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.

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.

The epic tale of the House of Orange-Nassau, from 1772 to 1890.

In Tulip, Celia Fisher traces the story of this important and highly popular plant, from its mountain beginnings to its cultivation in the gardens of Mughul, Persian and Ottoman potentates, and its migration from East to West along the silk trading routes.