eBook: From the king of short stories comes another wonderful collection of twenty two tales. "Roads of Destiny" takes us on a globe-trotting adventure, visiting exotic locations…
eBook: "Whirligigs" is twenty-four tale powerhouse collection of short stories created by acclaimed author O.Henry. This collection focuses on the daring, the darling and the…
eBook: Domníváte se, že jste doma v bezpečí? Že vám nic nehrozí? Stejně smýšlela i sedmadvacetiletá Laura Králová. Bezproblémová a nezávislá mladá žena. Přesto byla jednoho…
eBook: Kapitán David Winkler čelí obvinění z vraždy, a je proto postaven mimo službu. Nyní se za pomoci kolegů a rodiny snaží prokázat svou nevinu. Během tohoto pátrání se zaplete…
eBook: A city gripped by fear, a detective framed by shadows. A new commander takes the helm of the homicide unit at the Copenhagen police. The controversial and reckless Cecilie…
Nebudu si hrát na nevinnou, až příliš často jsem se dostala do hledáčku bulváru. A po tom posledním incidentu s bradavkou mi otec dal ultimátum: buď přestane platit můj okázalý…
Between 1890 and the beginning of the First World War, a new international style developed in architecture and design. Following the example of the English Arts and Crafts…
Art Nouveau developed in very different forms between the 1880s and the First World War, starting in Western Europe. Organic lines and plant forms, building in iron, glass and…
With Art Nouveau there developed a new, international style under various names in the architecture and handicrafts from the 1880s onwards that sought to replace the forms of…
The few surviving works by the Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch are among the most famous icons in art history. Unique hidden-book-like works of horror, his paintings are populated…
With over 450 works, this volume deals with the most important trends and groups in French painting from the middle of the 19th century to the first years of the 20th century:…
There is a wide range of styles seen In the work of Spanish painter Goya, from Baroque to a nascent modern art, from a delicate Rococo to an expressive Realism or dark Romanticism…
Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) is one of the most important representatives of naive art. His paintings, characterized by a pronounced exoticism and a childlike awkwardness, can be…
Already revered by his admirers during his lifetime as "Il Divino" (the Divine), Michelangelo Buonarroti embodies the ideal artist of the Renaissance in Italy. No sculptor or…