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  • Mad Enchantment

    Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies

    by Ross King ...
    From bestselling author Ross King, a brilliant portrait of the legendary artist and the story of his most memorable achievement.Claude Monet is perhaps the world's most beloved artist, and among all his creations, the paintings of the water lilies in his garden at Giverny are most famous. Monet intended the water lilies to provide "an asylum of peaceful meditation." Yet, as Ross King reveals in ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling

    by Ross King ...
    From the acclaimed author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Leonardo and the Last Supper, the riveting story of how Michelangelo, against all odds, created the masterpiece that has ever since adorned the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel in ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Bookseller of Florence

    The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance

    by Ross King ...
    The New York Times–bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome captures the Renaissance spirit in this biography of "the king of the world's booksellers."During the Renaissance, Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, through the discovery and diffusion of ancient knowledge, imagined a new and enlightened world.At the heart ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Defiant Spirits

    The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven

    by Ross King ...
    Beginning in 1912, Defiant Spirits traces the artistic development of Tom Thomson and the future members of the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley, over a dozen years in Canadian history. Working in an eclectic and sometimes controversial blend of modernist styles, they produced what an English ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brunelleschi's Dome

    How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

    by Ross King ...
    The New York Times bestselling, award winning story of the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence and the Renaissance genius who reinvented architecture to build it.On August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore was announced: "Whoever desires to make any model or design for the vaulting of the main Dome....shall do ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Shortest History of Ancient Rome

    A Millennium of Western Civilization, from Kingdom to Republic to Empire - A Retelling for Our Times

    by Ross King ...
    Series series The Shortest History Series
    From New York Times–bestselling author Ross King, the storied rise and reign of the greatest empire and most influential civilization of the ancient Western world“For who is so indifferent or indolent as not to wish to know by what means the Romans succeeded in subjecting nearly the whole inhabited world to their sole government—a thing unique in history?”—Polybius, second century BCEAncient Rome ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Machiavelli

    Philosopher of Power

    by Ross King ...
    Series series Eminent Lives
    New York Times bestselling author Ross King's biography Machiavelli is "a convincing portrait of one of the most misunderstood thinkers of all time."*The author of The Prince—his controversial handbook on power, which is one of the most influential books ever written—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) was no prince himself. Born to an established middle-class family, Machiavelli worked as a courtier ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Elementary Korean Second Edition

    (Downloadable Audio Included)

    by Ross King, Jaehoon Yeon Ph.D. ...
    This is a comprehensive and detailed introductory Korean textbook and language learning package.Korean is now the 15th most popular language taught at American universities. This new edition of Elementary Korean, the most comprehensive and detailed introductory Korean textbook available, offers beginning learners of Korean everything they need to learn the language effectively. Perfect for a first ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    Shrouded in Secrets

    by Kim McMahill ...
    Narrated by Robert King Ross ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 13 min

    The massacre of an unarmed South American village, the destruction of one of the greatest manmade wonders of the world, and multiple museum thefts ignite a desperate scramble to locate a deadly group of terrorists.An international team led by the ruggedly handsome but emotionally scarred CIA agent, Cash Luker, scours the globe in an attempt to keep ahead of those striving to bring thirteen ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Catch

    A glamorous thriller from Shari Low and TV's Ross King

    by Ross King, Shari Low ...
    Narrated by Ross King, Helen McAlpine ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - The Hollywood Thriller Trilogy

    Unabridged

    13 hours 32 min

    The thrilling second instalment in the gripping Hollywood series from multi-million copy bestselling author Shari Low and TV's Ross King.They’ve made it to the top but someone is determined to make them pay...At a glittering after-party on the night of the Academy Awards, author Mirren McLean celebrates her win with her childhood friends Davie Johnston and Zander Leith by her side.Three kids from ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Shortest History of Italy

    3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic - A Retelling for Our Times

    by Ross King ...
    Series series The Shortest History Series
    Discover the prodigious global influence of il bel paese in this star-studded retelling of Italy’s past—from a foremost author of historic Italy. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.“Each page brims with Bill Bryson-like trivia that is sure to delight.”—Booklist, starred reviewThe calendar. The Senate. The university. The piano, the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    The Fall

    An explosive, glamorous thriller from #1 bestseller Shari Low and TV's Ross King

    by Shari Low, Ross King ...
    Narrated by Ross King, Helen McAlpine ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - The Hollywood Thriller Trilogy

    Unabridged

    10 hours 50 min

    The explosive finale in the thrilling and glamourous Hollywood series from multi-million copy bestselling author Shari Low and TV's Ross King.They climbed up from the streets of Glasgow to the top of the world. Now these Hollywood icons are heading for a fall.Twenty-five years ago, three friends from Glasgow shocked the world when they became Oscar-winning legends.But now, they are all fighting ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook