The Golden Age of Streamlining (Alexander Colin)(Paperback)

Between the two world wars there was a golden era of industrial design when the benefits of streamlining were realized, allowing for reduced wind resistance, faster transportation, and a more efficient economy. The Art Deco-influenced style was also a huge public relations exercise in the

The Overcoat (Gogol Nikolai)(Paperback)

From the Father of the Golden Age of Russian Literature, Nicolai Gogol's The Overcoat is one of the greatest short stories of all time. This satire on Russia's 19th century bureaucracy is amusing, pointed and has influenced many renowned Russian writers. Civil servant, Akakiy Akakievitch, is

Age of Anxiety - A Novel - The Times Bestseller (Townshend Pete)(Paperback / softback)

The debut novel by Pete Townshend, one of the world's greatest rock

The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 3 (Clare Cassandra)(Paperback)

The third installment of the graphic novel adaptation of Cassandra Clare's bestselling The Mortal Instruments With the truth about her family brought to light, Clary just wants to find a way to return to as normal a life as possible. But with Downworlders being killed around the city and Jace in

Beautiful and Damned (Fitzgerald F Scott)(Paperback / softback)

Anthony Patch and Gloria Gibson are the golden children of the Jazz Age. They marry and embark on a life of glittering parties, lavish expenditure and scandalous revelry. When the money dries up their marriage founders. In this wistful novel Fitzgerald portrays the decline of youthful promise with

The Golden Age of Islam (Lombard Maurice)(Paperback)

Maurice Lombard portrays the Islamic world as the center of civilization at a time when the West was primitive and backward. Its reach extended from Cordoba to Samarkand, and it maintained and developed the tradition of wealth, cultural and artistic achievement, and thriving urban life which it had

The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World (Boardman John)(Paperback)

From the epic poems of Homer to the glittering art and architecture of Greece's Golden Age, to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership, the classical Greek world established the foundations of our culture as well as many of its most enduring achievements. Now, in this vivid volume,

Pan American Clippers: The Golden Age of Flying Boats (Trautman James)(Paperback)

The photographs and artwork will enable readers to grasp the magnificence of the transoceanic flying boats...The accurate, authoritative text will provide information that is new to all but the exceptionally well-informed aviation buff and nonspecialist historian. --Choice For a world recovering

Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders - The Golden Age - The Breakdown (Kolakowski Leszek)(Paperback)

Renowned philosopher Leszek Kolakowski was one of the first scholars to reveal both the shortcomings and the dangers posed by communist regimes. He now presents, for the first time in one paperback volume, his definitive Main Currents of Marxism: 'A prophetic work,' according to the Library of

The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains (Laqueur Thomas W.)(Paperback)

The meaning of our concern for mortal remains--from antiquity through the twentieth centuryThe Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the

Persians: The Age of The Great Kings - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

THE PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower.The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. At the heart of the Empire was the fabled palace-city of