Vincent van Gogh's story is one of the most ironic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important painters of all time, recognized with sell-out shows, feted museums, and record prices of tens of millions of dollars at auction. Yet as he was painting the canvases that would subsequently become these sell-out modern masterpieces, van Gogh was battling not only the disinterest of his contemporary audiences but also devastating bouts of mental illness, with episodes of depression and paralyzing anxiety which would eventually claim his life in 1890, when he committed suicide shortly ... |
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В книгата се разглеждат стотици паметници, свързани с историята и с културата на България от различни сфери на изящните и приложните изкуства, на митологичните предания, на религиозно-ритуалната практика, на книжовната дейност и положителните духовни натрупвания на европейската цивилизация в течение на голям период: от хан Аспарух (VII в.) до Втората световна война. С тези паметници българинът утвърждава своята духовна легитимност и обезсмъртява българския национален гений. Съдържа 396 илюстрации. ... |
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The book is concerned with the history of the Protestant missions in Bulgaria, their evangelistic, educational and literary activities, and offers a case study of a particular Czech-speaking Protestant community in north-western Bulgaria. The history of the Protestant mission is followed since its establishment in the 19th century in the territory of the Ottoman Empire to the foundation of Congregationalist and Methodist missions in southern and northern Bulgaria respectively. The role of American missionaries and linguists such as Albert Long and Elias Riggs in the translation of the Bible into modern Bulgarian is ... |
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"The Third Chimpanzee" was first published in 1991 and has been in print ever since. This new, illustrated edition is aimed at a young readership. In it, Jared Diamond explores what makes us human and poses fascinating questions. If we share more than 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees, how is it that we can write, read, talk, build telescopes and bombs, while we put our speechless and bomb-less close relatives in cages and zoos? What can woodpeckers teach us about spacecraft? Is genocide a human invention? Why does extinction matter? Why are we destroying the natural resources on which we depend for survival? ... |
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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. Художник на 3D макета: Константин Марков . ... Книгата е замислена като поредица от книги за малки и пораснали деца. "История на изкуството в приказки и игри - книга 4" е посветена на Древна Елада. Това е една "жива" книжка. Тя е част от поредица, която диша, расте и се развива заедно със своята художничка и авторка - Елена Маркова . Наслаждавайте се на тази книга. Тя съдържа игри, диск и 3D макет на гръцки храм, което ви позволява да се потопите истински във времето на древна Елада. Радвайте се на всеки пълноценно изживян миг и носете късчета приказно ... |
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Hi! My name is Amanda Greenberg, and you're holding a book about me. I modestly can say that... well, THIS BOOK ROCKS! After all, i went through a lot these past few months: went to a new school kissed a guy in front of his girlfriend from the wrestling team got a new pet put my new found friends in A LOT of trouble started acting went to a wedding on a Wednesday and interacted with the school's most attractive guy Oh, and got an A in World History But, well, all you really need to know is that you'll read a lot about this wonderful, amazing person a.k.a. Amanda Greenberg (me), and all the insane things that ... |
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Dedicated to the 60 th anniversary of Bulgaria`s accession to UNESCO. ... The basic thematic units in the volume include theoretical understandings related to the interpretation and maintenance of cultural heritage; sharing of innovative ideas for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage or of the preservation of tangible cultural heritage; as well as articles dedicated to pertinent problems of the representation of cultural heritage in a museum and archival environment together with the national and regional experience in the implementation of cultural policies. During the conference the problems of tangible and ... |
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"The history of the Jewish ethnicity and its material culture are inseparable from Bulgarian history and culture. Regardless of the preceding series of conscientiously carried separate studies on the topic of the fate of local Jewish communities and especially on the issue of synagogues as their most prominent artistic creations during the long centuries of exile, the "last word" in that respect was not either said or written until now. Professor Jan Assmann of Heidelberg University says: "The cultural memory procures "breathing air" to the world that is too narrow for the everyday realities ... |
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Second edition. ... This is the first part of the textbook Dental materials science, intended for the students of dentistry. The present book consists of two chapters - lecture notes and laboratory classes' reports. The textbook is developed on the basis of the lectures on dental materials science according to the approved syllabus of the Dental Faculty at the Medical University of Varna. The lecture notes' chapter includes topics on general materials science: structure of materials and their properties - physical, optical, mechanical and technological. Along with the theoretical knowledge, many practical ... |
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Prof. Dr. Cyril Pavlikianov , Dr. Habilitatus (D.Sc.), Ph.D., M.A. was born in Sofia in 1965. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Byzantine History at the National and Capodistrian University of Athens in 1998. He was Assistant Professor of Modern Greek Philology in 1998–2001, and Associate Professor of Byzantine Literature in 2001–2007 at the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology of the University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”. In 2004 he obtained the scientific degree of Doctor Habilitatus (Doctor Scientiarum) in Mediaeval History, and in 2007 was elected full Professor of Byzantine Philology and Palaeography in the ... |
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Editor: N. K. Jemisin. Series editor: John Joseph Adams. ... Today's readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about space ships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever to illuminate what it means to be human. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest ... |
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"В книгата си България и европейският Запад през първите десетилетия на IX в. д-р Николай Хрисимов прави своеобразен пробив в нашите (не)знания, привличайки разнообразен нов материал - както от гледна точка на историческите извори и свидетелствата на археологията, така и на най-новите проучвания на изследователи от Румъния, Унгария, Сърбия, Австрия и други страни. Представената монография обединява серия от тематични студии, които буквално преливат една в друга. Първата глава на книгата е посветена на широко известната теория за произхода на кан Крум от общността на т.нар. панонски българи - една теза, която не само ... |
