Using the latest scientific research, this multi-disciplinary journey explores everything from painting styles to local history, botany and architecture. It investigates public life, religious life, t…
Shelve Pompeii: The History, Life and Art of the Buried City
Of all the folks in the mountain shacks, the Casteels were the lowest -- the scum of the hills. Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes and …
ALL SHE WANTED WAS AN END TO BROKEN PROMISES.... Her Mama made it painfully clear that she wished Raven had never been born. But even after she was sent to live with her kindly aunt and domineering un…
This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. Louis recounts how he became a vampire at the hands of the radiant and sinister Lestat and how he…
Shelve Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Laura Palmer was introduced to television audiences in the opening scenes of "Twin Peaks"--as a beautiful dead girl, wrapped in plastic. Now available in print for the first time in many years (and in…
Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca mu…
Shelve Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Neil Hilborn's highly anticipated second collection of poems, The Future, invites readers to find comfort in hard nights and better days. Filled with nostalgia, love, heartbreak, and the author's sign…
Life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall—named after the imposing stone barrier which separates the town from a grassy meadow. Here, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the beaut…
This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. The large clear script, the careful choice of words, t…
Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an illustrated collection of poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases. A few first copies were printed and illuminated by William Blake himself in 1789…
A moving and poignant celebration, this selection of images ranges from Saxon graves to the shrine where D. H. Lawrence is buried in Taos, New Mexico, and even the memorial windows in a Gloucestershir…
The Tarot Set includes 22 cards of the Major Arcana and 56 cards of the Minor Arcana featuring the rich symbolism of Medieval Europe, along with a purple reading cloth to preserve the energy of the ca…
Shelve The Tarot Set: The Illustrated Book of Tarot
Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a …
Behind every great man are his objects and daily possessions, defined as much by the minutiae of domesticity as by the great works of the man himself. Dr. Johnson’s Doorknob, inspired by Liz Workman’s…
Shelve Dr. Johnson's Doorknob: And Other Significant Parts of Great Men's Houses
Presented in this small book are the flying demons of Great Malvern, the Hellmouth on a misericord in Shropshire; Buddhist demons in Nepal and India; not to mention diabolic cats carved in medieval ch…
From the founding of the Ottoman dynasty by Osman Gazi to Süleyman the Magnificent’s legendary territorial conquests, the legacy of the 36 Ottoman sultans has undeniably left its mark throughout the c…
Shelve Portraits and Caftans of the Ottoman Sultans
The word "magnificent" doesn't begin to describe the splendor of this beautiful volume. A perfect gift, this 10 1/2" x 14 1/4" book is lovingly produced on fine paper, with stunning color photos. Here…
The complete reprint of all 363 color plates from Braun and Hogenberg’s survey of town maps, city views, and plans of Europe, Africa, Asia and Central America, with dozens of unusual details, as well …
Charcoal's World was bounded by the mountains, hills, and plains of southwestern Alberta. That was the homeland of his people, the Blood Indians, but Charcoal was not free to enjoy it as his ancestors…
In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of Native Americans had made her their weroanza—a word that meant "big chief". The news was received with great joy, both by t…
Shelve Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America
Vivid and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma’s Aztec empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of a…
Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling history The New York Times called "Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking...Impossible to put d…
Shelve Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Second only to Slaughterhouse-Five of Vonnegut's canon in its prominence and influence, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965) presents Eliot Rosewater, an itinerant, semi-crazed millionaire wandering th…
A modern classic now available from Grove Press, Being There is one of the most popular and significant works from a writer of international stature. It is the story of Chauncey Gardiner - Chance, an …
