Essay on Gardens. A Chapter in the French Picturesque, Hardback - Claude-Henri Watelet

Published in 1774, Essay on Gardens is one of the earliest texts showing the progressive shift in French taste from the classical model of the gard...

The idea that we are mutually dependent on the recognition of our peers is perceived in different ways throughout the world, according to different...

Reducere. Internationally known and one of the most influential philosophers of his day (and for a time almost a cult figure in France, where his lectures dr...

DescriptionHumans have long turned to gardens--both real and imaginary--for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens...

Reducere. Humans have long turned to gardens-both real and imaginary-for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens may be as fa...

Matter and Memory: An Essay on the Relation of Body and Spirit, is a complex exploration of human nature and the spirituality of memory. In this wo...

Reducere. Matter and Memory: An Essay on the Relation of Body and Spirit, is a complex exploration of human nature and the spirituality of memory. In this wo...

A designer of Japanese gardens contemplates wildness, humanity, beauty, the liquid state of the world.Publisher: Stone Bridge PressAuthor(s): Marc ...

This beautifully illustrated book describes the making of Plaz Metaxu, described by Tim Richardson as "Probably the most significant new garden to ...

Garden design on the top levelPublisher: CADMOS Publishing LimitedAuthor(s): Barbara MeisterIllustration(s): col. IllustrationsNumber of pages: 160...

This book will be of interest to those who know little about medieval gardens and to those with more knowledge.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuth...

Tells the story of James Pulham & Sons, the eminent family of Victorian and Edwardian landscape artists who specialised in the construction of pict...

Malthus's Essay looks at the perennial tendency of humans to outstrip their resources: reproduction always exceeds food production. Today Malthus r...

Acest simbolism este modelul oricarei existente care, trecand prin numeroase incercari, inainteaza spre propriul sau centru, spre sine insusi, Atma...

DescriptionHow our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters today The concept of the so...

A beautifully illustrated introduction to Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), the most prolific and diverse artist of Japan's Edo period, and master of...

Reducere. The Liberty Fund edition is a modernized translation of Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la nature du commerce en g n ral (1755) with a new introducti...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Combining lively prose with a balanced, nonpartisan portrait of Obama's successes and failures, The Black President will be required reading not on...

Reducere. Pablo, a high-powered lawyer, and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, are realizing the American dream when they purchase a house nex...

Publisher: Manderley Press LtdAuthor(s): Robert Louis StevensonIllustration(s): 10 black and white illustrations; 10 black and white illustrationsN...

This is the first book to describe the forests of the entire tropical Asian region, based on Peter Ashton's working field experience of over 55 yea...

The first non-fiction book from an award-winning new voice, hailed by Gardeners' World magazine as 'the millennial Monty'.Publisher: Octopus Publis...

With inspiration from the non-violence resistance movements of Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr., Crepon reveals how philos...

Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity: An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning, and Narrative - Alasdair MacIntyre

Reducere. Your Next Chapter: A Woman's Guide To A Successful RetirementYou are on the threshold of Your Next Chapter. Hopefully, it will be an exciting and s...

Enjoy vibrant beds and borders throughout the year, with practical advice and ideas for stunning combinations. Includes a simple reference chart gi...

Rousham in Oxfordshire was one of the first landscape gardens created in England by William Kent in the 1730s. It is still one of the most influent...

The Kew Gardens Cookbook is an anthology of over 60 vegetarian recipes gathered from celebrity cooks, chefs and food writers in celebration of the ...

Utpaladeva on the Power of Action provides the first critical edition, annotated translation, and study of the first three chapters of the Recognit...

World Cinema and the Essay Film examines the ways in which essay film practices are deployed by non-Western filmmakers in specific local and nation...

Providing a conceptually framework for understanding sources of global violence, this title describes how the nation-state has grown ambivalent abo...

In this carefully argued essay, leading theologian David Bentley Hart critiques common understandings of Christian tradition by offering a compelli...

Publisher: Kensington PublishingAuthor(s): Andrea PenroseNumber of pages: 304Collection: A Wrexford & Sloane MysteryPublication date: 2021Dimension...

Reducere. Florida gardens illustrate the amazing biodiversity of the state as well as plant collections from other tropical areas of the world. In The Garden...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Description" Veyne's] present book has some kinship with his sprightly theoretical work Comment on ecrit l'histoire; and he declares that its aim w...

Publisher: Editions FlammarionAuthor(s): Eric NebotIllustration(s): 120Number of pages: 176Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 197 x 262 x 23Cover ty...

DescriptionLibrary education is changing. At a time when librarianship is increasingly seen as part of the information industry, Library and Inform...