Shakespearean Arrivals: The Birth of Character (Luke Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

Shakespearean Arrivals: The Birth of Character (Luke Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

In this distinctive study, Nicholas Luke explores the abiding power of Shakespeare's tragedies by suggesting an innovative new model of his character creation. Rather than treating characters as presupposed beings, Luke shows how they arrive as something more than functional dramatis personae - how

Jean-Luc Bertini: Amricaines Solitudes (Bertini Jean-Luc)(Pevná vazba)

A photographic study of the varied character of solitude in AmericaOver the course of a decade, French photographer Jean-Luc Bertini traveled the length and breadth of the United States, creating portraits of the unique circumstance of isolation fostered by the country's geographic circumstances

Shakespeare and Forgetting (Holland Peter)(Pevná vazba)

What does it signify when a Shakespearean character forgets something or when Hamlet determines to 'wipe away all trivial fond records'? How might forgetting be an act to be performed, or be linked to forgiveness, such as when in The Winter's Tale Cleomenes encourages Leontes to 'forget your evil

Nicholas II, the Last Tsar (Paterson Michael)(Paperback)

The character of the last Tsar, Nicholas II (1868-1918) is crucial to understanding the overthrow of tsarist Russia, the most significant event in Russian history. Nicholas became Tsar at the age of 26. Though a conscientious man who was passionate in his devotion to his country, he was weak,

Writings on Church and Reform (Nicholas of Cusa)(Pevná vazba)

Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464), widely considered the most important original philosopher of the Renaissance, was born in Kues on the Moselle River. A polymath who studied canon law and became a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, he wrote principally on speculative theology, philosophy, and

On Birth (Keller Timothy)(Pevná vazba)

A beautiful book that explores the spiritual aspect of the birth of a new baby - ideal as a gift for a new parent - from New York Times bestselling author Tim

Built Moment (Greenlaw Lavinia)(Pevná vazba)

The Built Moment explores what we build out of the provisional: beginnings and endings, arrivals and departures, and the moments we fix as memories, fixing too their joy and

Designing London: Understanding the Character of the City (Ijeh Ike)(Pevná vazba)

Designing London provides a definitive and comprehensive analysis of London's urban character, establishing key principles by which the architecture of the capital's streets, buildings and spaces can be designed to enhance the character of the

Nicholas and Alexandra: The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Massie Robert K.)(Pevná vazba)

The Evolution of Stars: From Birth to Death (Hill Graham)(Pevná vazba)

Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics(Pevná vazba)

Haruhiko Mikimoto Character Design Archives (Updated English Edition) (Mikimoto Haruhiko)(Pevná vazba)

The ultimate illustration collection of Haruhiko Mikimoto, one of the greatest character designers in Japanese animation, now available in an updated English edition Haruhiko Mikimoto is a Japanese illustrator, manga artist, and character designer who has led the Japanese animation industry for

The Best of Me (Sparks Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks's story of love, lost dreams and redemption'Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She'd believed in it once, too, back when she was eighteen.'In the spring of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell

A Shakespearean Botanical (Willes Margaret)(Pevná vazba)

When Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes in The Merry Wives of Windsor, he highlights the belief that the exotic vegetable, recently introduced to England from the Americas, was an aphrodisiac. In Romeo and Juliet, Lady Capulet calls for quinces to make pies for the marriage feast,

Science of Pregnancy - The Complete Illustrated Guide from Conception to Birth (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Nicholas Nickleby (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

After the death of his father, Nicholas Nickleby becomes a schoolteacher in a boys' school in Yorkshire to support his family. There he sees injustices and cruelty and stands up to the schoolmasters to right these wrongs. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form,

Wild Cats of the World (Hunter Luke)(Pevná vazba)

Lord of the Isle - The Extravagent Life and Times of Colin Tennant (Lord Glenconner) (Courtney Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

Anja Niemi: In Character (Niemi Anja)(Pevná vazba)

Anja Niemi: In Character is the first career retrospective monograph by one of the most exciting talents working in contemporary photography. Niemi's work has emerged as a distinctive force within the venerable tradition of conceptual self- portraiture.A photo artist who works

My Name Is Prince (St Nicholas Randee)(Pevná vazba)

The ultimate collection of stunning photographs documenting the career of one of the world's greatest superstarsThere has never been or will there ever be an artist like Prince. 'A 5' 3? Mastermind . . . satiated with virtuosity, controversy, stubbornness, and poise . . . His influence on Music

Ignaz Semmelweis and the Vienna School of Medicine (MD Nicholas Kadar)(Pevná vazba)

Based on newly available documents and others translated for the first time, physician Nicholas Kadar sheds important new light on the thinking of the celebrated Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) at the Vienna School of Medicine, where he discovered the cause and prophylaxis of childbed

The Wish (Sparks Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever. 1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on

The Wish (Sparks Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever. 1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive (Adlington Lucy)(Pevná vazba)