Product Description: The Koran "descended" upon a single man in the brief period of 23 years, during which Muhammad managed to unite the peoples of Arabia in one of history’s great religious movements. Follow Muhammad’s accomplishments and assess his great influence on Islam in this heavily illustrated account of his life, teachings, and contributions...read more

Product Description: This title is one in a series presenting four masterpieces by four immortal French impressionist painters. Each miniature book faithfully reproduces its title painting on the front cover, and is packaged in a handsome slipcase that doubles as a picture frame...read more

Product Description: The Renaissance was the period of greatest splendor in European art, and every page in this dazzling and immensely useful book captures that beauty. It’s large-sized, exquisitely produced, all in color, and filled with 600 unforgettable works from Donatello, da Vinci, Bosch, Michelangelo, Dürer, Raffaello, Bruegel, El Greco, Botticelli, and other masters...read more

Offers a look at the structure, characteristics, and morphology of volcanoes with an examination of why they erupt along with an overview of the environmental benefits and detriments they cause. Original.

Product Description: In his seventies, Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430-1516) was described by the German master Albrecht Durer as "very old, but still the best in painting" and even now art historians agree that he was the most inventive painter Northern Italy produced...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A portrait of the legendary movie star who tragically died at age twenty-four features interviews with those who knew him best, details about his boyhood, and the truth about his bisexuality. Reprint.

A portrait of the legendary movie star who tragically died at age twenty-four features interviews with those who knew him best, details about his boyhood, and the truth about his bisexuality. Reprint.

Covers the development of war films from the first silent movies, through the adventure stories of World War II, to today's politicized war films

Offers plot summaries, cast, credits, and stills for westerns from The Great Train Robbery to Barbarosa