Color photos, catalogue reproductions and an information-filled history detail every aspect of 19th-century Victorian style, as it lives today amid 20th-century convenience. Dramatic exterior details — chess-piece chimneys, columned porches with wrought-iron Art Nouveau canopies.

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Looks at the lives of children, from birth to adolescence, in medieval England.

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An interpretation of evidence from various medieval sources suggesting that travel in the Middle Ages was far more extensive and commonplace than would be expected. It covers the travellers and their routes, and emphasizes their importance to the exchange of ideas and the spread of civilization. The deterrents to, and dangers of, travelling are recreated…

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Middle Ages: Historical Facts

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THE BOOK: In February 1516, a Portugese ship sank with the loss of all hands a mile off the coast of Italy. The Nostra Senora da Adjuda had sailed 14000 miles from the Indian kingdom Gujarat: her mission, to deliver a rhinoceros to the Pope. The Pope’s Rhinoceros tells the stories which culminate in this…

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A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star — a pentagram, the devil’s star.Detective Harry Hole is assigned to the case with his long-time adversary Tom Waaler and…

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Ng Visual History of the World: Special for WHS

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costumes form 1760 to 1960

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A fully updated version of the world’s best-selling grammar title. English Grammar in Use Third edition is a fully updated version of the classic grammar title. It retains all the key features of clarity and accessibility that have made the book so popular with students and teachers alike. This edition, with answers, is ideal for…

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