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    The Shortest History of Italy

    Ross King

    Embark on a captivating journey through 3000 years of Italy's rich history

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    The Shortest History of Italy

    Ross King

    "From a foremost author of historic Italy, this is a concise, star-studded retelling of the nation's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of…

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    The Shortest History of Italy

    Ross King

    A concise, star-studded retelling of Italy's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence--from a foremost author of…

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    Art: The Definitive Visual Guide

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    Provides a guided tour around 2,500 of the world’s most influential painting and sculptures, from cave paintings to modern masterpieces.

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    Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies

    Ross King

    From bestselling author Ross King, a brilliant portrait of the legendary artist and the story of his most memorable achievement.

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    Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King

    Kate Simpson

    It was 1914 when Sister Alice Ross-King left Australia for the war. Nursing was her passion - all she had ever wanted to do. But Alice couldn’t have imagined what…

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    The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance

    Dr Ross King

    Before long, with the enterprising nuns working tirelessly as typesetters, the Ripoli Press began printing a series of books and pamphlets that triggered an explosion of ideas in politics, philosophy…

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    The Shortest History of Italy

    Ross King

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    The Shortest History of Ancient Rome

    Ross King

    The epic story of one of the world's most enduring civilisations and empires.

    'For who is so indifferent or indolent as not to wish to know by what means the…

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    Artists: Their Lives and Works

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    Presents brief profiles of over eighty major artists throughout history, providing the historical context in which each artist worked, their influences, and legacies.

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    The Shortest History of Italy

    Ross King

    A concise, star-studded retelling of Italy's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence--from a foremost author of…

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    Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743

    Ross King,Anja Grebe

    The most comprehensive book on the paintings and frescoes of Florence - with nearly 2,000 beautifully reproduced artworks from the city’s great museums and churches - is now available in…

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    The Shortest History of Italy Lib/E

    Ross King

    A concise, star-studded retelling of Italy's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence--from a foremost author of…

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    The Louvre: All The Paintings

    Vincent Pomarede

    The most complete collection available, the New York Times bestselling book The Louvre: All the Paintings includes all 3,022 paintings from the permanent collection of the world’s most popular museum…

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    Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling

    Ross King

    In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. For the next four years, he and a team of assistants laboured over the vast…

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    Brunelleschi’s Dome

    Ross King

    Even in an age of soaring skyscrapers and cavernous sports stadiums, the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, with its immense, terracotta-tiled cupola, retains a rare power to…

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    The Judgement of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism

    Ross King

    In 1863, the French painter Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world. Manet was known only as the sloppy painter of a few much-derided canvases…

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    Domino

    Ross King

    From the internationally best-selling author of Brunelleschi’s Dome and Ex-Libris, Domino is a Rabelaisian journey into the hurly-burly world of 1770s London. Domino is the story of the mysterious and…

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    The Dragon Who Could Not Fly

    Ross King

    Dave is sad as he is the only dragon in his class who cannot fly, but he and his classmates learn that Dave has a different talent. Something that makes…

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    Ex-Libris

    Ross King

    King’s literary thriller combines the layered, multifaceted narrative style of Iain Pears’ Instance of the Fingerpost with Dorothy Dunnett’s broad-canvas grasp of English history. The story, set in 1660s London…

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    Description and Explanation in Korean Linguistics

    This volume brings together fifteen new papers on Korean linguistics originally presented at the Ninth International Conference on Korean Linguistics, 1994. Contributions range from phonetics and phonology, to syntax and…

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    Cosmopolitan and Vernacular in the World of Wen 文: Reading Sheldon Pollock from the Sinographic Cosmopolis

    This volumes explore Sheldon Pollock's exciting ideas about historical processes of vernacularization and interactions between cosmopolitan and vernacular languages in the history of premodern literary cultures, with a focus on…

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    Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power

    Ross King

    An alternative portrait of the revolutionary political philosopher challenges popular beliefs about the cruelty of his character to reveal the complexities and sympathetic nature of his personality.

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    Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya: Negotiating Urban Space in Malaysia

    Ross King

    Arguably Southeast Asia’s most spectacular city, Kuala Lumpur has just celebrated 50 years as the national capital of Malaysia. This book draws on postcolonial studies, media studies and critical social…

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    Seoul: Memory, Reinvention, and the Korean Wave

    Ross King

    Interrogates the contested history and physical remnants of Seoul, tacking between the city’s historiography and architecture, with attention to monuments, streets, and other urban spaces. The book’s structuring device is…

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    Leonardo and the Last Supper

    Ross King

    The Last Supper is an image familiar to everyone, the story of its execution is not. In Leonardo and the Last Supper, the best-selling author of Brunelleschi’s Dome tells that…

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    The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance

    Ross King

    The bestselling author of Brunelleschi’s Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling captures the excitement and spirit of the Renaissance in this chronicle of the life and work of the…

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    Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling

    Ross King

    The riveting story of how Michelangelo, against all odds, created the masterpiece that has ever since adorned the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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    Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies

    Ross King

    From bestselling author Ross King, a brilliant portrait of the legendary artist and the story of his most memorable achievement.

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    The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance

    Ross King

    The bestselling author of Brunelleschi’s Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling captures the excitement and spirit of the Renaissance in this chronicle of the life and work of the…

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    Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

    Ross King

    Ross King’s award-winning book on the construction of the fabled dome of Florence’s Santa Maria del Fiore, a feat of architecture that astonishes us even in the age of skyscrapers…

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    Leonardo and the Last Supper

    Ross King

    The fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of one of history’s greatest masterpieces–A gripping account (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times).

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    Korea Letters in the William Elliot Griffis Collection

    William Eilliot Griffis

    William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928) graduated from Rutgers College in 1869 and taught four years in Fukui and Tokyo. After his return to the U.S., he devoted himself to his research…

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    Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven

    Ross King

    A Globe 100 Book of the Year for 2010. A Governor General’s Award - winning author recounts the turbulent years during which a group of young Canadian painters went from…

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    Campaigning In Kaffirland: Or Scenes And Adventures In The Kaffir War Of 1851-1852 (1853)

    William Ross King

    Campaigning In Kaffirland: Or Scenes And Adventures In The Kaffir War Of 1851-1852 is a historical book written by William Ross King and published in 1853. The book is a…

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    The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada

    William Ross King

    This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…

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    A Genealogy and History Relating to the Halsted and Ogden Families

    Elizabeth Ross King

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    A Genealogy and History Relating to the Halsted and Ogden Families

    Elizabeth Ross King

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    A Genealogy and History Relating to the Halsted and Ogden Families

    Elizabeth Ross King

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    Campaigning in Kaffirland; Or, Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-2

    William Ross King

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    The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, Or, Notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of That Country.

    William Ross King

    Title: The sportsman and naturalist in Canada, or, Notes on the natural history of the game, game birds, and fish of that country.Author: William Ross KingPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description…

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    Campaigning in Kaffirland Or, Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War Of1851-2.

    William Ross King

    Title: Campaigning in Kaffirland or, Scenes and adventures in the Kaffir War of1851-2.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is…

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    Campaigning in Kaffirland Or, Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-52

    William Ross King

    "Campaigning in Kaffirland" written by William Ross King, emerges as a literary triumph and a vivid historical account that transcends the conventional barriers of army history. Published in the course…

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    The Aboriginal Tribes of the Nilgiri Hills … a Paper Read Before the Anthropological Society of London, Etc.

    William Ross King

    Title: The Aboriginal Tribes of the Nilgiri Hills … A paper read before the Anthropological Society of London, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library…

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    Campaigning in Kaffirland, or, Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-2

    William Ross King

    Written by a lieutenant serving in the 74th Highlanders, this 1853 publication describes the individual experience of the ‘Kaffir’ war (now known as the eight Xhosa or frontier war) between…

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    Elementary Korean: Second Edition (Includes Access to Website for Native Speaker Audio Recordings)

    Ross King, Ph.D.,Jaehoon Yeon

    Accompanied by MP3 Audio CD entitled: Elementary Korean.

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    Campaigning in Kaffirland, or, Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-2

    William Ross King

    Written by a lieutenant serving in the 74th Highlanders, this 1853 publication describes the individual experience of the ‘Kaffir’ war (now known as the eight Xhosa or frontier war) between…

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    Campaigning in Kaffirland; Or, Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-2

    William Ross King

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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