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Harriet Backer: Each Atom is Colour
Vibeke Waallann Hansen, Tove Haugsbo, Kristian Wikborg Wiese; Text written by E. Boe Bierlich, R. Bø, …
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R925
Discovery Miles 9 250
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The grande dame of Norwegian Painting – teacher of Nikolai Astrup
and Harald Sohlberg. Harriet Backer (1845–1932) was one of
Norway’s most prominent painters of the 19th century and a
pioneer among women artists in Europe. In 1880, she debuted in the
Paris Salon and lived in Munich and Paris. Back in Oslo, she
established a successful school for painters. This catalogue
presents Backer to an international audience, thus giving her back
the place she deserves in art history. Harriet Backer’s richly
coloured interior scenes, sensitive portrayals of simple rural
life, her portraits and still lifes are characterised by plein-air
painting, realism and Impressionism. Her works stand out, not only
in Norway, but also in the European context, when it comes to
originality, scope and quality. The publication highlights her
artistic achievements and places her oeuvre in the European
context.
The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the
patron saint of free markets Originally published in 1776, Adam
Smith's The Wealth of Nations was lauded by America's founders as a
landmark work of Enlightenment thinking about national wealth,
statecraft, and moral virtue. Today, Smith is one of the most
influential icons of economic thought in America. Glory Liu traces
how generations of Americans have read, reinterpreted, and
weaponized Smith's ideas, revealing how his popular image as a
champion of American-style capitalism and free markets is a
historical invention. Drawing on a trove of illuminating archival
materials, Liu tells the story of how an unassuming Scottish
philosopher captured the American imagination and played a leading
role in shaping American economic and political ideas. She shows
how Smith became known as the father of political economy in the
nineteenth century and was firmly associated with free trade, and
how, in the aftermath of the Great Depression, the Chicago School
of Economics transformed him into the preeminent theorist of
self-interest and the miracle of free markets. Liu explores how a
new generation of political theorists and public intellectuals has
sought to recover Smith's original intentions and restore his
reputation as a moral philosopher. Charting the enduring
fascination that this humble philosopher from Scotland has held for
American readers over more than two centuries, Adam Smith's America
shows how Smith continues to be a vehicle for articulating
perennial moral and political anxieties about modern capitalism.
In the twenty-first century, democracies across the globe are in
crisis. The strength of basic democratic institutions and core
enduring political principles and values are eroding in key regions
and countries. Authoritarian regimes are rising and populist
leaders are emerging. Democracy in Crisis across the World weaves
threads of history and politics in two parts to analyze how long
this trend may last and what the future may bring. By first
examining the state of democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern
Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East and
North Africa, the second part of the collection highlights to
democratic trajectory of India, China, Russia, and the United
States. Ending with a look at how the world's governments have
responded to the coronavirus pandemic, contributors argue that
unless democracy is defended with resolution and nurtured with
resilience, it will fall.
In the twenty-first century, democracies across the globe are in
crisis. The strength of basic democratic institutions and core
enduring political principles and values are eroding in key regions
and countries. Authoritarian regimes are rising and populist
leaders are emerging. Democracy in Crisis across the World weaves
threads of history and politics in two parts to analyze how long
this trend may last and what the future may bring. By first
examining the state of democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern
Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East and
North Africa, the second part of the collection highlights to
democratic trajectory of India, China, Russia, and the United
States. Ending with a look at how the world's governments have
responded to the coronavirus pandemic, contributors argue that
unless democracy is defended with resolution and nurtured with
resilience, it will fall.
In the fourth instalment of Pocket's new series of Marvel novels
the mutant superhero team could be the future's only hope. Jean
Grey awakens in an unfamiliar room. She is weak, disoriented,
stripped of her telepathic and telekinetic powers- and trapped in
someone else's body. Also prisoner are her teammates Cyclops,
Wolverine, Rogue, and Nightcrawler- each of their minds held
hostage within the bodies of strangers as well. Who has brought
them here, and for what purpose? The answers lead to a terrifying
plan that threatens not only the X-Men, but all of mutant-kind.
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Never After (Paperback)
Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu, Sharon Shinn
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R579
R504
Discovery Miles 5 040
Save R75 (13%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Four tales of treacherous, tumultuous, passionate entanglements
from today's most provocative authors.
The bonds of love. The bonds of matrimony. The bonds between
husband and wife. Let's face it-some bonds are meant to be broken.
Here, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton,
"New York Times" bestselling authors Yasmine Galenorn and Marjorie
M. Liu, and national bestselling author Sharon Shinn, spin four
stories of dark powers and fiercely feminine heroes who aren't
going to wait for Prince Charming to show up and save
them-especially when they can do it themselves.
During the day, Maxine's tattoos are her armour and she is
invincible. At night they peel from her skin to take on forms of
their own, leaving her human and vulnerable, and revealing
themselves to be demons sleeping beneath her skin. But these demons
are the best friends and bodyguards a woman could have. And Maxine
needs bodyguards. She is the last in a line of women with power in
their blood, trained to keep the world safe from malignant beings
who would do us harm. But ten thousand years after its creation,
the prison dimension that kept the worst of these from us is
failing, and all the Wardens save Maxine are dead. She must bear
the burden of her bloodline and join the last wild hunt against the
enemy.
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