Ellis's research has taken him all over the world, from Nantucket to Patagonia. Now, with more than 450 of his own illustrations, he takes readers from A to Z (abalone to zooxanthelae) in this one unprecedented volume of the sea. of color paintings. 471 illustrations. From the Publisher Richard Ellis is currently recognized as the foremost paint...

George Eliot's last and most unconventional novel is considered by many to be her greatest. First published in 1876, it interweaves the stories of two people who are drawn to each other but are destined for very different fates. Gwendolen Harleth is a high-spirited and somewhat spoiled beauty who marries a brutal aristocrat in order to escape po...

Continuing in the tradition of The Civil War and Baseball , Burns and Ward look into the heart and soul of America to explore the history of a quintessentially American music--jazz. Through words and photos, readers meet Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, and a host of other jazz greats in this magni...