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Washington Poe en Tilly Bradshaw 3 - De curator

De nieuwe, meedogenloze pageturner van M.W. Craven met het slimme rechercheursduo Washington Poe en Tilly Bradshaw. De curator is het spannende vervolg op Brandoffer en Zwarte zomer. Er liggen lichaamsdelen verspreid over Cumbria. Washington Poe en Tilly Bradshaw staan voor een raadsel. Waarom waren sommige slachtoffers verdoofd, terwijl andere een extreem pijnlijke dood stierven? Waarom …

Washington Poe en Tilly Bradshaw 3 - De curator

De nieuwe, meedogenloze pageturner van M.W. Craven met het slimme rechercheursduo Washington Poe en Tilly Bradshaw. De curator is het spannende vervolg op Brandoffer en Zwarte zomer. Er liggen lichaamsdelen verspreid over Cumbria. Washington Poe en Tilly Bradshaw staan voor een raadsel. Waarom waren sommige slachtoffers verdoofd, terwijl andere een extreem pijnlijke dood stierven? Waarom …

The First Ghosts

'It's enthralling stuff, mixing the scholarly with the accessible and placing storytelling right at the heart of the human experience.' - History Revealed 'A fascinating journey' - Yorkshire Post 'Marvellous...Finkel is an expert in Mesopotamian cultures at the British Museum, and is one of the most clever, and nicest, of people it has ever been …

The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall

The story opens with the delivery to a crowd gathered in Rotterdam of a manuscript detailing the journey of a man named Hans Pfaall. The manuscript, which comprises the majority of the story, sets out in detail how Pfaall contrived to reach the moon by benefit of a revolutionary new balloon and a device which …

The Anthropologist as Curator

Why do contemporary art curators define their work as ethnography? How can curation illuminate the practice of contemporary anthropology? Does anthropology risk disappearing as a specific discipline within the general model of the curatorial? This book brings together the research of international scholars in order to explore these questions.

Cocktails with a Curator

Based on the critically acclaimed video series of the same name, Cocktails with a Curator presents a lively, relaxed, and informative mini-lecture on a single work in the Frick s collection. Most of the works discussed are paintings, but sculpture, drawings, and decorative arts objects are also subjects. Each commentary is accompanied by a recipe …

Preghiere e devozioni indulgenziate

Cosa sono le indulgenze e come ne possiamo beneficiare? E' vero che la recita di una preghiera o la pratica di una devozione cancella in parte o completamente la pena che dovremmo sostenere per i nostri peccati? Quali sono le condizioni per lucrare le indulgenze? A queste e ad altre domande cercheremo di rispondere in …

Melanesia

The British Museums uniquely important Melanesian collection is pre-eminent among early collections, and the 20,000 items it comprises are core to understanding the cultures of the western Pacific. The extraordinary art styles represented, from groups such as New Guinea, New Ireland and the Solomon Islands and relating to ancestors, family and clan, houses, feasting and …

The Curator

Half fairy tale and half historical account of a revolution that never was, Owen King's The Curator is full of sly humor, sensuality, and strangeness - Holly Black From Sunday Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are …