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Whistling Wings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Goering, Laura / Jacques, Laura, PUBLISHER: Sylvan Dell Publishing, Marcel, a young tundra swan, is tired from the first half of a winter migration. One thousand miles is a long way to fly too long for Marcel, so he hides in the rushes to stay behind while his parents and the flock continue south. But with the lake nearly frozen over, he soon realizes that he is not cut out for life on ice. Other animals offer advice about how to survive the winter, but their ways of living aren't right for the swan. Hungry and scared, he falls asleep only to be awakened by a big surprise All Sylvan Dell titles feature free educational resources online, including the For Creative Minds sections and additional Teaching Activities. Moonbeam Bronze Award, Picture Book 4-8 Years

Conversion Tables, Volume 1: LC-Dewey

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Scott, Mona L., PUBLISHER: Libraries Unlimited, This classic cataloging tool has been updated to include the 22nd edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification, as well as almost one thousand additional sets of class numbers and corresponding Library of Congress subject headings. As with the previous edition, it is arranged in three sections: LC to Dewey, Dewey to LC, and LC subject headings to both. Thus, each volume contains the same list of classifications in the two systems and their corresponding subject headings, but are simply arranged differently. Whether used to fill in missing classification numbers or reclassify an entire collection from one class schedule to another, Scott's Conversion Tables work offers an affordable and highly effective guide to conversion, and will save copy catalogers everywhere countless hours of searching to boot

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Winter, Jeanette, PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P, "In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.'"* --Alia Muhammad Baker Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries. "" "Includes an author's note. " *From the "New York Times, " July

Images of Barbarossa (P)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ailsby, Christopher J., PUBLISHER: Potomac Books, -- Contains many previously unpublished photographs -- Includes the murderous activities of the SS in Russia in On June , Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. More than 3 million men smashed east to begin the German crusade to rid the world of Bolshevism and conquer "living space" for the Thousand-Year Reich. The story of the German invasion is told through the book's spectacular photographs, which convey the true horror and scale of this campaign, including the largest tank battles of the war, savage hand-to-hand fighting, massive aerial destruction, and the genocidal activities of the SS. With its authoritative text and extended captions, Images of Barbarossa is an enthralling pictorial record of one of history's most vicious military campaigns. Containing many previously unpublished photographs, the book will appeal to military specialists and laymen alike.

Nancy Likes Christmas: Complete Dailies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bushmiller, Ernie / Griffith, Bill, PUBLISHER: Fantagraphics Books, It 's three more full years of Ernie Bushmiller 's beloved comic strip, featuring over one thousand meticulously restored daily strips from its post-World-War II graphic high point superbly crafted but not yet quite stylized into the almost machine-life sleekness of later decades. And what can you say about the jokes in Nancy other than that, contrary to its reputation for a zen-like, ultra-square oddness, many of them are actually just extremely funny? Nancy Likes Christmas is topped off with a new introduction in comics form by Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith, a lifelong fan of Nancy and admirer of Bushmiller 's genius, and once again designed with pop-art snap and crackle by Fantagraphics senior designer Jacob Covey. Acquista Ora

Puss in Books: A Collection of Great Cat Quotations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Robbins, Maria Polushkin, PUBLISHER: Ecco Press, Anyone who has ever owned a cat (or been owned by one), watched a cat sleep, hunt, or play -- or tried to read a newspaper, write a letter, or eat a tuna sandwich under a cat's watchful eye -- will appreciate the mysterious, dignified, playful, aloof, and comfortable charm of this entertaining collection. Delightful line drawings accompany more than a thousand snippets of feline wisdom in this entertaining compendium assembled by Maria Polushkin Robbins. The stellar chorus of cat quippers includes, among others, Oscar Wilde, George F. Will, William Burroughs, Roy Blount, Jr., Joyce Carol Oates, Anton Chekov, P. G. Wodehouse, Edith Wharton, Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, Tennessee Williams, P. J. O'Rourke, Jerome K. Jerome, and of course, the great cat immortalizer himself, T. S. Eliot.

Rustico / Casale Rigutino, Arezzo

CR Arezzo, alle porte di Arezzo,Valdichiana aretina,rustico/colonica da ristrutturare totalmente di 280 mq su due livelli,terreno circostante di 4 ettari,pianeggiante,sulla strada del vino DOC aretino. Oggetto unico nel suo genere. Possibilità di costruire 3 villette a schiera. Ulteriori informazioni solo in agenzia. Prezzo trattabile. CR Arezzo, cerca de Arezzo, Arezzo Val di Chiana, renovado rústica / casa de campo de 280 metros cuadrados en dos niveles, la tierra circundante de 4 hectáreas, planas, en el vino DOC Arezzo. Asunto único. Posibilidad de construir 3 casas. Para más información, única agencia. El precio es negociable. CR Arezzo, in der Nähe von Arezzo, Arezzo Val di Chiana, rustikal / Bauernhaus renoviert 280 Quadratmetern auf zwei Ebenen, umgeben von 4 Hektar Land, flach, auf der Wein DOC Arezzo. Betreff einzigartig. Möglichkeit 3 Reihenhäuser zu bauen. Weitere Informationen können nur Agentur. Preis ist verhandelbar. CR Arezzo, near Arezzo, Arezzo Valdichiana, rustic / farmhouse total renovation of 280 square meters on two levels, surrounding land of 4 acres, flat, on the wine DOC Arezzo. Subject unique. Possibility to build 3 townhouses. Further information can only agency. Price is negotiable. Tipo di bene: Casa bi/trifamiliare Superficie: 280 m²

MR MISTER - BROKEN WINGS - CD BMG ENTERTAINMENT

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The Second Rescue: The Story of the Spiritual Rescue of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Madsen, Susan Arrington, PUBLISHER: Millennial Press, In . President Brigham Young sent rescue teams to the aid of more than a thousand pioneers who were stranded in winter storms on the plains. Little did anyone know then of the need those faithful Saints would have for a Second Rescue-a spiritual rescue that would begin 135 years later. In , the saints of the Riverton Wyoming Stake embarked on a sacred trek of their own, a journey filled with miracles and laden with spiritual blessings. The Second Rescue is the story of that journey. It tells of faithful people working together to provide temple blessings of the Willie and Martin handcart pioneers and for their immediate families. It chronicles their trials and triumphs in their efforts to build monuments and pave the way for others to experience the sacred sites associated with the handcart prioneers.

Thinking Wild, Its Gifts of Insight: A Way to Make Peace

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grutter, Theo, PUBLISHER: Turning Stone Press, Theo Grutter is a man who has spent five thousand days and nights fishing the open ocean alone. He has had a good deal of time to ponder Life's mysteries and to organize (and reorganize) his thinking. He is a modern-day Walt Whitman singing his song of Self, or John Muir intimately describing the process of reservation and renewal with a sense of wonder at the infinity in the natural world. At the heart of it, Theo Grutter is a scavenging explorer of philosophy, science, history, spirituality, and nature, madly picking up wisdom, feeling vibrations, and following hunches. He invites fellow explorers to open their hearts and their minds to listen to the voices on the winds and from the seas, even the flora and the fauna, the parasites and the microbes; he promises to navigate the "smoothest tags the water allows."

Peasants and Slaves: The Rural Population of Roman Italy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Launaro, Alessandro, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The crisis of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an Empire have fascinated generations of scholars. It has long been assumed that a dramatic demographic decline of the rural free peasantry (which was supplanted by slaves) triggered the series of social and economic developments which eventually led to Rome's political crisis during the first century BC. This book contributes to a lively debate by exploring both the textual and the archaeological evidence and by tracing and reassessing the actual fate of the Italian rural free population between the Late Republic and the Early Empire. Data derived from a comparative analysis of twenty-seven archaeological surveys and about five thousand sites allow Dr Launaro to outline a radically new picture according to which episodes of local decline are placed within a much more generalised pattern of demographic growth. Acquista Ora

The Stranger's Child

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hollinghurst, Alan, PUBLISHER: Vintage Canada, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The Stranger's Child is Alan Hollinghurst's masterpiece, the book that cements his position as one of the finest novelists of our time. In its scope, intelligence and elegance, The Stranger's Child can be placed in the great tradition of the novel alongside epics by Marcel Proust and Anthony Powell. And yet, in its subtly political exploration of homosexuality in English society, it deals with an utterly contemporary subject in an utterly contemporary way. The Stranger's Child""begins with sixteen-year-old Daphne Sawle sitting in a hammock in the garden of Two Acres, the family home in suburban London. She is making a show of reading Tennyson before her brother George arrives to visit with his Cambridge friend Cecil Valance, a handsome, assured and sometimes outrageous young man with a burgeoning reputation as a poet. After a tantalizing and dramatic weekend Cecil writes a long poem in Daphne's autograph album as a parting gift. It is titled "Two Acres," and both Daphne and George (whose feelings for Cecil also go well beyond mere friendship) immediately see how important the poem is - but none of them can foresee the complex and lasting effects it will have on all their lives. When the next section of the novel begins, everything has changed: Daphne is married to Cecil's brother Dudley Valance; George to a historian named Madeleine; and Cecil is dead, killed by a sniper in World War One. A Cabinet officer and man of letters named Sebastian Stokes has come to Corley Court, the Valance family's country home, to put together an edition of Cecil's poemsand speak to each family member in turn about him. He is especially curious about Cecil's personal (and passionate) letters and unpublished poems, papers that seem to have gone missing, and whose absence will loom paradoxically through the rest of the novel. The book leaps forward and we are at another party, this one to celebrate Daphne's seventieth birthday. George is now the acclaimed historian G.F. Sawle; Daphne's son Wilfrid, a charming boy in the previous section, has grown into a nervous and somehow fractured adult. We meet Peter Rowe, a music teacher at the boarding school that now occupies Corley Court, and his boyfriend, Paul Bryant, a bank employee with a feeling for Cecil's poetry. Soon Paul is taking up an idea that Peter abandoned: to write a biography of Cecil Valance. It means making some startling discoveries about a past that the Valance family would prefer to keep in sepia and shadows. The Stranger's Child""is by turns a gripping literary mystery, an absorbing social study of some pivotal moments in history, and a sensuous and beautiful exploration of the secret passions that determine our lives. From Edwardian suburbs to the offices of the "Times Literary Supplement" in the s, from High Table wit to the realities of life working behind the counter at a provincial bank, it seems there is no corner

Lunch at the Zoo: What Zoo Animals Eat and Why

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Altman, Joyce / Chrustowski, Rick, PUBLISHER: Henry Holt & Company, A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at what zoo animals eat, and why. "How do you feed a hungry crocodile without becoming dinner yourself?" "What do you feed a baby porcupine? " "Do elephants need vitamin pills?" In the wild, animals can usually find the foods they need to eat. But zoo animals can't go out and search for their own meals. Instead, nutritionists must discover what foods each animal needs to stay healthy and happy. Whether serving lunch to poisonous snakes, making dinner for a thousand animals at once, or caring for babies who have lost their mothers, life for the zoo staff is never dull. This fascinating and informative book looks behind the scenes at some of the largest zoos in the country to discover what--and how--they feed their animals.

Ocean Liners: Crossing and Cruising the Seven Seas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zimmermann, Karl R., PUBLISHER: Boyds Mills Press, Ocean liners, the biggest ships on earth, changed history. Ocean liners--majestic passenger ships--once sailed all the world's seas. The busiest route, known as the Atlantic Ferry, crossed the North Atlantic. The liners that sailed there played important roles in times of both peace and war. Ships such as England's "Britannia," Holland's "Statendam, " and Germany's "Amerika" transported the rich and famous as well as millions of immigrants to North America. The "Titanic," among the most famous of ocean liners, steamed into legend on the night of April , when it collided with an iceberg. Over time, airplanes changed the nature of travel. The last of the great ships turned to offering passengers the pleasures of cruising. Here's the fascinating story of ocean liners--their history, development, and culture--from the first great ocean liner to today's "Freedom of the Seas, "which carries more than four thousand passengers.

Wild New York: A Celebration of Our State's Natural Beauty

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brumley, Charles / Heilman, Carl / McKibben, Bill, PUBLISHER: Voyageur Press (MN), New York comes alive in the pages of "Wild New York." Author Charles Brumley and photographer Carl E. Heilman II traveled thousands of miles to give us this photographic portrait of the state's diverse and unique natural areas. Our state has nearly every type of natural landscape found in the continental United States New York is the majestic Niagara Falls and the sandy beaches of Long Island. It is the stunning, historic Hudson Valley and the massive inland seas of Lakes Erie and Ontario. It is the fragile acres of alpine flora above Adirondack tree line and the snowy skies of the Tug Hill Plateau. " Wild New York" is the natural beauty of our state; it is what we see, hear, and feel as we paddle the longest free-flowing river in the northeast, the Delaware River; hike the state's highest peak, Mt. Marcy; or gaze across the steep gorge of Cattaraugus Creek in the underappreciated Zoar Valley. It is the call of the loon on countless lakes and ponds throughout Adirondack Park; the pounding of a powerful ocean surf on Long Island. It is that still, golden late-summer afternoon when you know the Empire State is where you're meant to be.

Evolutionary Politics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schubert, Glendon A., JR., PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, This synthesis of research into the behavior of humans and other social animals ranges horizontally from a congruence of the perspectives of the life sciences, social sciences, and physical sciences and longitudinally from that of the most recent 60 million years, but emphasizing the last 12 thousand years. From a political science perspective, these essays focus on both individual and small-group political behavior. Schubert's work draws extensively on contemporary evolutionary theory, biosocial and psychobiological theory, ethology and primatology, behavioral ecology, experimental work in animal behavior, neurobiology, human development, and the philosophy of both life and social sciences. Introducing and concluding the book are essays that discuss the implications of biology and the life sciences for the study of political science. The others center on five topics: political ethology (naturalistic study of human behavior as animal behavior); political evolution; evolutionary theory; evolutionary development (ecological, epigenetic, and ontogenetic); and the evolution of human thinking.

Enthronement: The Recognition of the Reincarnate Masters of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Londro Taye, Jamgon Kongtrul / Lodro Taye, Jamgon Kongtrul / Kon-Sprul, PUBLISHER: Snow Lion Publications, Even the most casual contact with the culture, politics, or religion of Tibet and the surrounding region brings outsiders face to face with the institution of reincarnate spiritual masters. Past masters are identified as small children installed in their predecessor's monastery in a ceremony called "enthronement" and educated to continue the work of their former incarnation. This custom has provided a principal source of spiritual renewal for Himalayan Buddhists for the past thousand years. The introduction places the subject of reincarnate meditation masters within two major contexts: the activity of bodhisattvas, and in modern Tibetan society, where the reappearance of past masters is both natural and profoundly moving. Tai Situpa Rinpoche, a contemporary reincarnate master and a leader of the Kagyu lineage, describes the process of finding other reincarnate masters. Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, an outstanding writer and meditation master, offers a traditional view of the enthronement of reincarnate masters.

The Collected Poems of Robert Sward

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sward, Robert, PUBLISHER: Black Moss Press, Of Robert Sward work, Ram Dass says, "Old age is about harvesting whatever your life's work has been." Sward's life's work has been, and continues to be, poetry, and fifty years after his first publication, this is harvest time. From the thousand or so poems he has written since he began writing in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, these are the ones he has chosen to preserve. The collection also includes new poems that rounds off a sequence of poems for his father, "Rosicrucian in the Basement." Of Collected Poems, , Bruce Meyer writes, "Robert is the very essence of surprise and delight in poetry. He is a compassionate storyteller who looks at life through the sincerity and profundity of genuine wit, always rising above the ordinary, the mundane and the despairing. It is a joy to walk in the world of Sward's perceptions and to discover the wonder that inspires each poem."

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I favolosi anni ') Bob Pauwels trumpet: Trumpet Bolero / Pepito -(International ) Pino Pisano: Tiger Twist / Pi-rikì-kukè -( International ) The Champs: Too much Tequila / Twenty thousand leagues -( London ) Dorothy Collins: The happy hearth of Paris / Banjo Boy -( Top Rank ) Connie Francis: Capatosta sweet / Aiutami a Piangere -( M.G.M. k) Milva: Credere / Mare verde -( Cetra ) Nini Rosso: Ballata della tromba / Tempo d'estate -( Titanus ) Jimmy Fontana: La mia serenata / Per vivere insieme -( RCA Italiana ) Dalida: Il silenzio / Un grosso scandalo -( Barclay ) The Minstrels: Le colline sono in fiore / Miss Katy Cruel -( C.B.S.) Fausto Papetti: Groovin' with Mr.Bloe / Yellow river -( Durium ) Bobby Solo: Se piangi, se ridi / Sarò un illuso -( Ricordi srl) Nino Taranto: 'A prutesta/'O matusa ( Edibi, ) Santo and Johnny: Io per lei () / Salis and Salis: Nell'oscurità () Mina: Giorni / Ormai -( PDU PA ) Drupi: Piccola e fragile/...Che estate -( Dischi Ricordi SRL ) I dischi sono senza copertina. Eventuale spedizione 9 euro.

Imagining the Urban: Sanskrit and the City in Early India

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kaul, Shonaleeka, PUBLISHER: Seagull Books, In "Imagining the Urban," Shonaleeka Kaul turns to Sanskrit literature to discover the characteristics—both physical and social—of ancient Indian cities. Kaul examines nearly a thousand years of Sanskrit "kāvyas "to see what India’s early historic cities were like as living, lived-in, entities—and discovers that the cities were vibrant and teeming with variety and life.   As much about Sanskrit literature as about urban spaces—insofar as that literature reveals significant aspects of the Indian urban past—" Imagining the Urban" shows that Sanskrit literature is a rich source for historical understanding. Advocating the  kāvyas as an important historical source, Kaul provides a fresh view of the early city, showing distinctive ways of thought and behavior that relate to tradition, morality, and authority.   With its provocative new questions about early Indian cities and ancient Indian texts, this book will be an essential read for scholars of urban history, Sanskrit writings, and South Asian antiquity.

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I favolosi anni ')Bob Pauwels trumpet: Trumpet Bolero / Pepito -(International )Pino Pisano: Tiger Twist / Pi-rikì-kukè -( International )The Champs: Too much Tequila / Twenty thousand leagues -( London )Dorothy Collins: The happy hearth of Paris / Banjo Boy ( Top Rank )Connie Francis: Capatosta sweet / Aiutami a Piangere ( M.G.M. k)Milva: Credere / Mare verde ( Cetra )Nini Rosso: Ballata della tromba / Tempo d'estate ( Titanus )Jimmy Fontana: La mia serenata / Per vivere insieme ( RCA Italiana )Dalida: Il silenzio / Un grosso scandalo ( Barclay )The Minstrels: Le colline sono in fiore / Miss Katy Cruel ( C.B.S.)Fausto Papetti: Groovina' with Mr.Bloe / Yellow river ( Durium )Bobby Solo: Se piangi, se ridi / Sarò un illuso ( Ricordi srl)Nino Taranto: 'A prutesta/'O matusa ( Edibi, )Santo and Johnny: Io per lei () / Salis and Salis: Nell'oscurità ()Mina: Giorni / Ormai ( PDU PA )Drupi: Piccola e fragile/...Che estate ( Dischi Ricordi SRL ) Vendo in blocco. I dischi sono senza copertina. Eventuale spedizione 9 euro.

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I favolosi anni ’) Bob Pauwels trumpet: Trumpet Bolero / Pepito -(International ) Pino Pisano: Tiger Twist / Pi-rikì-kukè -( International ) The Champs: Too much Tequila / Twenty thousand leagues -( London ) Dorothy Collins: The happy hearth of Paris / Banjo Boy –( Top Rank ) Connie Francis: Capatosta sweet / Aiutami a Piangere –( M.G.M. k) Milva: Credere / Mare verde –( Cetra ) Nini Rosso: Ballata della tromba / Tempo d’estate –( Titanus ) Jimmy Fontana: La mia serenata / Per vivere insieme –( RCA Italiana ) Dalida: Il silenzio / Un grosso scandalo –( Barclay ) The Minstrels: Le colline sono in fiore / Miss Katy Cruel –( C.B.S.) Fausto Papetti: Groovin’ with Mr.Bloe / Yellow river –( Durium ) Bobby Solo: Se piangi, se ridi / Sarò un illuso –( Ricordi srl) Nino Taranto: 'A prutesta/'O matusa ( Edibi, ) Santo and Johnny: Io per lei () / Salis and Salis: Nell’oscurità () Mina: Giorni / Ormai –( PDU PA ) Drupi: Piccola e fragile/...Che estate –( Dischi Ricordi SRL ) Vendo in blocco. I dischi sono senza copertina. Eventuale spedizione 9 euro.

Jesus, the One and Only

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moore, Beth, PUBLISHER: B&H Books, In "Jesus, the One and Only," best-selling author and Bible teacher Beth Moore invites you to know Christ personally. Watch and listen as He breaks up a funeral by raising the dead, confronts conniving religious leaders of His day, teaches on a Galilean hillside, or walks on the waves and calms the storm. Like a ragtag band of followers two thousand years ago, you will never be the same again after such an up close and personal encounter. "He is Jesus, the One and Only, transcendent over all else," writes Moore. "To know Him is to love Him. To love Him is to long for Him. To long for Him is to finally reach soul hands into the One true thing we need never get enough of... Jesus Christ. He's all you need." Available for the first time in trade paper, this new edition also features an excerpt from Moore's "Jesus, the One and Only" Bible study.

Why I Am Still a Catholic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ryan, Kevin / Ryan, Marilyn, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, What draws -- and binds -- thoughtful, educated people to a Church so often criticized by outsiders (and even members) as "authoritarian" or "out of step with the times?" This collection of personal accounts answers that question in diverse, fascinating, and deeply moving ways. Novelist William Kienzle discusses his years in the seminary, explaining why he eventually left the priesthood -- but not the Church. Kathleen Howley reveals how God replaced alcohol in her life, and why the traditional Latin Mass holds so much more appeal than the folk Masses of her youth. Former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn compares his feelings for the Church with his lifelong belief in "team loyalty". Jon Hassler vividly recalls two very different childhood friends -- and the attractions of both evil and goodness. These writers, and numerous others, offer a remarkable portrait of today's Catholic Church, creating a new understanding of how its presence has endured for nearly two thousand years, and why it continues to thrive.

The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Holmes, George, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, From the fall of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance, the thousand years forming the medieval period were a time of tremendous change and turmoil--a millennium that witnessed the creation of Western civilization. This beautiful volume--the fourth in a superb series of Oxford Illustrated Histories--offers a lively and authoritative account of life in medieval Europe and the Mediterranean. The great monasteries and cathedrals, the ambitions of the Crusades, chivalric knights and heroic romance, the realism of the new arts, economic and social growth, the catastrophe of plague, the growth of towns and cities, the development of commerce and banking--all of these form the substance of this history. The six chapters of the book are divided between the Mediterranean world and northern Europe, illustrating how the center of political and cultural life moved gradually northward as the centuries progressed. Written by a team of expert scholars and incorporating the findings of the latest research, the volume features more than 200 illustrations, 24 of them in color, all carefully chosen to amplify the text. Other features of the book include maps, genealogies, a chronology, reading list, and a full index.

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