Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) is the most influential painter of the German Reformation. In collaboration with Martin Luther (1483-1546), Cranach produced innovative paintings which made the complex ideas of Lutheran Christianity understandable to a wide range of viewers and inspired later generations of artists. Despite Cranach's crucial role as an interpreter of Lutheran ideas, his Refo…
Celebrating the life and work of botanist Kate Furbish, Rowman and Littlefield is pleased to partner with the Bowdoin College Library to publish the first ever catalog of Furbish's artwork. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in a field dominated by her male counterparts, Kate Furbish made a name for herself traveling the length and breadth of Maine, collecting, classifying, …
Harry Craddock was a United States citizen who left during Prohibition and joined the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel, London. He was one of the most famous cocktail barmen of the 1920s and 1930s. Craddock's "The Savoy Cocktail Book" was first published in 1930, has never gone out of print, and today remains a classic of the most popular recipes for cocktail drinks. Craddock also invented a num…
• Una obra que aborda uno de los temas que más interesa a muchas familias: la alimentación infantil. • Escrito por Odile Fernández, médico de familia y autora del bestseller "Mis recetas anticáncer". • Incluye información teórica y práctica, así como saludables recetas creadas con la colaboración de Heva Hernández. Todos queremos que nuestros hijos crezcan fuertes y sano…
Llega la nueva tendencia foodie para adelgazar, mejorar la piel, despejar la mente, desintoxicarse, cargar las pilas y rejuvenecer: las supersopas, frías, templadas y calientes, un alimento de siempre más sabroso y creativo que nunca. Las sopas son auténticos cócteles de vitaminas y nutrientes que admiten toda clase de ingredientes: desde especias de probadas propiedades detox hasta hierba…
El complemento perfecto de Mis recetas anticáncer, el nuevo bestseller de salud con ocho ediciones en el mercado y 25.000 ejemplares vendidos. -Ilustrado con preciosas fotos a todo color de Heva, la conocida bloguera y fotógrafa gastronómica de Tarjeta de Embarque. -Una mezcla perfecta de libro informativo y libro práctico, con una primera parte llena de información esclarecedora y actuali…
Cada vez son más las personas que, ante un diagnóstico de cáncer, se preguntan: ¿y ahora qué puedo comer? Frente a una opinión médica dividida, Odile Fernández, médico de familia que en 2010 venció un cáncer de ovarios con metástasis, apuesta por la alimentación como herramienta para completar con éxito el tratamiento prescrito. Tras el impacto de sus dos primeros libros, Od…
This book is a mosaic or quilt of folk art around the world, from polychrome clay figures made in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla (Mexico) to the baskets Maori women create in New Zealand, from Japanese lacquer work and decorated paddles to black dolls in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The creative impulse found in three continents, four countries, and four geographical regions are juxtaposed to make up …
Romanticism is multifaceted, and a wide range of nostalgic, emotional, and exotic concerns were expressed in such styles and movements as the Gothic Revival, Classical Revival, Orientalism, and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Some movements were regional and subject-specific, such as the Hudson River School of landscape painting in the United States and the German Nazarene movement, which focus…
Just because the art is beautiful doesn't mean the artist was a saint . . . Scoundrels, Cads, and Other Great Artists examines the lives of nine great artists who were less than exemplary human beings in their lives outside of their art. It explores the question, "Why do we like magnificent art from artists who were awful human beings?" For example, the great Baroque painter, Caravaggio, who …