19th century

Examines what life was like during the Westward Expansion, exploring the clothing, schooling, family life, and more. Includes fact boxes, visuals, glossary, and index.

A collection of essays that examines the reception of Spanish art in Britain and Ireland from the Golden Age to Goya, including artists such as Murillo, Vel?zqauez, Ribera, Zurbar?n, El Greco and Goya.

Explores the material, political, intellectual, and spiritual impact of the enormous loss of life resulting from the Civil War in America, and looks at how military personnel and civilians dealt with the carnage on both practical and spiritual levels.

"Offers a front-row view of congressional mayhem and sheds new light on the careers of John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and other luminaries, as well as introducing a host of lesser-known but no less fascinating men. The result is a fresh understanding of the workings of American democracy and the bonds of Union on the eve of their greatest peril"--Amazon.

Presents an annotated collection of the private letters of Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, that reveal his personal thoughts and reflections over a fifty-year period of time.

Profiles the work of various artists from 1890 to 1985 whose abstract paintings have been inspired by the spiritual writings and belief systems of various religions.

"A . . . true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South--and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice"--Provided by publisher.

History of modern painting beginning with Cezanne, through Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism and Dada, to Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s.