Daily Life in Russia (Troyat Henri)(Paperback)

Daily Life in Russia (Troyat Henri)(Paperback)

This book is a vivid account of life in Moscow, the most Russian of Russian cities, in the year 1903, a year before Russia's disastrous war with Japan and two years before the momentous Revolution of 1905. Though the undercurrents of social change were running swiftly, the surface stability of the

Pot Luck (Zola Emile)(Paperback)

Pot Luck, Zola's most acerbic satire, describes daily life in a newly constructed block of flats in late nineteenth-century Paris. In examining the contradictions that pervade bourgeois life, Zola reveals a multitude of betrayals and depicts a veritable 'melting pot' of moral and sexual degeneracy

Biker's Life - Misadventures on (and off) Two Wheels (Cole Henry)(Paperback / softback)

The Black Circle: A Life of Alexandre Kojve (Love Jeff)(Paperback)

Alexandre Koj ve (1902-1968) was an important and provocative thinker. Born in Russia, he spent most of his life in France. His interpretation of Hegel and his notorious declaration that history had come to an end exerted great influence on French thinkers and writers such as Raymond Aron, Georges

Whisperers - Private Life in Stalin's Russia (Figes Orlando)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the inner life of a Russia where everyone was afraid to talk and society spoke in whispers, whether to protect friends and family - or to betray them. In this title, the author tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin's

Quincy Jones: His Life in Music (Henry Clarence Bernard)(Paperback)

Quincy Jones (b. 1933) is one of the most prolific composers, arrangers, bandleaders, producers, and humanitarians in American music history and the recording and film industries. Among pop music fans he is perhaps most famous for producing Michael Jackson's album, Thriller. Clarence Bernard Henry

Red to Green (Henry Laura A.)(Paperback)

Environmental activism in contemporary Russia exemplifies both the promise and the challenge facing grassroots politics in the post-Soviet period. In the late Soviet period, Russia's environmental movement was one of the country's most dynamic and effective forms of social activism, and it appeared

Cousin Henry (Trollope Anthony)(Paperback)

Cousin Henry, first published in 1879, is perhaps the most unusual and intriguing of Trollope's shorter novels. Trollope's masterly handling of the novel's unlikely hero, a tiresome and timid coward, is notable for its insight and compassion. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's

Life in the Third Reich - Daily Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 (Roland Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Hokusai - A Life in Drawing (Baatsch Henri-Alexis)(Pevná vazba)

A beautifully illustrated introduction to Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), the most prolific and diverse artist of Japan's Edo period, and master of ukiyo-e - `images of the floating

Cricket's Great Entertainers (Blofeld Henry)(Paperback / softback)

Henry Blofeld singles out the most exciting and entertaining cricketers of all time in his irrepressibly enthusiastic

Reaching Out (Nouwen Henri)(Paperback / softback)

Henri Nouwen, who died in 1996, was one of the most significant writers on spirituality of the late twentieth century. Reaching Out combines two of his most popular books in one

WALDEN or Life in the Woods (Wisehouse Classics Edition) (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

WALDEN or, Life in the Woods, by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. First published in

Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World (Lindsay James E.)(Paperback / softback)

Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life (Lefebvre Henri)(Paperback)

Rhythmanalysis displays all the characteristics which made Lefebvre one of the most important Marxist thinkers of the twentieth century. In the analysis of rhythms -- both biological and social -- Lefebvre shows the interrelation of space and time in the understanding of everyday life.With dazzling

Matisse - The Life (Spurling Hilary)(Paperback / softback)

Henri Matisse was one of the most important and beloved artists of the twentieth century, rivalled only by his friend - and competitor - Pablo Picasso. This title reveals the origins of Matisse's astonishing talent and provides an insight into his life and

John Henry Newman: A Portrait in Letters (Strange Roderick)(Paperback)

John Henry Newman was one of the most eminent of Victorians and an intellectual pioneer for an age of doubt and unsettlement. His teaching transformed the Victorian Church of England, yet many still want to know more of Newman's personal life. Newman's printed correspondence runs to 32 volumes, and

Way of Silence - Engaging the Sacred in Daily Life (Steindl-Rast Br David)(Paperback)

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Europeans (Clair Jean)(Paperback / softback)

In 1955, Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the twentieth century’s most influential and original photographers, published 'The Europeans'. His portrait of the continent showed a landscape shadowed by war, where many still lived among ruins and bore the marks of hunger. For this book, first published

A History of Russian Cinema (Beumers Birgit)(Paperback)

Film emerged in pre-Revolutionary Russia to become the 'most important of all arts' for the new Bolshevik regime and its propaganda machine. The 1920s saw a flowering of film experimentation, notably with the work of Eisenstein, and a huge growth in the audience for film, which continued into the

Daily Mail Kurosu Volume 1 - 300 of the Daily Mail's most addictive brainteaser puzzles (Daily Mail)(Paperback / softback)

Try out the Daily Mail's most addictive brainteaser since

Stormy, Misty's Foal (Henry Marguerite)(Paperback)

In this classic story by award-winning author Marguerite Henry, Misty fights for her life and the life of her unborn foal. A raging storm slashes across Assateague and Chincoteague islands. Water is everywhere The wild ponies and the people must battle for their lives. In the midst of the storm,

Daily Mail Big Book of Pitcherwits 1 (Daily Mail)(Paperback / softback)

More than 300 of the Daily Mail's most popular picture

Where Wonder Lives: Practices for Cultivating the Sacred in Your Daily Life (Fondevila Fabiana)(Paperback)