Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition "Extravagant Inventions: the Princely Furniture of the Roentgens" on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 30, 2102, through January 27, 2013.
Epic in scope, precise in detail, and heart-breaking in its human drama, Former People is the first book to recount the history of the aristocracy caught up in the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin's Russia.
F. Scott Fitzgerald named it, Louis Armstrong launched it, Paul Whiteman and Fletcher Henderson orchestrated it, and now Arnold Shaw chronicles this fabulous era in The Jazz Age.
Brings together - for the first time in the English language - the most influential Performance Horse stallions in all Europe's major breeding areas, from France to Scandinavia, through Germany, Holland and Belgium over the past 50 years.
This revised edition highlights and chronicles the worlds most celebrated equestrian athletesboth human and equinein the only Olympic sport where men and women compete on a level playing field.
The Principles of Riding provides a complete instruction course of horse and rider using the German training system -- a system that has consistently produced international champions for many decades.
This quiz book contains over 600 pages crammed with questions that will challenge the nimblest of minds and stretch the limits of your trivia knowledge.