This chess set from authentic Models features exquisitely crafted red & cream pieces. Crafted from high quality resin & nicely ...

Lars Sjoberg is one of Sweden`s national treasures. He is as widely known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of Sweden`s historic houses as he is for his passionate concern to preserve them. Presented here are the eight houses (and one church) that he has acquired over forty years, many of which he bought in order to save them from being demolished. They range from a miniature Baroque manor house to an imposing Italianate Neoclassical villa, from a late 17th-century aristocratic mansion to the two-room dwellings of early 19th-century smelting workers. Each house tells a story giving an insight into why it was built & how it changed with succeeding generations. Each has been lovingly photographed by Ingalill Snitt. Text & pictures combine to show how the appealing style that has come to be recognized as quintessentially Swedish developed from its roots in the late 17th century to flower in the late 18th & early 19th centuries. Here are the pale wood floors & muslin curtains, the elegant Gustavian furniture, the gleaming gilded mirrors, the charming painted wall decorations & the simple sprigged or striped fabrics, used in entirely authentic interiors. An art historian & a museum curator, Sjoberg is also a superb self-taught craftsman who believes ardently in the value of learning from the past to preserve the future. His principles are borne out by the meticulous way in which he has restored & conserved his houses. His first & most complex undertaking was the manor of Regnaholm. Built in the 1770s, redecorated in the early years of the 19th century & unoccupied for about forty years when he took it on in 1966, it allowed him to experiment with interior decoration & refurnishing. He has built on this knowledge over the decades, reproducing furniture, having fabrics rewoven & reprinted & lighting & even porcelain copied. This book is a ravishingly beautiful, deeply personal summary of everything Lars Sjoberg has learnt in his years of working & living with classic Swedish interiors. ...

This beautifully illustrated edition of the classic Brer Rabbit folk-tales is re-presented in a brand new, smaller format. The Brer Rabbit folk tales have deep roots in traditional African stories which have been told for hundreds of years. Joel Chandler Harris heard them from Southern African Americans & retold them as classic yarns of Uncle Remus, a fictitious old slave who spun stories to a boy from the big house of a plantation. The witty & wise stories, complemented by the detailed illustrations of Don Daily, will be loved by children of all ages, who will laugh aloud at the adventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox & Brer Bear. ...

Classic Turkish cooking ranks among the greatest cuisines of the world. It has a long & colourful history from its nomadic Central Asian roots to the refined recipes of the Ottoman empire which influenced culinary traditions throughout the Middle East & Mediterranean. In this classic & much-loved work
- shortlisted for the Glenfiddich Cookery Award & now published in paperback for the first time
- Ghillie Basan presents a unique collection of delicious traditional dishes from the Anatolian heartlands & sophisticated & classical recipes from the palace kitchens of the Ottoman sultans. With its long & rich history, Turkish cuisine has profoundly influenced culinary traditions across the Middle East & Mediterranean.

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Classic Walks of New Zealand is a best-selling tribute to nine of New Zealand's finest walking tracks. This revised & updated edition now

Includes:: superb Bird's Eye maps that show each route in three

Dimensions. Classic Walks will serve both as an inspiring introduction to walking these tracks & a high-quality memento of great experiences.



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A concise & accessible study of the foundations, development & enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece & Rome, centred on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilisation. Starting with Troy, where history, myth & cosmology fuse to form the origins of Classical civilisation, Nigel Spivey explores the contrasting politics of Athens & Sparta, the diffusion of classical ideals across the Mediterranean world, Classical science & philosophy, the eastward export of Greek culture with the conquests of Alexander the Great, the power & spread of the Roman imperium, & the long Byzantine twilight of Antiquity. A secure grasp of the nature of our Greek & Roman heritage is absolutely fundamental to a true understanding of contemporary European society & culture. Nigel Spivey outlines & explains that heritage with supreme passion, rigour & clarity. ...

A concise & accessible study of the foundations, development & enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece & Rome, centred on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilisation. Starting with Troy, where history, myth & cosmology fuse to form the origins of Classical civilisation, Nigel Spivey explores the contrasting politics of Athens & Sparta, the diffusion of classical ideals across the Mediterranean world, Classical science & philosophy, the eastward export of Greek culture with the conquests of Alexander the Great, the power & spread of the Roman imperium, & the long Byzantine twilight of Antiquity. A secure grasp of the nature of our Greek & Roman heritage is absolutely fundamental to a true understanding of contemporary European society & culture. Nigel Spivey outlines & explains that heritage with supreme passion, rigour & clarity. ...

Dance in India has been deemed sacred because of its innate capacity to visualise & actualise the deepest philosophical concepts through gestures, movements & the art of suggestion. Immediate collective transcendence is possible only through dance when the dancer disappears & melts away in the dance & when the audience is transported to the realm of `rasa srishti`, the pure aesthetic delight. Any attempt to transcribe & describe dance through words is bound to remain incomplete as dance is a visual art. In India, it has sat atop a pyramid of various art forms which have had an oral & written history. As dance in India freely uses literary & poetic works taken from all vernacular languages, its repertory is rich beyond imagination. Vocal & instrumental music provides a constant accompaniment to translate ideas contained in these literary texts. Profusion of intricately carved sculptures on temple-walls have kept the forms alive even through dark periods of unsympathetic foreign rule. Dance has inspired a wealth of stone, metal & wood carvings, frescoes, murals & miniature paintings as well as textiles reflecting a panorama of dance movements. Special ornaments in gold, ruby, emerald, diamond or silver used by dancers have had a tradition of being crafted by h&. The art of decorating hair with different kinds of arrangements of flowers & fragrant leaves according to seasonal availability & suitability was specially taught as an additional accomplishment of a dancer. This book points at many such ideas & urges the reader to take a plunge in the ocean of ambrosial knowledge, which is called `natya vidya`. ...

Meet Claude
- the ordinary dog with an extraordinary life. Now the star of his very own TV show on Disney Junior with 52 episodes.
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In this glorious picture book Claude goes on a rollicking seafaring adventure! He swooshes out of the house in the bathtub
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