Victoria's Railway King: Sir Edward Watkin, One of the Victorian Era's Greatest Entrepreneurs and Visionaries (Scargill Geoff)(Pevná vazba)

Victoria's Railway King: Sir Edward Watkin, One of the Victorian Era's Greatest Entrepreneurs and Visionaries (Scargill Geoff)(Pevná vazba)

The accomplishments and initiatives, both social and economic, of Edward Watkin are almost too many to relate. Though generally known for his large-scale railway projects, becoming chairman of nine different British railway companies as well as developing railways in Canada, the USA, Greece, India

Thor: Heroes Return Omnibus (Jurgens Dan)(Pevná vazba)

A hero returns - and an epic saga begins! Dan Jurgens ushers in one of the greatest eras of Thor - and it begins with blockbuster art by John Romita Jr.! The Thunder God walks the Earth once more, but his new lease on life comes with new enemies - and a new mortal alter ego! Will Thor's comeback be

Victorian and Edwardian British Industrial Architecture (Pearson Lynn)(Pevná vazba)

By the end of Queen Victoria's reign, factories had become an inescapable part of the townscape, their chimneys dominating urban views. This book is concerned with the architecture, planning, and design of those factories that were part of the second wave of the industrial revolution. The

The London & North Western Railway: Articles from the Railway Magazine Archives - The Victorian Era and the Early 20th Century (Smith Neil)(Pevná vazba)

This book is a wonderful miscellany of the London & North Western Railway, here is a delightful new illustrated history of the Premier Line, drawn from the Railway Magazine archives, which covers the close of the Victorian Era and the start of the 20th century, topics of the 27 chapters

Monkey King: Journey to the West - Wu Čcheng-en

One of the world's greatest fantasy novels and a rollicking classic of Chinese literature, in a sparkling new translation and published in a Clothbound Classics edition.A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is one of the most memorable superheroes in world

DC Comics: The New 52 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Johns Geoff)(Pevná vazba)

Celebrate the greatest hits of The New 52, one decade after DC's bold reinvention of its publishing line and fictional universe In 2011, DC made its boldest move in 25 years with the announcement of The New 52--reinventing its fictional universe from the ground-up, and restarting its publishing

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Pyle Howard)(Pevná vazba)

The legend of Arthur, King of England, and his Knights of the Round Table of Camelot, including Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Gawain, Merlin and Guinevere. The legend herein tells of the sword in the stone, the Lady of the Lake, the forming of the Round Table and of course, the search for the

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library (Wilson-Lee Edward)(Pevná vazba)

New Towns: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth (Lock Katy)(Pevná vazba)

Often misunderstood, the New Towns story is a fascinating one of anarchists, artists, visionaries, and the promise of a new beginning for millions of people. New Towns: The Rise Fall and Rebirth offers a new perspective on the New Towns Record and uses case-studies to address the myths and

Commer Story (Carverhill Geoff)(Pevná vazba)

This title charts the evolution and history of one of Britain's principal commercial vehicle manufacturers. Commer underwent several name changes as it acquired, and was acquired by, several other companies. whilst creating some of the world's most innovative commercial

Middlemarch (Eliot George)(Pevná vazba)

One of the most accomplished and prominent novels of the Victorian era, Middlemarch is an unsurpassed portrait of nineteenth-century English provincial life. Dorothea Brooke is a young woman of fervent ideals who yearns to effect social change yet faces resistance from the society she inhabits. In

Greatest Traitor - The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (Mortimer Ian)(Paperback / softback)

The first biography of the rebel baron who deposed and murdered Edward II. One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of

Biographic Dickens: Great Lives in Graphic Form (Robb Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Most people know that Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of the greatest novelists of the Victorian era, whose works include David Copperfield and Great Expectations. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he invented more than 200 original words and phrases; that he always slept facing north, in

Andy Warhol (Shore Robert)(Pevná vazba)

King of Pop Art Andy Warhol is one of the greatest artists of all time. Rarely venturing into public without his camera and tape recorder, Warhol was a great observer and documentarist of the American social scene. Somewhere within the iconic images, carefully-made personae, star-studded milieu,

Early Snow: Michael Snow 1947-1962 (King)(Pevná vazba)

Michael Snow is one of Canada's greatest living artists, widely acknowledged as one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century Canadian art. Early Snow focuses on the nascent stages of the artist's career--which is comparatively underexamined in art commentary and critical literature--and

The Once and Future King (White T. H.)(Pevná vazba)

A deluxe hardcover edition of the world's greatest fantasy classic--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman Winner of the AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books 50 Covers competition T. H. White's masterful retelling of

Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece (Wallace William E.)(Pevná vazba)

The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades--and his transformation into one of the greatest architects of the Italian RenaissanceAs he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were past. Anguished by the death of friends and

Phantom Atlas - The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps (Brooke-Hitching Edward)(Pevná vazba)

The astonishing story of the maps and atlases throughout history that got it completely

Le Corbusier and the Power of Photography(Pevná vazba)

The development of one of the twentieth century's greatest architects was inextricably connected to the rise of the century's most popular visual medium: photography. Marking the 125th anniversary of Le Corbusier's birth, this remarkable publication traces the many ways in which the architect used

Sir Alan Cobham: The Flying Legend Who Brought Aviation to the Masses (Cruddas Colin)(Pevná vazba)

Much-needed biography of one of aviation's greatest characters, providing an exciting account of a daring man during the formative years of air

Golden Atlas - The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps (Brooke-Hitching Edward)(Pevná vazba)

A spectacular visual history of exploration and cartography, stunningly illustrated throughout with some of the most beautiful maps ever

The Sky Atlas: The Greatest Maps, Myths, and Discoveries of the Universe (Brooke-Hitching Edward)(Pevná vazba)

The Sky Atlas unveils some of the most beautiful maps and charts ever created during humankind's quest to map the skies above us. This richly illustrated treasury showcases the finest examples of celestial cartography--a glorious art often overlooked by modern map books--as well as medieval

The Nile: History's Greatest River (Tvedt Terje)(Pevná vazba)

The greatest river in the world has a long and fascinating history. Professor Terje Tvedt, one of the world's leading experts on the history of waterways, travels upstream along the river's mouth to its sources. The result is a travelogue through 5000 years and 11 countries, from the Mediterranean

Sky Atlas - The Greatest Maps, Myths and Discoveries of the Universe (Brooke-Hitching Edward)(Pevná vazba)

A visual history of how mankind has studied the sky throughout history, featuring some of the most stunning images ever