Andrew C Duff

Identifying distinct social groups of the past has always challenged archaeologists because understanding how people perceived their identity is critical to the reconstruction of social organization. Material culture has been the standard measure of distinction between groups, and the distribution o...

In the centuries before the arrival of Europeans, the Pueblo world underwent nearly continuous reorganization. Populations moved from Chaco Canyon and the great centers of the Mesa Verde region to areas along the Rio Grande, the Little Colorado River, and the Mogollon Rim, where they began construct...

Florist by day. Art thief by night.Lily Thorne’s life is a highwire act. Behind the wafer-thin façade of pricked fingers and balancing the books, she’s a key member of the most ambitious art heist crew in the world. They’re ghosts: masters of cutting-edge technology, identities a mystery to every po...

Penny Aston is the most successful female racing driver in history. She's spent a decade fighting her way to the top of a male dominated arena, sacrificing everything she had and more besides at the altar of victory. Superstardom beckons. But at two hundred miles an hour, a split second is a lifetim...

Maastricht and Beyond is a critical assessment of the European Union brought into being by the Treaty of Maastricht. A team of experts provide a clear and thorough appraisal of the main provisions of the Treaty - including the three pillared structure of Economic and Monetary Union, common foreign a...

This is the true story of Sikkim, a tiny Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas that survived the end of the British Empire only to be annexed by India in 1975.It tells the remarkable tale of Thondup Namgyal, the last King of Sikkim, and his American wife, Hope Cooke, thrust unwittingly into the spotligh...

This is the first checklist of mammals of the world to include both English and scientific names of every species as well as a brief summary of distribution and habitat. A checkbox and space to record notes are provided for each species, making this an ideal volume for keeping a personal mammals lif...

A stunning examination of the remarkable Wyeth family artistry, presenting the work of N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and James Wyeth, whose paintings are now part of a major exhibition opening in Moscow and coming to the U.S. Profusely illustrated with color plates and rare family photographs.