Yale University Press Forlag
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Boredom: A Lively History (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Arguing for the benefits of boredom, this title dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartre's nausea. It shows how... Læs mere
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The Bible in English: Its History and Influence (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The extraordinary story of the Bible in England from approximately the fourth century, and its later translation into English in Britain and America up to... Læs mere
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Christianizing the Roman Empire: (A. D. 100-400) (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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Brahms: The Four Symphonies (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this title, Walter Frisch provides a sensitive, analytical commentary on Braham's four symphonies as well as a consideration of their place within his oeuvre, within the symphonic repertory of his day, and within the broader musical culture of 19th-century Germany and Austria.
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Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure and Function (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This visual guide to the structure and anatomy of birds contains more than 200 specially prepared accurate drawings. The text is written for undergraduate students and to bird lovers in general, and discusses why birds look and act the way they do.
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Class Matters: The Strange Career of an American Delusion (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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A Choreographer's Score: Fase, Rosas danst Rosas, Elena's Aria, Bartok (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An illustrated and in-depth exploration of four of Rosas's early works, Fase, Rosas danst Rosas, Elena's Aria, and Bartok, through sketches, notes, and photographs
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Caspar David Friedrich: Nature and the Self (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A revelatory look at how the mature work of Caspar David Friedrich engaged with concurrent developments in natural science and philosophy.
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A Child of the Century (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
"Ben Hecht's critically acclaimed autobiographical memoir, first published in 1954, offers incomparably pungent evocations of Chicago in the 1910s and 1920s, Hollywood in the 1930s, and New York during the Second World War and after"--
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The Artist as Economist: Art and Capitalism in the 1960s (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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Building a new New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An essential exploration of how Russian ideas about the United States shaped architecture and urban design from the czarist era to the fall of the U.S.S.R.
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Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
