953 results for '"Baetens, Jan'

Pablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet-diplomat and politician Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. He derived his pen name from the Czech poet Jan Neruda. Neruda...

The first survey in English of the life and works of the great Dutch composer and organist Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), this book provides a thorough analysis of his keyboard and vocal...

A wry, macabre tale of simple country living, brutal murder, and a reasonably happy couple, from our “most startlingly offbeat suspense novelist” (Gore Vidal).In their lovely old Cotswolds village,...

Herausgegeben Von Alfried Wieczorek Und Christoph Lind. Catalog Of An Exhibition Held At Martin-gropius-bau, Berlin, Oct. 13, 2007-jan. 14, 2008. And At Reiss-engelhorn-museen, Mannheim, Feb. 9-jun...

Inhalt: Benedictus, patronus totius Europae / Victor Dammertz -- Das Leben und die Regel des hl. Benedikt / Maur Standaert -- Der hl. Benedikt im Spiegel der Kunst / Jan Karel Steppe -- Geschichte...

Masterpieces of early Netherlandish painting such as Jan van Eyck's Annunciation, Rogier van der Weyden's Saint George and the Dragon, and Gerard David's Rest on the Flight into Egypt--among the...

A Cura Di Paolo Golinelli. Catalog Of An Exhibition Held At The Refettorio Grande, San Benedetto Po, Aug. 31, 2008-jan. 11, 2009. At Head Of Title: Comune Di San Benedetto Po ; Comitato Per Le...

We were one family among the many thousands. Mama and Daddy leaving home, coming to the city, with their hopes and their courage, their dreams and their children, to make a better life.In this...

This insightful book explores the theme of disappearance in the 1970s performance art of Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, and Jack Goldstein.In 1971, Chris Burden disappeared for three days without a...

In the spring of 1575, Holland's Northern Quarter--the waterlogged peninsula stretching from Amsterdam to the North Sea--was threatened with imminent invasion by the Spanish army. Since the outbreak...

Owl sets out to woo Pussycat in a boat laden with fruit from their Caribbean island and with a guitar at his side, ready for serenading.   As they sail off across the sea, another story unfolds in...

Like the spicy sweetness of an ice-cold glass of lemonade, these bright and happy poems promise--and deliver--a shiver of recognition and refreshment. From the classic subjects of "My Lemonade Stand"...

From a master of contemporary fiction, a tale of bohemian youth on the make in Mexico CityTwo young poets, Jan and Remo, find themselves adrift in Mexico City. Obsessed with poetry, and, above all,...

At the core of this novel is the true fifteenth-century tragedy of, first, plague and hunger and, later, the brutal persecution of Jews and witches in the small French town of Arras. A Mass for Arras...

Mindfulness practices anyone can do anytime.If you’ve heard about the many benefits of mindfulness practice but think you don’t have time for it in your busy life, prepare to be proven delightfully...

Lifeboat ethics : the case against helping the poor / Garrett Hardin -- Famine, affluence, and morality / Peter Singer -- Rights and the duty to bring aid / John Arthur -- Morality and starvation /...

A New York Times Notable Book"This brilliant and magisterial book is a very good bet to...become the definitive study of Johannes Brahms."--The Plain DealerJudicious, compassionate, and full of...

"Ways into the Logic of Alexander of Aphrodisias" is intended to give an overview of the logic of Alexander of Aphrodisias (fl. early 3rd century A.D.). Since much of what might be called Alexander's...

Jan Morris is one of the great British writers of the post-war era. Soldier, journalist, writer about places (rather than ‘travel writer’), elegist of the British Empire, novelist, she has fashioned...

Robert Lehman, one of the foremost art collectors of his generation, embraced traditional and modern masters. This work catalogues 130 nineteenth- and 20th-century paintings that are part of the...