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Guido Reni was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style. He was a typically classical academic but he was also one of the most elegant painters in the chronicles of art history. He was constantly seeking an absolute, rarefied perfection which he measured against classical Antiquity and Raphael. Because...

Adam Sandler is an American actor, comedian and producer. Adam Sandler is famous for two things; making funny movies and getting paid tons of money to make said movies.   Through his acting and producing, Sandler has been able to amass a personal net worth of $300 million and...

Théodore Rousseau was French landscape painter. His aims, style and development are characteristic of the Barbizon School, of which he was one of the major members. Like others in the group he suffered great suffering as a result of his attempts to introduce a non-academic landscape style....

Acclaimed author Rick Bass decided to thank all of his writing heroes in person, one meal at a time, in this "rich smorgasbord of a memoir . . . a soul-nourishing, road-burning act of tribute" (New York Times Book Review)****. "Exuberant . . . A classic . . . This is a rich bounty...

Henri Frédéric Amiel was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic. Born in Geneva in 1821, he was descended from a Huguenot family driven to Switzerland by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. After losing his parents at an early age, Amiel travelled widely, became intimate with the intellectual...

This volume, accessible to all of Alistair MacLeod's readers and fans, offers the transcript of an in-depth interview with Alistair MacLeod which took place in Windsor during the Spring of 2009. It is introduced by Douglas Gibson, Alistair MacLeod's long-time editor and trusted friend. Alistair MacLeod...

Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, archaeologist and spy who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her skill and contacts, built up through extensive...

Isaac Levitan was a classical Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape". His extremely influential art heritage consists of more than a 1000 paintings, pastels, graphics, and illustrations. Levitan's paintings were a deep response to the lyrical magic of the...

Chopin was a romantic era Polish composer. This work is a memoir by Liszt who knew Chopin both as man and artist. This memoir gives a unique understanding to the psychological character of the compositions of Chopin. It also offers Liszt's insight into some of Chopin's polonaises, especially the grand...

«Joann Sfar non è soltanto uno dei più dotati fumettisti e registi francesi, ma con questo suo nuovo romanzo si propone definitivamente anche come uno dei più acuti e profondi romanzieri europei» - Le Monde«Amare il prossimo può essere molto pericoloso, ma - ci spiega il sempre più geniale...

Die erste Werkbiographie über den großen ungarischen Schriftsteller. Lange vor der Niederschrift seines weltberühmten »Romans eines Schicksallosen" hat Imre Kertész einen kurzen Text geschrieben, der sich wie eine Grundschrift seines Werkes liest: In »Ich, der Henker", einem lange Zeit unpublizierten...

'If artists betray the social conscience and the basic principles of being human, where does art stand then?' Ai Weiwei - artist, architect, curator, publisher, poet and urbanist - extended the notion of art and is one of the world's most significant creative and cultural figures. In this series...

Spears was trimmed for fame from her earliest years. In 1998, she exploded on the popular music genre scene together with her megahit single " Baby an additional Time," that preceded a series of hit singles, sold-out concerts, TV specials and even a movie, "Crossroads" (2002),...