This volume offers a selection of the notes in the margin written by George Santayana, transcribed from books in his personal library.

10 years after the death of his wife Siobhan, Brian CuCullen and his two sons, Kieran and Liam, are drawn back into the mysterious world of the Bene Lumen. Brian…

A new reading of Machiavelli’s major works that demonstrates how he has been previously misread To what extent was Niccolo Machiavelli a Machiavellian ? Was he an amoral adviser of…

Highlighting previously neglected democratic strains in Machiavelli’s major writings, McCormick excavates institutions through which the common people of ancient, medieval and Renaissance republics constrained the power of wealthy citizens and…

Niccolo Machiavelli non e stato un consigliere dei tiranni, ne il teorico delle istituzioni repubblicane, ma un pensatore radicale e populista, principalmente preoccupato di contenere con tutti gli strumenti disponibili…

Traces the history of Italian puppetry from its evolution in the 16th century. This work covers: the golden ages of marionettes, glove puppets, fantoccini, pupi, and other forms; descriptions of…

John McCormick and Bennie Pratasik provide a study of all aspects of puppetry in nineteenth-century Europe, including the stages, mechanical workings of the puppets, and the repertoire, covering a full…

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…