Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) never left his homeland of the Netherlands but in his massive body of painting, drawing, and etching, he changed the course of Western art. His prolific oeuvre encompasses religious, historical, and secular scenes, as well as one of the most extraordinary series of portraits and self-portraits in history. Rembrandt's work foregrounds texture, light, and acute observation. Like sudden, startling apparitions in a shadowy street, his subjects are illuminated against deep, dark backgrounds and rendered with immense physical as well as psychological scrutiny. Whether biblical or ... |
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These essays bring together ideas and modes of expression from Vico, Hegel , Cassirer , and James Joyce . This work approaches philosophy as a form of literature and approaches literature as containing insights and images that supply a basis for philosophical thought. Philosophy and literature are both products of the rational imagination. The rational imagination provides a guide to the conception of the good society. By looking back at Plato's Laws, it is possible to conceive society as based on friendship rather than ideology. Considering the interrelationships among philosophy, society, and literature offers ... |
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Magic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics and sorcerers, magicians have always been conduits to a parallel universe of limitless possibility-whether invoking spirits, reading minds, or inverting the laws of nature by sleight of hand. Long before science fiction, virtual realities, video games, and the Internet, the craft of magic was the most powerful fantasy world man had ever known. As the pioneers of special effects throughout history, magicians have never ceased to mystify us by making the impossible possible. This book celebrates more ... |
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Изданието е триезично - на английски, немски и френски език. ... With more than 400 canine portraits, this book is both a picture tribute to our favorite four-legged friend and a unique history of dogs in photography. From the 19th century right through to today, we see how the camera has been the key witness to our timeless affection for dogs, capturing their beauty, character, joy, and abiding friendship. In celebration of the world's favorite animal, we bring you over 400 photographs of or about dogs. With pictures from the 19th century to today, the collection includes works by Man Ray, Eric Fischl, Wolfgang ... |
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Комплектът е част от серията "Coding Critters", където ще откриете още продукти по темата. ... Роботите са сред любимите играчки на децата. А колко повече ще се зарадва вашето дете, като разбере, че ще може само да кодира собствено роботче! Това е напълно възможно с комплекта от "Learning Resources". Той е подходящ за деца над 4-годишна възраст и се състои от 3 зайчета, аксесоари и книжка с инструкции. Зайчетата са изработени от здрава пластмаса, като едното от тях може да изпълнява различни функции - да следва зададена посока, да пее и танцува, да се "храни" и множество други! Освен това, ... |
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Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. ... |
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It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow-and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling-and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness-and, ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. One icy winter's evening in Budapest, John Taylor is on his way home from the office when a man runs into him and knocks him over. The man turns to say sorry and John is amazed at what he sees: the man is John's double. The double rushes away but leaves no footprints in the snow. Over the next year it becomes clear to John that the meeting was no accident and that his double has a very important message to ... |
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Multilingual Edition: English, French, German. ... Time-travel through the Automobile Age with a collection that puts you in the driver’s seat. 20th Century Classic Cars offers a lush visual history of the automobile, decade by decade, via 400-plus print advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection. Using imagery culled from a century of auto advertising, this book traces the evolution of the auto from horseless carriage to rocket on wheels and beyond. With an introduction and chapter text by New York Times automotive writer Phil Patton, as well as an illustrated timeline, this volume highlights the technological ... |
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Християнската революция и нейните модерни врагове. ... Книгата разглежда исторически и съвременни опити за принизяване на християнството, за изопачаване на неговия смисъл и значение. В контекста на една популярна в последните години книга с такава насоченост, "Делюзията Бог" на Ричард Докинс , Дейвид Бентли Харт предлага отговор от името на вярващите интелигентни хора, в който баналните и логически неиздържани аргументи срещу вярата са опровергани с убедителна лекота. Но книгата е нещо много повече - тя предизвиква най-вече "новите атеисти", проповядващи привидно задълбочено едно "евангелие на ... |
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Сборник в чест на доц. Димитър Вечев. ... Сборникът Русия между Изтока и Запада: политика, идеология, дипломация е жест на признателност към учителя и колегата, дългогодишния преподавател по руска история в Историческия факултет на Софийския университет Св. Климент Охридски доц. Димитър Вечев. В тома са включени научни разработки на двадесет и двама историци от България и Русия. В тях са анализирани различни проблеми от историята на руската държава в различните ѝ форми (империя, Съветски съюз, Руска федерация) през дългия и изпълнен с поврати период, обхващащ XIX, XX и началото на XXI в. Представени са различни ... |
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Академик Михаил (Мишши) Юхма е народен писател на Чувашия, световно известен учен; Академик на Международната Академия по Информатизация /МАИ/; Почетен академик на Чувашката Академия за Науки и изкуства; Академик на Чувашката Инженеро-технологична Академия; Секретар на Международното Общество на писателските съюзи; Съпредседател на Съюза на Руските писатели; Президент на Чувашкия Обществено Културен Център... Автор на над 200 книги – романи, легенди, история, етнография... Книгите му са преведени на над 114 езика; изучаван в Япония, Китай, Сорбоната... "В памет на славните ни предци, героичните чада на българския ... |
