A fresh perspective on the celebrated Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn.

A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.

Reveals how the ancient Maya have been perceived, portrayed and exploited over 500 years.

A magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the last 1,400 years.

Whales are the largest animals ever to have lived on the earth; a large Blue Whale's tongue alone can weigh more than an elephant. This title recounts the evolutionary and ecological background, as well as the cultural history, of these extraordinary mammals, long persecuted and now celebrated throughout the world.

An original and superbly entertaining appraisal of the uniquely English approach to stagecraft.

People collect to connect with the past, personal and historic, to exercise some small and perfect degree of control over a carefully chosen portion of the world. The Grain of the Clay is Allen S. Weiss's engaging exploration of the meaning and practice of collecting through his relationship with Japanese ceramics.

In Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland, Karl Schloegel presents a picture of a country which lies on Europe's borderland and in Russia's shadow. As well as exploring this present-day confrontation, Schloegel provides detailed, fascinating historical portraits of a panoply of Ukraine's major cities.

A first-hand account of life and conditions in Ukraine, since Crimea's annexation by Russia in March 2014.