Icon painting in Bulgaria is closely connected with the historical destiny of the Bulgarian people and with Christianity adopted in 865 as official state religion. That was the time of the emergence of a new pictorial system, interpreted and evolved on the basis of a rich ancient artistic heritage of the Graeco-Roman and Thracian cultures, but subordinated to the traditions and lifestyle of the proto-Bulgarian and Slavonic tribes, a fact which makes it so original. The ceramic icons made in the late 9th and early 10th century in Preslav, the capital of the First Bulgarian state and the surrounding monasteries reveal the ... |
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Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. It explores Tess's relationships with two very different men, her struggle against the social mores of ... |
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Traditions and their Transformations in the British Cinema of the 90s, of the 20th Century ... Writing this book was a strange journey over bridges across different cultures. The title is a metaphor of the hybrid, intellectual and anti-spectacular british feature cinema from the end of the 20 th century with affinity to egalitarianism, minimalism of the "short form", archetypal imagery and hedonism. It is a triumph of the expansive yough's counter-culture with it's intrinsic intolerance of authority, power and cliches. The transformation of tradition in the context of instability of the national- ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Jonty Claypole. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting stories ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious to the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius for the grotesque that defines Poe's writing. They are peopled with neurotics and social outcasts, obsessed with nameless terrors or preoccupied with seemingly unsolvable mysteries. "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are key works in the horror canon, while in the "The Murders ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Evocative of "the blue remembered hills" of his youth, Alfred Edward Housman's "A Shropshire Lad" is a collection of sixty-three poems of extraordinary beauty and feeling. Set in a semi-imaginary pastoral Shropshire, Housman's verse considers the helplessness of man, the fragility of life and the terrible effects of war, against the background of an achingly beautiful countryside. Inspirational for generations of readers, "A Shropshire Lad", with its sweeping themes of youth and love, has found its way into the canon ... |
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A unique edition of its kind, which includes high-quality photos of almost all of Tsanko Lavrenov's paintings. It also contains texts dedicated to the artist, written by the best Bulgarian art critics, as well as memories about him, shared personally by his grandson Lavren Petrov. Tsanko Lavrenov is among the names in our cultural history for whom it seems that everything has already been said. Even during his lifetime, he received high praise as an artist and an authority in the cultural life of Bulgaria between the 1930s and 1970s, today he will seem extremely familiar to many. Another meeting with him, however, ... |
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From the Big Bang to Black Holes. The phenomenal international bestseller. Updated editition. ... Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? These are just some of the questions considered in an internationally acclaimed masterpiece which begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time - from the Big Bang to black holes, via spiral galaxies and string theory. To this day a A Brief History Of Time remains a staple of the scientific canon, and its ... |
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Competing is her dream, do why does it feel like a punishment? Dragons and their riders compete in an international sports tournament in this alternate contemporary world fantasy. Lana Torres has always preferred dragons to people. In a few weeks, sixteen countries will compete in the Blazewrath World Cup, a tournament where dragons and their riders fight for glory in a dangerous relay. Lana longs to represent her native Puerto Rico in their first ever World Cup appearance, and when Puerto Rico’s Runner the only player without a dragon steed is kicked off the team, she’s given the chance. But when she discovers that a ... |
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Книгата разказва историята на млад сенегалски писател на име Диеган Латир Фей, живеещ в Париж, който открива роман от 1938 година на измисления африкански автор Т. Ш. Елиман, наричан от критиката Черния Рембо. Историята отразява живота на малийския писател Ямбо Уологуем, който печели наградата Renaudot през 1968 година, но по-късно е обвинен в плагиатство, напуска Франция и изчезва от обществения живот. Действието се развива предимно в Сенегал и Париж, но се мести също и в Амстердам и Буенос Айрес. Роман за желания край на литературата, за идолите и за нейната суета, за сблъсъка на култури, нации, раси. Списание L' ... |
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This real book contains a collection of jazz standards by Milcho Leviev (1937 - 2019), transcribed by Todor Gadjalov and edited by Valeri Kostov. Part of it are compositions such as "Bulgarian Boogie", "Isaac's Touchstone", "Lydian Riff", "Moody Modes", "Sad, a Little Bit" and dozens of others, written and performed over a span of six decades. The book also includes photos, facsimilia, as well as words both by and about Milcho Leviev. ... |
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"Five Nights at Freddy's" fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night... Haunted by the past... To avoid confronting an ugly truth, Nole falls prey to a monster that punishes past transgressions. Growing weaker by the day, nine-year-old Jake looks back on the time before he was sick, imagining life as if he were well again. And, forever desperate to prove his worth to his arrogant brother and distant father, Toby chases victory at an arcade game with horrifying consequences. But in the unpredictable world of ... |
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Сборник в чест на проф. дфн Искра Христова-Шомова. ... |
