This new recording pays tribute to a little-known, mysterious figure of 18th c. Naples: Prince Raimondo di Sangro. A soldier, scientist, poet, alchemist and freemason, he bequeathed posterity a palace and a magnificent chapel, the site of a tragedy that w..
Biographical Sketches Of Eminent Itinerant Ministers Distinguished, For The Most Part, As Pioneers Of Methodism Within The Bounds Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Lyons presents the remarkable story of how medieval Arab scholars made dazzling advances in science and philosophy--and of the itinerant Europeans who brought this knowledge back to the West.
A young elementary school principal grapples with the problems of a small river town just after the Second World War. The Sacramento River plays a major role in this novel. The town''s inhabitants: a mixed bag of descendents of the Chinese who built the le..
This is the first of a three-volume picaresque historical romance by China's best-loved author. It tells the story of Trinket, an irreverent and comic anti-hero, and his adventures through China over more than twenty years at the beginning of the Qing dyna..
It is an account that until now has been left largely untold. The Choctaw Indians, once one of the largest and most advanced tribes in North America, have mainly been studied as the first victims of removal during the Jacksonian era. After signing the Trea..
Meanwhile, in Constantinople, John’s good friend Anatolius does his best to trace the senator’s murderer.At stake are not only John’s honor and his head, but also the family with whom he recently reunited, now in danger of being broken apart or worse..
