audubon john james the audubon reader
Audubon John James The Audubon Reader
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was for half a century America's dominant wildlife artist. His seminal Birds of America, a collection of 435 life-size prints, is still a standard work, and the name Audubon remains synonymous with birds and bird conservation the world over. Born in Haiti, the illegitimate son of a French sea-captain, he was raised in France and sailed to America at the age of 18 where he went into business and began his study of birds. In 1819 he was briefly jailed for bankruptcy; with no other prospects, he set off on his epic quest to depict America's avifauna, with nothing but his gun, artist's materials, and a young assistant. Floating down the Mississippi, he lived a rugged hand-to-mouth existence while his devoted wife, Lucy, earned money as a tutor to wealthy plantation families. In 1826 he sailed with his partly finished collection to England. Lionized as the 'American woodsman', he hit just the right Romantic note for the era, and was an overnight success, finding printers for his book first in Edinburgh, then London. It was a classic American tale of triumph over adversity. Here are vivid 'bird biographies', his correspondence with Lucy, journal accounts of his dramatic river journeys and hunting trips with the Osage Indians, and a generous sampling of brief stories that have long been out of print, 'The Burning of the Forests' and 'Kentucky Barbecue on the Fourth of July' among them. The Audubon Reader is an unforgettable encounter with early America: with its wildlife and birds, with its people and its primordial wilderness.
3910 Руб.
Walton Ford, Bill Buford Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra
At first glance, Walton Ford's large-scale, highly-detailed watercolors of animals may recall the prints of 19th century illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear, and others of the colonial era. But a closer look reveals a complex and disturbingly anthropomorphic universe, full of symbols, sly jokes, and allusions to the 'operatic' nature of traditional natural history themes. The beasts and birds populating this contemporary artist's life-size paintings are never mere objects, but dynamic actors in allegorical struggles: a wild turkey crushes a small parrot in its claw; a troupe of monkeys wreak havoc on a formal dinner table, an American buffalo is surrounded by bloodied white wolves. The book's title derives from The Pancha Tantra, an ancient Indian book of animal tales considered the precursor to Aesop's Fables. This large-format edition includes an in-depth exploration of Walton Ford's oeuvre, a complete biography, and excerpts from his textual inspirations: Vietnamese folktales and the letters of Benjamin Franklin, the Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini and Audubon's Ornithological Biography. About the artist: Walton Ford, born 1960 in Larchmont, NY, graduated in filmmaking from RISD, but switched to large-scale watercolor painting. His work has been widely exhibited, including shows at the Whitney and Brooklyn museums. He lives and works in Massachusetts. About the author: Bill Buford is an author and New Yorker staff writer, as well as the founding editor of Granta, which he edited for 16 years. His books include Among the Thugs and Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as a Kitchen Slave. He lives in New York City with his wife and two sons. Издание на английском, немецком и французском языках.
5060 Руб.
Boyd William The New Confessions
Meet John James Todd: Scotsman, auteur, Rousseau-fanatic - and 'subversive element' Born in 1899, John James Todd is one of the great, failed geniuses of the last century. His reminiscences, collected in The New Confessions, take us from Edinburgh to the Western Front, the Berlin film-world in the Twenties to Hollywood in the Thirties, Forties and beyond. Suffering imprisonment, shooting, marriage, fatherhood, divorce and McCarthyism, Todd is a hostage to good fortune, ill-judgement, bad luck, the vast sweep of history and the cruel, cruel hand of fate . . .
2475 Руб.
Виниловые пластинки, Reprise Records, NEIL YOUNG - Harvest (LP)
Каталожный номер 517937-1, Формат LP, Лейбл Reprise RecordsA1 Out On The WeekendA2 HarvestA3 A Man Needs A MaidA4 Heart Of GoldA5 Are You Ready For The Country?B1 Old ManB2 There's A WorldB3 AlabamaB4 The Needle And The Damage DoneB5 WordsBand - Ben Keith, Jack Nitzsche, James McMahon, James Taylor, John Harris, Kenny Buttrey, Teddy Irwin, Tim DrummondBass - Tim DrummondDrums - Kenny ButtreyGuitar - Teddy IrwinGuitar Banjo - James TaylorPedal Steel Guitar, Dobro - Ben KeithPiano - James McMahon, John HarrisPiano, Slide Guitar - Jack Nitzsche
7600 Руб.
Le Fanu S. Madam Crowl`s Ghost & Other Stories
This title is edited by M.R. James. In 1888 Henry James wrote 'There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight'. "Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Stories" are tales selected from Le Fanu's stories which mostly appeared in "The Dublin University" Magazine and other periodicals, and their haunting, sinister qualities still have an enormous appeal for the modern reader. The great M.R. James, who collected and introduces the stories in this book, considered that Le Fanu 'stands absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories.' .
211 Руб.
Le Fanu S. Madam Crowl`s Ghost & Other Stories
This title is edited by M.R. James. In 1888 Henry James wrote 'There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight'. "Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Stories" are tales selected from Le Fanu's stories which mostly appeared in "The Dublin University" Magazine and other periodicals, and their haunting, sinister qualities still have an enormous appeal for the modern reader. The great M.R. James, who collected and introduces the stories in this book, considered that Le Fanu 'stands absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories.' .
211 Руб.
Компакт-Диски, Atlantic, DREAM THEATER - OCTAVARIUM (CD)
Каталожный номер 8379321, Формат CD, Лейбл Atlantic1 The Root Of All Evil2 The Answer Lies Within3 These Walls4 I Walk Beside You5 Panic Attack6 Never Enough7 Sacrificed Sons8 OctavariumIllustration - Hugh SymeArtwork - Rob GoldBass - John MyungDrums, Vocals, Percussion - Mike PortnoyGuitar, Vocals - John PetrucciKeyboards, Lap Steel Guitar - Jordan RudessLyrics By - James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Mike PortnoyMusic By - Dream TheaterProducer - John Petrucci, Mike PortnoyVocals - James LaBrie
1800 Руб.
Glynne-Jones Tim Born in the 40s
ake a stroll down Memory Lane with this wonderful collection of photographs of Britain in the 1940s, which evokes those Happy Days when everyone pulled together to defeat Hitler and kept smiling despite the hardship of the post-war years. Over 90 photographs are accompanied by a witty and moving commentary describing a decade when the 'Three Rs' ruled in every classroom, it was safe for children to play out on the streets and boys had sensible names like James, Robert and John, while the top three names for girls were Mary, Barbara and Patricia. A companion volume to Born in the 50s and Born in the 60s, this is guaranteed to produce a golden glow in every reader, and a perfect family gift.
1365 Руб.
Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Stories
In 1888 Henry James wrote 'There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight'. Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Stories are tales selected from Le Fanu's stories which mostly appeared in The Dublin University Magazine and other periodicals, and their haunting, sinister qualities still have an enormous appeal for the modern reader. The great M.R. James, who collected and introduces the stories in this book, considered that Le Fanu 'stands absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories.'
980 Руб.
James M. Collected Ghost Stories
M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. The stories are classics of their genre. Among them are ‘Casting the Runes’, ‘Oh, Whistle and Ill come to you, my lad’, ‘The Tractate Middoth’, ‘The Ash Tree’ and ‘Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook’. They are all designed to instil that satisfying sensse of unease in the heart of the reader. ‘There are some authors one wishes one had never read in order to have the joy of reading them for the first time. For me, M.R. James is one of these’. - Ruth Rendell
337 Руб.
James M. Collected Ghost Stories
M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. The stories are classics of their genre. Among them are ‘Casting the Runes’, ‘Oh, Whistle and Ill come to you, my lad’, ‘The Tractate Middoth’, ‘The Ash Tree’ and ‘Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook’. They are all designed to instil that satisfying sensse of unease in the heart of the reader. ‘There are some authors one wishes one had never read in order to have the joy of reading them for the first time. For me, M.R. James is one of these’. - Ruth Rendell
337 Руб.
Galsworthy John The Burning Spear
John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English novelist and playwright. "The Burning Spear" is a work that reveals to the reader a completely different Galsworthy - a sarcastic and witty cynic, a true master of British ironic prose.
811 Руб.
The Burning Spear
John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English novelist and playwright. "The Burning Spear" is a work that reveals to the reader a completely different Galsworthy - a sarcastic and witty cynic, a true master of British ironic prose.
199 Руб.
Fifty Great American Short Stories
A brilliant, far-reaching collection of stories from Washington Irving to John Updike. The Classic Stories Edgar Allan Poe s "Ms. Found in a Bottle," Bret Harte s "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," Sherwood Anderson s "Death in the Woods," Stephen Vincent Benet s "By the Waters of Babylon" The Great Writers Melville, James, Dreiser, Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck, McCullers The Little-Known Masterpieces Edith Wharton s "The Dilettante," Finley Peter Dunne s "Mr. Dooley on the Popularity of Fireman," Charles M. Flandrau s "A Dead Issue," James Reid Parker s "The Archimandrite's Niece""
1156 Руб.
Galsworthy J. The Burning Spear = Пылающее копье: на англ.яз
John Galsworthy (1867—1933) was an English novelist and playwright. "The Burning Spear" is a work that reveals to the reader a completely different Galsworthy — a sarcastic and witty cynic, a true master of British ironic prose.
653 Руб.
Galsworthy J. The Burning Spear = Пылающее копье: на англ.яз
John Galsworthy (1867—1933) was an English novelist and playwright. "The Burning Spear" is a work that reveals to the reader a completely different Galsworthy — a sarcastic and witty cynic, a true master of British ironic prose.
653 Руб.