The Silence - Tim Lebbon

Raphael

 This overview traces the life's work of this Renaissance master who achieved the height of greatness in only two decades of creation and whose influential

In a Glass Darkly

Thus Henry James described the style of supernatural tale of which Sheridan Le Fanu was a master. Known in nineteenth-century Dublin as `The Invisible Prince'

Living in Greece

Go island hopping with the Stoelties and discover the best of Greece's hidden treats, such as the hilltop vacation house of Robert Browning, descendent of

Vermeer: The Complete Paintings

Vermeer's women, their duties and unspoken dreamsLittle is known of Vermeer's early life and training, though we can be certain that he never knew great success

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

The tale of Heathcliff and Cathy's ungovernable love and suffering, and the havoc that their passion wreaks on the families of the Earnshaws and the

Man Ray

Born under the name of Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia, he began his artistic career in New York. In 1921 he moved to Paris, where he

Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories

This selection of 21 stories represents the best of James's work, and includes three stories which are not in the Collected Edition

Pons Engleza pentru incepatori cu CD audio - Claudia Guderian

Intr-o nota distractiv si motivanta, manualul propune o initiere in limba engleza in zece lectii-episoade ale unei povestiri antrenante - a carei eroi, vorbitori de

Monsters go to School. Billy and the Mini Monsters - Susanna Davidson

Billy's Mini Monsters really want to go to school with him. But Billy really doesn't want them to. He's got enough trouble with the school

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but was also to lead to his immortality

Colour-By-Number: Butterflies. 30+ Fun and Relaxing Colour-by-Number Projects to Engage and Entertain

Colour-By-Number: Butterflies. 30+ Fun and Relaxing Colour-by-Number Projects to Engage and Entertain

30 nemet-magyar mese a szeretetrol es a baratsagrol - Orsolya Lengyel

30 nemet-magyar mese a szeretetrol es a baratsagrol / 30 de povesti despre dragoste si prietenie Editie bilingva: meghiar-german 30 kedves, rovid mese a szeretetrol.

Kokusz kutya kalandjai. Aventurile lui Pufisor - Lengyel Orsolya

Ismerjetek meg Kokusz kutyat, ezt az aranyos, szereto gazdira vagyo kiskutyat, akinek minden vagya, hogy a Mikulas neki is hozzon ajandekot. Es amikor ugy tunik,

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

New introduction by Penny Boumelha describes the novel's controversial publication, the figure of Tess,class, and nature, and the female body, in an original and compelling

North and South

North and South is a novel about rebellion. Moving from the industrial riots of discontented millworkers through to the unsought passions of a middle-class woman,

Dictionar tehnic german-roman, roman-german - H.G. Freeman, G. Glass

Dictionar tehnic german-roman, roman-german de H.G. Freeman si G. Glasscuprinde aproximativ 40 000 de cuvinte-titlu si expresii actuale din diverse domenii tehnice, precum asigurarea calitatii

York Notes for Gcse: Anne Frank. The Diary of a Young Girl - York Notes, Haughey Bernard

Key features of this: &bull How to study the text &bull Author and historical background &bullGeneral and detailed summaries &bullCommentary on themes, structure, characters, language

Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings

Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense (1776) was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution his Rights of Man

Fashion: A Very Short Introduction

This book introduces fashion's myriad influences and manifestations. Fashion is explored as a creative force, a business, and a means of communication. From Karl Lagerfeld's

The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Having been found guilty of adultery, Hester Prynne is forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter A as a punishment for her sin. While her

Irany a termeszet! Sa exploram natura! - Paula Dreve

Fedezd fel a termeszet szepsegeit velunk!Irany az erdo, mezo, a kozeli park vagy csak a nagyi kertje, es nezz szet ott alaposan. Mit latsz? E

30 nemet-magyar mese a batorsagrol es a gyavasagrol - Orsolya Lengyel

30 nemet-magyar mese a batorsagrol es a gyavasagrol / 30 de povesti despre curaj si lasitate Editie bilingva: maghiara-germana. 30 kedves, rovid mese a batorsagrol

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dickens's last novel, lay unfinished at his death. Speculation remains rife as to its probably conclusion evidence suggests that, fascinated

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings

Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) launched a fascination with drug use and abuse that has continued from his day to ours.

Der Zauberer von Oz

Die kleine Dorothy wird im Traum von einem Wirbelsturm in das Land des Zauberers entfuhrt. Dank ihres Mutes, ihrer Tatkraft und Hilfsbereitschaft und mit Hilfe

Alchemy & Mysticism: The Hermetic Museum

The enigmatic hieroglyphs of cabbalists, Rosicrucians and freemasons are shown to be closely linked with the early scientific illustrations in the fields of medicine, chemistry,

Caravaggio

Caravaggio's great work had the misfortune of enduring centuries of disrepute. It wasn't until the end of the 19th century that he was rediscovered and,

Limba spaniola. Texte, dialoguri, exercitii A2 - Narcisa Vanina Botezatu

Cuprins: &bull La Navidad &bull La vacacion ideal &bull Que me pongo? &bull A comer! &bull Te gusta la musica? &bull Buscando casa &bull La

Case Study Houses

Highly experimental, the program generated houses that were designed to redefine the modern home, and thus had a pronounced influence on architecture American and international

Dali

Dali brought extraordinary sensitivity, imagination and concern for precision to bear upon submerged levels of consciousness.This lively biography presents the infamous Surrealist Dali in full

de Lempicka

Simultaneously with her career as artist, Tamara de Lempicka pioneered a new image of life on the screen, evident in the new, self-confident woman and

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Chagall

Chagall's paintings, steeped in mythology and mysticism, portray colourful dreams and tales that are deeply rooted in his Russian Jewish origins. The memories and yearning

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Cezanne

In Paris, but above all in Provence, Cezanne quested tirelessly for a harmony parallel to Nature—discovering it in still lifes of apples, in bathers, or

M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work

Escher is not a surrealist drawing us into his dream world, but an architect of perfectly impossible worlds who presents the structurally unthinkable as though

Caspar David Friedrich

Now widely considered to be the most important German artist of his generation, Friedrich died in obscurity and wasn't fully appreciated until the early 20th

The Time Machine - H.G. Wells

A Victorian scientist and inventor creates a machine for propelling himself through time, and voyages to the year AD 802701, where he discovers a race

Dadaism

A precursor to Surrealism, the Dada movement stressed the absurd and unpredictable, the illogical and chaotic, lashing out against traditional aesthetics and upending artistic conventions.

Gauguin

The paintings created from this time to his death in 1903 brought him posthumous fame. In pictures devoid of any attempt at romantically disguising the

Magyar nepmesek Matyas kiralyrol. Povesti populare Matyas kiralyrol

A paratlanul gazdag magyar nepmesevilagbol most azokat a meseket valogattuk ossze, melyek Matyas kiralyrol szolnak. A mesek Matyas kiralya igazsagos es bolcs, aki alruhaban jarja

Magyar nepmesek a szeretetrol. Povesti populare despre dragoste

A paratlanul gazdag magyar nepmesevilagbol most azokat a meseket valogattuk ossze, melyek a szeretetrol szolnak. Nem csak a szeretet szepsegerol, hanem azokrol a nehezsegekrol is,

Spaniola. Dictionarul tau istet spaniol-roman, roman-spaniol

Hopper

Many of Hopper's pictures represent views of streets and roads, rooftops, and abandoned houses, depicted in a brilliant light that strangely belies the melancholy mood

Horror Cinema

Depicting deep-rooted, even archetypal fears, while at the same time exploiting socially and culturally specific anxieties, cinematic horror is at once timeless and utterly of

Industrial Design A-Z

Here, you'll find the likes of Enzo Ferrari, Philippe Starck, Zanussi and Apple Computer, among many others. Exploding with color, aesthetic, and style, Industrial Design

Impressionism

The monograph also examines the Impressionist movements that emerged in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Scandinavia, Eastern and South-East Europe, Italy, Spain, Britain and North America.

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories - Franz Kafka

When the young salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous insect, his shock and incomprehension are coupled with the panic of

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is

Japanese Prints

The introductory essay, Ukiyo-e - Origins and History, by the Curator of the Riccar Art Museum, Mitsunobu Sato, familiarizes the reader with the history of

Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954: Pain and Passion

Kahlo was one of the daughters of an immigrant German photographer and a Mexican woman of Indian origin. Her life and work were more inextricably

Keith Haring

Haring original and instantly recognizable style, full of thick black lines, bold colors, and graffiti-inspired cartoon-like figures, won him the appreciation of both the art

Living in China

Sneaking a peek at an array of different homes, from ancient to modern, Living in China brings you to places that most will never have a chance

Living in Morocco

Digging a little deeper into the myth of Morocco, Barbara and Rene Stoeltie bring us this eclectic selection of homes that demonstrate all that is

Kandinsky

Together with Franz Marc and others he founded the group of artists known as the Blauer Reiter in Munich. His art then freed itself more

Leonardo

Leonardo also advanced numerous artistic techniques, and implicated a complex psychology into his paintings of The Last Supper and the enigmatic La Gioconda, or Mona Lisa. Famous horseman, rival to Michelangelo,

Living in Bali

When it comes to Balinese houses, walls are not compulsory, wood is everywhere, earth tones are dominant, and thatched roofs abound. Opening onto gorgeous green

Magritte

Magritte depicts the world of reality in such unsecretive superficiality that the beholder of his pictures is forced to reflect that the mystery of it

The Grand Grimoire. The Red Dragon

The Red Dragon has been variously treated as a grimoire, a piece of folk literature, and a joke manuscript it comprises one part of what

The Male Nude

It features the pioneer homoerotic nude photographs of Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden, posing nude youths in classical postures at Taormina in Sicily. It includes illustrations