385円 Who was the real Leonardo Da Vinci? What significance have his thoughts, his findings, and his work had? He was a painter, an architect, a scientist, a writer, and more? In this work, dedicated to Leonardo Da Vinci, you'll discover which of his many talents made him a quintessential genius. His l...

2,427円 WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION Selected as a Book of the Year in the Herald In 1845, a Reading bookseller named John Snare came across the dirt-blackened portrait of a prince at a co...

1,179円 In 1979, at age 19, Michael Gaudet was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure. Thanks to a kidney transplant from his brother, Michael survived and later rose to prominence as a Canadian painter of monumental murals. Dancing With Rejection: A Beginner’s Guide to Immortality chronicles the untimel...

2,200円 Rosa Bonheur a connu, dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, un succès si extraordinaire en France comme à l'étranger, qu'on la considérait comme le peintre le plus célèbre de son temps, alors que cette même époque maintenait les femmes dans une dépendance à peu près totale et, le plus souvent, l...

399円 In Golf Architecture, famed architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie details the strict methods and philosophies that led him to design such world-renowned masterpieces as Augusta National, Cypress Point, and Royal Melbourne. Written in 1920 during the height of his career, Golf Architecture provides rare...

2,989円 Ob Theater, Film oder Politik: eine der ungewöhnlichsten Frauen Deutschlands blickt auf über acht Jahrzehnte zurück. 'Aus Ihnen wird mal was', prophezeite ihr ein bereits berühmter Schauspieler, als sie bei ihrem ersten Auftritt als Komparsin über den Saum ihres geliehenen Abendkleides stolperte ...

3,317円 Michael Allred (b. 1962) stands out for his blend of spiritual and philosophical approaches with an art style reminiscent of 1960s era superhero comics, which creates a mixture of both postmodernism and nostalgia. His childhood came during an era where pop art and camp embraced elements of kitsch...

2,080円 Volume One of these remarkable letters and diaries opens with a letter from Britten aged nine to his formidable mother, Edith. Music is already at the centre of his life, and it accompanies him through prep and public school and then to London to the Royal College of Music, where the phenomenally...

1,760円 Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, this is the biography of celebrated nineteenth-century artist Edward Burne-Jones, who - with William Morris - connects Victorian and modern art. 'A triumph of biographical art.' Independent 'Magnificent.' Guardian 'Rarely are biographies both as au...

2,080円 In May 1939 Britten and Pears disembarked at Montreal at the start of their American visit, which was to be a period of intense musical activity and new personal relationships. At the same time, the relationship between Britten and Pears deepened into a partnership that was to endure for almost f...

1,326円 In the early 1980s, Yvonne Maximchuk, a single mother of two, was living in Whiterock, BC, and making a living as a working artist and art instructor. Then she fell in love with Albert, a crab fisherman who fished the waters of Boundary Bay. Drawn to his seemingly idyllic life and her desire for ...

2,400円 25 Jahre sind seit der Friedlichen Revolution in der DDR, der Deutschen Einheit und der Neugründung Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns vergangen. 25 Jahre, die die Menschen im Norden geprägt haben, die für sie Umbruch und Neuanfang bedeuteten. Dieses Buch stellt in 25 Porträts Menschen in und aus Mecklenbur...