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VATICAN AND SAINT PETER'S BASILICA OF ROME
Written by Letarouilly, Paul
French architect Paul Letarouilly (1795-1855), author of the masterpiece Edifices de Rome Moderne, was unequaled in his observational ability and impeccable drawing skills.
LUSITANIA: THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF A CATASTROPHE
Written by Jasper, Willi
A fascinating reassessment of a turning point in the First World War, revealing its role in shaping the German psyche On May 7, 1915, the Lusitania, a large British luxury liner, was sunk by a German submarine off the Irish coast. Nearly 1,200 people, including 128 American citizens, lost their lives.
CINEMA OF LARS VON TRIER: AUTHENTICITY AND ARTIFICE
Written by Bainbridge, Caroline
Lars von Trier is one of the most controversial figures of contemporary European cinema. This volume analyzes the themes and motifs of the director's work and the changes he has brought to modern film. Ever since he founded the back-to-basics Dogme philosophy of filmmaking in 1995, von Trier's name has been tied to taboo-breaking cinema.
VERDI AND/OR WAGNER: TWO MEN, TWO WORLDS, TWO CENTURIES
Written by Conrad, Peter
This is the first book to compare these two composers and cultural heroes, both of whom were born in 1813 and achieved huge national and international renown in their lifetimes. Yet not only did they never meet, but the differences between them--in music, culture, environment, significance, and legacy--were profound.
REVOLUTION: THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE TO THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO
Written by Ackroyd, Peter
The fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England, beginning in 1688 with a revolution and ending in 1815 with a famous victory. In Revolution, Peter Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revolution to the Regency, when the flamboyant Prince of Wales ruled in the stead of his mad father, George III, and England was--a
KING TUTANKHAMUN: THE TREASURES OF THE TOMB
Written by Hawass, Zahi
The fabulous treasures of Tutankhamun have fascinated the public since their discovery by Howard Carter in 1922. Many books have been written about the boy king and his tomb, but this volume by world-renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass provides the reader with a unique perspective on this extraordinary archaeological find.
COLLECTED NONFICTION, VOLUME 2: SELECTIONS FROM THE MEMOIRS AND TRAVEL WRITINGS
Written by Twain, Mark
The second of two hardcover volumes collecting the major nonfiction by the father of American literature, including excerpts from The Innocents Abroad, Roughing It, A Tramp Abroad, and Life on the Mississippi.
PARTNERSHIP: BRECHT, WEILL, THREE WOMEN, AND GERMANY ON THE BRINK
Written by Katz, Pamela
Among the most creative and outsized personalities of the Weimar Republic, that sizzling yet decadent epoch between the Great War and the Nazis' rise to power, were the renegade poet Bertolt Brecht and the rebellious avant-garde composer Kurt Weill.
ART OF EMPIRE: THE ROMAN FRESCOES AND IMPERIAL CULT CHAMBER IN LUXOR TEMPLE
Written by McFadden, Susanna
The Luxor Temple of Amun-Re, built to commemorate the divine power of the pharaohs, is one of the iconic monuments of New Kingdom Egypt. In the 4th century C.E., the Roman Imperial government, capitalizing on the site's earlier significance, converted the temple into a military camp and constructed a lavishly painted cult chamber dedicated to the four emperors of the Tetrarchy.
IMMORAL MEMORIES: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by Eisenstein, Sergei
Republished for the first time since the 1980s, a legendary book on the cinema from one of the most important figures in the history of film
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