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Walter Crane
ISBN: 9780500022627 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) An exploration of the life and work of Walter Crane, the pioneering British socialist artist who transformed the illustration of children's books.
An exploration of the life and work of Walter Crane, the pioneering British socialist artist who transformed the illustration of children's books.
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98,28 zł |
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The Quentin Blake Book
ISBN: 9780500094358 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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155,57 zł |
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In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon's Wars, 1793–1815
ISBN: 9780571269532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars - but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank or a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and bakers and candlestick makers - how did the war touch their lives? Jenny Uglow, the prize-winning author of The Lunar Men and Nature's Engraver, follows the gripping back-and-forth of the first global war, but turns the news upside down, seeing how it reached the people. Illustrated by the satires of...
We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars - but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a York...
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88,12 zł |
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A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration
ISBN: 9780571217342 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A portrait of Charles II that explores his elusive nature.
A portrait of Charles II that explores his elusive nature.
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77,74 zł |
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Sybil & Cyril: Cutting Through Time
ISBN: 9781250872562 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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108,90 zł |
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Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense
ISBN: 9780571269556 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) If we follow him across land and sea - to Italy, Greece and Albania, to The Levant and Egypt and India - and to the borderlands of spirit and self, art and desire, can we see, in the end, if the nonsense makes sense?
If we follow him across land and sea - to Italy, Greece and Albania, to The Levant and Egypt and India - and to the borderlands of spirit and self,...
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67,37 zł |
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Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick
ISBN: 9780226823911 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Thomas Bewick's (1753-1828) History of British Birds was the first field guide for ordinary people, illustrated with woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty. In Nature's Engraver, Jenny Uglow tells the story of the farmer's son from Tyneside who became one of Britain's greatest and most popular engravers. It is a story of violent change, radical politics, lost ways of life, and the beauty of the wild--a journey to the beginning of our lasting obsession with the natural world. "A refined and engaging biography, as beautifully wrought, in its way, as Bewick's... Thomas Bewick's (1753-1828) History of British Birds was the first field guide for ordinary people, illustrated with woodcuts of astonishing... |
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99,60 zł |
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Sybil & Cyril: Cutting Through Time
ISBN: 9780374272128 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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207,43 zł |
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George Eliot
ISBN: 9781844084982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Best known for her masterpieces "Middlemarch "and "Silas Marner," George Eliot (18191880) was both one of the most brilliant writers of her day, and one of the most talked about. Intellectual and independent, she had the strength to defy polite society with her highly unorthodox private life which included various romances and regular encounters with the primarily male intelligentsia. This insightful and provocative biography investigates Eliot s life, from her rural and religious upbringing through her tumultuous relationship with the philosopher George Henry Lewes to her quiet death from...
Best known for her masterpieces "Middlemarch "and "Silas Marner," George Eliot (18191880) was both one of the most brilliant writers of her day, and o...
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67,37 zł |
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Sybil & Cyril: Cutting through Time
ISBN: 9780571354160 / Miękka / 2022 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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67,37 zł |
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A Little History of British Gardening
ISBN: 9781784740313 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did the potato seem really, really weird when it arrived on our shores? This lively 'potted' history of gardening in Britain takes us on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for decking and ornamental grasses today. It tracks down the ordinary folk who worked the earth - the apprentice boys and weeding women, the florists and nursery gardeners - as well as aristocrats and grand designers and famous plant-hunters. Coloured by Jenny Uglow's own love for plants, and brought to life in the many vivid...
Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did the potato seem really, really weird when it arrived on our shores? This lively 'potted' h...
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129,64 zł |
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Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick
ISBN: 9780571223756 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) At the end of the eighteenth-century Britain fell in love with nature. Thomas Bewick's "History of British Birds" marked the moment: the first 'field-guide' for ordinary people, illustrated by woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty. This biography tells a story of violent change, radical politics, lost ways of life and the beauty of the wild.
At the end of the eighteenth-century Britain fell in love with nature. Thomas Bewick's "History of British Birds" marked the moment: the first 'field-...
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88,12 zł |
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The Lunar Men
ISBN: 9780374528881 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the center of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world. Among them were the ambitious toymaker Matthew Boulton and his partner James Watt, of steam-engine fame; the potter Josiah Wedgwood; the larger-than-life Erasmus Darwin, physician, poet, inventor, and theorist of evolution (a forerunner of his grandson Charles). Later came Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen and fighting radical.... In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the ... |
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170,76 zł |
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The Palgrave MacMillan Dictionary of Women's Biography
ISBN: 9781403934482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 668 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography contains details of the lives of over 2100 women from all periods, cultures and walks of life - from queens to TV chefs, engineers to stand up comics, pilots to poisoners. With subsections for further reading, comprehensive subject index and a bibliographical survey, this dictionary of women's biography is an invaluable reference source.
The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography contains details of the lives of over 2100 women from all periods, cultures and walks of life -...
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176,27 zł |
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William Hogarth: A Life and a World
ISBN: 9780571193769 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 816 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The paintings and engravings of William Hogarth, the subject of this biography, have always been popular, but outside art history little is known about his life. He moved in the worlds of theatre, literature, journalism and politics, and found subjects for his work over the whole gamut of 18th-century London, from street scenes to drawing rooms, and from churches to gambling halls and prisons.
The paintings and engravings of William Hogarth, the subject of this biography, have always been popular, but outside art history little is known abou...
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103,72 zł |
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The Pinecone
ISBN: 9780571269518 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Born into an old Cumbrian family, heiress to an industrial fortune, Sarah combined a zest for progress with a love of the past. In the church, her masterpiece, she let her imagination flower - there are carvings of ammonites, scarabs and poppies; an arrow pierces the wall as if shot from a bow; a tortoise-gargoyle launches itself into the air.
Born into an old Cumbrian family, heiress to an industrial fortune, Sarah combined a zest for progress with a love of the past. In the church, her mas...
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88,12 zł |
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The Lunar Men: The Inventors of the Modern World 1730-1810
ISBN: 9780571216109 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Among the group of Midlands amateur experimenters who formed the Lunar Society and kick-started the Industrial Revolution, were Matthew Boulton, Josiah Wedgewood, James Watt and Erasmus Darwin. This account uncovers the friendships, political passions and love of knowledge that drove these men.
Among the group of Midlands amateur experimenters who formed the Lunar Society and kick-started the Industrial Revolution, were Matthew Boulton, Josia...
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88,12 zł |
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