For more than five centuries The Last Supper has been an artistic, religious and cultural icon. The art historian Kenneth Clark called it 'the keystone of European art', and for a century after its creation it was regarded as nothing less than a miraculous image. And yet there is a very human story [...]

Historian Thomas J. Misa's sweeping history of the relationship between technology and society over the past 500 years reveals how technological innovations have shaped-and have been shaped by-the cultures in which they arose. Spanning the preindustrial past, the age of scientific, political, and in[...]

The true life of one of the world's greatest geniuses...
Reads L to R (Western Style) for all ages.
The lives of great figures in history are full of inspiring and moving episodes. Young people especially can learn from these stories, gaining hope, courage, and even hints on how to live the[...]

"Leonardo's Universe" demystifies DaVinci's insights. Books have been written about Leonardo's notebooks, his paintings, his ideas, and his genius, but none has synthesized his relationship with art and science in such a richly illustrated, informative format. Every page of this book resonates with [...]

Is secularism a positive force in the modern world? Or does it lead to fragmentation and disintegration? In "Saving Leonardo," best-selling award-winning author Nancy Pearcey ("Total Truth," coauthor "How Now Shall We Live?") makes a compelling case that secularism is destructive and dehumanizing. <[...]

In Da Vinci's Ghost, critically acclaimed historian Toby Lester tells the story of the world's most iconic image, the Vitruvian Man, and sheds surprising new light on the artistry and scholarship of Leonardo da Vinci, one of history's most fascinating figures. Deftly weaving together art, architectu[...]

I'm the king of the world!' That was the cry from Leonardo DiCaprio as he stood astride the bow in Titanic - the movie that would go on to smash all records, raking in a whopping GBP1.1 billion worldwide. Now, few Hollywood movers and shakers would dispute that statement as Leo has rocketed to becom[...]

The author of the internationally-acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, and Steve Jobsdelivers an engrossing biography of Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most creative genius.[...]