Joan - Beauty, Rebel, Muse: The Remarkable Life of Joan Leigh Fermor (Fenwick Simon)(Pevná vazba)

Joan - Beauty, Rebel, Muse: The Remarkable Life of Joan Leigh Fermor (Fenwick Simon)(Pevná vazba)

The first biography of Joan Leigh Fermor, society beauty, professional photographer and

Broken Road - From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos (Fermor Patrick Leigh)(Pevná vazba)

The final volume of the classic trilogy by Patrick Leigh Fermor - hailed as the greatest travel writer of his

Joan Liftin: Water for Tears (Liftin Joan)(Pevná vazba)

This book compiles the works of American photographer Joan Liftin (born 1935)--from boys posing with a bust of Reagan in the Soviet Union in 1988 and images of brutality in the American South during the civil rights movement to more personal moments of her life with photographer Charles

Joan Myers: Where the Buffalo Roamed: Images of the New West (Myers Joan)(Pevná vazba)

In her latest collection of photographs, Santa Fe-based photographer Joan Myers (born 1944) turns her lens to the American West, capturing both the myth and the reality, its shaping and appropriation by Hollywood and the ever-present but fracturing American dream. A larger-than-life statue of a

Across The Barricades (Lingard Joan)(Pevná vazba)

Winner of the West German Award,

Edmund de Waal: Ten Thousand Things (Simon Joan)(Pevná vazba)

Edmund de Waal's art speaks to his enduring fascination with the nature of objects and the attendant history of their collection and display. Confronting European and Asian traditions of intimate craftsmanship with the scale and sequence of minimalist art and music, Edmund de Waal's ensembles of

Joan, Lady of Wales: Power and Politics of King John's Daughter (Messer Danna R.)(Pevná vazba)

This is the first book to ever be written on Joan, Lady of Wales, the first woman to be designated with such a title. Her role a political diplomat in early 13th century Anglo-Welsh relations was instrumental.The history of women in medieval Wales before the English conquest of 1282 is one largely

Chalet Monet - Inside the Home of Dame Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge (Bonynge Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Joan Didion: The 1980s & 90s (Loa #341): Salvador / Democracy / Miami / After Henry / The Last Thing He Wanted (Didion Joan)(Pevná vazba)

Library of America continues its definitive edition of one of the most electric writers of our time with a volume gathering her iconic reporting and novels from mid-career This second volume in Library of America's definitive Didion edition includes two novels and three remarkable essay collections

Between the Woods and the Water - On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland: The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates (Fermor Patrick Leigh)(Pevná vazba)

Continuing Patrick Leigh Fermor's epic account of his journey aged 18 in 1933, from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. Here, he travels down the Danube from Budapest, across the great Hungarian Plain on horseback, and over the Romanian border to

Joan Mitchell (Roberts Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

A sweeping retrospective exploring the oeuvre of an incandescent artist, revealing the ways that Mitchell expanded painting beyond Abstract Expressionism as well as the transatlantic contexts that shaped her Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) was fearless in her experimentation, creating works of

Women of Abstract Expressionism (Marter Joan)(Pevná vazba)

The celebrated survey of female Abstract Expressionist artists revealing the richness and lasting influence of their work The artists Jay DeFeo, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and many other women played major roles in the development of

Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s (Loa #325): Run River / Slouching Towards Bethlehem / Play It as It Lays / A Book of Common Prayer / The White Album (Didion Joan)(Pevná vazba)

Library of America launches a definitive collected edition of one of the most original and electric writers of our time with a volume gathering her five iconic books of the 1960s & 70s Joan Didion's influence on postwar American letters is undeniable. Whether writing fiction, memoir, or

Miró

Explore the lyrical seven-decade career of Catalan-born Joan Miró, a towering figure of 20th-century art, whose highly individual style reflected Surrealist, Dadaist, and abstract elements in dazzling colors and unique symbolic narratives. From automated drawing to sculptures made of gas, this

Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc (Elliott David)(Pevná vazba)

'Stunning . . . elegant . . . arresting . . . supple and harrowing.' - The Wall Street Journal★'An innovative, entrancing account of a popular figure that will appeal to fans of verse, history, and biography.' - Kirkus, starred reviewIn poems that surprise and move readers, bestselling author

Working Woman - The Remarkable Life of Ray Strachey (Holmes Jennifer)(Pevná vazba)

A Working Woman: The Remarkable Life of Ray Strachey is a traditional biography of a very untraditional woman. Tug-of-love child, Ward in Chancery, pampered schoolgirl, pioneer car driver, would-be electrical engineer, triumphant suffragist, political lobbyist, historian, biographer, novelist,

The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams (Katz Jonathan Ned)(Pevná vazba)

'On these pages, Eve Adams rises up, loves, rebels--her times, eerily resembling our own.' --Joan Nestle, cofounder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives and author of A Restricted Country - 2022 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Historian Jonathan Ned Katz uncovers the forgotten story of radical lesbian

The Crichel Boys: Scenes from England's Last Literary Salon (Fenwick Simon)(Pevná vazba)

During the interwar years, the future of the country house seemed precarious. After the horror of the First World War, resulting death duties brought about massive land sales - a quarter of England exchanged hands - and about four hundred houses were either sold or pulled down. A whole way of life

Musical Child - Using the Power of Music to Raise Children Who are Happy, Healthy, and Whole (Koenig Joan)(Pevná vazba)

'Wonderful ... we need music in our lives now more than ever' HERBIE HANCOCK 'Joan Koenig is on a wonderful mission to enrich children's lives through music' DR GUY

Mallorca: The Making of the Landscape (Buswell Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Mallorca - the island of Robert Graves, Joan Miro, and Archduke Ludwig Salvador - has become the most popular holiday destination in the Mediterranean, with nearly 10 million visitors a year. Few, however, are aware of the 5,000 year history of Mallorca and its resulting landscape featuring late

Time of Gifts - On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube (Fermor Patrick Leigh)(Pevná vazba)

The great travel classic, first published in 1977 and recounting an epic journey of nearly 50 years

Wear the Damn Mask (Izzy the Frenchie)(Pevná vazba)

From the feisty and fabulous 'Joan Rivers of the pet influencer community' (Paper Magazine), beloved social media star and canine fashion icon Izzy the Frenchie wittily explains why it's so important we all wear face masks to battle COVID-19. French bulldog and doggy celebrity Izzy loves going out

The Miracle Collectors: Uncovering Stories of Wonder, Joy, and Mystery (Hill Joan Luise)(Pevná vazba)

This eye-opening book will teach you how to step back, examine important moments in your life, and recognize the miracles that are constantly occurring all around you. As part of their own spiritual quest, miracle experts, Katie Mahon and Joan Luise Hill, discovered that when we are truly awake and

Many Worlds, One Life: A Remarkable Journey from Farmhouse to the Global Stage (Simon Hermann)(Pevná vazba)

In this engaging, insightful, and inspiring narrative, Hermann Simon, the world-renowned management thinker, consultant, pricing expert, entrepreneur, and leading authority on the 'hidden champions' business model, highlights the influences on his remarkable journey from humble origins on a German