So It Goes: Travels in the Aran Isles, Xian and Places in Between (Bouvier Nicolas)(Pevná vazba)

So It Goes: Travels in the Aran Isles, Xian and Places in Between (Bouvier Nicolas)(Pevná vazba)

Translated here for the first time into English, this collection of shorter travel writings from the golden pen of Nicolas Bouvier covers journeys undertaken in the 1970s, '80s and '90s. In the Aran Isles in mid-winter, he glories in the extremities of the wind outside while inside, feverish, he is

The Japanese Chronicles (Bouvier Nicolas)(Paperback)

A distillation of Bouvier's lifelong quest for Japan and his many travels, so that the reader discovers the country through the eyes of both a passionate young man, the sensual appreciation of a middle-aged artist, and the serenity of an experienced writer. Bouvier was an image merchant and

Antony Gormley - LAND - An exploration of what it means to be human in remote places across the British Isles(Pevná vazba)

Hungry; Heart; Roaming (Moseley Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Literary Nonfiction. HUNGRY; HEART; ROAMING meanders between two 'in-between' places. It leaves one beach at the turn of the tide; and a young boy with his grandmother; and ends with a grandfather with another young boy; when the tide begins to wane; on another beach. In between it wanders through

The Life and Travels of Isabella Bird: The Fearless Victorian Adventurer (Hill-Murphy Jacki)(Pevná vazba)

Isabella Bird traveled to the wildest places on earth, but at home in Britain she lay in bed, hardly able to write: 'an invalid at home and a Samson abroad.'In Japan she rode on a 'yezo savage' through foaming floods along unbeaten tracks, and was followed in the city by a crowd of a thousand,

Aran: Recipes and Stories from a Bakery in the Heart of Scotland (Shedden Flora)(Pevná vazba)

aran (Scottish Gaelic - From the Old Irish ar n) Noun. bread, loaf Aran is a beautiful cookbook from an artisan bakery in the heart of Scotland with the same name. In it, Great British Bake Off star Flora Shedden shares her simple, modern recipes and a window onto a picturesque life below the

Fragments: Aegeus-Meleager (Euripides)(Pevná vazba)

Eighteen of the ninety or so plays composed by Euripides between 455 and 406 bce survive in a complete form and are included in the preceding six volumes of the Loeb Euripides. A further fifty-two tragedies and eleven satyr plays, including a few of disputed authorship, are known from ancient

Prince and Betty (Wodehouse P.G.)(Pevná vazba)

And so it is that, in the process of telling their story, published early in his career, Wodehouse constructs the critique of Europe versus America, privilege versus enterprise, decadence versus adventure, which was to underpin many of his later

The Life of the Buddha (Sanche Heather)(Pevná vazba)

'In the full bloom of spring, in a beautiful garden, in a place called Lumbini, a prince was born.' So begins the extraordinary story of the life of Siddhartha Gautama, the prince who would become the enlightened Buddha, the awakened one. This classic tale follows Prince Siddhartha's journey of

The Best Place in the World (Horacek Petr)(Pevná vazba)

Leaving his beloved meadow behind helps Hare discover what makes it such a special place in this captivating new book from acclaimed author-illustrator Petr Hor cek. Hare's meadow is a beautiful place, but he can't tell whether it's the best place in the world. His friends all say it is. The

The In-Between (Ansari Rebecca K. S.)(Pevná vazba)

A dark, twisty adventure about the forgotten among us and what it means to be seen, from the acclaimed author of The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly. Cooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from his friends, constantly annoyed by his little

Pilgrim Prayer/Gweddi'r Pererin (Cotter Jim)(Pevná vazba)

Today, the boundary between holidays and pilgrimages is blurred. So how can we make a journey in the spirit of a pilgrimage, whether it be following an old pilgrim trail, or walking the streets where we live, or simply travelling within ourselves? This volume aims to help by providing material for

The Beast Between: Deer in Maya Art and Culture (Looper Matthew G.)(Pevná vazba)

The white-tailed deer had a prominent status in Maya civilization: it was the most important wild-animal food source at many inland Maya sites and also functioned as a major ceremonial symbol. Offering an in-depth semantic analysis of this imagery, The Beast Between considers iconography,

Bauhaus Goes West: Modern Art and Design in Britain and America (Powers Alan)(Pevná vazba)

Bauhaus Goes West is a story of cultural exchange – between the Bauhaus émigrés in the years following the school’s closure in 1933 and the countries to which they moved, focusing in particular on Britain. Taking as its starting point the cultural connections between the UK and Germany in the

Catalogue 2.0 - The Future of the Library Catalogue(Pevná vazba)

Will there be a library catalogue in the future and, if so, what will it look like?In the last 25 years, the library catalogue has undergone an evolution, from card catalogues to OPACs, discovery systems and even linked data applications making library bibliographic data accessible on the web. At

Corbusier and the Architectural Promenade (Samuel Flora)(Pevná vazba)

'Architecture is experienced as one roams about in it and walks through it... So true is this that architectural works can be divided into dead and living ones depending on whether the law of 'roaming through' has not been observed or whether on the contrary it has been brilliantly obeyed.' (Le

Fragments: Oedipus-Chrysippus. Other Fragments (Euripides)(Pevná vazba)

Eighteen of the ninety or so plays composed by Euripides between 455 and 406 BCE survive in a complete form and are included in the first six volumes of the Loeb Euripides. A further fifty-two tragedies and eleven satyr plays, including a few of disputed authorship, are known from ancient

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Relation Between Sleep and Learning in Early Development, 60 (Berger Sarah E.)(Pevná vazba)

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Relation between Sleep and Learning in Early Development, Volume 60, the latest release in this ongoing series, focuses on the relationship between sleep and learning for research and practice. Specific chapters cover Sleep, Learning, Memory and Executive

City-Regions in Prospect?: Exploring the Meeting Points Between Place and Practice (Jones Kevin Edson)(Pevná vazba)

How should the metropolis be governed? What is the appropriate scale to consider and organize local governance and communities? Bringing together an interdisciplinary and international body of scholarly work, City-Regions in Prospect? explores the city-region as both an evolving concept and as a

Lions in Africa: The British & Irish Lions and the Hunt for the Springboks (Schoeman Chris)(Pevná vazba)

It was the year 1891, and the first rugby football team from the British Isles was about to embark on a tour of South Africa; any doubts about the financial sustainability of the venture were removed when mining magnate Cecil John Rhodes thumped the table and declared, 'Let them come. I shall stand

Men and Women in Christ: Fresh Light from the Biblical Texts (Bartlett Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

The debate between egalitarian and complementarian views on women in the church and in marriage continues to cause division among evangelical Christians. Many books on the subject are written from a firmly partisan point of view, whether complementarian or egalitarian. This one is different. Andrew

Sleep and Its Spaces in Middle English Literature: Emotions, Ethics, Dreams (Leitch Megan)(Pevná vazba)

This book shows how sleep and the spaces in which it takes place animate ethical codes and emotive scripts, shaping a range of medieval English genres. In particular, it demonstrates the significance of sleep-related motifs to Middle English romance and offers a more embodied understanding of dream

Eight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of Ghost Stories (Perry Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

Rooted in place, slipping between worlds - a rich collection of unnerving ghosts and sinister

William Morris & Red House (Marsh Jan)(Pevná vazba)

Red House occupies an extraordinary place in British architectural history. It was the first and only house that William Morris ever built. It was the first independent architectural commission from his friend, Philip Webb. The challenge of furnishing the house inspired Morris to found the design