Duck Egg Blue Artisan Pocket Journal (Flame Tree Journals)

Duck Egg Blue Artisan Pocket Journal (Flame Tree Journals)

Author: Flame Tree Studio

Publisher: Flame Tree Gift

Published: 2021-07-13

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781787558793

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Artisan, A6 notebooks from Flame Tree come in a range of hues to suit the mood and the moment. They're hand crafted with decorated edges overflowing with petals and teasing vines. And, with flexible, soft touch faux leather covers, they're easy to slip into your bag and a pleasure to use


Moomin Love (Foiled Pocket Journal)

Moomin Love (Foiled Pocket Journal)

Author: Flame Tree Studio

Publisher:

Published: 2019-01-05

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781787555815

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Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed, then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap. These are perfect for personal use and make a dazzling gift. This example features Moomin Love.


Blood Meridian

Blood Meridian

Author: Cormac McCarthy

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2010-08-11

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 0307762521

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25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.


Corcoran Gallery of Art

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art

Publisher: Lucia Marquand

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781555953614

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This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.


Man, Play, and Games

Man, Play, and Games

Author: Roger Caillois

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780252070334

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According to Roger Caillois, play is an occasion of pure waste. In spite of this - or because of it - play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual development. In this study, the author defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space, isolated and protected from the rest of life.


Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Author: Charles Mackay

Publisher: IndyPublish.com

Published: 1852

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13:

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Excerpt from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Vol. 2 A forest huge of spears and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields, in thick array. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


The Practice of the Wild

The Practice of the Wild

Author: Gary Snyder

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1582439354

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A collection of captivatingly meditative essays that display a deep understanding of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world from an American cultural force. With thoughts ranging from political and spiritual matters to those regarding the environment and the art of becoming native to this continent, the nine essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder's work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture.


The Wine Bible

The Wine Bible

Author: Karen MacNeil

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 2408

ISBN-13: 0761187154

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No one can describe a wine like Karen MacNeil. Comprehensive, entertaining, authoritative, and endlessly interesting, The Wine Bible is a lively course from an expert teacher, grounding the reader deeply in the fundamentals—vine-yards and varietals, climate and terroir, the nine attributes of a wine’s greatness—while layering on tips, informative asides, anecdotes, definitions, photographs, maps, labels, and recommended bottles. Discover how to taste with focus and build a wine-tasting memory. The reason behind Champagne’s bubbles. Italy, the place the ancient Greeks called the land of wine. An oak barrel’s effect on flavor. Sherry, the world’s most misunderstood and underappreciated wine. How to match wine with food—and mood. Plus everything else you need to know to buy, store, serve, and enjoy the world’s most captivating beverage.