The Historical Sourcebook for Scribes A fully illustrated exploration of fifteen writing styles drawn from historical manuscripts. Clear examples show how the scripts were developed and used in the past and how they can be written by modern calligraphers. UPC:…
Survey of Russian culture and philosophy from 1300 to the present day '...I cannot begin to touch on the riches of this book. It is packed with detail without being dry, vivid…
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower By the end of the fifth century, Roman rule had vanished in western Europe and much of northern Africa. Applying the scholarship, perspective, and…
Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, and the enduring classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the…
Singapore in Global History "Singapore in Global History" explores Singapore's past and present through the lens of global history. It analyses Singapore as a city-state…
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On September 16, 2007, machine gun fire erupted in Baghdad's Nisour Square leaving seventeen Iraqi civilians dead, among them women and children. The shooting spree, labeled "Baghdad's…
A richly original look at the origins of money and how it makes the world go 'round Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of our financial system,…
The producers of the internationally acclaimed and award-winning In Colour DVD series now bring Hitler in Colour, a telling story of the rise and fall of a man who devastated the lives…
It was the year 1819 ...... the sun was shining bright in the sky and a group of young British officers are walking through the forest on a hunt. They are joking and talking ....... one of…
For 45 centuries, the Great Sphinx has cast its enigmatic gaze over Egypt's Giza plateau. The biggest and oldest statue in a land of colossal ancient monuments, its scale is staggering:…
On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military stores. A decade of idealism, war, murder, and carnage followed, bringing about the end of…
Featuring a foreword by bestselling author and popular talk radio host William J. Bennett,We Still Hold These Truths is an inspiring and enlightening look at ten core principles that…
It's a story of bubonic plague, starvation, espionage and cannibalism -- and the founding of America's first colony. In 1607, a handful of English adventurers set sail across the…
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - DVD Movie Actor: Alfre Woodard Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: A and E Home Video Creator: Jeff Lengyel, Michael L. Sale,…
Actor: Peter Coyote, August Schellenberg Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD Creator: Steven R. Heape Director: Chip Richie EAN: 0652645680231 Format: Full Screen, NTSC,…
It was assumed no color films existed in Japan until the victorious U.S. forces arrived in 1945. This DVD is remarkable proof that those assumptions were verifiably false. Now you can…
Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration of the human relationship with the plant world -- seen from the…
The Untold History of the Bible: Based on the award winning documentary, A Lamp in the Dark, this newly edited version is about half the length of the three hour original. It has been desi…