A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen Ancient World Key featuresOffers a new interpretation

Key featuresOffers a new interpretation of the relationship between Islamic law and political powerPresents law as the key nexus connecting Egypt with the imperial capital Istanbul during the period of Ottoman decentralizationStudies judicial institutions such as the governor's Diwan and the imperial council that have received little attention in previous scholarshipIntegrates the study of legal records with an analysis of how legal practice was represented in contemporary chroniclesProvides transcriptions and translations of a range of Ottoman legal documents

The Return of the Naked Chef is filled with fresh ingredients

Defying the centuries

Is the largest fish

A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen Ancient World Key featuresOffers a new interpretationDavid Hockney; Martin Gayford 'I won't read a more interesting book all year utterly fascinating' A. N. Wilson, Sunday Times 'Enormously good humoured and entertaining Hockney asks big questions about the nature of picture making and the relationship between painters and photography in a way that no other contemporary artists seems to. ' Andrew Marr, New Statesman A new, compact edition of David Hockney and Martin Gayford's brilliantly original book,