Stones of the Grand Bazaar: Mevris Jewellery from Istanbul (Altinbas Fatma)(Pevná vazba)

Stones of the Grand Bazaar: Mevris Jewellery from Istanbul (Altinbas Fatma)(Pevná vazba)

From cultural heritage to inspired contemporary jewelry, this book is a journey into the ateliers of the master artisans in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul. This lavishly illustrated book provides an intriguing glimpse inside the luminous world of Fatma Altinbas, an anthropology professor and the

Ara Guler's Istanbul (Guler Ara)(Pevná vazba)

A photographic record of daily life in Istanbul from the 1940s to the 1980s. It shows the city's melancholy aesthetic as it oscillates between tradition and

Gold Jewellery of the Indonesian Archipelago (Richter Anne)(Pevná vazba)

Gold Jewellery of the Indonesian Archipelago features more than 700 unpublished masterpieces from the tribal, ethnic and courtly gold body adornment traditions of Indonesia's outer islands - Sumatra, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sundas and Southeast Maluku. Made available by the Mandala Foundation in

A Knife to the Heart (Ikmen Mystery 21) (Nadel Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

The twenty-first chilling Istanbul crime thriller starring etin Ikmen, 'the Morse of Istanbul' (Daily Telegraph), from Silver Dagger Award-winning author Barbara Nadel. Not to be missed by fans of Donna Leon. A derelict villa near Istanbul holds dark spirits, secrets and murder...Retired inspector

A Social Theory of Corruption: Notes from the Indian Subcontinent (Rajan Sudhir Chella)(Pevná vazba)

A social theory of grand corruption from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In contemporary policy discourse, the notion of corruption is highly constricted, understood just as the pursuit of private gain while fulfilling a public duty. Its paradigmatic manifestations are bribery and extortion,

Harper's Bazaar: 150 Years: The Greatest Moments (Bailey Glenda)(Pevná vazba)

America's first fashion magazine, Harper's Bazaar has showcased the visions of legendary editors, photographers, and stylists and featured the works of noted writers since 1867. From its beginnings as a broadsheet aimed at the rising leisure class, the publication has since transformed into a

Tadema Gallery London: Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s (Chadour-Sampson Beatriz)(Pevná vazba)

Tadema Gallery showed jewels from significant designers of the Revivalist, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Jugendstil, Art Deco, and Modernist

Stones from the Inside: Rare and Unseen Images (Wyman Bill)(Pevná vazba)

Science Timeline Wallbook (Lloyd Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

Unfold the amazing story of science and engineering, from the Stone Ages to the present day, with this giant wallbook - includes 2-metre fold-out

Georgian Jewellery 1714-1830 (Dawes Ginny Redington)(Pevná vazba)

Georgian Jewellery is a celebration of the style and excellence of the eighteenth century, and of the ingenuity that produced such a wealth of fabulous

Traditional Indian Jewellery: The Golden Smile of India (Van Gelder Bernadette)(Pevná vazba)

Traditional Indian Jewellery: The Golden Smile of India explores the rich heritage of Indian jewellery and its significance in past and present Indian

Unfinished Business, 16 (Jance J. A.)(Pevná vazba)

In this heart-pounding and sharply written thriller from J.A. Jance, the 'grand master of the genre' (The Providence Journal), Ali Reynolds's personal life is thrown into turmoil just as two men show up on the scene--a former employee of her husband's who has just been released from prison and a

Switchback (Stone Danika)(Pevná vazba)

An epic YA adventure story about two friends lost in the Canadian wilderness from Danika Stone, the author of All the Feels. Vale loves to hike, but kind of hates her classmates. Ash is okay with his classmates, but kind of hates the outdoors. So, needless to say they are both fairly certain that

The Outdoor Scientist: The Wonder of Observing the Natural World (Grandin Temple)(Pevná vazba)

The Stone of Destiny (Doherty Paul)(Pevná vazba)

A series of grisly deaths are linked to the sacred Stone of Scone in this compelling medieval mystery featuring friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan. 'This abbey is a strange place, Brother Athelstan. A hall of ghosts, a place of flitting shadows. The dead throng here. I can hear them whispering as

Stones of the Ancestors - Unveiling the Mystery of Scotland's Ancient Monuments (Scott Douglas)(Pevná vazba)

Adorning Fashion: The History of Costume Jewellery to Modern Times (Cera Deanna Farneti)(Pevná vazba)

Definitive, comprehensive overview of costume jewellery that follows the evolution of costume jewellery from bourgeois France to the present day. covers a range of designers including Lalique, Fouquet, Dior, Balenciaga, Versace and many

Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made (Smil Vaclav)(Pevná vazba)

What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four 'grand transitions' of civilization-in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics-which have transformed the way we live.Societies that have undergone all four transitions emerge into an era of

Ghost Blows a Kiss (Hart Carolyn)(Pevná vazba)

In the tenth Bailey Ruth ghost novel from New York Times bestselling Grand Master of Mystery, Carolyn Hart, the 'charmer of a detective' (Kirkus Reviews) takes on a puzzler of a mystery when she's sent to Adelaide, Oklahoma to rescue a woman in trouble. The late - as in Dearly Departed - Bailey

Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto (Kushner David)(Pevná vazba)

Inside the making of a videogame that defined a generation: Grand Theft Auto Grand Theft Auto is one of the biggest and most controversial videogame franchises of all time. Since its first release in 1997, GTA has pioneered the use of everything from 3D graphics to the voices of top Hollywood

Stanza Stones (Armitage Simon)(Pevná vazba)

The newly drawn Stanza Stones Trail runs through forty-seven miles of the Pennine region, some of the most strikingly varied landscape in the world. The terrain bears the deep scars of industrial exploitation, as well as those less obvious: the signs left by a hundred local generations are carved

Rolling Stone: The Illustrated Portraits (Wenner Gus)(Pevná vazba)

From iconic portraits to political cartoons, Rolling Stone magazine has cultivated an unrivaled archive of illustrated work by some of the greatest artists of recent times, from Ralph Steadman to Mark Ryden. 2020 SILVER WINNER OF THE FOREWORD INDIES AWARD IN PERFORMING ARTS/MUSICFor more than fifty

Critical Theory and Human Rights: From Compassion to Coercion (McGrogan David)(Pevná vazba)

This book describes the evolution of the human rights movement into a grand managerial project, rooted in compassion, with the aim of improving universal welfare by defining the conditions of human well-being and imposing obligations on the state and other actors to realise them. It argues that

Alpine Cooking: Recipes and Stories from Europe's Grand Mountaintops [A Cookbook] (Erickson Meredith)(Pevná vazba)

A lushly photographed cookbook and travelogue showcasing the regional cuisines of the Alps, including 80 recipes for the elegant, rustic dishes served in the chalets and mountain huts situated among the alpine peaks of Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and France. From the wintry peaks of Chamonix and