The arts: general topics

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Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der ägyptischen Pyramiden und entdecken Sie die verborgenen Geheimnisse hinter diesen monumentalen Bauwerken.

In this practical, easy to use book, Rae A.

Nominated for a James Beard Award Named a Best Wine Book of 2022 by The New York Times, Forbes, and The Washington Post From veteran wine writer and James Beard Award winner Alice Feiring, an insightful and entertaining memoir of wine, love, heartbreak, and the never-ending process of coming-of-age.

Bezeichnet man im deutschsprachigen Raum eine kulturelle Veranstaltung als ›Spektakel‹, geht damit oft eine negative Wertung einher.

';If you are curious about life as a sommelier, this charming book makes an easy, nutritious appetizer.

An ';eye-opening' (Kirkus Reviews) and timely exploration of how our foodfrom where it's grown to how we buy itis in the midst of a transformation, showing how this is our chance to do better, for us, for our children, and for our planet, from a global expert on consumer behavior and bestselling author of Why We Buy.

Out of the Delta is the remembrances of nationally recognized artist, Zeek Taylor, who grew up in Marmaduke, Arkansas.

Unique perspectives from an acclaimed art historian on the relationship between drawing and paintingFrom Drawing to Painting interweaves biographical information about five renowned French artists-Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Jacques-Louis David, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres-with a fascinating look at dozens of their drawings and the links that they have to their paintings.

A Look into the Privileged World of the American Aristocracy of the Early Twentieth Century Flora Miller Biddle was born a blue-blood.

Lassen sich für die Kunst noch begriffliche Grenzen ziehen?

The tumultuous and heartbreaking life of a world-famous model whose riveting story of beauty, fame, passion, murder, and madness in the Gilded Age captivated a nation.

The Food Almanac II is an annual, seasonal collection of recipes and stories celebrating the joy of food - a dazzling, diverse mix of memoir, history, short stories and poems alongside recipes, cooking tips, menus and reading lists.

Exploring the five elements of cooking and eating: Taste, Flavour (smell), Texture (touch and sound), Temperature (touch) and Appearance, this book explains how these elements work together and how best to use them to produce simple, delicious dishes.

Learn the ancient craft of making artisan pots, from clay preparation and drying to glazing and firing.

The best self-care stars with what we eat.

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Become the champion-pikelet-maker, an expert-afghan-baker or an award-winning-pizza-creator.

*THE ORIGINAL ALMANAC*'Lia Leendertz's classic almanac never fails to delight' - The Herald'It's a perfect Christmas present' - Allan Jenkins, The ObserverA perfect toolkit for connecting with the world around us and the year ahead as it unfolds - all in a compact and pocket size guide that just begs you to pick it up and browse.

Reconnect with the seasons in Britain and Ireland with this month-by-month guide to the world around us - including key dates, tide tables and garden tasks; constellations and moon phases; sunrises, folk songs, seasonal recipes plus a 'bun of the month'; and - because 2023 will be a good year for planet spotting - the solar system and the zodiac.

Most of us know a bit about what passes for good manners - holding doors open, sending thank-you notes, no elbows on the table.

The theme of 'disinterest' is a dominant one in philosophical accounts of aesthetic experience, and, unlike many philosophical themes, it has had and continues to have a huge effect, on presuppositions about the nature of judgment, of feeling, of art, of resistance, of all of those experiences and activities that appear to operate at least partly outside of the given regulations of human existence.

Discover how men and women perceive the world differently and why they won't agree on the colour or shape of the sofa!

Region by region, award-winning writer, Peter Richards takes us through all of Chile's many winemaking areas.

The new colour bible: a gorgeously illustrated exploration of colour and the modern gaze, from an award-winning designer'One of the best books on colour I've read.

The first comprehensive sociological explanation for the high suicide rate in Japan, the first profound philosophical explanation of "conceptual Art' in and through the Marxian categories of use and exchange, and the first analysis of the birth of Islam w

Althusser and Art examines the relationship between Althusser’s political theory and his writings on art.

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The artist is dead.

Veganism is a journey, and A Vegan Ethic explores veganism as an infinite model of social justice.

A Western Marxist, Avant-garde reading of contemporary art.

In this unprecedented ‘fictive’ construction of the work of five imaginary artists from the 1980s, John Roberts produces an exhilarating theoretical encounter between futures past and futures present.

Examining the recent changes in the labour of an artist and addressing them from the perspective of performance.

The world's best-selling annual wine guide.

The wines of Bordeaux are universally recognized as being among the finest in the world and in this fully revised and updated edition of his classic text, renowned wine expert Stephen Brook provides an unrivalled survey of the region and its wines.

The world's most trusted annual wine guide.

The world's best-selling annual wine guide.

The world's best-selling annual wine guideHugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet.

An authoritative and inspirational winetasting course, from one of the world's leading wine educators.