297 results for '"Victoria'

A contemporary look at Cecil Beaton's portraits of the Royal Family and how they helped create the public face of the House of Windsor. Cecil Beaton: The Royal Portraits looks back in time to tell a...

Best known as the cofounder of the Irish band The Pogues, Shane MacGowan has become a cult figure on the alternative-music scene. His achingly beautiful lyrics, as well as his legendary lifestyle of...

Rhyming text celebrates everything about a beloved baby, from eyes to toes.

An innovative presentation of the craft-book genre, this volume offers an informative guide to paper crafts and projects by makers at the leading edge of today’s craft revival. Paper crafts are as...

When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna teams up with mountain man Kristoff and his reindeer on a journey to find Anna's sister, the Snow Queen Elsa, and put an end to her icy spell.

Imagine a country where the right to vote is not guaranteed by the Constitution, where the candidate with the most votes loses, and where paperwork requirements and bureaucratic bungling...

"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his...

An examination of more than 300 flowering plant families with specially commissioned colour plates in illustration.

First edition. The Lyell Lectures for 1965-66. Includes important chapters on Tauchnitz, the U.S. before and after the legislation of 1891 and other colonial problems. Spine slightly faded. xii, 109...

This clear and thought-provoking examination of the years from Queen Victoria's accession to the close of the century, pays particular attention to the post-1875 period.This title available in eBook...

Like present-day New York, early-nineteenth-century London was an extraordinarily vibrant and creative metropolis to which visitors -- from scholars to social climbers -- went in search of wealth and...

In Victorians Undone, renowned British historian Kathryn Hughes follows five iconic figures of the nineteenth century as they encounter the world not through their imaginations or intellects but...

362 pages including Index. Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences, 1981. Trade Paperback.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Victorian period may have come to an end over 120 years ago, but the Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world...