When a burned book falls into the hands of a young bookbinder, she uncovers a tale of forbidden love, a fortune lost ... and murder - which puts her own life in jeopardy. Fans of The Shadow of the Wind and The Thirteenth Tale will love this thrilling...Loe edasi...
Amanda Zehnder, Ashley Rye-Kopec, David Brinley, Guillermo del Toro, Kevin J. Anderson, Michael Dirda, Stephen Korshak, David Brinley, Guillermo Del Toro, Margaret Stetz...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Oct-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Delaware Press, ISBN-13: 9781644534069)
"e;The Korshak Collection is a portrait and biography of a man and his family, who once looked upon the dark skies and saw Immortals, gods hunting in the storm clouds. Stephen Korshak decided to dedicate his life to tell us all how the thunder so...Loe edasi...
A compendium of the most celebrated, revelatory, notorious and heart-wrenching diaries from the great, the good and the downright evil. Including the historical journals of Samuel Pepys and Anne Frank; snapshots of art and culture in the diaries of F...Loe edasi...
A new and definitive account of one of the most famous and mysterious manuscripts in the world. The Book of Kells is a mystery. It is distinct from all other copies of the gospels from the early Middle Ages, not only in the quality and amount of its...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Oct-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Amsterdam University Press, ISBN-13: 9781040800188)
The sixteenth-century pictorial manuscript known as the Codex Borbonicus contains a remarkable record of the eighteen Mexica (or "e;Aztec"e;) festival periods of twenty days, known as veintenas, celebrated during the 365-day solar year. Becau...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Oct-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Amsterdam University Press, ISBN-13: 9781040774281)
The sixteenth-century pictorial manuscript known as the Codex Borbonicus contains a remarkable record of the eighteen Mexica (or "e;Aztec"e;) festival periods of twenty days, known as veintenas, celebrated during the 365-day solar year. Becau...Loe edasi...
Warning: this book may cause you to rethink your default typeface settings.Back to Font uncovers the secrets and lives behind 16 of the most famous typefaces. It answers all sorts of questions you might never have thought to ask before. Like: who wer...Loe edasi...
Illumino explores the history of medieval Britain through the biographies of twelve remarkable illuminated manuscripts and of their creators and owners. The manuscripts each serve as portals into these lives and as springboards into the era of their...Loe edasi...
Illumino explores the history of medieval Britain through the biographies of twelve remarkable illuminated manuscripts and of their creators and owners. The manuscripts each serve as portals into these lives and as springboards into the era of their...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Jun-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300283730)
An absorbing history of Europes nine most puzzling texts, including the biggest mystery of all: the Voynich Manuscript Books can change the world. They can influence, entertain, transport, and enlighten. But across the centuries, authors have disg...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040337608)
Many of the major books published in the years between 1550 and 1660 - one of the richest periods in English culture - were embellished with an elaborate engraved title-page. The Comely Frontispiece (1979) selects twenty such title-pages which repres...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040337530)
Many of the major books published in the years between 1550 and 1660 - one of the richest periods in English culture - were embellished with an elaborate engraved title-page. The Comely Frontispiece (1979) selects twenty such title-pages which repres...Loe edasi...
