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Russell Ash

    18 juin 1946 – 21 juin 2010

    Russell Ash est surtout connu pour ses ouvrages de référence populaires, mais il est aussi l'auteur de nombreux titres humoristiques. Son vaste travail de recherche englobe des études biographiques et généalogiques. Son style unique réside dans la combinaison d'une recherche approfondie avec une touche légère et humoristique, offrant aux lecteurs une expérience captivante et informative. Il a un talent pour découvrir des faits et des détails qui donnent vie à l'histoire et à la vie quotidienne.

    Russell Ash
    Victorian Masters and Their Art
    The Benson and Hedges Top 10 of Everything 1994
    Impressionists' Seasons
    Liberation Through Hearing
    The Top 10 of Everything 1996
    Top 10
    • Top 10

      Musique, Nature, Sport, Architecture, Cinema, Population

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Découvrez 7000 infos qui vous fascineront et vous étonneront.

      Top 10
    • The Top 10 of Everything 1996

      • 288pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Full of fascinating facts and intriguing trivia that explore every facet of human achievement and natural wonders, the Top 10 of Everything 2001 is a compendium of knowledge and entertainment. With over 1,000 lists on subjects ranging from Oscar winners to the world's richest people, from speed records to rail and transport disasters, this annual review is number one for anyone looking to rank the best of the best. Features over 400 colorful illustrations.

      The Top 10 of Everything 1996
      5,0
    • The story of XL Recordings, the UK's leading independent record label, told through the life, and in the words of its owner, Richard Russell'A fascinating read' Damon Albarn

      Liberation Through Hearing
      4,3
    • Impressionists' Seasons

      • 86pages
      • 4 heures de lecture

      This elegantly slipcased volume gloriously celebrates the colors and lights of the four seasons through some of the world's most beloved Impressionistic paintings, excerpts from the artists' own writings, and quotes from writers and poets.

      Impressionists' Seasons
      4,0
    • Geïllustreerd / Illustrated / Illustré / Illustriert / 9781862053045 / English art / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / soft cover / 21 x 27 cm / 568 .pp /

      Victorian Masters and Their Art
      4,2
    • The Impressionists and their art

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      Briefly traces the history of the movement, shows selected paintings, and discusses the background of each work

      The Impressionists and their art
      3,5
    • Aesop's fables

      • 96pages
      • 4 heures de lecture

      Here are the time-honored fables of Aesop as never seen before. Santore's animals leap off the page in explosions of color, giving messages to ponder and physical beauty to savor. School Library Journal called this interpretation of the classic morality tales " a delight to the eye and ear."

      Aesop's fables
      3,5
    • The Top 10 of Everything 2007

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      If you want to know what or who was the best, worse, richest, fiercest, deadliest or simply biggest of practically anything, then this is the book for you, with over 600 lists on a diverse range of subjects.

      The Top 10 of Everything 2007
      3,8
    • Busty, Slag and Nob End

      Remarkably Rude But Real Names of People, Places and Products from All Over the World

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      From Harriet Nicewonger (born Derbyshire c.1876) and Connie Lingus (resident of Indiana, USA) to Dildo in Newfoundland and Titty Ho in Northamptonshire, this compendium of sauciness documents a whole world of utterly true, unusual and ridiculous names of people, places and products

      Busty, Slag and Nob End
      3,8