Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2002
ISBN 10: 1860648320 ISBN 13: 9781860648328
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. Popular interest in ancient Egypt has too often tended to focus on the deeds of rulers, great nobles, and priests. In Pharaohs People, T.G.H. James by contrast examines the daily working lives of Egyptians lower down the social scale: bureaucrats, scribes, craftsmen, and workers of the land. James has drawn on the evidence of paintings and inscriptions from tombs and temples, from official archives, private correspondence, accounts, and dispatches. Most of the texts have been newly translated for this book and, in examining them, the author brings to life the fascinating intricacies of daily life under the Pharaohs.
Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2001
ISBN 10: 1860646778 ISBN 13: 9781860646775
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. If men and women are equally capable of genius, why have there been no female artists of the stature of Leonardo, Titian or Poussin? In seeking to answer this question, Germaine Greer introduces us to major but underestimated figures in the history of Western painting--Angelica Kauffmann, Natalia Goncharova, Suzanne Valadon, Berthe Morisot, Kathe Kllwitz--and produces a brilliantly incisive and richly illustrated study. She explains the obstacles as both external and surmountable and internal and insurmountable in the race for achievement.
Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2001
ISBN 10: 1860646158 ISBN 13: 9781860646157
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. Revised. In November 1922 a momentous discovery, unlike any other before or since, changed our understanding of the ancient world. However, until now the marvelous story of Carters quest for Tutankhamun and its culmination in his unearthing of the intact, treasure-filled tomb has been told without a reliable account of the man behind the discovery and the myths that have surrounded it. Carter's legendary discovery in the Valley of the Kings and his painstaking clearance of the intact royal burial are the topic of this definitive biography.
Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2001
ISBN 10: 186064645X ISBN 13: 9781860646454
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. Invited by The Guardian newspaper to explore his choice of 100 films in the millennium in a weekly column spanning two years, film writer and critic Derek Malcolm set out on a project which has attracted much attention. This book is a critical celebration of unparalleled knowledge and understanding of what cinema can achieve. Malcolm not only pleases to filmgoers, but introduces readers to films that they may not yet have discovered.
Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Books, 1994
ISBN 10: 1850437408 ISBN 13: 9781850437406
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2009
ISBN 10: 1845118634 ISBN 13: 9781845118631
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2004
ISBN 10: 1850434042 ISBN 13: 9781850434047
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2009
ISBN 10: 1845118634 ISBN 13: 9781845118631
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2004
ISBN 10: 1850434034 ISBN 13: 9781850434030
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. Revised. The Caucasus--a region of supreme natural beauty and fiercely proud warriors--has throughout history been characterized by violence and turmoil. During the Great Caucasus War of 1834-1859, the warring mountain tribes of Daghestan and Chechnya united under the charismatic leadership of the Muslim chieftain Imam Shamyl, the "Lion of Daghestan", and held at bay the invading Russian army for nearly 25 years. Lesley Blanch vividly recounts the epic story of their heroic and bloody struggle for freedom and the life of a man still legendary in the Caucasus.
Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2001
ISBN 10: 186064645X ISBN 13: 9781860646454
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2009
ISBN 10: 1845118049 ISBN 13: 9781845118044
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. Reprint. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)--poet, philosopher, painter, novelist, playwright, composer, traveller, political commentator and Asias first Nobel Laureate--was one of his eras cultural icons. Proclaimed as the greatest poet India has ever produced, Tagore left an astonishing legacy undimmed nearly 70 years after his death. But he was also an enigmatic, complex and contradictory figure, torn between Indias spiritual values and the spirit of the West. In this definitive biography, Krishna Dutta and Andrew Robinson explore the man behind the myth, presenting the power of his person, the power of his name and the power of his work. The result is an enlightening and exquisitely rendered portrayal--not of the legend but, to quote Tagore, of *the figure that once moved.*.
Publicado por Brand: Tauris Parke Books, 1994
ISBN 10: 1850437408 ISBN 13: 9781850437406
Librería: Hafa Adai Books, Plainfield, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.