Each year, millions of visitors travel to Venice to admire the architectural marvels of this famed city. In this brief yet comprehensive volume, distinguished architect and critic Richard Goy offers a convenient and accessible guide to the city's pia...

For sale in CIS only! From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Habsburgs, Vienna's fortunes swung between survival and expansion. By the late nineteenth century it had become the western capital of the sprawling Au...

For sale in CIS only! Established on its many islands by Roman refugees, the centre of a maritime empire, a republic for a thousand years, Venice has always been distinct from the rest of Italy, and from anywhere else. Its unique light and hundreds...