Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work is an early 19th-century biography written in German by Johann Nikolaus Forkel and later translated ...

Although the Petersens' name is quite known among specialists of Pietism, their work, their ideas and the development of their thoughts remain most...

Text in English & German. Johannes Peter Hölzinger studied architecture at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main from 1954 to 1957. After a res...

Text in English and German. In the summer 1978, the cover of the magazine Bauwelt showed a photograph of an unusual building. It was tersely introd...

In the latter half of the 18th century, Johannes Wiedewelt (1731-1802) played a pivotal role in introducing an early form of Neoclassicism in Danis...

This is an excellent full length biography of America's second president who was the ‘Colossus of Independence' arguing for the passage of the Decl...

This title focuses on John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, guiding readers through its historical context, goals, and legacy. Critical thinking ques...

Acclaimed filmmaker John Darling lived in Bali through the 1970s and 1980s. During that time, he created the films that established him as the lead...

When the Forth Bridge opened on 4 March 1890, it was the longest railway bridge in the world and the first large structure made of steel. Crossing ...

A man in a darkened workshop, surrounded and obscured by dust clouds. A pair of larger-than-life hands, holding a mallet, ready to strike. Spectacl...

This 1856 novel, one of the most beloved of the Victorian period, follows the life, from childhood to death, of an orphaned boy who grows to becom...

In March 1967 South Australian AttorneyGeneral Don Dunstan appointed his state's most outstanding barrister as Chief Justice. In public, Bray's app...

WORLD WAR 2. Tilsit, East Prussia/ Germany.Elsbeth Zimmermann is married to Fritz Krauledat. She is eight months pregnant when her husband is kille...