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Pliny the Younger (c. 60-112 C.E) - senator and consul in the Rome of Domitian and Trajan, eyewitness to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 C.E., early "p

Presents an account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered by the Catholic Church in its pursuit of heretics, this bo

In Ogen van de Rigel, het derde deel in Roy Jacobsens veelgeprezen romanreeks, verlaat Ingrid het eiland van haar familie, op zoek naar de vader van h

Het vierde deel in de veelgeprezen Noorse romanreeks van Roy Jacobsen over de familie Barrøy Na een lange reis door heel Noorwegen keert Ingrid einde

Onze relatie met de Aarde verandert. In dit internationaal invloedrijke boek reikt de Australische denker Glenn A. Albrecht hiervoor nieuwe woorden aa

This is the first book to concentrate on Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals’s highly innovative approach to male portraiture. Frans Hals is one of

An epic page-turner filled with tales of courage, desperation, endurance and intrigue, brought to life by eyewitness accounts and expert research.

This reference provides access to the 1200 years of Roman rule from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD. The myriad topics covered include rulers

A one-volume reference on the history of the Roman Empire covers more than 1,200 years of Roman rule from the 8th century B.C. to the 5th century A.D.

This volume, originally published in 1989, is intended as a practical guide to archaeological illustration, from drawing finds in the field to technic

This title contains more than 1,400 entries. The topics covered are deities and spirits, festivals, sacrifices, temples, altars, cult objects, burial

A landmark book that charts humanity's changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the 21st century.

This intimate, conversational reader transports us to the enchanted world of Alessandra Sanguinetti’s photographic series The Adventures of Guille and

The rediscovered Ukrainian classic - the gripping story of Kyiv during the Second World War, told by a young boy who saw it all.'Read it and weep... N

* A gripping account of the most action-packed years of British naval history

A vivid and superbly written account of the unravelling of one of the great intellectual puzzles, set against the backdop of Europe in the Napoleonic

The authors of the international bestseller Business Model Generation explain how to create value propositions customers can t resist Value Propo

Op 28 juni 1787 begaf Wilhelmina van Pruisen zich naar het 'vijandige' Holland. Haar echtgenoot, stadhouder Willem V, bleef achter in Nijmegen, waar h

Dit boek geeft een brede introductie in de taalwetenschap in al haar facetten. De structuur van taal krijgt uiteraard ruime aandacht, maar ook de taal