John B Burrow

This beautiful book is a comprehensive guide to all the ferns of the southern African region. It will be of interest to botanists (both amateur and professional) and other academics, field guides and gardeners, and will be a welcome reference work in libraries and universities. The detailed and scie...

In November 1805, after a perilous trek across North America, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis finally spotted the Pacific Ocean. It was a triumphant, hard-won victory following a year-and-a-half of braving the elements and risking death by starvation, wild animals, and hostile Native American tri...

Explore and enjoy 1,000 years of classical music with Visual Reference Guides: Classical Music. Examine the lives and work of the greats-from Mozart to Cage with detailed profiles and eye-catching photographs and discover more about the finest music ever composed, from medieval chants to contemporar...

Classical Music covers 300 composers, includes analysis of 40 major works, and looks at every musical genre, style, and form, including instruments, ensembles, and conductors. These lavishly illustrated handbooks cover everything you need to know on subjects ranging from classical music and hiking ...

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they ...

Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the...