Това бе името, което италианката ми бе казала на излизане от гората през онзи ден, който сега ми изглеждаше толкова далечен. Беше като заклинание, подшушнато ми за по-нататъшна употреба. Чак сега езикът ми се развърза да го произнесе. Тя се приближи, седна в другия край на леглото и двамата останахме вторачени един в друг. Не си спомням някога да съм гледал друг човек по този начин - когато поглъщаш отсрещното лице с очи, то става част от твоето. Усещах я физически, но това не беше плътско желание, а по-скоро имаше нещо общо с времето, едно разтеглено до безкрайност усещане за настоящето. Не се усмихна, но строгата и ... |
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 - 1610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of the Italian Baroque, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial, violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Though famed for his dramatic use of color, light, and shadow, it was above all Caravaggio's boundary-breaking naturalism which scorched his name into the annals of art history. From the dirtied soles of feet to the sexualized languor of bare flesh, the artist allowed even sacred and biblical scenes to unfold with a startling, often visceral humanity. This ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Frederic Henry is an American Lieutenant serving in the ambulance corps of the Italian army during the First World War. While stationed in northern Italy, he falls in love with Catherine Barkley, an English nurse. Theirs is an intense, tender and passionate love affair overshadowed by the war. Ernest Hemingway spares nothing in his denunciation of the horrors of combat, yet vividly depicts the courage shown by so many. In writing "A Farewell to Arms", Hemingway was inspired by his own wartime experience as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. ... |
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The International symposium dedicated to the 120th Anniversary of Sofia University and the 50th Anniversary of the Commencement of the European Economic Community was organized by the Department of Logic, Ethics, and Aesthetics at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, the Italian Institute of Culture in Sofia, and the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Sofia. It was held at the SU main campus on 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., known as the Rectorate, on September 23-25, 2008 as the news of the bizarre and troubling financial crisis poured in from all sides. The conference organizers observed that since the last two ... |
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One of the crucial questions, which emerges in the process of the EU expansion is "How to avoid the alienation of the values and rights from the vivid culture of the European nations?" No doubt, they should not be limited to formal principles of communication. The point is to determine what should be done within the frame of politics, economy, education, healthcare, legislation, art, etc. in order to implement the principles of the European culture as guidelines for European citizens. Discussing rights and values in the Enlarging EU, it is usually assumed that the new member states are going to adopt the ... |
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The Second World War began on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion in Poland and ended in August 1945 with surrender of Japan. That global military conflict involved all of the great powers and most of the world’s nations. There were two opposing alliances: the Allies (USSR, Great Britain, USA etc.) and the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan). Second World War in Europe was fought on three fronts: Eastern, Western and Italian. The most bloody and devastating fights were on the Eastern front. The war ended with the total defeat of the Axis powers. Shortly after the outbreak of the war Hitler's Germany managed ... |
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In La Vita Nuova, Italy's greatest poet recounts the famous story of his passionate love for Beatrice. The drama of their relationship unravels through stunning poetry and prose in this, one of the most celebrated love stories in history. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. From the first time the poet sets eyes on Beatrice, he proclaims that love quite governed my soul and his devotion to her knows no end. By recalling each meeting ... |
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Учебното помагало по история и цивилизации е предназначено за учениците от 9. клас на профилираните гимназии с интензивно изучаване на английски език. То е съобразено със спецификата на преподаването на учебните предмети на чужд език в българското училище. Неговите основни предимства са: компетентен превод и редакция, направени от носител на езика, специалист по история и културология; текстовете на темите са намалени по обем и адаптирани спрямо езиковото равнище на учениците; към темите са предложени откъси от писмен исторически източник, подходящи за анализ; въпросите и задачите, съобразени с езиковите умения на ... |
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A new edition of the classic and timely record of refugees and migrants on the move. ... It has been almost a generation since Sebastiao Salgado first published Exodus but the story it tells, of fraught human movement around the globe, has changed little in 16 years. The push and pull factors may shift, the nexus of conflict relocates from Rwanda to Syria, but the people who leave their homes tell the same tale: deprivation, hardship, and glimmers of hope, plotted along a journey of great psychological, as well as physical, toil. Salgado spent six years with migrant peoples, visiting more than 35 countries to document ... |
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"Angelina Sorensen writes with refreshing sense of humor, with light and slightly ironic take of the things in life. While I was reading the stories of Coupling and Uncoupling, I was reminded about the words of the song The Smile: With a light thread the smile ties one person to another..." Mihail Veshim, Chief Editor of Starshel newspaper "The book of Angelina Sorensen is a dialog with the intelligent reader, an awakening of his emotional memory, an invitation for spiritual interaction. It is very rare to find something like it in our nervous, hurried world nowadays. Rumen Belchev, Chief Manager and ... |
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Двутомникът представлява сборник статии и студии в памет на изтъкнатия наш медиевист - професор Иван Божилов. Той обединява трудове на повече от 50 учени от 17 страни от Европа, САЩ и Канада, които представят свои изследвания основно за Средновековието, но и за свързани с религията, културата и изкуството проблеми, разположени във времето между класическата Античност и XX век. Широките международни контакти и разностранните изследователски интереси на Иван Божилов предопределят и обхвата на темите, включени в сборника. Том I Religio, Historia обхваща теми из областта на вярата, култовете и текстовете, свързани с тях. ... |
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Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 - 1564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fearing Renaissance man. His manifold achievements in painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, and engineering combined body, spirit, and God into visionary masterpieces that changed art history forever. Famed biographer Giorgio Vasari considered him the pinnacle of Renaissance achievement. His peers called him simply Il Divino (the divine one). This book provides the essential introduction to Michelangelo with all the awe-inspiring masterpieces and none of the queues and crowds. With vivid illustration ... |
