History & Criticism
epub |eng | 2016-08-01 | Author:A. S. Byatt

Quando tornai a Venezia fui indotto a ricercare gli antichi metodi della stampa su stoffe. Le scoperti fatte da Angelo Mosso su Creta furono di grande incentivo a tentare alcune ...
( Category: Essays August 5,2016 )
epub |eng | 2013-07-04 | Author:Husband, Tony

READING THE SKIES. “I have conquered all, Gaul. How long will it take to conquer all Britain?” “Wait a moment, Leader, while I look at the omens of the air.” ...
( Category: Military August 5,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-03-21 | Author:Collins, Steven [Collins, Steven]

JŪJAKA AND THE NORTHERN THAI TUJOK The Jūjaka character first appears in the fifth chapter (the Jūjaka chapter) of the Vessantara Jātaka and dies in the eleventh chapter (the Maharaat ...
( Category: History & Criticism July 19,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

Llama ChaquiRUIN A challenging 19km hike around the Cerro Huayllas Orkho from Torotoro will take you to the ruins known as the Llama Chaqui (Llama’s Foot). The multilevel complex, which ...
( Category: Bolivia July 18,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Philip Ball

Rigid distinctions that continue to be made between practical, theoretical, and allegorical geometry are likely to be more modern than medieval…It is unlikely that a patron would have understood the ...
( Category: History July 18,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Judith E. Stein

15 WRONG MAN AT THE RIGHT TIME It’s a wonder that the Green had a fifth year at all. “I don’t know, Jim. I just don’t know … I don’t ...
( Category: United States July 17,2016 )
epub |eng | 2012-03-04 | Author:Vincent van Gogh [Gogh, Vincent van]

( Category: Artists, Architects & Photographers July 9,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-04-25 | Author:Fullerton, Mark D.;

8 Classical Moment II: Sculptors and Statuary in the Mid-Fifth Century Following his comments on Pericles’ building program quoted above, Plutarch continues: His general manager and general overseer was Phidias, ...
( Category: History & Criticism July 5,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-07-02 | Author:Dorothy U. Seyler

( Category: Middle East July 3,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-06-04 | Author:Nancy Moses [Moses, Nancy]

For virtually all of Egypt’s most illustrious pharaohs, this ultimate fear became a reality. Despite their best efforts to hide tombs in secure locations in the most inhospitable terrain, grave ...
( Category: True Crime July 2,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-03-29 | Author:Leland M. Roth

8.35. Eliel Saarinen, Tribune Tower competition entry, 1922. Saarinen’s entry in the Tribune Tower competition was felt by many architects to be superior to the design given first prize. It ...
( Category: Roofing June 30,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-12 | Author:Nina Burleigh [Burleigh, Nina]

WHEN HE LEFT Frascati’s late in the evening, Smithson returned to one of a series of rented and furnished apartments he kept in Paris. He lived alone, although he had ...
( Category: United States June 29,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-06-26 | Author:Steven Peterman [Peterman Steven and Peterman Sara Elands]

MEET THE ARTIST Pär Boström UMEÅ, SWEDEN DO YOU HAVE ANY FORMAL ARTISTIC TRAINING? No. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTIC TOOL? My pencils and stamping pads. HAVE YOU ALWAYS KEPT ...
( Category: History June 27,2016 )
epub |eng | 2000-09-02 | Author:J.K. Rowling [Rowling, J.K.]

— CHAPTER ELEVEN — The Duelling Club Harry woke up on Sunday morning to find the dormitory blazing with winter sunlight and his arm re-boned but very stiff. He sat ...
( Category: Fantasy June 27,2016 )
epub |eng | 2012-04-06 | Author:J.K. Rowling [Rowling, J.K.]

- CHAPTER TWELVE - The Patronus Harry knew that Hermione had meant well, but that didn’t stop him being angry with her. He had been the owner of the best ...
( Category: Fantasy June 27,2016 )