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Moses A Human Life
ISBN: PB: 9780300251883, ISBN: HB: 9780300209624, Yale University Press, May 2020
240 pp., 21x14.6 cm, 1 black&white illus.
An unprecedented portrait of Moses's inner world and perplexing character, by a distinguished biblical scholar. No figure looms larger in Jewish culture than Moses, and few have stories more enigmatic. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, acclaimed for her many...
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£10,99
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£16,99
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Where the Bird Disappeared
ISBN: HB: 9780857425423, Seagull Books, July 2018
96 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
This lyrical novel, set in the surroundings of the Palestinian village of Zakariyya, weaves a narrative rich in sensory detail yet troubled by the porousness of memory. It tells the story of the relationship between two figures of deep mythical reson...
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£12,99
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Describing the Past
ISBN: HB: 9780857423498, Seagull Books, September 2016
80 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
When he was seven years old, Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan moved with his family to a Karameh refugee camp east of the River Jordan. That camp – a center of Palestinian resistance following the Six-Day War and the site of major devastation when Isr...
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£14,50
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Aubrey Beardsley A Catalogue Raisonne
ISBN: HB: 9780300111279, Yale University Press, March 2016
960 pp., 29.2x25.4 cm, 100 colour illus., 1100 black&white illus.
This is the first book to bring together the recorded works of the English artist Aubrey Beardsley. Despite his early death from tuberculosis in 1898, at the age of 25, these amount to nearly 1100 completed works of art (plus many related sketches) a...
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£175,00
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Jacob Unexpected Patriarch
ISBN: HB: 9780300144260, Yale University Press, November 2012
224 pp., 21x14.6 cm
A powerful hero of the Bible, Jacob is also one of its most complex figures. Bible stories recounting his life often expose his deception, lies, and greed, then puzzlingly attempt to justify them. In this book an eminent biblical scholar looks at Jac...
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£18,99
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Masters of Art Caravaggio
ISBN: PB: 9783791346564, Prestel Publishing, March 2012
160 pp., 21x17 cm, 80 colour illus.
This generously illustrated volume on the work of Caravaggio makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. This monograph explores Caravaggio's entire life and career by focusing on the most important of his wo...
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£9,99
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Masters of Art Durer
ISBN: PB: 9783791346571, Prestel Publishing, March 2012
160 pp., 21x17 cm, 80 colour illus.
This generously illustrated volume on the work of Durer makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. This monograph explores Durer's entire life and oeuvre by focusing on the most important of his works. It fo...
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£8,99
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Masters of Art Leonardo
ISBN: PB: 9783791346588, Prestel Publishing, March 2012
160 pp., 21x17 cm, 80 colour illus.
This generously illustrated volume on the work of Leonardo da Vinci makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. Although less than twenty of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings are known to exist today, some of the...
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£9,99
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Masters of Art Rembrandt
ISBN: PB: 9783791346205, Prestel Publishing, September 2011
160 pp., 21x17 cm, 80 colour illus.
This generously illustrated volume on the work of Rembrandt makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. Celebrated for his penetrating portraits, richly detailed landscapes, and evocative narrative paintings,...
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£9,99
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