From the groundbreaking work of Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, to the prestigious Batschari Cup won by Rudolf Caracciola on multiple occasions, to Henry Ford's...
A significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternative scenes, Daniel Johnston inspired musicians and comforted listeners for decades. From his origins in the Austin scene...
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Cyrus Schayegh's socio-spatial history traces how a Eurocentric world economy and European imperialism molded the Middle East from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Building on...
Like no other mode of transport, the motorbike stands for freedom, rebellion, unlimited speed, and above all else, personal adventure. This lavishly illustrated book is...
Celebrate more than 100 years of Germany's best two- and four-wheeled rides. This handsome volume is filled with images, history, and in-depth review of the...
If music is an international language, then jazz is the unofficial American ambassador to the world. This work features various images that are both historical...
A fully updated and revised edition of a classic bestseller: the definitive guide to Tutankhamun and his tomb - what it contained, why, and what...
Tamar Herzog offers a road map to European law across 2,500 years that reveals underlying patterns and unexpected connections. By showing what European law was,...
A powerful, definitive account of modern Syria and its fateFew countries have had as vexed a political history as Syria. Carved out of the Ottoman...
This is the first volume to trace the history of equestrian sports, including individual and team results across the sport's three official Olympic disciplines: dressage,...
A stunning tribute to our eternal fascination with the human body - and the latest in the bestselling 'Explorer' Collection Anatomy: Exploring the Human Body...
In 2009 Rovio Entertainment wowed the world when it unleashed an unlikely gaming phenomenon: Angry Birds. For the first time, this stunning coffee table book...
Special moments in our lives leave special marks on the whole of world history. Picture Neil Armstrong's first step on the Moon, the fall of...
An extraordinarily atmospheric and powerful history of the world's largest state and its decline and fallWith Stalin's death, the Soviet Union remained a repressive, harsh...
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year AwardHow 1,000 years of global history show why technological and economic progress is...
This glorious guided tour of cartographic history features more than 300 of the most famous and important maps of all time.Immerse yourself in ancient Chinese...
An epic history of the birth of news in EuropeNews moves. It is a battle, a scandal, a disaster. It is a letter, a newspaper,...
The FIRST EVER Orthodox Study Bible presents the Bible of the early church and the church of the early Bible. Orthodox Christianity is the face...
THE TRANSFORMATION OF UTOPIA IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, FROM A ROMANTIC IDEAL TO A POLITICAL OBJECTIVEUntil the Age of Enlightenment, utopia was a...
