The Lost Library of the King of Portugal (Delaforce Angela)(Pevná vazba)

The Lost Library of the King of Portugal (Delaforce Angela)(Pevná vazba)

The destruction on the morning of All Saints Day 1755 of the heart of the city of Lisbon by an earthquake, tidal wave and the urban fires that followed was a tragedy that divides the 18th century in Portugal. One casualty on that fatal morning was the Royal Library, one of the most magnificent

Paradise Street: The Lost Art of Playing Outside (Mary Evans Picture Library)(Pevná vazba)

The Laws of Alfred (Jurasinski Stefan)(Pevná vazba)

King Alfred's domboc ('book of laws'), the most ambitious legal text of the Anglo-Saxon period, combines translated biblical laws with Alfred's own ordinances and those of the early West-Saxon King Ine. This edition and commentary - the first in over a century - will interest all students of

The Braganzas: The Rise and Fall of the Ruling Dynasties of Portugal and Brazil, 1640-1910 (Newitt Malyn)(Pevná vazba)

For two hundred and seventy years, the House of Braganza provided the kings and queens of Portugal. During a period of momentous change, from 1640 to 1910, this influential family helped to establish Portuguese independence from their powerful Spanish neighbors and saved the monarchy and government

Edward the Confessor: The Sainted King (Woodman David)(Pevná vazba)

Edward the Confessor, the last great king of Anglo-Saxon England, canonized nearly 100 years after his death, is in part a figure of myths created in the late middle ages. In this revealing portrait of England's royal saint, David Woodman traces the course of Edward's twenty-four-year-long reign

The Michael Moorcock Library: The Chronicles of Corum Vol. 3: The King of Swords (Baron Mike)(Pevná vazba)

Michael Moorcock's epic fantasy continues. The old races have perished. Across the fifteen planes of reality, the ceaseless struggle between Law and Chaos continues. Corum, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe, has destroyed two of the company of Chaos, but Mabelode the Faceless will not see his actions

Lost in a Book - A Library of Mazes (Walker Mark)(Pevná vazba)

Battle Stations: War Picture Library (Pratt Hugo)(Pevná vazba)

The first in a major series of new collections bringing the long lost UK war comics of Italian art maestro Hugo Pratt to the public in stunning new editions. Two brothers of differing rank have to make extraordinary sacrifices in the line of the toughest duty. This is a true story of courage under

Angel Season 11 Library Edition (Whedon Joss)(Pevná vazba)

The first ever complete hardcover collection of Angel Season 11, officially continuing Joss Whedon's acclaimed television series with all new stories. THE COMPLETE SEASON 11 COLLECTED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME Angel, the vampire with a soul, is tormented by a vision linking his dark, complicated

Gospel of Mary of Magdala (King Karen L.)(Pevná vazba)

Lost for more than fifteen hundred years, the Gospel of Mary is the only existing early Christian gospel written in the name of a woman. Karen L. King tells the story of the recovery of this remarkable gospel and offers a new translation. This brief narrative rejects Jesus' suffering and death as a

Edward the Elder: King of the Anglo-Saxons, Forgotten Son of Alfred (Key Michael John)(Pevná vazba)

Edward the Elder succeeded his father Alfred the Great to the kingdom of Wessex, but was largely overlooked by his contemporaries (at least in terms of the historical record) and to a greater or lesser extent by later historians. He is the forgotten son of Alfred. Edward deserves to be recognised

Plant Magick. The Library of Esoterica - Jessica Hundley, Thunderwing

The fourth volume in The Library of Esoterica explores the historic roots of plants in myth and magickal practices. Through essays, interviews, and more than 400 images—from ancient Egyptian stonework to Victorian botanical art, to contemporary works celebrating nature — Plant Magickchronicles

King John, Henry III and England's Lost Civil War (Paul Davis John)(Pevná vazba)

In 1204, the great Angevin Empire created by the joining of the dynasties of Henry II of England and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was fragmenting. At its height, the family landholdings had been among the largest the world had ever seen. From the border of England and Scotland in the north to

The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry: Unraveling the Norman Conquest (Musgrove David)(Pevná vazba)

Most people know that the Bayeux Tapestry depicts the moment when the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold Godwinson, was defeated at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 by his Norman adversary William the Conqueror. However, there is much more to this historic treasure than merely illustrating the

Angel of the Glade (MacKay Scott)(Pevná vazba)

The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue (Rustow Marina)(Pevná vazba)

A compelling look at the Fatimid caliphate's robust culture of documentation The lost archive of the Fatimid caliphate (909-1171) survived in an unexpected place: the storage room, or geniza, of a synagogue in Cairo, recycled as scrap paper and deposited there by medieval Jews. Marina Rustow tells

Avatar: The Last Airbender--The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales Library Edition (Yang Gene Luen)(Pevná vazba)

The comics continuation of Nickelodeon's hit series Avatar: The Last Airbender returns with a treasure trove of short stories, collected for the first time in hardcover Follow Team Avatar as they journey through the four nations From Earth King Kuei to the Kyoshi Warriors, and Mai to the Boulder,

Lost Book of Adventure - from the notebooks of the Unknown Adventurer (Adventurer Unknown)(Pevná vazba)

The Lost Book of Adventure is a restored reproduction of a set of tattered sketchbooks discovered in the Amazon, filled with the extraordinary adventures and survival methods of the Unknown

The Lost World of Football (Hammond Derek)(Pevná vazba)

Return to 'The Lost World of Football' through this Aladdin s cave of memories and memorabilia, guaranteed to whisk you back to the magical atmosphere of a more innocent era of soccer. If you were one of the army of obsessive soccer kids at any time from England s World Cup win to the dawn of the

Letters (Poliziano Angelo)(Pevná vazba)

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of the Age of Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico. His correspondence gives us an intimate glimpse of the revival of classical literature from the pen of a man at the very center

Miscellanies (Poliziano Angelo)(Pevná vazba)

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of Florence in the age of Lorenzo de' Medici, 'il Magnifico.' The poet's Miscellanies, including a 'first century' published in 1489 and a 'second century' unfinished at his

Miscellanies (Poliziano Angelo)(Pevná vazba)

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of Florence in the age of Lorenzo de' Medici, 'il Magnifico.' The poet's Miscellanies, including a 'first century' published in 1489 and a 'second century' unfinished at his

Book of the British Library (Leapman Michael)(Pevná vazba)

As well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. In this highly illustrated book Michael Leapman tells the Library's story, highlighting the most significant and beautiful items in its care, as well as

Brian Boru: The Warrior King (Burke John)(Pevná vazba)

Learn about the life and times of Brian Boru in the second book in John & Fatti Burke's Little Library series. Brian Boru grew up in a large warrior family over 1,000 years ago in Killaloe, Ireland. One of twelve sons, Brian and his brothers practiced raids on other counties from the River Shannon