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All the Land
ISBN: HB: 9780857426062, Seagull Books, March 2019
264 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm
How, in 1930, did Alfred Wegener, the son of minister from Berlin, find himself in the most isolated spot on earth, attempting to survive an unthinkably cold winter in the middle of Greenland? In "All the Land", Jo Lendle sets out to chronicle Wegene...
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£19,99
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Little Bit of Mindfulness An Introduction to Spirit Guidance
ISBN: HB: 9781454932246, GMC Group, Sterling, November 2018
128 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, illus.
In these fast-paced modern times, mindfulness can keep us centred, calm and energized – no matter how much the outside world keeps distracting us. Thanks to Amy Leigh Mercree s accessible introduction, beginners can master this spiritual practice. Yo...
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Jerome Robbins A Life in Dance
ISBN: HB: 9780300197594, Yale University Press, October 2018
216 pp., 21x14.6 cm, 1 black&white illus.
Jerome Robbins (1918-1998) was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz and grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey, where his Russian-Jewish immigrant parents owned the Comfort Corset Company. Robbins, who was drawn to dance at a young age, resisted the idea of joini...
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£16,99
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Last Country
ISBN: HB: 9780857424310, Seagull Books, February 2018
208 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm
"Ruven Preuk stands apart from the village, on an August day in 1911, and listens". Thus begins an epic bildungsroman about the life of Ruven Preuk, son of the wainwright, child of a sleepy village in Germany's north, where life is both simple and ha...
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Little Bit of Meditation An Introduction to Mindfulness
ISBN: HB: 9781454926894, GMC Group, Sterling, December 2017
128 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, illus.
Meditation is a proven method of finding calm and coping with our crazy world. Amy Leigh Mercree explores the history of this ancient practice as well as its practical applications – including decreased anxiety and a more contented life. In addition...
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£8,99
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Red Sofa
ISBN: HB: 9780857423733, Seagull Books, March 2017
104 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
In "The Red Sofa", we meet Anne, a young woman setting off on the Trans-Siberian Railway in order to find her former lover, Gyl, who left twenty years before. As the train moves across post-Soviet Russia and its devastated landscapes, Anne reflects o...
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Egon Schiele Landscapes
ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791383460, Prestel Publishing, February 2017
208 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 112 colour illus., 64 black&white illus.
Now available in an updated edition, this visually stunning collection of landscape paintings and drawings by Egon Schiele brings to light a little-known aspect of this famous painter's oeuvre. Best known for his depictions of the human form, Schie...
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£14,99
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Blumenberg
ISBN: HB: 9780857423696, Seagull Books, December 2016
224 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
One night, German philosopher Hans Blumenberg returns to his study to find a shocking sight – a lion lying on the floor as if it's the most natural thing in the world. The lion stretches comfortably on the Turkmen rug, eyes resting on Blumenberg. The...
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£18,50
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Richard Diebenkorn The Catalogue Raisonne
ISBN: HB: 9780300184501, Yale University Press, October 2016
2176 pp., 31.1x25.1 cm, vol. 1: 299 colour illus.; vol. 2: 1645 colour illus.; vol. 3: 2344 colour illus.
A four-volume definitive resource on the career and unique works of the postwar American artist Richard Diebenkorn The celebrated American artist Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was a singular figure in postwar American art. Early in his career, he cr...
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£305,00
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Little Bit of Chakras An Introduction to Energy Healing
ISBN: HB: 9781454919681, GMC Group, Sterling, June 2016
128 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, illus.
Chakras began as part of the mystical Vedic tradition of Tantric and Kundalini Yoga, but they have evolved into pathways for healing and exploring the nature of consciousness. If you've ever wondered how to work with these amazing energy centers and...
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