This reference work includes details for 550 Turner paintings including history, collection details, etc. A separate second volume includes colour plates of the paintings.

"Wherever you are in this world, in the Northern or Southern hemisphere, in the city or a remote region, Universal Guide to the Night Sky takes you through the remarkable features of planet Earth's...

An indispensable guide to essential principles of English grammar and usageStellar English lays out the fundamentals of effective writing, from word choice and punctuation to parts of speech and...

A comprehensive, self-contained primer on validated numericsThis textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of validated numerics, an emerging new field that combines...

A state-of-the-art approach to evaluating research design for students and scholars across the social sciencesAssessing the properties of research designs before implementing them can be tricky for...

Noteworthy among these texts are scientific treatises such as Chaucer's Astrolabe, works of religious devotion such as Richard Rolle's Form of Living and political tracts including Sir John...

The John Rylands and Chetham's Libraries, Manchester, were both founded by charitable local magnates and in the course of time have become well known in many parts of the world. Housed in their...

This volume contains indexes to a university library, a monastic library, two cathedral libraries, a diocesan library and three record offices. Outstanding among the manuscripts are two Wycliffite...

A comprehensive source of information on all military aircraft, complete with technical data, history, and hundreds of full-color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations.

The great scholar and palaeographer Sir Frederic Madden (1801-73) was Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum (as it then was) when most of the items in this Handlistwere acquired. The...

Definitive illustrated catalogue: every medieval ivory in America. Sets new scholarly standard.

Heinz Meyer, Rudolf Suntrup. Includes Index. Bibliography: Columns 902-940.

This is a comprehensive guide to the themes, origins, symbolism, variations and distribution of medieval church art in the British Isles. The book includes a short biography of all the saints along...

Reich illustriertes Nachschlagewerk zur keltischen Mythologie und Kultur im Raum Grossbritannien, Irland, Frankreich, Deutschland, Österreich, die Schweiz, Italien.

Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- King Henry VI -- Concordances.

From Library Journal This is certainly one of the most innovative, ambitious, and useful of the scholarly publications celebrating the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. Its nearly 300...