589 results for '"Da Ponte, Lorenzo'

A journey into the unique spaces where some of literature’s greatest writers created their most memorable worksVirginia Woolf famously wrote in A Room of One’s Own that “it is necessary to have five...

In vivid detail, Francis Wheen tells the story of Das Kapital and Karl Marx’s twenty-year struggle to complete his unfinished masterpiece. Born in a two-room flat in London’s Soho amid political...

The revolutionary, New York Times bestselling guide to the powerful lifestyle changes that fight and prevent cancer—an integrative approach based on the latest scientific research“A common-sense...

This important collection of essays by historians and sociologists focuses on riots in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the various regions of India. The contributors discuss the causes of conflict and their...

xii 78p paperback with light signs of use, firm and tight binding, contains graphs, a few sentences underlined in ink and a few annotations made in ink

Auto-da-Fé, Elias Canetti's only work of fiction, is a staggering achievement that puts him squarely in the ranks of major European writers such as Robert Musil and Hermann Broch. It is the story of...

Júnia Ferreira Furtado offers a fascinating study of the world of a freed woman of color in a small Brazilian town where itinerant merchants, former slaves, Portuguese administrators, and concubines...

Now a docuseries from Ken Burns on PBS! The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to...

This collection of essays surveys the history of maritime India from 1500 to 1800, focusing on trade and economic history as well as on the activities of European merchants and local traders. It...

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"Das Ordnen der Zeit"--Was heißt das? Zuerst: Die doppelte Natur der Zeit. Denn die Zeit ordnet von sich aus, durch sich als, Zeit', unterwirft die Menschen unter ihre Maße, Rhythmen. Die...

Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters.  Yet he had a hard time finishing things,...

Leonardo da Vinci lived an itinerant life. Throughout his career – from its beginnings in the creative maelstrom of fifteenth century Florence to his role as genius in residence at the court of the...

Bernd Roecks Buch ist eine grundlegende, problemorientierte Einführung in den Umgang mit Kunstwerken als historische Quellen. Geschichtsschreibung ist bis heute weit überwiegend auf schriftliche...

Tracing the global history of the Sassoon family, entrepreneurs and patrons of remarkable art and architecture, from Baghdad to Mumbai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and LondonThe Sassoons were prosperous as...

Das von Platon in einem seiner Meisterdialoge inszenierte Trinkgelage handelt vom Eros. Es ist die ideale Gelegenheit für inspirierte Reden über die Liebe: über die sinnliche ebenso wie über die...

Die Kulturgeschichte des römischen Gastmahls beschreibt sämtliche gesellschaftliche und kulinarische Normen, die bei der Ausrichtung beachtet werden mussten. Von der Liste der Teilnehmer, ihrem...

Testi di Francesca Salvadori.Introduzione di David Bindman.Milano, 2003; cartonato, pp. 240, 280 ill. b/n, cm 29x29.(Arte e cultura). Il volume riunisce e riproduce per la prima volta il corpus delle...