Daedalus Books
Manet/Velazquez
75%
In 1804, at the dawn of the French Empire, there were no more than a handful of Spanish paintings…
Father Fox's Christmas Rhymes
76%
Sisters Clyde and Wendy Watson bring back Father Fox for the first time since «Father Fox's…
The Pedant in the Kitchen
65%
This work is an elegant account of Julian Barnes' search for gastronomic precision. It is a quest…
Three-Corned Hat
76%
Rooted in the medieval ballad tradition and recounted to the author by a Spanish goatherd, The…
The Technique of Leaded Glass
79%
Illustrated survey with expert on Tiffany glass as its guide. Topics include traditional and…
Art Nouveau Designers at the Paris Salons: 1895-1914
77%
The catalogues of the Paris Salons at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century provide a unique…
Nostromo
77%
In the imaginary South American republic of Costaguana, Charles Gould's San Tomé silver mine…
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
69%
With her shopping excesses (somewhat) in check and her career as a TV financial guru thriving, in…
Governing Pleasures: Pornography and Social Change in England, 1815-1914
77%
This work is a historical account of the production, distribution, and consumption of pornography…
Estate Gardens of California
75%
Detailed with loving accuracy in the photography of Melba Levick and in the lucid prose of Karen…
Gainsborough at Gainsborough's House
57%
Perhaps the greatest of all English artists, Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) was born in the small…
Dietrich: A Biography
67%
Hollywood icon, German dissident, lover, war heroine, distant mother, and eventual recluse. These…
On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
77%
The theme of this collection is the excellence of Story, especially of the kind of story dear to…
Meditations on Design: Reinventing Your Home with Style and Simplicity
56%
Renowned designer John Wheatman shares his decades of expertise working with apartment dwellers,…
Haunted House and Other Short Stories
56%
Virginia Woolf's intention to publish her short stories is carried out in this volume, posthumously…
Sir Isaac Newton: Famous English Scientist
58%
Have you ever wondered where rainbows come from, or why we don't fall off the earth? A young boy…
The Song of Arthur: Celtic Tales from the King's Court
67%
These seventeen stories first published in book form stunningly present the Celtic legends and…
Buddha
57%
In India, the sixth century B.C., there lived a great spiritual teacher. He was called Buddha,…
Charles Darwin
66%
Charles Robert Darwin, born in the spring of 1809, seemed to be an ordinary child in upper middle…
Marco Polo
77%
In the 13th century, young Marco Polo set out with his father and uncle for a strange new land. No…