Rendered by women artists and writers, these intimate portraits illuminate influential women. Writings include Liv Ullman speaking of Anne Frank, Gloria Steinham on Marilyn Monroe, and celebrations of other women such as Amelia Earhart, Virginia Woolf, and Ella Fitzgerald.

This edition features a fuller discussion of Scotland and Ireland and of religion and the Revolution. It examines a central paradox of the Revolution - on one hand it seemed to change little, but on the other, subsequent monarchs found it harder to exercise their surviving powers.

When James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth as James I on the throne of England in 1603, the Stuarts became the first dynasty to rule Britain as a whole. This book looks at the individual monarchs who made up this dynasty. It examines the history of the dynasty as a whole, in terms of the Stuarts' identity and agenda as a ruling house.

Inside the 9/11 plot and why the FBI and CIA failed to stop it.

With intimate photos and paintings, Where Inspiration Lives explores ten writers, artists, and the places that inspire them. From painter Richard Diebenkorn, whose Ocean Park paintings capture the pale light of his southern Californian beachfront home, to Terry McMillan, for whom a house is simply a home for her family rather than a profound influence on her work, the creators in this fascinating

Records the review meeting celebrating Dennis Sciama's 65th birthday and covers fundamental questions in cosmology.

The reaction to James II's conversion to Catholicism, the fears it aroused and their background form the main theme of this book.