Книги жанра Dover Publications
Название: The Dore Bible Illustrations
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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Detailed plates from the Bible: the Creation scenes, Adam and Eve, horrifying visions of the Flood, the battle sequences with their monumental crowds, depictions of the life of Jesus and visions of the new Jerusalem. Each of the 241 plates is accompanied by the appropriate verses from the King James version of the Bible.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1994
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Reprint of fascinating 1912 publication features all the winning entries from a major nationwide competition for bungalow designs — from a tile-roofed hacienda to an elaborate thatch-roofed English cottage. 100 superbly rendered plates show houses in perspective, with floor plans, itemized construction costs, and some landscape planning.
Название: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1995
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Here are two favorite stories by the father of American literature exactly as Washington Irving wrote them, newly reset in easy-to-read type, with six handsome new illustrations. Once again in these pages, Ichabod Crane, the hapless schoolmaster of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, faces the terror of the Headless Horseman, and the henpecked husband of Rip Van Winkle rises from a 20-year sleep to find a world vastly changed. Children and adults alike will enjoy the humor and suspense of these two beloved classics of American literature.
Название: Chinese Vector Designs (+ CD-ROM)
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2010
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This superb treasury of stylized Chinese motifs will spark the imaginations of graphic designers. Fierce dragons and lions abound, plus elegant cranes and peacocks, cherry blossoms, flower-bearing maidens, and other exotic designs. Includes a gallery of project ideas, tutorials, and 200 Vector-based images that stay crystal clear even when enlarged.
Название: Following the Equator
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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Great writer's 1897 account of circumnavigating the globe by steamship. Brimming with ironic, tongue-in-cheek humor, the book describes shark fishing in Australia, riding the rails in India, tiger hunting, diamond mining in South Africa, much more; also peoples, climate, flora and fauna, customs, religion, politics, food, etc. 197 illustrations.
Название: The Essential Nietzsche
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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A prominent intellectual of the Weimar era, Heinrich Mann was a leading authority on Nietzsche. This volume consists of Mann's selections of highlights from the philosopher's works — The Birth of Tragedy, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and others — along with an introduction that explains their significance.
Название: Almayer's Folly
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2003
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Lush prose and penetrating psychological insight infuse Conrad's first novel with the qualities that have made him one of the most popular and most studied writers in English literature. The novel chronicles the tragic decline of a Dutch merchant isolated in 19th-century Borneo, the machinations of his bitter Malayan wife, and the loss of his much loved daughter.
Название: Love: A Book of Quotations
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2011
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A heart set on love will do no wrong, declared Confucius. This compact gift book features an international assortment of romantic ruminations from ancient and modern philosophers, playwrights, poets, novelists, commentators, critics, and actors, from Ovid to Bruce Lee. Wise, worldly, sentimental, and cynical, the quotes will touch hearts all year long.
Название: A Christmas Carol
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1991
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This engrossing tale relates Ebenezer Scrooge's ghostly journeys through Christmases past, present, and future and his ultimate transformation from a harsh and grasping old miser to a charitable and compassionate human being. A perennial classic that has become as much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen wreaths.
Название: Costume and Fashion (+ CD-ROM)
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2009
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From feather-bedecked traditional costumes of Native Americans to the courtly fashions of Versailles, this fashion archive presents a splendid array of finery from around the world. It focuses chiefly on Western clothing, although some Japanese and Indian styles are included, spanning centuries of attire from every walk of life.
Название: The Decameron: Selected Tales
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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A group of 14th-century Florentines recount stories of romance and adventure in this landmark of medieval literature. 25 tales, selected from the original 100, highlight the very best of The Decameron and its tremendous variety — earthy and irreverent satires, gripping tales of murder and revenge, love stories, and much more. J. M. Rigg translation. Introduction.
Название: The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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Renowned for his poetry, plays, essays, and conversational skills, Oscar Wilde also wrote delightfully entertaining works of short fiction. This volume contains four of his finest. Most celebrated is The Canterville Ghost, a delightfully comical tale centering around the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville, who for some 300 years has terrorized the residents and employees of Canterville Chase. When the house is bought by the Otises, an American family that refuses to believe in such supernatural nonsense, hilarious results ensue. Also included here are The Sphinx Without a Secret, about an enigmatic woman who carries the key to a mystery with her to the grave; The Model Millionaire, the charming story of a delightful, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession; as well as Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. Rounding out the volume are Wilde's lyrical Poems in Prose, including The Artist, The Doer of Good, The Disciple, and 3 more. These diverting stories offer the wit, whimsy, and imaginative gusto of one of the 19th century's most scintillating masters of the English language.
Название: The Wisdom of the Buddha
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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These ancient verses offer a compelling introduction to Buddhist thought, revealing the Four Truths — concerning the nature of the world and our lot in it — and the Eightfold Path to enlightenment, the means by which to overcome the essential suffering revealed by the Four Truths as the essence of life.
Название: North American Indian Tales
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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Charming collection of 7 authentic Indian tales told by Iagoo the storyteller. Includes The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds, The Child of the Evening Star, The Boy Who Snared the Sun, How the Summer Came, Grasshopper, and 3 others. 29 new illustrations.
Название: Personal Recollections Joan ARC
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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Regarded by many as the most luminous example of Twain's work, this historical novel chronicles the French heroine's life, as purportedly told by her longtime friend — Sieur Louis de Conte. A panorama of stirring scenes recount Joan's childhood in Domremy, the story of her voices, the fight for Orleans, the splendid march to Rheims, and much more.
Название: Hamlet
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2011
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As attested to by countless stage and screen productions, Hamlet forever retains its fascination for audiences. It's an absorbing intellectual drama of the contemplative prince who reluctantly ventures in pursuit of revenge. Hamlet's musings on the nature and consequences of human activity have accorded him the reputation as literature's first modern man.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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Treasury of 5 shorter works by the author of Gulliver's Travels offers ample evidence of the great satirist's inspired lampoonery. Title piece plus The Battle of the Books, A Meditation upon a Broom-Stick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit and The Abolishing of Christianity in England.
Название: Dore's Illustrations for Paradise Lost
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1994
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This volume presents superb royalty-free reproductions of all 50 plates Dore created for a 19th-century edition of Paradise Lost. Among the events depicted: the expulsion of Satan from Heaven, Adam and Eve in Paradise, the nine-day fall of Lucifer's legions to Hell, the Creation, the temptation of Eve and the Flood.
Название: Napoleon's Military Maxims
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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This classic brings together a rich sampling of the knowledge and wisdom of one of history's greatest military commanders. The concise text not only provides a fascinating glimpse of the French leader's intellectual ability for conducting military operations but also reveals his thoughts, theories and commentaries on waging war and the art of conducting statecraft. Equally relevant to today's entrepreneur, the book is packed with maneuvers that can be applied just as easily to increasing revenues on the battlefield of commerce. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Freemantle and Co., London, 1901.
Название: Japanese Silk Designs in Full Color
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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Fascinated by the decorative potential of subjects from nature, artist M.P. Verneuil produced striking illustrations based on authentic Japanese woven and printed fabrics. This superb treasury, meticulously reproduced from a rare portfolio, depicts a host of his creations, among them images of florals, animal life and geometrics. Portrayed in the manner of stylized Japanese art, the intricate, subtly shaded motifs still retain their enormous appeal almost a century after they were first printed. Dover original selection of plates from Etoffes Japonaises, published by Librarie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1910.
