Aristocrats

„Povestirile scrise in aceasta perioada (1920-1940) infatiseaza o Rusie fermecata, o populatie de expatriati, observati atent, cu excentricitatile ...

Romanul reprezinta cheia de bolta a intregului ciclu al Comediei umane, intrucat Balzac introduce aici procedeul personajelor „reparaissant" – al c...

Reducere. Este anul 1922. Contele Rostov nu se caieste ca e aristocrat si un tribunal bolsevic il condamna la arest la domiciliu. Pentru bonomul erudit care ...

Reducere. Romanul reprezintă cheia de boltă a întregului ciclu al Comediei umane, întrucât Balzac introduce aici procedeul personajelor reparaissant – al căr...

Reducere. Romanul reprezinta cheia de bolta a intregului ciclu al Comediei umane, intrucat Balzac introduce aici procedeul personajelor - reparaissant -, al ...

Discover the lives of some of the most fascinating and unconventional characters of recent times, with 80 obituaries carefully curated from The Tim...

Reducere. Follow Jesus through His interaction with farmers, shepherds, aristocrats, religious and political leaders, and laborers in 13 parables filled with...

Reducere. NATIONAL BESTSELLER A thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada's origins. The story of the Hudson's Bay Company, dramatic and adventurou...

Reducere. Following the events of The Scarlet Pimpernel, the mysterious figure continues his efforts to elude captors, while saving French aristocrats from m...

Reducere. From international bestselling author Posie Graeme-Evans comes the passionate tale of a woman ahead of her time. Ellen Gowan is the only surviving ...

Reducere. It is normally thought that the bass viol or viola da gamba dropped out of British musical life in the 1690s, and that Henry Purcell was the last c...

Reducere. Where is the Ark of the Covenant? One of the Bible's most sacred and powerful objects has not been seen for over 2, 500 years. The missing Ark has ...

Reducere. Slander has always been a nasty business, Robert Darnton notes, but that is no reason to consider it a topic unworthy of inquiry. By destroying rep...

Reducere. In the darkness of the early morning of 3 March 1949, practically all of the Transylvanian aristocracy were arrested in their beds and loaded into ...

Reducere. Volume 70 in the Ancient Christian Writers series offers the first complete English translation since the late nineteenth century of the works of S...

Reducere. Following Napoleon's defeat and exile in 1814, the future of the European continent hung in the balance. Eager to negotiate a lasting, workable pea...

The glittering, poignant and sometimes shocking story of the love affair between two members of the Souls, the group of unconventional aristocrats ...

Reducere. Originally published as Enchant e, All That Glitters is Gita Trelease's debut fantasy about an orphaned girl who uses dark magic to save her sister...

Reducere. It's 1893, and itinerant cowboy brothers Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer are down to their last pennies. So when jobs come open at a ranch run by a...

Reducere. Racism has permeated the workings of the U.S. Constitution since ratification. At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, supporters of slavery ensured...

The story of Mrs. Gordon Baillie is stranger than anything to be met with in the field of fiction.Mrs. Gordon Baillie, known throughout her life as...

Reducere. A charming collection of color photographs and historical information about many of the carousels in Paris. Carousels are said to be a French inve...

Reducere. Cabinets of curiosities were private collections of curious objects that were put together by aristocrats, rich merchants and travellers. Over the ...

Marseille: The Cradle of White Corded Quilting, which accompanies an exhibition of the same name, traces the origins and the commercial development...

Reducere. A #1 New York Times Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Daphne Bridgerton, in the first of her belo...

Reducere. The ancient magic of wizards was anything but dark. It was the enlightenment that lifted humanity from the squalor of superstition, and the worship...

Reducere. Behind the doors of the Clifford Charity School for Wayward Girls there lies a secret society of brilliant, fearless women who are bringing justice...

Reducere. "Taketori Monogatari, " literally translated "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" is familiar to the Japanese people by the title " Kaguya Hime." It is ...

Reducere. At the age of 15, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun was earning enough money from her portrait painting to support herself, her widowed mother and her younger...

Reducere. This premium quality large print volume includes the complete and unabridged text of Charles Dickens' timeless classic in a freshly edited and newl...

Reducere. By the author of the acclaimed The Rise and Fall of the British Empire comes a "grand tour of the lives and impact of this truly remarkable breed."...

Publisher: Sussex Academic PressAuthor(s): Linda PalfreemanIllustration(s): illusNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 232 x 161 x ...

Born in 1899 to Russian Aristocrats, Tamara de Lempicka escaped the Bolsheviks by exchanging her body for freedom, dramatically beginning a sexual ...

Reducere. There's nothing distinct about the brick building that houses The Clifford Charity School for Wayward Girls, which perfectly suits the purposes of ...

Discover the full and fascinating story of Prince Philip--one of the most important, elusive, and intriguing royals--in "the first major biography ...

'She has a talent amounting to genius' John UpdikeDon Juan, that notorious libertine, has disappeared. Has he been dragged down to hell by demons, ...

Description'With these vivid, wistful memoirs, he joins the great chroniclers of Europe - the Prousts, Zweigs, Lampedusas, Leigh-Fermors and Bassan...

Reducere. "Povestirile scrise in aceasta perioada (1920-1940) infatiseaza o Rusie fermecata, o populatie de expatriati, observati atent, cu excentricitatile ...

The Ludocrats The aristocrats of ludicrous Defending reality from the encroaching forces of boredom while having a nice time. KIERON GILLEN (DIE, T...

Reducere. Discover the full and fascinating story of Prince Philip--one of the most important, influential, and elusive royals--in this colorful and revelato...

A world of enchanted injustice needs a disenchanting woman in an all-new fantasy series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper ...

Reducere. This second collection of Brian Friel's work contains: The Freedom of the City (1973) Volunteers (1975) Living Quarters (1977) Aristocrats (1979) (...

Reducere. Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary is a scathingly honest and breathless autobiographical memoir by Joanna Harcourt-Smith, the British Jet-Set "...

Reducere. As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836) was extremely well educated, traveled in the...

"I came from a family of barely solvent aristocrats..." In captivating style, Richard Needham traces his journey from businessman to politician and...

Discover Scottish women's history, from the 1690s to the 1960s. This colourful book tells the stories of a host of unusual characters from witches ...

Widely acclaimed as a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), the son of a mulatto fath...

A beautifully illustrated journey through the history of travel--and traveling in style--from one of the world's preeminent fashion brands The mid-...

Reducere. Where is the Ark of the Covenant? One of the Bible's most sacred and powerful objects has not been seen for over 2, 500 years. The missing Ark has ...

Two aristocrats, a hidden fortune and the not-so-greatest show on Earth.Publisher: UnboundAuthor(s): Stevyn ColganNumber of pages: 320Publication d...

Reducere. Snowy mountains, a picture-perfect Christmas village and... Wait Who's that dead among the pine trees?Hired to protect a mysterious client on a fes...

From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton fami...

Peopled by an unforgettable cast of aristocrats and high-fliers, Tender is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocris...

Reducere. Fashion ruled the courts of the "Sun King, " Louis XIV (1638-1715), and his successor, Louis XV (1710-1774). The Sun King's quest for glory and lov...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this volume, Hugh Elton offers a detailed and up to date history of the last centuries of the Roman Empire. Beginning with the crisis...

Spectrum AwardsPointsman Nicolas Rathe and the dashing soldier Philip Eslingen return in a new novel set in the great city of Astreiant. As the Dog...

Coco Chanel was many things to many people. Raised in emotional and financial poverty, she became one of the defining figures of the twentieth cent...

A collection of writings about the Grand Tour that is original and innovative, straying from the usual path of aristocrats and churches. -- .

Reducere. DescriptionBestselling author Marge Piercy celebrates the lives of the brave and dedicated women who changed the destiny of a nation in this novel ...

DescriptionAugust 1464: Young Nico Argenti returns from the university with a law degree. He is eager to begin his career, but instead finds his ci...

Reducere. Packed with stunning revelations, this is the inside story of The Queen Mother from the New York Times bestselling author who first revealed the tr...

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton fami...

From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton fami...

Reducere. Buddy flick epic fantasy The second in the Assassins of Landria series from the award-winning, bestselling author of Scourge: A Novel of Darkhurst ...

DescriptionA deft interweaving of architectural and social history For aristocrats and gentry in 18th-century Ireland, the townhouses and country e...

Reducere. It has been one hundred years since the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic in the North Atlantic, yet worldwide fascination with the epic trage...

Sought after by European aristocrats and a favorite of Napoleon Bonaparte, the sweet wines of Constantia in the Cape Colony were considered to be a...

For two hundred years after the French Revolution, the Republican tradition celebrated the execution of princes and aristocrats, defending the Terr...

Reducere. DescriptionA posthumous collection of twenty-five essays on the art of fiction and the art of biography. "These are aristocrats among essays...witt...

Reducere. From the establishment of the first permanent English colony at Jamestown in 1607 to the fall of Richmond in 1865, the James River has been instrum...