Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej, the only king ever born in the United States, came to the throne of his country in 1946 and is now the world's longest-serving monarch. This book tells the unexpected story of his life and 60-year rule: how a Western-raised boy came to be seen by his people as a living[...]

The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex fifth-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during China's turbulent twentieth century. Yet most Americans - even students and specialists of this era - have never heard of Goujian. In "Speaking to History", Paul A. Cohen op[...]

Stephen King's name has become synonymous with horror thanks to classics like "The Shining, Salem's Lot," and "Carrie." In this Brief Guide, Simpson traces the writer's life from his difficult childhood through his initial books under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, to the success of his early works [...]

With humans threatened by otherworldly creatures, orphans Emily and William Snow, and their friends ? the pickpocket Spring-Heeled Jack and the wisecracking Corrigan ? find themselves two hundred years in the past, trapped in the London of 1666. Desperately in need of help, they go in search of Sir [...]

The 18th century was marked by a steady growth in central control of the British Army and a corresponding decrease in the influence enjoyed by individual commanding officers. The most obvious sign of this process was the increasing uniformity of the clothing issued each year to the soldiers. Neverth[...]

This performance of "King Lear" features an all-star cast.

Traian Basescu was elected president of Romania in December 2004 on a platform promising political reform and economic revitalization. To many, Basescu's election signaled the final defeat of the communist-successor political party and the end of the difficult transition period from authoritarianism[...]

This is the first and only book to define modern dance concepts, terms, principles and movements in the words of the great founders of modern dance. The manuscript was originally prepared through personal interviews with Doris Humphrey, Hanya Holm, Martha Graham, Charles Weidman, and Helen Tamiris; [...]

A celebration of contemporary rock music poster art features more than 1,600 full-color reproductions of rock posters and flyers, representing more than two hundred international artists and studios, in a companion volume to the best-selling The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk. 40,000 firs[...]