In the provincial Burmese town of Kyauktada, the world-weary John Flory – a thirty-something English teak dealer – leads a life of quiet disillusionment, hardly mixing with the natives or the expat community.
Kniha se věnuje poválečné tvorbě českého malíře, sochaře a teoretika Emila Filly (1882–1953) a jeho vztahu k čínskému umění a komunistické ideologii. Eagle Rips Eagle. Emil Filla, Chinese Art and Totalitarian Phantoms
V knize The New Interior zkoumá Christopher Long, jak během pouhých sedmi let těsně před vypuknutím první světové války tři přední vídeňští modernisté – Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos a Oskar Strnad – redefinovali myšlenku moderní interiér.
Sú chvíle, ktoré nás nútia utriediť si myšlienky, vrátiť sa v čase dozadu a snažiť sa rozpliesť zauzlené klbko nití, šnúr a povrazov existencie, aby sme jej - snáď - lepšie porozumeli.
Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal-they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down.
Oliver Marks has just served ten years for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day of his release, he is greeted by the detective who put him in prison.
SOMETIMES THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU IS THE ONE WHO HURTS YOU THE MOST. Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants.