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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Illustrated by Peter C. Lee. ... "World of Warcraft - vol. 1: Chronicle" is a journey through an age of myth and legend, a time long before the Horde and the Alliance came to be. This definitive tome of Warcraft history reveals untold stories about the birth of the cosmos, the rise of ancient empires, and the forces that shaped the world of Azeroth and its people. Featuring beautifully illustrated original art and detailed maps, "World of Warcraft" is the first in a multipart series exploring the rich lore of Warcraft universe, from the distant past to the modern era. ... |
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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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Herbalism, Garden Magic, and Foraging for Spells, Rituals, and Remedies. Learn how to cultivate your own magical garden, begin your journey with folk herbalism, and awaken to your place in nature through practical skills from an experienced Appalachian forager and witch. Witchcraft is wild at heart, calling us into a relationship with the untamed world around us. Through the power of developing a relationship with plants, a witch-beginner or experienced-can practice their art more deeply and authentically by interacting with the beings that grow around us all. Bridging the gap between armchair witchcraft and the hedge ... |
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A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. Selections from "Protagoras", "Republic", "Phaedrus" and "Gorgias". ... Plato is outstanding among philosophers, more or less inventing philosophy as we know it in the West. In the "Republic" he begins with the question "What is justice?", but this question soon broadens into an investigation of what is real and how we can know it, so defining the three main areas of philosophy – ethics, metaphysics and epistemology - for the next 2000 years and more. But Plato is remarkable also for the beauty of his writing. The allegory ... |
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"Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" is a guide to the biggest issue we all face. Ageing - not cancer, not heart disease - is the world's leading cause of death and suffering. What would the world be like if we could cure it? Living disease - free until the age of 100 is achievable within our lifetimes. In prose that is lucid and full of fascinating facts, "Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" introduces us to the cutting edge research that is paving the way for this revolution. Computational biologist Andrew Steele explains what occurs ... |
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In traditional societies, the individual exists only as far as taking its place in a group, a place that is often destined from birth in a social hierarchy. It is governed by the collective beliefs, rules and norms shared by all present that are not in dispute, because they come "from above" - transcendence based on social connections and "pre" - mythical past and valuable. The modern man of the XXI-the century chooses his preferred beliefs and values in a pluralistic world, where conflicting values co-exist and are subject to the critique of reason. The past is no longer a perfect world, ... |
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Истинска история и вълнуващ разказ за мъжете, които буквално пренасят на плещите си алпинистите на света до К2. ... 1 август 2008 г. е може би най-трагичната дата в историята на алпинизма. Четиридесет тренирани катерачи се отправят към К2 с намерението да покорят върха, след като седмици наред са очаквали подходящия момент и благоприятни метеорологични условия. Единадесет от тях никога няма да се завърнат у дома и остават погребани сред небесата на осем хиляди метра. Дали богинята Такар Долсангма, пазителка на К2, се е разгневила в онзи ден и търсейки жертви, е напуснала върха, яхнала своя зелен дракон? Само шерпите и ... |
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Rila Monastery is the stateliest historical monument of the Bulgarian's spirit. It's intricate and expressive architectural ensemble has been a treasure-house of priceless aesthetical relics and at the same time a living center of the nascency and evolution of the most progressive cultural-and-historical processes through the centuries. Viewed against th background of the rich architectural structure and of Bulgaria's church construction, it is not a solitary summit, but beyond all questions the highest one among the peaks of the country's national architecture. A permanent object of patriotic pride and of ... |
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Изданието е съвместимо с настоящата учебна програма. ... Modul 3: Language and Culture. Modul 4: Language Practice."Dear students, Congratulations! As school leavers you have embarked on thhe road to mastering your Englishh proficiency. We do believe that Destination English will be of great help in this process. The course book closely follows the syllabus for the 12th grade for level B1.1. The book consists of two parts, each one respectively devoted to Module 3 Language and Culture, and Module 4 Language practice. Module 3 will reveal to you the world of Englishh-speaking countries and important aspects of their ... |
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George Eastman's career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak progressed from a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, and a crucial innovator in photographic history. Eastman died in 1932, and left his house to the University of Rochester. Since 1949 the site has operated as an international museum of photography and film, and today holds the largest collection of its kind in the world, containing over 400,000 images and negatives - among them the work of such masters as Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Ansel Adams. Home also to 23,000 cinema ... |
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As an inseparable part of the Bulgarian people, the Bulgarian Jews have shared on an equal basis the entire history of their establishment as a nation. Integrated for centuries in Bulgarian society, the Bulgarian Jews have participated alongside all Bulgarians in the country's national history. They defended their homeland during the struggles for liberation from Ottoman rule and fought in all the wars in which Bulgaria was protecting it's statehood and nationhood. The contribution of the Jews to Bulgaria's economic, cultural and intellectual advancement following the Liberation is also considerable. It has ... |
