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Focuses on the seasons; the effect light has on a landscape at a particular time of day; the smell of the earth after rain; Muslim saints, Indian temples, war and old age. This title deals with themes such as: Happiness (simple pleasures, like the author's father's passion for the view from his cabin in Canada); and, more.

Virgil A Life Cover

Peter Levi teases a remarkably vivid life from Virgil's poems, a life-long study of poetry and the few facts that have come down to us through Suetonius.

Fed with secret inside information, Churchill consistently warned of the Nazi danger, even before the rise of Hitler. The British government, led by Stanley Baldwin and later Neville Chamberlain, fought him at every turn, even refusing him the right to broadcast. But he never gave up.

Falling for Icarus A Journey Among the Cretans Cover

On a windy spring morning in an ancient Cretan village, Rory MacLean fell to earth. His mother had died a few months earlier and a single obsession had risen from his grief: the notion to build a feather-light flying machine. And so, MacLean journeyed back to beginnings, back into the Greek myths, and built a plane and tried to fly.

Revolt in the Desert The Abridged Edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom Cover

This magnificent first-hand account of the period is now a classic of 20th century literature. Revolt in the Desert, the abridged and far more accessible edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, became an instant bestseller when it was first published in 1927.

A King Condemned The Trial and Execution of Charles I Cover

The reign of Charles I, defined by religious conflict, a titanic power struggle with Parliament - culminating in the English Civil Wars, the execution of the king and the brief abolition of the monarchy - was one of the most turbulent in English history. This title presents the dramatic events of the trial and Charles' final days.

The Virgin Queen A Personal History of Elizabeth I Cover

The years of Elizabeth's childhood were troubled - fraught with danger and beset with the political and religious plots of those around her. At the age of two her mother, Anne Boleyn, was beheaded by her father, Henry VIII; Elizabeth was declared illegitimate and banished from the royal court. This title presents an account of Elizabeth's life.

Hitlers Vienna A Portrait of the Tyrant as a Young Man Cover

Drawing on various sources - from personal reminiscences to the records of shelters where Hitler slept - this title recreates the dark side of fin de siecle Vienna and paints the portrait of the young Hitler.

Silk Roads The Asian Adventures of Clara and Andre Malraux Cover

Andre and Clara Malraux had the world at their feet. Wealthy and carefree, their life was a bohemian idyll, spent frequenting the hottest clubs and restaurants, travelling and mingling with the Paris literary set. But all this changed when the stock market crashed and their fortune disappeared overnight.

St Patrick The Life and World of Irelands Saint Cover

St Patrick is perhaps the most venerated saint of the modern age. This biography dispels many of the myths and paints a portrait of the world around St Patrick, revealing the influences that transformed him from a minor fifth century missionary into the patron saint of Ireland and a source of living inspiration for countless people.

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