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Time out Great days out from London.
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v. : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 cm.
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Titian : the last days
Mark Hudson.
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xiv, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
A compelling portrait of the life, work, and meaning of one of the greatest artists of all time.Toward the end of his long life, Tiziano Vecelli—known to the world ever since as Titian (circa 1488– 1576)—was at work on a number of paintings that he kept in his studio, never quite completing them, as though wanting to endlessly postpone the moment of closure. Produced with his fingers as much as with the brush, Titian’s last paintings are imbued with a unique rawness and immediacy without precedent in the history of Western art. As if to further cloud their meaning, after the outbreak of plague that took his life, Titian’s studio was looted and many canvases were taken; what happened to them is not known.But what did Titian, who had experienced as much in the way of material success and critical acclaim as any artist before or since, mean by these works?Titian: The Last Daysis a quest through the great artist’s life and work toward the physical and spiritual landscape of his last paintings. Vividly re-creating the atmosphere of sixteenth-century Venice and Europe, Mark Hudson chronicles Titian’s relationships with his own mentors (Bellini and Giorgione), rivals, and patrons—among them popes, kings, and emperors— as well as his troubled dealings with his own family. Paralleling this narrative is Hudson’s personal journey through Titian’s life and career, exploring the relentless formal development that led to the breakthroughs of his last days, and the mystery behind his missing paintings.Moving from Titian’s hometown in the Dolomites to the greatest churches and palaces of the age, to Venice then and now,Titian: The Last Daysis an original and compelling study of one ofnbsp;Europe’s greatest artists.
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The truth about psychics
by Sylvia Browne with Lindsay Harrison.
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x, 257 p. ; 23 cm.
Traces the history of spirituality and explains how to know if a psychic is real and is telling the truth, exploring such topics as telling the future, astral projections, and contacting residents of the spiritual world.
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A truth universally acknowledged : 33 great writers on why we read Jane Austen
edited by Susannah Carson ; foreword by Harold Bloom.
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xx, 295 p. ; 24 cm.
Why are readers so fascinated by Jane Austen's novels? In essays culled from the last 100 years of criticism, great authors and literary critics of the past and present offer insights into her writing and her unique appeal to readers across generations.
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Waking up in Eden : in pursuit of an impassioned life on an imperiled island
Lucinda Fleeson.
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310 p. : map ; 21 cm.
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We feel fine : an almanac of human emotion
[compiled by] Sep Kamvar and Jonathan Harris.
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283, [5] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
In this dazzling exploration of contemporary human feelings, digital whiz kids Sep Kamvar and Jonathan Harris use their computer programs to peer into the inner lives of millions, constructing a vast and deep portrait of our collective emotional landscape. Armed with custom software that scours the English-speaking world's new Internet blog posts every minute, hunting down the phrases "I feel" and "I am feeling," the authors have collected over 12 million feelings since 2005, amassing an ever-growing database of human emotion that adds more than 10,000 new feelings a day. Drawing from this massive real-world stockpile of found sentiment,We Feel Fine: An Almanac of Human Emotionpresents the best of the best -- the euphoria, the despair, the passion, the dreams, and the desires that make us human. At turns touching and thought-provoking, humorous and heartbreaking,We Feel Finecombines the words and pictures of total strangers to explore every corner of the human experience. Packed with personal photos, scientific observations, statistical infographics, and countless candid vignettes from ordinary people,We Feel Fineis a visual, fiercely intelligent, endlessly engrossing crash course in the secrets of human emotion. Are men or women happier? Does rainy weather affect how we feel? Is beauty the bridge between happiness and negativity? How do our emotions change as we age? What causes depression? What's sexy? What's normal? What's human?We Feel Finefinally provides a way to answer these questions that is both quantitative and anecdotal, putting individual stories into a larger context and showing the stories behind the statistics -- or as the authors like to say, "bringing life to statistics and statistics to life." With lush, colorful spreads devoted to 50 feelings, 13 cities, 10 topics, 6 holidays,5 age groups, 4 weather conditions, and 2 genders,We Feel Fineexplores our emotions from every angle, providing insights into and examples of each. Equal parts pop culture and psychology, computer science and conceptual art, sociology and storytelling,We Feel Fineis no ordinary book -- with thousands of authors from all over the world sharing their uncensored emotions, it is a radical experiment in mass authorship, merging the online and offline worlds to create an indispensable handbook for anyone interested in what it's like to be human.
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Why the Dreyfus Affair matters
Louis Begley.
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xvi, 249 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian descent, was court-martialed for selling secrets to the German military attaché in Paris based on perjured testimony and trumped-up evidence. The sentence was military degradation and life imprisonment on Devil’s Island, a hellhole off the coast of French Guiana. Five years later, the case was overturned, and eventually Dreyfus was completely exonerated. Meanwhile, the Dreyfus Affair tore France apart, pitting Dreyfusards—committed to restoring freedom and honor to an innocent man convicted of a crime committed by another—against nationalists, anti-Semites, and militarists who preferred having an innocent man rot to exposing the crimes committed by ministers of war and the army’s top brass in order to secure Dreyfus’s conviction. nbsp; Was the Dreyfus Affair merely another instance of the rise in France of a virulent form of anti-Semitism? InWhy the Dreyfus Affair Matters, the acclaimed novelist draws upon his legal expertise to create a riveting account of the famously complex case, and to remind us of the interest each one of us has in the faithful execution of laws as the safeguard of our liberties and honor. nbsp;
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World atlas of dog breeds
Dominique De Vito with Heather Russell-Revesz and Stephanie Fornino.
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959 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Includes history of dog breeds, and summarizes their selection, care, and training needs. An encyclopedia of breed profiles includes maps showing their place of origin.
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You : having a baby the owner's manual to a happy and healthy pregnancy
by Michael F. Roizen, and Mehmet C. Oz ; with Ted Spiker ... [et al.] ; illustrations by Gary Hallgren.
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xiii, 448 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
America's favorite doctors Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz cover pregnancy from conception to birth.
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You know you want it: style, inspiration, confidence
Eric Daman ; foreword by Leighton Meester.
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207 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
"Gossip Girl's" Emmy Award-winning costume designer shows women how to express who they are through their personal style--all with his trademark ease and originality. Full-color photos throughout.
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