Foreign bodies, Schama, Simon

Автор: Schama, Simon
Название: Belonging: The Story of the Jews 1492-1900
ISBN: 0099590069 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099590064
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: A passionate history of Judaism; a world unfolding across many continents and five centuries by one of our greatest and internationally bestselling historians. Belonging is a magnificent cultural history abundantly alive with energy, character and colour. From the Jews' expulsion from Spain in 1492 it tells the stories not just of rabbis and philosophers but of a poetess in the ghetto of Venice; a boxer in Georgian England; a general in Ming China; an opera composer in nineteenth-century Germany.

The story unfolds in Kerala and Mantua, the starlit hills of Galilee, the rivers of Colombia, the kitchens of Istanbul, the taverns of Ukraine and the mining camps of California. It sails in caravels, rides the stage coaches and the railways; trudges the dawn streets of London, hobbles along with the remnant of Napoleon's ruined army. The Jewish story is a history that is about, and for, all of us.

And in our own time of anxious arrivals and enforced departures, the Jews' search for a home is more startlingly resonant than ever. 'A magnificent achievement...' Jonathan Freedland, Guardian 'An extraordinary cultural journey, filled with astonishingly colourful and outrageous characters ... Schama delivers a superb and thrilling ride, both inspirational and tragic' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Mail on Sunday

Автор: Schama, Simon
Название: The Story of the Jews
ISBN: 009954668X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099546689
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Not - as often imagined - of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. Which makes the story of the Jews everyone`s story, too.

Автор: Schama, Simon
Название: Foreign bodies
ISBN: 1471169901 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781471169908
Издательство: Simon&Schuster UK
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Автор: Schama, Simon
Название: American Future, The
ISBN: 0099520397 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099520399
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Examining issues of power, race and immigration, religious fervour and prosperity, this masterful portrait of the world`s most controversial superpower looks backwards and forwards to understand why now, more than ever, the fate of America, and by extension the rest of the world, is hanging in the balance.

Автор: Schama, Simon
Название: Art
ISBN: 1784875678 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784875671
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: 'Great art has dreadful manners... ...The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually they are thugs. Merciless and wily, the greatest paintings grab you in a headlock and proceed in short order to re-arrange your sense of reality.' In inimitable style, our greatest historian and master storyteller Simon Schama makes an irresistible case for the power of art and its necessary place in our lives, examining art through the prism of the troubling life and works of Italian master painter, and murderer, Caravaggio.

Selected from The Power of ArtVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.

A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us humanAlso in the Vintage Minis 'Great Ideas' series:Religion by Karen ArmstrongScience by Ian McEwan

Автор: Simon Schama
Название: Citizens
ISBN: 0141017279 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141017273
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Offers a social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution. This title provides an impression of the currents and contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of events.

Автор: Schama, Simon
Название: The Embarrassment of Riches
ISBN: 0679781242 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780679781240
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 17780.00 T
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Автор: Schama, Simon
Название: The Power of Art
ISBN: 1847921183 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847921185
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: * `Great art has dreadful manners...` Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole point, of art.

Автор: Schama Simon
Название: The Face of Britain: A History of the Nation Through Its Portraits
ISBN: 0190621877 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190621872
Издательство: Oxford Academ
Цена: 42290.00 T
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Описание: From acclaimed best-selling historian Simon Schama (The Story of the Jews; Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution; A History of Britain) comes the story of Britain as told through its portraits. This unique way of telling history consists of a remarkable range of visually revealing moments: Churchill and his painter, locked in a struggle of stares and glares; a nude John Lennon five hours before his death; a black Othello in the nineteenth century; a surgeon-artist making studies of soldiers with face-wounds from the Battle of the Somme. Linking these tales together is Schama's exploration of how meaning emerges from a series of relationships-between sitter and painter, of course, but also between them both and the present-day viewer.
From its best-know portraits, Britain's past and present comes into brilliant focus. Written to accompany a five-part BBC series and a major exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery, Schama's compelling analysis and story-telling genius bring a whole nation to life, building a collective picture that at once reflects and transforms Britain's image. The Face of Britain is an exemplary and passionate explanation of how individual narratives can be shaped into a cohesive whole.
Lavishly illustrated, and indelibly written, The Face of Britain will change how we view this country, seeing something familiar as if for the first time.

Автор: Goodman, Martin
Название: A History of Judaism
ISBN: 0141038217 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141038216
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: 'An absolute godsend ... Goodman has done both Jews and non-Jews a great service with this book, encapsulating most of Jewish thought over four millennia into one extraordinarily readable volume' Julia Neuberger, Literary ReviewA panoramic history of Judaism from its origins to the presentJudaism is by some distance the oldest of the three Abrahamic religions. Despite the extraordinarily diverse forms it has taken, the Jewish people have believed themselves bound to God by the same covenant for more than three thousand years.

This book explains how Judaism came to be and how it has developed from one age to the next, as well as the ways in which its varieties have related to each other. 'A one-volume tour de force. Goodman meets the substantial challenge of charting the twists and turns, tributaries and backwaters of Judaism's many streams over 2,000 years - and succeeds' Harry Freedman, Jewish Chronicle'Learned and illuminating ...

this magnificently lucid account will become the standard reference for a generation' Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal

Автор: Schama Simon
Название: The Story of the Jews Volume 2
ISBN: 0062339575 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062339577
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
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Описание: The Story of the Jews Volume 2 by Simon Schama has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Автор: Schama Simon
Название: Story of the Jews
ISBN: 1847921329 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847921321
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Presents an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. This title takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; and a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings.