If Richard Feynman had not existed it would not be possible to create him. The most extraordinary scientist of his time, a unique combination of dazzling intellect and touching simplicity, Feynman had a passion for physics that was merely the Nobel Prize-winning part of an immense love of life and e[...]

Drawing on exclusive and unprecedented access to David Hockney's extensive archives, notebooks, and paintings, interviews with family, friends, and on Hockney himself, Christopher Simon Sykes provides a colorful and intimate portrait of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. <[...]

This classic panoramic history charts the evolution of the great house through 32 of the most notable residences in England and Wales. It is also a history of great families, seen as part of the houses they created, where their descendants, in many cases, still live today. Original photographs show [...]