The House of Medici (Hibbert Christopher)(Paperback)

The House of Medici (Hibbert Christopher)(Paperback)

It was a dynasty with more wealth and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists and even popes for three hundred years. It was the house of Medici. Bankers turned nobility and de facto rulers, the

Rise and Fall of the House of Medici (Hibbert Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its bloody political scene was dominated by mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This book charts the family's huge influence on the

Mussolini - Christopher Hibbert

Britský historik Christopher Hibbert vykresluje rozporuplnou osobnost italského fašistického vůdce Benita Mussoliniho s mimořádnou pečlivostí, zároveň čtivě a poučeně, jak je ostatně jeho zvykem. Mussolini se narodil v neděli odpoledne v roce 1888 ve středoitalské vesnici. V

Florence - The Biography of a City (Hibbert Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Weaves political, social and art history of Florence into a lively whole. This book features photographs and illustrations and line drawings that describe various buildings and treasures of the

Borgiové a jejich nepřátelé (1431-1519) - Christopher Hibbert

Renomovaný britský spisovatel Christopher Hibbert, který je autorem více než padesáti populárně historických knih a životopisů, měl ve zvláštní oblibě Itálii. Jistě i proto se rozhodl vylíčit, jak se španělskému rodu Borgiů podařilo vyšvihnout se v této zemi i v církvi

Polar Eskimo (Hibbert Alex)(Paperback / softback)

In December of 2013, Alex Hibbert led an international quartet of polar travellers to the extreme north of Arctic Greenland. After a huge storm destroyed their intended route to the North Pole in the darkness of winter, instead of retreating, they decided to explore the beautiful but unforgiving

French Revolution (Hibbert Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through to the 'coup d'etat' that brought Napoleon to power ten years later. This book explains the drama and complexities of this

Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Board Review (Wittich Christopher M.)(Paperback)

The key resource you need to prepare for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Certification and Maintenance of Certification examinations. Now in its twelfth edition, Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Board Review builds on years of knowledge, refinement, and expertise from Mayo Clinic's

The Parliament House (Marston Edward)(Paperback)

London, 1670. The completion of his new project could not run more smoothly for Christopher Redmayne. Commissioned to design a new house for the merchant Francis Polegate, Redmayne is pleased that everything has gone without a hitch. To celebrate the success of the venture, Polegate throws a party

Murtagh - Christopher Paolini

Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle.The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been

George's Marvelous Medicine (Dahl Roald)(Paperback)

A taste of her own medicine. George is alone in the house with Grandma. The most horrid, grizzly old grunion of a grandma ever. She needs something stronger than her usual medicine to cure her grouchiness. A special grandma medicine, a remedy for everything. And George knows just what to put into

Medici, 3: Legacy (Strukul Matteo)(Pevná vazba)

The third instalment in a prize-winning series charting the rise of the House of Medici as they become Masters of Florence and progenitors of the Renaissance. Fontainebleau, 1536. Francis II, dauphin of France, is dead. Poisoned. And the royal court believe Catherine de' Medici to be the murderer

The Tibetan Art of Living: Wise Body, Mind, Life (Hansard Christopher)(Paperback)

Tibetan Bon medicine is one of the world's most vital, sophisticated systems of healing -- an ancient, detailed approach that aims to unite the mind, body, and spirit to restore a dynamic balance and create patterns of health. In The Tibetan Art of Living, Christopher Hansard -- the leading Western

The Children of Hrin (Tolkien Christopher)(Paperback)

Ships of Heaven (Somerville Christopher)(Paperback)

_________________ 'Something close to divine inspiration' - The Times When Christopher Somerville, author of the The January Man ('a truly wonderful, uplifting book, bursting with life' - Nicholas Crane), set out to explore Britain's cathedrals, he found his fixed ideas shaken to the roots

Amazing Animals - More than 100 of the World's Most Remarkable Creatures (Hibbert Claire)(Paperback / softback)

Bryant & May - Hall of Mirrors - (Bryant & May Book 16) (Fowler Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

The house's owner - a penniless, dope-smoking aristocrat - is intent on selling the estate (complete with its own hippy encampment) to a secretive millionaire but the weekend has only just started when the millionaire goes missing and murder is on the

Kalaallit Nunaat - Land of the People (Hibbert Alex)(Pevná vazba)

Full Dark House - (Bryant & May Book 1) (Fowler Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

In this crime novel, the team of Inspectors Bryant and May investigate a series of macabre murders against the eerie urban chaos of London during the

Still (Meredith Christopher)(Paperback)

Many though not all of the poems in Christopher Meredith's collection, Still, explore the web of meanings in the word 'still'. They meditate on the paradoxes of stillness and motion, on the capacity of memory and imagination to hold life apparently still and the struggle in art to achieve the power

The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes (James Christopher)(Paperback)

Written by internationally acclaimed artist and photographer Christopher James, THE BOOK OF ALTERNATIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES: 3rd Edition is the definitive text for students and professionals studying alternative photographic processes and the art of hand-made photographic image making. This

The Crisis of Western Education (Dawson Christopher)(Paperback)

The Crisis of Western Education, originally published in 1961, served as a capstone of Christopher Dawson's thought on the Western educational system. Long out of print, the book has now been updated with a new introduction by Glenn W. Olsen and is included in the ongoing Works of Christopher

The Complete Plays (Marlowe Christopher)(Paperback)

The complete plays of Christopher Marlowe, in which the lure of dark forces drives the shifting balances between weak and strong, sacred and profane Marlowe's seven plays dramatise the fatal lure of potent forces, whether religious, occult or erotic. In the victories of Tamburlaine, Faustus's

Modern Christian Theology (Simpson Christopher Ben)(Paperback)

Christopher Ben Simpson tells the story of modern Christian theology against the backdrop of the history of modernity itself. The book tells the many ways that theology became modern while seeing how modernity arose in no small part from theology. These intertwined stories progress through four