Picasso's Demoiselles: The Untold Origins of a Modern Masterpiece, Paperback - Suzanne Preston Blier

DescriptionIn Picasso's Demoiselles, eminent art historian Suzanne Preston Blier uncovers the previously unknown history of Pablo Picasso's Les Dem...

Have you ever looked at a great work of art and thought, 'I could have done that'? Well, now's your chance!

In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lew...

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Reducere. DescriptionJesus comes to life in this fascinating modern biography excerpted from The Urantia Book. Many of these historical stories are familiar ...

The emergence of slavery in the District of Columbia profoundly transformed constitutional interpretation. Gilhooley's account of this interaction,...

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With over four million copies in print, Paramahansa Yogananda's autobiography has served as a gateway into yoga and alternative spirituality for No...

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The vivid scenes on the Bayeux Tapestry depict the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Hicks shows us this world and the miracle o...

An oral history, with the full participation of cast and crew, of one of the most popular sitcoms in television history.Since premiering in 2009, t...

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This book tells the story of this unique undertaking - one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland - and reproduces i...

Reducere. Werner Sombart (1863-1941) was one of the leading German economists and social scientists of the late 19thand early 20thcenturies. The son of an in...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Michael S. KideckelIllustration(s): 15 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 272Collection: Food, Health...

A groundbreaking insight into Gustave Courbet and his bold experiments in landscape paintingPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Paul GalvezI...

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This book tells the story of this unique undertaking - one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland - and reproduces i...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): James PoskettNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 323 x 286 x 40Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

Metals, Culture and Capitalism: An Essay on the Origins of the Modern World - Jack Goody

Since the 1948 Dixiecrat revolt from the national Democratic Party, rural white southerners have experienced a painstakingly slow transformational ...

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From the foremost historian of 20th century Spain, A People Betrayed is the story of the devastating betrayal of Spain by its political class, its ...

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This book examines how the reformers' conceptual and theological frameworks pertaining to the role of the arts influenced the rise of realistic the...

Many today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for centuries nearly synonymous with humanistic intellectual life, encompassing not only ...

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The unlikely tale of Frances Glessner Lee and her revolutionary work in forensic science through the creation of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplaine...

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How British authorities and Indian intellectuals developed ideas about deviant female sexuality to control and organize modern society in India Dur...

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What are the origins of some of our holidays? Why are eggs decorated on Easter? Why are there wreaths on doors during Christmas? What is the real r...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): ForcellinoNumber of pages: 250Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 235 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedescopera far...

Whenever Picasso does something different, people say 'No! No! No! Picasso.' But he doesn't listen. He paints all-blue pictures, all-pink pictures,...

The Sunday Times Bestseller 'Seasoned Whitehall watchers often remark: "It wouldn't have been like this if Jeremy Heywood were still around." ... H...

DescriptionThis clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Unlike...

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