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At the turn of the 20th century, artists and craftsmen throughout Europe and America were profoundly affected by a new art style that took its inspiration from nature. Generally referred to as Art Nouveau, the trend influenced all manner of creative types, from painters, illustrators, and architects...

El Discurso del método cuyo título completo es Discurso del método para conducir bien la propia razón y buscar la verdad en las ciencias es la principal obra escrita por René Descartes y una obra fundamental de la filosofía occidental. Publicada anónimamente en Leiden Descartes la tituló "Discurso"...

Winner, 2019 IACP Award for Best Book of the Year in Food Matters Named one of the Best Food Books of the Year by The New Yorker, Smithsonian, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, and more MAD Dispatches: Furthering Our Ideas About Food Good food is the common ground shared by all...

Following the Revolution in 1789, members of the aristocracy were increasingly persecuted, and many of them fled abroad. These exiles became known collectively as 'émigrés', and despite initial confusions and indecision, many of them were taken into British service. This fine text by René Chartrand...

De overwinning bij Heiligerlee op het Spaanse pronkleger, de onthoofding van Egmont en Horne, het hongerende Leiden dat verlangt naar overgave, de slachtpartij in Naarden, Willem van Oranje die een moordaanslag overleeft, een wolvenplaag in winters Vlaanderen, de bijna verloren veldslag bij Nieuwpoort,...

Dawn After Dark is a discussion between a French art critic and a Japanese religious leader. They personify two distinctively human pursuitsart and religionthat are bound together by a sense of the sacred. For more than a century, Western thought has celebrated and sustained an optimistic faith in...

This book examines the period leading up to the Hong Kong handover in 1997 - the 'countdown of time', and by using iconic cultural symbols such as the countdown clock, the Hong Kong Museum exhibitions and cultural heritage sites, argues that China has undergone a transition to neoliberal state, in...

Throwing down the marriage gauntlet has never been so wild.  Thirty-something paralegal, Hadley Beckett and charismatic, local sportscaster/daredevil, Finn Wilder, disagree about how they should share their lives together. Having been together for three years, Finn increasingly pressures Hadley...

« Il faut oser dire n'importe quoi ! La morale est ailleurs que là où on l'imagine. » Dans Dévergondages, on retrouve les éléments de Colette ou les amusements de bon ton, la même obscénité jubilatoire. Ici, le narrateur se consacre à l'initiation de jolies jeunes femmes toutes...

In this evocative and p****oignant novel from the USA TODAY bestselling author of Blind Kiss and Wish You Were Here, a young widow in the midst of grieving her late husband through Facebook posts learns to heal and fall in love again. “See you on the other side.” Laya Marston’s...

Refik Atilla iyi bir çevrede yetişmiştir. Ama karanlığa mahkum bir yazgısı olduğunu hisseder hep. Çünkü, dikkat edin, isminin ortasında 'katil' kelimesi var. Yerel mafya onu, katil olmanın kaderinde olduğuna inandırır. Refik Atilla, aklı karmakarış ruhu altüst bir şekilde,...

Hadley Beckett has a long way to go on the heartbreaking and unforgiving road to redemption. As she continues to recover, her family and friends rally around her, each having their own idea about how to help Hadley heal, as honest or misguided they may be. Hang on for this uncertain journey...

Every woman has a breaking point. Hadley Beckett has met hers. On her path to recovery, Hadley encounters the ghost she tried to exorcise from her life. Followed by a shocking heartbreak, she's thrown into a tailspin and must rise and forge ahead. Despite her watchful family and friends, Hadley...

In the follow-up to "Chasing the Wild Sparks," Hadley Beckett's quest for wedded bliss perseveres… Riding high in her relationship with her sportscaster/local daredevil boyfriend Finn Wilder, Hadley Beckett makes plans concerning her future with Finn. Big plans. Infamously anti-marriage,...