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From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. "The Great Cities in History" tells their stories, from the earliest civilizations to the contemporary cities of London and New York,

Readers will learn all about this remarkable young woman, whose accomplishments are truly inspiring. This book features illustrations throughout, a timeline, maps, sidebars, and a top 10 list of important things to know about Helen Keller. Original.

Brief biography of America's first president.

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Readers learn all about Sacagawea, whose accomplishments are truly inspiring, in the debut of Scholastic's new biography series, I Am. The series features full-color illustrated covers, one-color illustrations throughout, a timeline, an introduction to the people readers meet, and more. Illustrations.

From William Norwich, the well-known fashion writer and editor, an unforgettable novel about a woman with a secret who travels to New York City on a determined quest to buy a special dress that represents everything she wants to say about that secret...and herself. Timeless, poignant, and appealing, My Mrs. Brown is a novel for every mother in the world, every woman who ever wanted the perfect dress, and every child who wanted to give it to her.

Lesson Study has been developed and used in Japan for over a century and is increasingly used in the Far East, USA and now in Europe. Lesson Study shows how this powerful model of professional learning has been integrated with the principles of inclusive practice by classroom teachers in the challenging area of teaching pupils in the spectrum from Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD) to low attainment. The book illustrates how Lesson Study has...

A portrait of world civilisation told through the fascinating stories of the world's greatest cities. Now in paperback.

Henry James wrote of Venice: 'You desire to embrace it, to caress it, to possess it . . .' whereas Mark Twain found St Mark's 'so ugly . . . propped on its long row of thick-legged columns, its back knobbed with domes, it seems like a vast, warty bug taking a meditative walk'. Reactions to Venice have been, throughout the ages, astonishingly different. John Julius Norwich has put together a dazzling anthology, drawing on the writings of Byron,...

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This "immensely enjoyable tale of empowerment” (Patrick Henry Bass, NY1) about a gentle Rhode Island woman who makes her first journey to New York City to buy an exquisitely tailored dress "gets to the essence of why style matters” (Kate Betts).Early one September not long ago, a woman with a secret traveled to New York City in pursuit of a dream, to buy the most beautiful and correct dress she'd ever seen. But sometimes a dress isn't just a d...

John Julius Norwich was born in 1929. He was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto, at Eton, at the University of Strasbourg and, after a spell of National Service in the Navy, at New College, Oxford, where he took a degree in French and Russian. In 1952 he joined the Foreign Service, where he remained for twelve years, serving at the embassies in Belgrade and Beirut. In 1964 he resigned from the service to write. He is the author of histo...

From a legendary British historian and author of the classic three-volume series Byzantium and "A History of Venice" comes a comprehensive, rollicking, and timely history of the papacy.

In a chronicle that captures nearly 2, 000 years of inspiration and intrigue, Norwich recounts in riveting detail the histories of the most significant popes and what they meant politically, culturally, and socially to Rome and to the world.

In a sparkling, fast-paced narrative, esteemed historian John Julius Norwich chronicles the turbulent events of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England that inspired Shakespeare's history plays. It was a time of uncertainty and incessant warfare, a time during which the crown was constantly contested, alliances were made and broken, and peasants and townsmen alike arose in revolt. This was the raw material of Shakespeare's dramas, and Norwic...

From author John Julius Norwich comes the astonishing story of the papacy, capturing nearly two thousand years of inspiration and devotion, intrigue and scandal.

From author John Julius Norwich comes the astonishing story of the papacy, capturing nearly two thousand years of inspiration and devotion, intrigue and scandal.

Paperback edition of Norwich's popular history of the papacy. Examines the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter to the present. Full of outrageously colourful stories, set against a backdrop of religious, social and political upheaval. 'To keep such a light touch, without sacrificing academic seriousness, is a distinct achievement' "Independent

A straightforward biography about Harriet Tubman's struggles and success for both civil and women's rights. Includes illustrations throughout, a timeline, maps, sidebars, and a top-ten list of important things to know Tubman.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...