True Provencal spirit comes alive here through photographs and evocative accounts of the best-loved of all French provinces. Provence is a land apart, a territory of outstanding beauty and distinction that has fascinated outsiders since earliest times. The Greeks, the Romans, the barbarians of the North, ...
A celebration of one of the most rich and varied landscapes in Europe, here are thirty-six villages and towns from all over Tuscany chosen both for their intrinsic beauty and for the part they have played in Tuscan history. Stand at the edge of a Tuscan hill village and gaze across one of the most extraordinarily ...
Již čtvrté vydání dosud nepřekonané práce české teorie překladu, na které vyrůstaly generace překladatelů. Jiří Levý zevrubně popisuje překladatelský proces, zabývá se estetickými problémy překladu a rozebírá i oblasti jako překládání knižního názvu, překlad dramatu a poezie. Vychází z hlubokých znalostí ...
The updated edition of this best-selling cookbook features a delicious collection of recipes from every strata of classical civilization, all accessible to the contemporary cook. Using a subtle mix of sweet and sour flavours, fragrant herbs, creamy cheesecakes and hearty red wines, ancient Mediterranean ...
Freewheeling Tamara de Lempicka, icon of Art DecoTamara de Lempicka (1896 1980) lived art in the fast lane. With an appetite for glamour and fame as much as Left Bank bohemianism, she fled her native Russia after the Bolshevik revolution and set about taking Paris by storm. Her prolific, monumental oeuvre ...
Drawing on the cuisine of the Middle Ages, from the fall of the Roman Empire to Henry VIII''''s break with Rome, this new treatment of a classic book explores the relationship between food, religion and the ever-widening gap between the tables of the rich and the poor. Featured is an appetizing collection ...
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In recent years, an extensive collection of drawings was discovered in Andy Warhol\''s estate. Dating from the 1950s, the artist\''s early years in New York, the drawings took as their inspiration magazine photographs and illustrations-many fromLIFE magazine-and provide further insight into Warhol\''s ...
Before Mastery, came The 48 Laws of Power - the New York Times bestseller that started it all §Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, The 48 Laws of Power is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control. In the book that People magazine ...
\''How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes\'' uses illustration, humor, and accessible storytelling to explain complex topics of economic growth and monetary systems. In it, economic expert and bestselling author of Crash Proof, Peter Schiff teams up with his brother Andrew to apply their signature \''take ...
Do you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of personal empowerment or to simply communicate more effectively? Unfortunately, for centuries our culture has taught us to think and speak in ways that can actually perpetuate conflict, internal pain and even ...
How to improve your game and discover your true potential by increasing your concentration, willpower and confidence. Described by Billie Jean King as her \''tennis bible\'', Timothy Gallwey\''s multi-million bestseller, including a new introduction from acclaimed sports psychologist Geoff Beattie, has ...
The definitive edition of Darwin\''s classic — a brilliantly entertaining and accessible exploration of human and animal behaviour, reissued to mark the 200th anniversary of Darwin\''s birth. Why do we bite people we feel affection towards? Why do dogs wag their tails? Or cats purr? Why do we get embarrassed, ...
This is an accessible, fascinating book that unravels the mysteries and beauty of mathematics. It covers 250 milestones in mathematical history. This paperback version of the bestselling title includes facts about scientists'''' lives and real-world applications of the theorems. Maths'''' infinite mysteries ...
Publikácia je určená začínajúcim prekladateľom, tlmočníkom a freelancerom v oblasti poskytovania jazykových služieb. Ponúka rady, návody a skúsenosti pre všetkých, ktorí chcú využiť svoj potenciál v oblasti jazykových služieb. Slovenský text.
Wo das Gras wirklich grüner ist§Ökologische Architektur heute§Die spannendsten neuen Bauten weltweit sind heutzutage fast alle den Werten Umweltbewusstsein, Nachhaltigkeit und Energieeffizienz verpflichtet. Die Erkenntnis, dass Architektur einer der Hauptverursacher des Treibhauseffekts ist, macht diesen ...
Dutch is spoken by 23 million people, mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium, and is an official EU language. For English speakers, written Dutch can be fairly straightforward to pick up, although the pronunciation can be more of a challenge. This simple guidebook and audio CD covers Dutch grammar, pronunciation ...
Hervé This (pronounced "Teess") is an internationally renowned chemist, a popular French television personality, a bestselling cookbook author, a longtime collaborator with the famed French chef Pierre Gagnaire, and the only person to hold a doctorate in molecular gastronomy, a cutting-edge field he ...
