Marina: 920 books

La storia di Andrej Rublëv, il secondo lungometraggio di Andrej Tarkovskij, ha inizio nel 1964 quando, dopo il successo dell’Infanzia di Ivan, al regista vengono concessi i finanziamenti che gli permetteranno di raccontare la vita del più grande pittore di icone del medioevo russo. All’epoca...

Firenze, 1482. L'affascinante cortigiana Luciana Vetra è furiosa: fare da modella per il grande pittore Sandro Botticelli doveva essere la sua grande occasione, invece lui non soltanto si è rifiutato di pagarla, ma dopo un violento litigio l'ha addirittura cacciata dal suo studio. Per vendicarsi...

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This is the first exploration of the performative and theatrical force of Austen’s work and its afterlife, from the nineteenth century to the present. It unearths new and little-known Austen materials: from suffragette novels and pageants to school and amateur theatricals, passing through mid-twentieth-century...

A fascinating exploration, spanning two thousand years, ofthe central role exotic animals have played in war, diplomacy, and thepomp of rulers and luminaries.

A vital companion for actors in rehearsal - a thesaurus of action-words to revitalise performance, with a foreword by Terry Johnson. Finding the right action is an essential part of the process of preparation for the actor. Using this thesaurus of active verbs, the actor can refine the action-word...

The complete art-lovers guide to all the known and unknown art in New York City. Art on Sight: The Best Outings In and Near New York City invites readers to see public art in a wide variety of venues and applications. Covering the five boroughs of New York City and nearby sites close to the...

My husband shares me with his twin brother; and with the maid, beautiful Maria; and with Francois, who first taught me that pleasure and pain are two sides of the same coin. We have a very special playroom in our house...

Italian writer and filmmaker Gianni Celati’s 1989 philosophical travelogue Towards the River’s Mouth explores perception, memory, place and space as it recounts a series of journeys across the Po River Valley in northern Italy. The book seeks to document the “new Italian landscape” where divisions...

On October 1941, in a small village outside Moscow, Serafima bids farewell to Vitya, a Soviet officer going to the front. With only moments left together, she places a cross around her beloved’s neck and reluctantly releases him into a cruel world where nothing is certain, especially whether she...

I bambini sono ricchi di emozioni. A volte riescono ad accoglierle, gestirle, riconoscerle e comprenderle. Altre volte fanno fatica. In ogni caso, è nostro dovere aiutarli e promuovere la loro competenza emotiva. Questo libro ci insegna a giocare con i bambini e con i loro diversi vissuti emotivi attraverso le fiabe. Ci sono le fiabe per la gioia, la paura, la collera e la tristezza…

The book is devoted to the description of the fundamentals in the area of magnetic resonance. The book covers two domains: radiospectroscopy and quantum radioelectronics. Radiospectroscopy comprises nuclear magnetic resonance , electron paramagnetic resonance, nuclear quadrupolar resonance, and some...

“Vita Nostra” — a cross between Lev Grossman’s “The Magicians” and Elizabeth Kostova’s “The Historian” [...] is the anti-Harry Potter you didn’t know you wanted.” -- The Washington Post “Vita Nostra has become a powerful influence on my own writing. It’s a book that...

This book offers a timely analysis of work and labor processes and how they are rapidly changing under globalization. The contributors explore traditional sectors of the U.S. and world economies - from auto to steel to agriculture - as well as work under new production arrangements, such as third...