L'apres-midi D'un Faune, Nijinsky 1912

Arts & Photography

Meyer, Adolf De

Performing Arts

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This is a poet's journal describing his journey through Southern Turkey with the painter Duncan Grant. He interweaves his account with data from the life and artistic career of Duncan Grant, and reminiscences and anecdotes about the Bloomsbury group. Paul Roche's other books include "New Tales from Aesop", "To Tell the Truth", "All Things Considered" and "The Rat and the Convent Dove".

With Duncan Grant in southern Turkey

Paul Roche

Travel

Woman and Power in History

Politics & Social Sciences

Amaury De Riencourt

Social Sciences

Vladimir of Russia (960-1015), a prince of Viking origin, founded the Russian State and converted his people to Christianity. This is the first complete biography of his life, based on Russian, Greek, German, Arabic and Icelandic sources. Endowed with exceptional talents as a warrior, diplomat and administrator, Vladimir seized his brother's throne and expanded his rule over the whole of Russia. A shrewd, hospitable and progressive ruler, later to become the benevolent "Red Sun" of Russian folklore, he adopted the Christian faith from the Greeks in 989 and is now recognized as a saint by the Christian churches. Vladimir Volkoff has written several plays and novels and has won the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise, the Prix Chateaubriand and the Prix Jules Verne.

Vladimir the Russian Viking

VOLKOFF, Vladimir

History

A travelogue describing the author's journey through Tibet in 1947 as one of the last Europeans permitted to enter the forbidden city of Lhasa before the Chinese invasion. His detailed account of the way of life - strange customs, opulence of ceremonies and the dress of officials and nobility, which surpassed the Indian maharajas, the splendour of monasteries and their treasures, the religious mysticism and historical background, the harshness and breathtaking beauty of nature - creates a vivid vision of this lost world. First published in 1950, this is a revised and updated version, and records the events resulting in the gradual invasion by China in the 1950s.

Lost world: Tibet

The Shaw Savill Line (Ship Pictorial Series)

Engineering & Transportation

Kerbrech, Richard P.De

Transportation

The Wake of the Cachalots

Daniels, Simon

A Song for Every Season: One Hundred Years in the Life of a Sussex Farming Family

Bob Copper

Europe

Is the story about the Star in the East true? And, if so, what exactly was the 'star'? While Sir Patrick cannot give a definitive answer, in The Star of Bethlehem he looks at various astronomical theories and comes up with a possible answer of his own. Who has not heard of the Star in the East? It is one of the most famous stories in the Bible, and tells us how the Wise Men came to Bethlehem to seek out the infant Jesus; they were guided by a brilliant star, which 'went before them' and stopped over the place where the child lay. Though all this happened two thousand years ago, the fascination of the Star of Bethlehem is a great as ever. This book presents the astronomical candidates in detail. Was it a star, a planet or planets, a comet, a nova or a supernova, or a shooting star? Unique artwork shows precisely how the sky would have appeared from Jerusalem at that time, so readers can assess for themselves which astronomical phenomena are likely solutions to the puzzle. Everyone who has wondered about this part of the nativity will enjoy Sir Patrick's honest and engaging account.

Star of Bethlehem

PATRICK MOORE

Pirelli World Rallying: No. 32

HOLMES, MARTIN

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