23 results for 'zire savoi'

The captivating story of the famed Savoy Hotel’s founders, told through three generations—and one hundred years—of glamour and high society.For the gondoliers-themed birthday dinner, the hotel...

With a New Introduction by Arne Dahl. When Viktor Palmgren, a powerful Swedish industrialist is shot during his after-dinner speech in the luxurious Hotel Savoy, it sends a shiver down the spine of...

This book is the history of a very remarkable family, that of Count Thomas of Savoy, whose seven sons and two daughters rose from relative obscurity to fame, fortune, and involvement in almost every...

Beauty belongs to no one. But what about the objects that museums celebrate as great works of art: to whom do they belong? Do they belong to the places where they originated? To the cultures whose...

Il est des lieux où l'on éprouve toujours un grand plaisir à savourer des plats simples comme une soupe de potiron à la fourme d'Ambert, un pot-au-feu de canard et foie gras poêlé au chou, des poires...

Through personal journeys and historical inquiry, this PEN Literary Award finalist explores how America’s still unfolding history and ideas of “race” have marked its people and the land.Sand and...

"A major new history of how, between 1965 and 1985, African nations sought the restitution of works of art stolen during the colonial period, written by the most important and influential figure in...

"A major new history of how, between 1965 and 1985, African nations sought the restitution of works of art stolen during the colonial period, written by the most important and influential figure in...

Quels sont les effets de l'écriture sur le régime intellectuel des Grecs? Une écriture interrogée dans sa dimension anthropologique: comme une activité cognitive, et quand elle prend une place...

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Nietzsche, le philosophe briseur d'idoles, reste à découvrir, car il se trouve comme enseveli sous des altérations, des mensonges et des falsifications. En fondant à Weimar, en 1897, le Nietzsche...

This is the first English study of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis, incorporating the latest findings on the subject. This province was second only to Rome and embraced not only present day...

Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There...

DIV The advent of the crossbow more than 2,500 years ago effected dramatic changes for hunters and warriors.  For centuries, it was among the most powerful and widely used handheld weapons, and its...

W. S. Gilbert, renowned author of the Savoy Operas, was also the creator of the Bab Ballads--"possibly the best comic verse--and surely the best illustrated--in the English language," according to...

For the man who has everything, and for the luxury industry trying to seduce him: a rich insight into what makes a product endure and bring pleasure to all who possess itIn an age of globalization...

An illustrated tour through New York’s five boroughs and the past 100 years of its modern architecture, told through the charming yet bold drawings of Lukas Novotny.Modern New York: The Illustrated...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The beloved author of Ottolenghi Flavor reimagines comfort food with over 100 global, personal recipes.ONE OF NPR’S BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEARYotam Ottolenghi—the beloved chef...