Border Crossing

Pat Barker

Set in the north of England, Pat Barker's new novel portrays a child psychiatrist who rescues a man from drowning one day while walking on a beach in Northumberland. Uncannily, he recognizes the man; it's Danny Miller, a child murderer at whose trial he once gave evidence. Since the trial, he has recons...

Michelangelo: His Epic Life

Martin Gayford

'An absorbing book, beautifully told and with the writer fully in command of a huge body of research' Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday There was an epic sweep to Michelangelo's life. At 31 he was considered the finest artist in Italy, perhaps the world; long before he died at almost 90 he was widely belie...

The History of Western Art in Comics Part One: From Prehistory to the Renaissance

Marion Augustin

Learning about art through the ages has never been as interesting or fun as in this humorous and very informative graphic novel.As two kids give their grandpa a tour of Paris, he starts an interesting conversation with them--about where all the art they see in their lives--from the movie house to the st...