Packed with breathtaking photographs, this tribute to Alexander McQueen, 1969-2010, celebrates the incredible creations of an iconic, imaginative, and inspirational fashion designer whose work turned heads and hearts all over the world.A and C Black, 2011; 128 pp.; EN; ills. col; pbpb € 29,95
The Tormented Genius Who Unwrote the BibleThe bizarre and fascinating story of Alexander Cruden, who single-handedly compiled the monumental dictionary, index, gazetteer to the Bible, Cruden's Concordance. Keay uncovers the scandals and reveals the true story of his madness.Harper, 2005; 269 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 19,95 Voor/Our Price € 7,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Historical mystery writer Doherty visits his favourite hero in a nonfiction investigation: seeking the true nature of Alexander's death, portrays him as a man who wanted to be a god, a Greek who wanted to be Persian, and reconsiders standard histories.Carroll and Graf, 2004; 236 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 28,70 Voor/Our Price € 9,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
Countless scholars have laboured to uncover the facts behind Whittaker Chambers' shocking accusation before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1948 that Alger Hiss, a former rising star in the State Department, had been a Communist en engaged in espionage. Here Susan Jacoby focuses on the case, including Hiss's trial and imprisonment for perjury, not as a set of historical facts but as a mirror of shifting American political views and passions.Yale, 2009; 256 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 24,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 59 %
Harvey dissects the long, complicated, and fascinating relationship between America and Japan through a dual biography of the shogun Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito and the rival systems they represented. Overlook, 2006; 480 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 10,98Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 69 %
Giovanni Battista Viotti was unquestionably the most influential violinist of his time, and his style continues to pervade to the present day. Viotti is often considered the founder of the modern or 19th-century school of violin playing. Lister provides the first complete biography in English.Oxford, 2009; 522 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 65,00 Voor/Our Price € 17,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 72 %
On a memorable day in human history, February 12, 1809, 2 babies were born an ocean apart -Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. Searching for the men behind the icons of emancipation and evolution, Adam Gopnik shows us, in this captivating double life, Lincoln and Darwin as they really were -family men and social climbers, ambitious manipulators and courageous adventurers.Knopf, 2009; 211 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
This book tells the story of Audrey Hepburn, one of only 10 actors to win a competitive Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy. But, in her eyes, possibly the best role of her career was that of Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. Her first hand experiences in The Netherlands during WWII uniquely qualified her to relate to children devastated by war and famine.TAJ Books, 2012; 96 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; S; hbVan/List Price € 15,95 Voor/Our Price € 5,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
This volume of Cecil Beaton's unexpurgated diaries, 1965-1969, catches this prolific photographer, artist, writer and designer at the height of his powers and at the centre of everything. Here is Beaton around the world, always in the hot spots of the moment - photographing the Queen in London, doing fashion shoots for British Vogue, having lunch with Noel Coward, in Morocco with the Rolling Stones, in Monaco to see Princess Grace, invited for tea with Jacqueline Onassis a.o.Knopf, 2003; 522 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 13,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Ludwig van Beethoven wordt beschouwd als een van de grootste componisten aller tijden en hij is tot op de huidige dag nog altijd een van de populairste. Dit is eerste biografie in het Nederlands taalgebied die het geheel van zijn leven en werk omspant.Bezige Bij, 2012; 672 pp.; NL; ills. b/w; pbpb € 19,90
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