Lilly: Palm Beach, Tropical Glamour, and the Birth of a Fashion Legend, Hardcover - Kathryn Livingston

Reducere. The real story behind a very private American fashion icon--Lilly PulitzerToday, Lilly Pulitzer's iconic brand of clean-cut, vibrantly printed clot...

DescriptionPalm Beach houses and gardens resplendent with old grandeur yet wonderfully alive for today are the subject of this elegant volume. With...

This ultra-stylish debut book celebrates the eternally feminine, whimsical, and divinely chic red-carpet dresses and bridal gowns created by one of...

Reducere. Plasat in perioada antebelica din Sud, Nasterea Unei Natiuni il urmareste pe Nat Turner (Nate Parker), un sclav predicator autodidact, al carui pro...

Reducere. In this gripping historical novel, Dick Lehr tells the story of one protester in particular: Monroe Trotter, a black journalist who fought passiona...

Publisher: Temple Lodge PublishingAuthor(s): Adalbert Graf Von KeyserlingkIllustration(s): IllustrationsTranslator: John M. WoodNumber of pages: 24...

When the ancient Greeks saw deposits of giant fossils, they knew they had discovered the battle fields where the gods had vanquished the Titans. Wh...

Encompassing both tragedy and humour, it brings immediacy and intimacy to a moment of deep historical transformation - with consequences that echo ...

The characters who defined the inter-war years are considered in terms of the connections between them, including stories about the inter-war traje...

Late in AD 937, four armies met in a place called Brunanburh. On one side stood the shield-wall of the expanding kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons. On th...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom roughly 1930 to 1960, Miami Beach attracted an exclusive colony of socialites, who mixed with Hollywood celebrities and dignitaries...

Reducere. A history of Italian glamour and craftsmanship, told through the story of costume jewelryA book about costume jewelry and its creative intersection...

Contributor(s): Author: Joanne SouzaAuthor: Paul M. BinghamA new biological theory of human uniqueness and theory of everything based in human evol...

Reducere. Jane Foster and Ann Copeland request the pleasure of your company to experience the history and the escapades of Palm Beach life. By 1910, American...

With 2018 marking 200 years since }Frankenstein{'s first publication, Levy provides an engrossing insight into the fascinating world of science in ...

Reducere. SummaryWe spend most of our lives in buildings and see new ones being created around us all the time. But the number of people and disciplines invo...

Reducere. So begins The Birth of a Universe, a profound exegesis by Apabyan Tew, a K'iche Maya midwife and daykeeper. We are bound to the ancient 260-day May...

Reducere. The wealthiest zip code in Florida doesn't just have billionaires, yachts, and private planes--it also has the best murder plots money can buy. The...

Reducere. Homes, pool houses, and gardens in paradise by the great architect Marion Sims Wyeth--progenitor of the fabled Palm Beach style and designer of Dor...

Reducere. Popular consensus says that the US rose over two centuries to Cold War victory and world domination, and is now in slow decline. But is this right?...

'A delightful and utterly fascinating work of intellectual history.' - Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with EinsteinIllustrations: 16 pages full...

Reducere. What was the "Classical Revolution" in Greek art? What were its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact? This book introduces students to these qu...

The techniques of early astrology are shown to have been at the foundation of science in this reclaiming of the alleged pseudoscience's value acros...

This study is devoted to the work of two early British filmmakers, George Albert Smith and James Williamson, and the films that they made around 19...

Anna Held was America's most popular musical comedy star during the two decades preceding World War I. In the colorful world of New York theater du...

DescriptionOver one hundred years since it premiered on cinema screens, D. W. Griffith's controversial photoplay The Birth of a Nation continues to...

Reducere. "Kagan, faithful to his lifelong fascination with Pericles . . . gives us an accessible and invaluable account of his life and deeds."--Allan Bloom...

The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other Minds A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The scuba-d...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Bruno MacaesNumber of pages: 232Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 354 x 327 x 24Cover type: Paperb...

Palm Beach interiors have long reflected the travels, penchants, and whimsies of the town s worldly inhabitants. Today, residents of this tiny barr...

While the birth of global economic governance is conventionally dated to the end of World War II, Jamie Martin shows how its roots lie in World War...

Reducere. Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, when migrants from the surrounding moun...

Reducere. DescriptionUntil the sixteenth century, people believed in magic as a way of explaining how the world worked. Indeed Queen Elizabeth I had a court ...

The story behind the origins of Anna Karenina and the turbulent life and times of Leo Tolstoy.Illustrations: 16 pages of B&W photographs

Reducere. Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind's essential link to the animal world. --The Ne...

Reducere. When was the last time you wrote a letter? Not a text or a tweet but a pen-to-paper or hand-typed message of gratitude, reflection, or expression o...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Michelle JonesIllustration(s): 61 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A New York Times Notable Book Named a best book of the year by Amazon, Wall Street Journal...

DescriptionA illustrated biographical tale that follows Hollywood revolutionary Rod Serling's rise to fame in the Golden Age of Television, and his...

Reducere. The Father of Spin is the first full-length biography of the legendary Edward L. Bernays, who, beginning in the 1920s, was one of the first and mos...

Reducere. In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career"In...

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 ...

George Louis Beer Prize WinnerWallace K. Ferguson Prize FinalistA Marginal Revolution Book of the Year"A groundbreaking contribution...Intellectual...

'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detectorPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Amit KatwalaNumber of pa...

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Jeff StorkIllustration(s): 425 colour & b/w photosNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

A collection of essays, paintings, and personal correspondence celebrates the life and legacy of Frederic Bazille, an instrumental but largely unsu...

Reducere. Following the 1948 war and the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinian Arabs comprised just fifteen percent of the population but held a much ...

Reducere. DescriptionA vivid history of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform Los AngelesWhen Walter O'Malley moved his Br...