Resultaten gefilterd op "Bodleian Library"

Noise in the Night

Anne Alexander

• Hardcover
• Featuring warm and quirky illustrations by Abner Graboff, this is a charming and reassuring tale for any child who is frightened by noises in the nigh... Lees meer

Love and Devotion

• Hardcover | Engels
• Yusuf and Zulaykha. Khusrau and Shirin. Layla and Majnun. For hundreds of years, Persian poets have captivated audiences with recitations and reinterp... Lees meer

The William Morris Manuscript of the Odes of Horace

William Morris

• Hardcover | Engels
• William Morris had a lifelong fascination with illuminated books. He collected thirteenth- and fourteenth-century manuscripts and became one of the fo... Lees meer

A Dance Through Time

Jeremy Barlow

• Paperback | Engels
• A knees-up at the county fair. A duo of dancing ogres. A celebratory circle dance at London's Piccadilly Circus. All of these lively scenarios feature... Lees meer

The Art of Advertising, the

Julie Anne Lambert

• Hardcover | Engels
• Advertisers in the nineteenth and early twentieth century pushed the boundaries of printing, manipulated language, inspired a new form of art and expl... Lees meer

Armenia

Theo Maarten Van Lint, Robin Meyer

• Paperback | Engels
• Between East and West, Armenian culture bears the influence of the country's long history of foreign occupation, with a vibrant national art and liter... Lees meer

Fantasy Travel

Tom Phillips

• Hardcover | Engels | Photo Postcards from the Tom Phillips Archive
• To celebrate the acquisition of the archive of distinguished artist Tom Phillips, the Bodleian Library asked the artist to assemble and design a serie... Lees meer

John Aubrey and the Advancement of Learning

William Poole

• Paperback | Engels
• John Aubrey (1626-97) was one of the best-connected scholars and antiquaries in the great decades of the British scientific revolution. He is remember... Lees meer

Babel

Dennis Duncan, Stephen Harrison, Katrin Kohl, Matthew Reynolds

• Hardcover | Engels
• This innovative collection of essays shows how linguistic diversity has inspired people across time and cultures to embark on adventurous journeys thr... Lees meer

The Rain Puddle

Adelaide Holl

• Hardcover | Engels
• Someone has fallen into the rain puddle! But who is it? Well, on that point everyone seems to disagree. Is it the plump hen? The turkey? The curly she... Lees meer

The Original Rules of Tennis

• Hardcover | Engels | Original Rules
• The pristine grass and white uniforms of Wimbledon and the aggressive hard courts of the U.S. Open have inspired tens of thousands of amateur tennis p... Lees meer

The Historic Heart of Oxford University

Geoffrey Tyack

• Hardcover | Engels
• An accessible guide to Oxford's world-famous architectural heritage. Over eight centuries, the University of Oxford--the third oldest university in Eu... Lees meer

What Have Plants Ever Done for Us?

Stephen A Harris

• Hardcover | Engels
• Plants are an indispensable part of our everyday lives. From the coffee bean that gets roasted for our morning brew to the grasses that feed the anima... Lees meer

St. Margaret's Gospel

Rebecca Rushforth

• Hardcover | Engels | Treasures from the Bodleian Library
• Margaret was both a saint and a celebrated queen who, with her husband, led Scotland to great acclaim and power in eleventh-century Europe. Her favori... Lees meer

The Secret History of English Spas

Melanie King

• Hardcover | Engels
• An informative social and cultural history of the English craze for drinking and bathing in spa waters. English spas have a long and steamy history, f... Lees meer

London in Quotations

• Hardcover | Engels | In Quotations
• London is one of the world's great cities--a source of inspiration to generations of poets, novelists, journalists, and commentators who have visited ... Lees meer

A Month at the Front

Soldier

• Hardcover | Engels
• In July 1917, a young man in the 12th East Surrey Regiment kept a journal of his experiences at the front. This account is narrated with a keen sense ... Lees meer

Medieval Manuscripts from the Collection of T. R. Buchanan in the Bodleian Library, Oxford

Peter Kidd

• Hardcover | Engels
• This catalog describes 24 manuscripts from the Collection of Thomas Ryburn Buchanan presented to the Bodleian in 1939 and 1941. The collection consist... Lees meer

North Sea Crossings

Sjoerd Levelt, Ad Putter

• Hardcover | Engels
• North Sea Crossings sheds new light on the literature and art of a pivotal period in European history by exploring the cultural relationship between s... Lees meer

The Art of Good Manners

Bodleian Library

• Hardcover | Engels
• While many bemoan the lack of good manners in society today, the most courteous among us would feel mightily out of place across the dining table from... Lees meer

Talking about Detective Fiction

P. D. James

• Hardcover | Engels
• From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P.D. James shares her personal thoughts about a genre wh... Lees meer

Bodleian Library Souvenir Guide

Geoffrey Tyack

• Paperback | Engels
• One of the oldest libraries in Britain, the Bodleian Library has been in continuous use since its founding in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley. This richly i... Lees meer

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

• Hardcover | Engels
• Ambrose Bierce, journalist and former soldier for the Union army in the Civil War, began writing satirical definitions for the San Francisco Wasp in 1... Lees meer

Wonderful Things from 400 Years of Collecting

Bodleian Library

• Paperback | Engels
• A timeless selection of Wonderful Things, this book highlights the tremendous range of the Bodleian Library's collections. From the sixth-century Laud... Lees meer