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Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that...

This unique book weaves linguistic, cultural, and historical themes together to form a concise and accessible account of the development of the Slavic languages. Alexander Schenker demonstrates...

Explores the role of aggression in severe personality disorders and in normal and perverse sexuality, integrating new developments in psycholanalytic theory with findings from clinical work with...

Historical atlases offer an understanding of the past that is invaluable to historians, not only because they convey a previous age's sense of space and distance but also because they reveal...

Larger in area than the United States and Europe combined, Siberia is a land of extremes, not merely in terms of climate and expanse, but in the many kinds of lives its population has led over the...

In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner - illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of the conductor Hans...

In a perplexing passage from the "Gospel of John", Jesus is likened to the most reviled creature in Christian symbology: the snake. Attempting to understand how the Fourth Evangelist could...

Since the late nineteenth century, New Testament scholars have operated on the belief that most, if not all, of the narrative parables in the Synoptic Gospels can be attributed to the historical...

This groundbreaking new history of Cubism, based on works from the most significant private collection in the world today, is written aby many of the field's premier art historians and...

An overdue evaluation of the life and work of a prolific and significant contemporary artist

A generously illustrated look at the intricate narrative threads of three of the artist's earliest works, and their continued resonance today

A comprehensive look at an important member of the artistic vanguard of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe

What really happened in the centuries of conflict between Europe, Russia, China, America, and the peoples of the Muslim world

An illustrated and comprehensive account of the history of Chinese painting from prehistoric times to the 21st century. It should be of interest to students and general readers who wish to gain an...

Gardens of Court and Country provides the first comprehensive overview of the development of the English formal garden from 1630 to 1730. Often overshadowed aby the English landscape garden that...

Une réévaluation opportune des premières performances de l'artiste et des sculptures féministes, affirmant leurs engagements radicaux et leur importance historique de l'artCe volume est un...

Une exploration révélatrice de la relation inspirée d'Edward Hopper avec la ville de New York à travers ses peintures, dessins, estampes et documents d'archives inéditsCe livre captivant...

The ultimate reference book for birdwatchers and bird lovers―the first single-volume book to illustrate all of the world’s bird speciesThis is a book like no other―the only truly comprehensive,...

Une célébration complète et faisant autorité de la vie et de l'œuvre de l'un des artistes les plus en vue de la Renaissance vénitienneMéticuleusement recherché et luxueusement illustré, ce...

Dazai Osamu (1909-1948) is one of Japan's most famous literary suicides, known as the earliest postwar manifestation of the genuinely alienated writer in Japan. In this first deconstructive...

The book presents honeybees as a model system for investigating advanced social life among insects from an evolutionary perspective. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses...