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Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line is both an introduction to the Seattle-based photographer and a tribute to a true visionary. While Curtis’s photographs will long be his legacy, his own story is likewise compelling. Curtis built his first camera at 12 and developed that interest into a large...

Bruges, ses monuments et ses tableaux, est un livre illustré de l'Auteur, éditeur et lithographe belge Édouard Alexis Daveluy (1812 – 1894). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale (avec illustrations d'origine) et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement...

The story of Elliott Thompson’s remarkable life proves that it’s never too late to overcome obstacles and reinvent yourself. A rebellious teen, Thompson left school and joined the Navy during the Great Depression. After sailing the world, he began a lengthy government career, immersed in numbers...

Kein anderer deutscher Schriftsteller hat die deutsche Nachkriegsliteratur so geprägt wie Heinrich Böll. Die Verleihung des Nobelpreises für Literatur an Böll im Jahre 1972 war auch eine Anerkennung für die Unbestechlichkeit und Integrität, mit der der Kölner aus seiner konsequenten Zeitgenossenschaft...

Part history, part autobiography, part story of a sculptor’s craft, Life and Bronze shows what the public chooses to commemorate, what a sculptor wishes to express and how each fits together. Ruth Abernethy uses droll humour to expand on many themes, and outlines her public sculptures from first...

Ralph Burke Tyree was an American artist who was the most prolific portrait artist of the South Pacific peoples of the 20th century. He was from central California and his art education took place in San Francisco. Seven weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor he joined the Marines and was soon...

Escrito en blanco es una breve colección de 32 perfiles de músicos, novelistas, corresponsales de guerra, amistades, cocineros o estrellas del porno. Iñigo García Ureta se ha propuesto escribir sobre ellos no como un periodista (esto es, como quien ofrece información) sino para apropiarse de...

Con más de cuarenta y cinco películas dirigidas y una larga carrera como actor, cómico, escritor y músico de jazz, Woody Allen es uno de los artistas más polifacéticos de nuestro tiempo. Desde sus inicios con El dormilón, hasta su último estreno Café Society, todas las películas de Woody...

Великое счастье безвестности — такое, как у Владимира Гур­кина, — выпадает редкому творцу: это когда твое собственное имя прикрыто, словно обложкой, названием твоего...

La década de los '60 en Cuba fue una época convulsa,de grandes cambios en todos aspectos y direcciones. Cambios radicales que se sucedían a una velocidad que no permitía asimilar los hechos con objetividad predominando las emociones provocadas por la novedad y las perspectivas que anunciaban...

This is the second book “Puberty” and continues with his third and fourth years and the exploits of a young fireman in the 1960's. This edition contains over 60 contemporary images. In 1963 Michael Edward Fairn joined a Northern City County Borough Fire Brigade (after his 'Probation' period as...

This is a highly entertaining, fast -moving, vibrant account of the life of a man who didn't always take the obvious pathways, but always made the most of the pathways he found himself along. This book offers a great deal of colorful detail about the boy's earliest days as a hardscrabble kid growing...

kötet: A világhírű zongoraművész és karmester, Vásáry Tamás önéletregényének második kötetében a hatvanas évektől a kilencvenes évekig követhetjük történetét. A friss házasok meghitt kapcsolatának kibontakozásán keresztül, utazásaik, önmagukban és a misztikumban...

Amanda Bynes is an award winning actress, fashion designer and singer. She is also the creator of her own fashion line "Dear" and has had a moderately successful career in music.   In June 2010, Ms. Bynes announced that she was retiring from acting to focus her time...