Heaven on Earth: Painting and the Life to Come (Clark T. J.)(Pevná vazba)

Heaven on Earth: Painting and the Life to Come (Clark T. J.)(Pevná vazba)

The idea of heaven on earth haunts the human imagination. The day will come, say believers, when the pain and confusion of mortal life will give way to a transfigured community. Such a vision of the world seems indelible. Even politics, some reckon, has not escaped from the realm of the sacred: its

Heaven on Earth: Painting and the Life to Come (Clark T. J.)(Paperback)

In this latest work, now available in paperback, respected art historian T.J. Clark sets out to investigate the different ways painters have depicted the dream of God's kingdom come: heaven descended to earth.Clark goes back to the late Middle Ages and Renaissance--to Giotto in Padua; Pieter

Victor Papanek: Designer for the Real World (Clarke Alison J.)(Pevná vazba)

The history and controversial roots of the social design movement, explored through the life and work of its leading pioneer, Victor Papanek. In Victor Papanek: Designer for the Real World, Alison Clarke explores the social design movement through the life of its leading pioneer, the Austrian

Picasso and Truth: From Cubism to Guernica (Clark T. J.)(Pevná vazba)

A groundbreaking reassessment of Picasso by one of today's preeminent art historiansPicasso and Truth offers a breathtaking and original new look at the most significant artist of the modern era. From Pablo Picasso's early The Blue Room to the later Guernica, eminent art historian T. J. Clark

Painting the Light (Gunning Sally Cabot)(Pevná vazba)

From the critically acclaimed author of Monticello and The Widow's War comes a vividly rendered historical novel of love, loss, and reinvention, set on Martha's Vineyard at the end of the nineteenth century.Martha's Vineyard, 1898. In her first life, Ida Russell had been a painter. Five years ago,

Heaven on Earth - How Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo Discovered the Modern World (Fauber J. S.)(Paperback / softback)

Switzerland (Cavell-Clarke Steffi)(Pevná vazba)

Travel through the countries of the world and learn about weather, landscapes, and everyday life. This exciting series explores aspects of human and physical geography via accessible text and engaging

Thailand (Cavell-Clarke Steffi)(Pevná vazba)

Travel through the countries of the world and learn about weather, landscapes, and everyday life. This exciting series explores aspects of human and physical geography via accessible text and engaging

Denmark (Cavell-Clarke Steffi)(Pevná vazba)

Travel through the countries of the world and learn about weather, landscapes, and everyday life. This exciting series explores aspects of human and physical geography via accessible text and engaging

Turkey (Cavell-Clarke Steffi)(Pevná vazba)

Travel through the countries of the world and learn about weather, landscapes and everyday life. This exciting series explores aspects of human and physical geography via accessible text and engaging

Life's Engines: How Microbes Made Earth Habitable (Falkowski Paul G.)(Pevná vazba)

The marvelous microbes that made life on Earth possible and support our very existence For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and

Life on Earth - And Beyond: An Astrobiologist's Quest (Turner Pamela S.)(Pevná vazba)

Is there life beyond Earth? NASA astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay has searched the earth's most extreme environments on his quest to understand what factors are necessary to sustain life. Pamela S. Turner offers readers an inside look at Dr. McKay's research, explaining his findings and his hopes for

Rescue (Long David)(Pevná vazba)

Astonishing real-life rescue missions from on, under, and above the earth brought to you by the award-winning team behind acclaimed children's books Survivors and Heroes. Scrambling from the wreckage of his school after an earthquake, a nine-year-old Sichuan boy rescued two unconscious friends. 'I

Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting (Storr Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Driven and consumed by art, Philip Guston painted and drew compulsively. This book takes the reader from his early social realist murals and easel paintings of the 1930s and 1940s, to the Abstract Expressionist works of the 1950s and early 1960s, and finally to the powerful new language of

Life Through Time - The 700-Million-Year Story of Life on Earth (Woodward John)(Pevná vazba)

Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life (Bang Molly)(Pevná vazba)

What the Dinosaurs Saw - Life on Earth Before Humans (Burke Fatti)(Pevná vazba)

Life Through Time: The 700-Million-Year Story of Life on Earth (Woodward John)(Pevná vazba)

Explore astonishing landscapes teeming with giant insects, dinosaurs, and giant mammals, and see the extraordinary creatures that lived in ancient seas to discover life from ancient creatures to early humans. In a series of stunning panoramic illustrations, this book tells the story of life on

Shadow and Bone (Bardugo Leigh)(Pevná vazba)

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now! Discover the adventure that started it all and meet Alina, Mal, and the Darkling in Shadow and Bone from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and

Ruin and Rising (Bardugo Leigh)(Pevná vazba)

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone. Daring rogue Nikolai finally joins the fold in Season 2 -- covering explosive events of both Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising -- streaming now! Enter the Grishaverse with Book Three of the Shadow and Bone

Siege and Storm (Bardugo Leigh)(Pevná vazba)

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone. Daring rogue Nikolai finally joins the fold in Season 2 -- covering explosive events of both Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising -- streaming now! Enter the Grishaverse with Book Two of the Shadow and Bone

Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me (Carle Eric)(Pevná vazba)

A father will move heaven and earth to delight his daughter in this beloved tale from children's book legend Eric Carle. Monica wants to play with the moon, but she can't quite seem to reach it. This story literally unfolds as the pages extend both outward and upward, and readers will empathize

Recycling (Brundle Harriet)(Pevná vazba)

Sometimes, we all need a little help from our friends. Come and meet the Planet Earth Helpers - our trusty team of helping

Wild Witch: A Guide to Earth Magic (Green Marian)(Pevná vazba)

A practical guide for bringing magic into your life using plants and herbs, the seasons, and the natural elementsA 'wild witch' is someone who has discovered the true source of magic. She finds her magic in the elements of the earth, the ways of healing herbs and scented flowers, the ocean's tides,