A Chance to Survive

Science & Math

Lawrence Alderson

Agricultural Sciences

Pilkington Press

Two Masters: Jesus and Buddha

J. Duncan M. Derrett

The Manic Sun

CALDER, Nigel

Science and Society 1: Proceedings of Symposium Japan Society for Promotion of Science-UK Research Council 1995

Politics & Social Sciences

UNKNOWN

Social Sciences

Law and Morality

In these memoirs Heinz Berggruen, one of the most successful art dealers and collectors in Europe, recalls his encounters with the greatest artists of the century, particularly its leading geniuses Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. His memoirs provide a fascinating account of the artists and collectors who formed the colourful world of post-war Parisian art: their vanities great and small, their discord and rivalries, unfulfilled wishes and late triumphs. Berggruen went on to form one of the greatest art collections of this century centred on his exceptional holding of works by Picasso. Determined to communicate his pleasure in twentieth century art to a broad audience, he has now put his collection on display in a magnificent museum in Berlin, which has fast become a shrine for modern art lovers from all over the world.In his foreword, he writes how he chose the title: "Highway and Byways is one of Paul Klee's most beautiful paintings. For many years it was part of a private collection in the Rheinland. It is now hanging at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. Even as a young man I loved Klee. He was the first painter whose works occupied me intensely; he had a decisive influence on my career as a collector and dealer. I originally chose the title of one of Klee's paintings for my memoirs in homage to him, not only because of my reverence for Klee, but also because I saw Highway and Byways as a code, a condensed expression of everything I intended to relate in this book."

Heinz Berggruen: Highway and Byways

Heinz Berggruen

Biographies & Memoirs

In 1984, Nazarbayev became the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, working under Dinmukhamed Kunayev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan. He served as First Secretary of the Kazakh Communist Party from 1989 to 1991. Nazarbayev criticized Askar Kunayev, head of the Academy of Sciences, at the 16th session of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan in January 1986 for not reforming his department. Dinmukhamed Kunayev, Nazarbayev's boss and Askar's brother, felt deeply angered and betrayed. Kunayev went to Moscow and demanded Nazarbayev's dismissal while Nazarbayev's supporters campaigned for Kunayev's dismissal and Nazarbayev's promotion. Mikhail Gorbachev accepted the resignation of a deflated Kunayev, replacing him with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian, triggering three days of riots known as the Jeltoqsan.[citation needed]Nazarbayev replaced Kolbin, who despite his office had little authority in Kazakhstan, on 22 June 1989.He was Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 22 February to 24 April 1990. Nazarbayev was elected President of Kazakhstan by the Supreme Soviet on 24 April. He supported Russian President Boris Yeltsin against the attempted coup in August 1991 by Soviet hardliners. The Soviet Union disintegrated following the failed coup, though Nazarbayev was highly concerned with maintaining the close economic ties between Kazakhstan and Russia.[13] He won the 1991 presidential election on 1 December, winning 91.5% of the vote in an election in which no other candidate ran against him.On 21 December, he signed the Alma-Ata Protocol, thereby taking Kazakhstan into the Commonwealth of Independent States.

My life, my times, and the future

Conradi, Peter

Nazarbaev, Nursultan

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 198pp. Review copy. Probably never read. No markings.

Master Drawings by John Ruskin

Arts & Photography

Walton, Paul

History & Criticism

Modern Painters

Ruskin, John/David Barrie

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