A highly-illustrated history and survey of centers of book production and use within the Holy Roman Empire over the course of seven hundred years.

The magnificence of Russia's architecture and landscape is conveyed in this unique photographic record.

In Imperial Gateway, Seiji Shirane explores the political, social, and economic significance of colonial Taiwan in the southern expansion of Japan's empire from

Rasputin's is one of the most famous deaths in history. Now, his assassin's thrilling memoir is finally back in print. Born to great riches in the days before t

The Flemish artist Bartholomeus Spranger (1546–1611) was a master of Mannerism, serving a cardinal, a pope, and two Holy Roman Emperors—most notably, as cou