Product Description:   Paul Klee is one of those artists you can hardly classify in one movement of art history. Close to Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, he was an important member of Der Blaue Reiter, an expressionist group of painters. Later, went on to be involved in the Bauhaus and even gave painting lessons in Dessau’s school...read more

This book presents a selection of ocean-going charts dating from the 13th century to the 17th century. Rudimentary they may perforce be, but they bear excellent witness to the achievements of the early European navigators, and to their determination to explore the ends of the Earth. What the charts may lack in geographical accuracy, they undoubtedly make up for in their charm. And of course they are invaluable as historical records. Recounting the epic journeys of maritim exploration, from Erik the Red to Robert Peary, author Donald Wigal leads us gently and pleasurably from Terra Incognita to the World As We Know It.

Product Description: With more than 1,000 illustrations, this handsome book is an armchair tour through the world’s finest galleries and art museums. A celebration of the art of painting, the book's colorful pages are filled with masterworks by the greatest painters of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, including Rubens, Velázquez, Murillo, Renoir, Monet, Picasso, and many others...read more

Product Description: At first, progress in shipbuilding gave sailors more freedom. Mathematics and compasses encouraged them to set out on longer trips for destinations farther and farther away. Yet, ocean travel remained mysterious and terribly dangerous...read more

Product Description: Whilst the 20th century was one long war for control of the world’s oil supplies, opium was a key strategic raw material during the four preceding centuries. Opium consumption dates back to Ancient Egypt. Initially a useful pharmaceutical product called laudanum, it quickly became popular in Britain...read more

A collection of quotations and excerpts from the former first lady's speeches, writings, and interviews offers insight into her contributions to national policies regarding civil rights, poverty, and the United Nations. Original.

Richly illustrated with full-color artwork and maps, this informative look at cartographic history explores the use of maps during the age of exploration, focusing especially on the late thirteenth century through the seventeenth century, explaining how maps were used in navigation, how they were created, the art of map-making, and more. (view table of contents)

Presents an evocative assortment of predictions, prophecies, and visions by Nostradamus, Leonardo da Vinci, Jules Verne, Edgar Cayce, Jeane Dixon, and other prophets concerning the forthcoming millennium, scientific discoveries, major political events, potential catastrophes, technological advances, and more. (view table of contents)