Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: A superb treasury of decorative wrought iron, this well-illustrated volume presents an informative survey of the ancient craft's practice throughout England. Its history can be traced simply by admiring the crisp black-and-white illustrations of gates, railings, screens, and other elaborately rendered works. 241 black-and-white illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: 16 plates designed to be coloured and arranged to create a large, multi-part rendition of four famous stained glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany: Wisteria, Fawn Drinking at Stream, Peacock, and Parrot/Hibiscus.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Charming set of English poetry from the Romantic period includes: Byron's Selected Poems, Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Ode to the West Wind and Other Poems by Shelley, Wordsworth's Favorite Poems, and Lyric Poems by Keats.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: With just a few hours of diligent study, this concise and practical book will enable students to analyze sentences in all 3 languages. Alphabets, numerals, verb parts, and tenses are given for each language, along with English equivalents, pronunciations, and explanations for forming compound words. Technical terms, arbitrary rules, and old classifications into declensions and conjugations are…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Burnett's conviction that love conquers all is memorably embodied in this tale of an American boy who is transported from the mean streets of 19th-century New York to the splendor of his titled grandfather's English manor. Compellingly readable.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Practical archive of over 700 wonderfully graceful and imaginative designs featuring flowers, leaves, and vines in delicate interlacements.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Lush prose and penetrating psychological insight infuse Conrad's first novel with the qualities that have made him one of the most popular and most studied writers in English literature. The novel chronicles the tragic decline of a Dutch merchant isolated in 19th-century Borneo, the machinations of his bitter Malayan wife, and the loss of his much loved daughter.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: The lovely images in this rare collection comprise one of the most comprehensive surveys of mid-19th-century Japanese art and ornamentation. Included are graceful details from landscapes, floral motifs, abstracts, illustratons of sea life, and other subjects-ideal for use in a host of art and craft projects.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Meticulously reproduced selection of pages from rare Sears catalogs chronicles what youngsters, ages 4 to 16, wore during the first half of the 20th century. Descriptive captions accompany more than 300 illustrations — from flattering dresses with plunging necklines to men's wide, hand-painted ties. A rich social document.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Learn how Christmas is celebrated around the world by coloring 30 pictures of young carolers in Great Britain, Mexican children playing under a pin ata, a Swedish girl wearing a traditional crown of candles, Greek children parading with drums and triangles, an Australian family picnicking on a beach, and more.
Скачать книгу (размер 24 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 6) Аннотация: Charming set of 9 x 12 watercolor prints filled with whimsical scenes featuring stuffed toys in playful poses: a panda and bunny having a spot of tea, a teddy bear and kitten astride a hobby horse, a natty nautical teddy propped up against a chestful of toys, and 3 more.
Скачать книгу (размер 24 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 6) Аннотация: World War I posters used to promote the American war effort are today highly prized collectibles. This card collection reproduces 24 of those works, among them James Montgomery Flagg's classic depiction of Uncle Sam proclaiming I Want YOU for U.S. Army.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This complete collection of Marlowe's poetry includes his translations of Ovid's Elegies and the First Book from Lucan's Civil Hero. The celebrated Hero and Leander, left unfinished at Marlowe's death, is also featured (the poem was later completed by George Chapman), as is the poet's most famous creation, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Set against a backdrop of frozen canals in a winter wonderland, the year's most exciting event in a little Dutch village is about to take place. But will Hans Brinker and his sister Gretel, with their hand-carved wooden skates, be able to compete against their well-trained young friends who own fine steel blades?
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: This is a reprint of a 1974 work published by Richard Sadler (Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire). It depicts European headgear through the ages using 800 of the author's black-and-white sketches based on paintings, sculptures, and illustrations. Covering nearly 2000 years from Danish caps of 70 BC.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Delightful learning aid contains 15 scenes of home, school, farm, beach, park, classroom, and other common environments — with more than 500 objects labeled in Russian. Complete list of Russian words and English translations included at back of book. Fun-filled, effective way for students of Russian to build and strengthen their vocabulary skills.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Contains over 1,000 useful sentences and phrases for travel or everyday living abroad: food, shopping, medical aid, courtesy, hotels, travel, and other situations. Gives the English phrase, the foreign equivalent, and a transliteration that can be read right off. Also includes many supplementary lists, signs, and aids. All words are indexed.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Forty-six characters comprising the Japanese «alphabet» allow English-speaking children (or Japanese youngsters beginning to read and write) to jot down simple words in Japanese — from ahiru (duck) to yubi (finger). 336 ready-to-color illustrations accompany Japanese characters and their English transliteration.
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: This exciting collection contains more than thirty richly imaginative stories from a variety of Native American sources — Cherokee to Zuni, Pawnee to Midu — covering a broad spectrum of subjects, as well as tales of little people, giants, and monsters, and of magic, enchantment, sorcery, and the spirit world. Readers will find stories telling how the earth, people, and bison were created and how…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their «dead souls», the serfs who have died in their service. Gogol's comic masterpiece offers a vast and satirical painting of 19th-century Russia. A work of great symbolism, it continues to inspire 21st-century authors and readers.