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30000 years of art
012 000 FtFollowing on from The Art Book published in 1994, 30,000 Years of Art offers an original and accessible introduction to art for a general readership. Unlike The Art Book, it organises the work in chronological order (rather than alphabetical), it covers all cultures (not only western) and, as the title suggests, it covers 30,000 years of art (rather than art since the Renaissance). The book contains over 1000 works of art from all periods and regions in the world and breaks through the usual geographical and cultural boundaries of art history to celebrate the vast range of human artistry across time and space. Each work is accompanied by key caption information (date, title, place of origin, style or culture, medium, dimensions etc.), and a text that provides more information on the work and its art historical context. The book presents art in a way very different from other art history compendia, revealing the huge diversity, or in many cases, similarity, of man’s artistic achievements through time and around the globe. Ordered chronologically, the resulting timeline of works will lead to compelling surprising juxtapositions will offer intellectual pleasure and a sense of wonder and discovery.
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A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen
03 600 FtTHE NICKELODEONS, as the first movie theatres were called, in no way resembled the luxurious picture palaces of today, but what an aura of magic and mystery, of laughter and tears clung to them! There, to the sounds of a tinkling and appropriately emotional piano, Pearl White faced her perils, Francis X. Bushman caused fluttering hearts, Theda Bara wrecked homes, Chaplin and Arbuckle and Mack Sennett set zany standards, never to be excelled, and a host of beautiful ladies smiled and wept and were alluring. It was a realm of fantastic and childish make-believe situated in a never-never land called Hollywood, but gradually the whole world came to treasure its heroes and heroines and clowns, and to ape them. Whatever role the silent screen has played in our social history— and I believe it was an important one— no one can underestimate the enormous pleasure the films of this era gave to audiences everywhere. It has been my thought in compiling this book to recall the varied and fascinating personalities and photoplays of the years from the earliest films to the advent of the sound screen, when stars were really stars, when the fashions and activities of the Hollywood greats echoed around the world and 100,000 people could gather in London and even in Moscow to greet Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks on their triumphal tour of Europe. Here was an art peculiarly American and yet universal. Its essence was entertainment; its success, financial and otherwise, was stupendous. Perhaps today, in a more troubled age, we can look back on these people and their films not only with nostalgia but also with a sincere desire to learn what made glamor so glamorous and laughter so hearty, and the world a happier place to live in. It was a memorable age, and I hope I have captured some of its quality to preserve in this book. – Daniel Blum
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Beware Familiar Spirits
0600 FtMillions believe in spirits. This amazing and factual account of ghostly beings, their work, and their masters, tells why. It is the product of long study and careful investigation by the author, a close student of Spiritism for many years.
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Black Hollywood
02 500 FtAn album of motion-picture stills and publicity shots traces the progress of and major influences on black actors and actresses since pre-World War I years
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Carl Sandburg
01 000 FtHarry Golden greatly admired and loved Carl Sandburg, and the feeling was indeed mutual. Toward the end of his life, Sandburg shared his papers, letters, photographs, and memories with Golden. Combining these materials with his own recollections, Golden reconstructs the life of his closest friend. His anecdotal account is both an engaging portrait of Sandburg and a tribute to their friendship. Generations of Sandburg’s devoted readers will want to own this very personal biography.
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Children’s Fashions of the Past in Photographs
0600 FtCapture a glimpse of yesteryear from these 165 studio photos of American and European children from the 1860s to the 1920s.
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Gregory Peck – A Charmed LIfe
04 000 FtHis first screen test was a disaster, his features were large and irregular, his left ear outsized the right, yet he would one day be headlined as the Most Handsome Man in the World. And most of his leading ladiesamong them, Ingrid Bergman, Jennifer Jones, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, and Ava Gardnerwould not disagree. Irreverent, candid, refreshingly honest, Lynn Haney’s carefully researched biography not only charts the remarkable career of the Oscar-winning star but also plumbs Peck’s frequently troubling complexity in his off-screen roles as husband, father, lover, and son. About the tough times, Haney minces no words; but the misfortunes by no means eclipse the energy, intensity, and excitement that characterized Peck’s five decades of moviemaking. This is a book filled with telling photographs, and a story cast with movie moguls from Louis B. Mayer to Darryl Zanuck, with directors from Hitchcock and Walsh to Huston and Wyler, with nearly every major luminary in Hollywood, and, starring for the first time in toto, Gregory Peck.
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My Life and Lives
02 000 FtIn 1928, the elder monks of the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism divined that a five-year-old boy living in a remote part of Tibet was the reincarnation of the ninth Khyongla of Tibet. Ori the boy’s sixth birthday, monks on horseback took him from his parents to a monastery some distance away where he was installed as its spiritual head. For over three decades, he lived the sober life of a monk, studying at the most famous monasteries in Tibet, until the Communist Chinese took over his country in 1959. Along with thousands of monks, as well as the Dalai Lama, he then fled on foot over the Himalayas to safety, and to a radically different life in India, and eventually in the United States. This is the story of his years in Tibet, and. of his narrow escape. Never before has a book by an insider explored in such detail the rituals and ceremonies that made up the now-vanished monastic life in Tibet. „No one has given us anything like this full-bodied narrative picture of Tibet as it was known to its people….Nor have we anywhere anything like this inward history of the life and disciplines of its great Buddhist monasteries and temples, hermitages and mountain retreats — any such intimate portraits of its once numerous scholar-mystics.” Joseph Campbell
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Secrets of the Chocolate House
01 000 FtNew York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston’s The Little Shop of Found Things was called “a page-turner that will no doubt leave readers eager for future series installments” (Publishers Weekly). Now, Brackston returns to the Found Things series with its sequel, Secrets of the Chocolate House. After her adventures in the seventeenth century, Xanthe does her best to settle back into the rhythm of life in Marlborough. She tells herself she must forget about Samuel and leave him in the past where he belongs. With the help of her new friends, she does her best to move on, focusing instead on the success of her and Flora’s antique shop. But there are still things waiting to be found, still injustices needing to be put right, still voices whispering to Xanthe from long ago about secrets wanting to be shared. While looking for new stock for the shop, Xanthe hears the song of a copper chocolate pot. Soon after, she has an upsetting vision of Samuel in great danger, compelling her to make another journey to the past. This time she’ll meet her most dangerous adversary. This time her ability to travel to the past will be tested. This time she will discover her true destiny. Will that destiny allow her to return home? And will she be able to save Samuel when his own fate seems to be sealed?
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The Cuisine of Hungary
012 000 FtGeorge Lang, aki Deutsch Györgyként látta meg a napvilágot Székesfehérváron, s később Láng Györgyre változtatta nevét, 1946-ban hagyta el hazáját. Dolgozott a világhírű Waldorf-Astoriában, a The Plaza-ban, majd a Restaurant Associates-hez került. Az úttörő vállalkozás, akkor élte virágkorát, mikor a vendéglátás világszerte modernizálódott, mikor ezerszámra nyíltak jobbnál jobb éttermek és vendéglő szerte a világon. A társaság több híres, innovatív projektet is létrehozott, melyek közül kiemelkedik a Four Seasons. Ezt később Láng vezette, s működése alatt lett a világ egyik legjobb étterme. Láng György több nagyszerű könyvet is írt, ezek közül kiemelkedik a Klasszikus Magyar Konyha, a Konyhai különlegességek és képtelenségek. Ez a könyve több mint 300 autentikus magyar receptet mutat be a paraszti konyha leveseitől az arisztokrata konyháig.
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The History of Television
01 500 FtChronicles the medium that has changed the face of politics, world news, art, entertainment, and leisure time, and presents its technical development and hit programs
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The Little Shop of Found Things
01 000 FtXanthe and her mother Flora leave London behind for a fresh start, taking over an antique shop in the historic town of Marlborough. Xanthe has always had an affinity with some of the antiques she finds. When she touches them, she can sense something of the past they come from and the stories they hold. So when she has an intense connection to a beautiful silver chatelaine she has to know more. It’s while she’s examining the chatelaine that she’s transported back to the seventeenth century. And shortly after, she’s confronted by a ghost who reveals that this is where the antique has its origins. The ghost tasks Xanthe with putting right the injustice in its story to save an innocent girl’s life, or else it’ll cost her Flora’s. While Xanthe fights to save her amid the turbulent days of 1605, she meets architect Samuel Appleby. He may be the person who can help her succeed. He may also be the reason she can’t bring herself to leave. With its rich historical detail, strong mother-daughter relationship, and picturesque English village, The Little Shop of Found Things is poised to be a strong start to this new series.
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The Storm before the Storm
01 600 FtThe creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions brings to life the bloody battles, political machinations, and human drama that set the stage for the fall of the Roman Republic. The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Beginning as a small city-state in central Italy, Rome gradually expanded into a wider world filled with petty tyrants, barbarian chieftains, and despotic kings. Through the centuries, Rome’s model of cooperative and participatory government remained remarkably durable and unmatched in the history of the ancient world. In 146 BC, Rome finally emerged as the strongest power in the Mediterranean. But the very success of the Republic proved to be its undoing. The republican system was unable to cope with the vast empire Rome now ruled: rising economic inequality disrupted traditional ways of life, endemic social and ethnic prejudice led to clashes over citizenship and voting rights, and rampant corruption and ruthless ambition sparked violent political clashes that cracked the once indestructible foundations of the Republic. Chronicling the years 146-78 BC, The Storm Before the Storm dives headlong into the first generation to face this treacherous new political environment. Abandoning the ancient principles of their forbearers, men like Marius, Sulla, and the Gracchi brothers set dangerous new precedents that would start the Republic on the road to destruction and provide a stark warning about what can happen to a civilization that has lost its way.
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Thomas Wolfe
01 000 FtThis critical analysis of the twentieth-century writer’s career and achievements includes a chronology of his life
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Thornton Wilder
01 000 FtHailed by Critic as „one of the biggest projects now going on in American literature, „Twayne’s United States Authors Series – to include more than two hundred titles-contributes to the wider understanding of our literary and cultural heritage.
Honterus Antikvárium és Aukciós Ház
