wyszukanych pozycji: 3
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Balanchine
ISBN: 9780520206397 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Written with wit, insight, and candor, Balanchine is a book that will delight lovers of biography as well as those with a special interest in dance. For this edition the author has added a thoughtful yet dramatic account of the working out of Balanchine's legacy, from the making of his controversial will to the present day. The author explores the intriguing legal, financial, and institutional subplots that unfolded after the death of the greatest choreographer of the century, but the central plot of his epilogue is the aesthetic issue: In the absence of their creator, can the...
Written with wit, insight, and candor, Balanchine is a book that will delight lovers of biography as well as those with a special interest in d...
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154,04 |
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The Arts in Boston
ISBN: 9780674335745 / Angielski / Twarda / 1970 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In this lively and informed book, Bernard Taper, a writer for the New Yorker, scrutinizes the social and economic characteristics of the arts in Boston, seeking specific answers to the questions: What might be done to foster, strengthen, enrich, and invigorate the arts? What can make them more meaningful to a larger segment of the community? The arts, he writes, have been more honored in Boston than in most American cities, and by the best people; but they have possibly been enjoyed rather less than they have been honored. Throughout his book Mr. Taper stresses that the arts, both... In this lively and informed book, Bernard Taper, a writer for the New Yorker, scrutinizes the social and economic characteristics of the arts in B... |
cena:
255,56 |
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Gomillion Versus Lightfoot: The Right to Vote in Apartheid Alabama
ISBN: 9780817350444 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The account of the landmark constitutional law decision on racial redistricting. "Bernard Taper's small but meaty book . . . is an example of how the human considerations that lie behind a Supreme Court decision can be brought to life. . . . By applying the microscope to a single case, Mr. Taper has said a great deal about how and why issues reach the Supreme Court, and how they are decided." This book was first published in 1962 to critical acclaim. It details the lawsuit that Charles C. Gomillion, chairman of Tuskegee Institute's... The account of the landmark constitutional law decision on racial redistricting. "Bernard Taper's small but meaty book . . . is a... |
cena:
77,99 |