Selections from original accounts of life in early settlements, linked by the editor's historical narrative, show the hardship and hope of servant, slave, and settler in early America.
"Chinese porcelain of the period 1820 through 1920 ... primary focus of book, dating of later Chinese porcelains ... discusses marks, reign marks, footrims, glazes, bubbles, flaws and...
Kennismaking met slangen voor wat betreft onder meer de soorten, het vangen en doden van een prooi, zintuigen en de voortplanting. Met slangenweetjes en paginagrote kleurenfoto's. Vanaf ca....
Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the birth of philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the first of four volumes in which he will...
Een jeugdvriend van William Shakespeare wordt door Shakespeares vrouw gevraagd het lichaam van haar man in Los Angeles op te halen nadat hij daar vermoord is aangetroffen.
Although the term `ethnicity' is recent, the sense of kinship, group solidarity, and common culture to which it refers is as old as the historical record. Ethnic communities have been...
The settled and nomadic people of Saudi Arabia - their arduous life, their generosity, chivalry and stoicism - are well known, but their arts and crafts remained largely unrecorded until the...
Piranesi's name is usually connected with intriguing and mysterious etchings, but Giambattisa Piranesi (1720-1778) was also influential as an architect and decorative arts designer. This...
