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Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city''s past. Analysing the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture, its bridges, its tourists, its curiosities, its smells, sounds, lights and colours, there is scarcely a corner of Venice that Jan Morris has not investigated and brought vividly to life. Jan Morris first visited the city of Venice as young James Morris, during World War II. As she writes in the introduction, ''it is Venice seen through a particular pair of eyes at a particular moment - young eyes at that, responsive above all to the stimuli of youth.'' Venice is an impassioned work on this magnificent but often maddening city. Jan Morris''s collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Sydney, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain and Manhattan ''45. Since its first publication, Venice has appeared in many editions, won the W.H. Heinemann award and become an international bestseller. ''The best book about Venice ever written'' Sunday Times ''No sensible visitor ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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'A marvel of clarity, fluency, and (Morris's favourite word in her final days) kindness.' The Sunday Times'A measured and elegant biography that Morris aficionados will find fascinating.' The TimesThe first full account of a truly remarkable life. When Jan Morris passed away in 2020, she was considered one of Britain's best-loved writers. The author of Venice, Pax Britannica, Conundrum, and more than fifty other books, her work was known for its observational genius, lyricism, and humour, and had earned her a passionate readership around the world. Morris's life was no less fascinating than her oeuvre. Born in 1926, she spent her childhood amidst Oxford's Gothic beauty and later participated in military service in Italy and the Middle East, before embarking on a career as an internationally feted foreign correspondent. From being the only journalist to join the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 to covering the trial of Adolf Eichmann, Morris's reportage spanned many of the twentieth century's defining moments. However, public success masked a private dilemma that was only resolved when she transitioned genders in the 1960s, becoming renowned as a transgender pioneer. She went on to live happily with her wife, Elizabeth, in Wales for another five ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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This title presents Jan Morris on her favourite artist and her favourite city. An enchanting text, richly illustrated."After a good dinner one evening, with excellent company and a bottle of wine, I settled by my fire with a volume of paintings by the 15th century Venetian painter Vittore Carpaccio. For much of my life I have been under the spell of this artist. I am no connoisseur, cultural scholar or art historian. I know nothing about painterly techniques, chromatic gradations or artistic affinities, and my infatuation with him is largely affectionate fancy. I feel I know him personally, and I often sense that I am directly in touch with him across the centuries, across the continents, as one might be in touch with a living friend..." So starts Jan Morris’s latest book, which she has said will also be her last: a genial, witty, and touching journey through the endlessly evocative art of Carpaccio. Saluting the painter whose pictures remain some of the most enchanting ever made of Venice, Jan Morris makes her own last journey to a city she has written about like no other. Richly illustrated with complete paintings and eye-catching details, this book is a fitting swansong ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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In a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris - a constant traveller - has produced a unique portrait of the twentieth century. Ranging from New York to Venice, Sydney to Berlin, and the Middle East to South Africa, Jan Morris was a witness to such seminal moments as the Eichmann trial, the first ascent of Everest, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the handover of Hong Kong. Offering a tremendously perceptive and highly personal view of the world, she is as much concerned with conveying the ''feel'' of these moments as the events themselves. And, as ever, she displays her unique and inimitable literary style, at once funny, wise and sad. Jan Morris''s collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, Manhattan ''45, A Writer''s World and the Pax Britannica Trilogy. Hav, her novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. ''A glorious compendium of adventure and wisdom'' Pico Iyer

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Hav gives us Jan Morris at her most delightful and most suggestive. The city is a magical place - yet behind its arcane splendours are darker implications. The traditional Roof Race is peculiarly exciting, the waterfront is picturesque, the wistful call of a trumpeter from a distant rampart is wonderfully evocative, and every street corner is haunted by memories of illustrious visitors - Freud, Diaghilev, Marco Polo, Lawrence of Arabia and countless others. But Morris''s visit ends in flight when an unidentified enemy arrives to seize control.When Jan Morris returns to Hav, some twenty years later, she finds that her account of her earlier visit is banned - and discovers a place that has rebuilt itself, transformed by a new energy and now dominated by a totemic tower 2000 feet tall. But as the old Hav was in many ways an allegory of the last century, so the city in its new incarnation offers no less elusive hints, echoes and portents of our 21st century world. As a destination it remains as entertaining as ever.

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Jan Morris (then James) first visited Trieste as a soldier at the end of the Second World War. Since then, the city has come to represent her own life, with all its hopes, disillusionments, loves and memories. Here, her thoughts on a host of subjects - ships, cities, cats, sex, nationalism, Jewishness, civility and kindness - are inspired by the presence of Trieste, and recorded in or between the lines of this book.Evoking the whole of its modern history, from its explosive growth to wealth and fame under the Habsburgs, through the years of Fascist rule to the miserable years of the Cold War, when rivalries among the great powers prevented its creation as a free city under United Nations auspices, Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere is neither a history nor a travel book; like the place, it is one of a kind. Jan Morris''s collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, Manhattan ''45, A Writer''s World and the Pax Britannica Trilogy. Hav, her novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

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Jan Morris tells the epic story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. In this celebrated masterwork she vividly evokes every aspect of the ''great adventure'', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plantations, as she traces the impact of empire on places as diverse as Sierra Leone and Fiji, Zululand and the Canadian prairies. The Pax Britannica Trilogy also includes Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire and Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat. Together, these three works of history trace the dramatic rise and fall of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. Jan Morris is also world-renowned for her collection of travel writing and reportage, spanning over five decades and including such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, A Writer''s World and most recently, Contact! ''How many professional historians can write books that give so much pleasure? This is a book planned by an architect, fitted together by a craftsman, and polished by a cabinet-maker.'' Sunday Times

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The second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour. This classic work of history portrays a nation at the very height of its vigour and self-satisfaction, imposing on the rest of the world its traditions and tastes, its idealists and rascals. The Pax Britannica Trilogy also includes Heaven''s Command: An Imperial Progress and Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat. Together these three works of history trace the dramatic rise and fall of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. Jan Morris is world-renowned for her collection of travel writing and reportage, spanning over five decades and including such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, A Writer''s World and most recently, Contact! ''In scholarship and humour this portrait of the British Empire before its decline and fall might, without undue optimism, be placed upon the same shelf as Edward Gibbon''s history. As a survey of its subject, I doubt that Pax Britannica can ever, in this generation be ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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‘A marvel of clarity, fluency, and (Morris’s favourite word in her final days) kindness.’ The Sunday TimesThe first full account of the remarkable life of Jan Morris: writer, soldier, traveller, and trans pioneer. Jan Morris is widely considered one of Britain’s best-loved writers, known for her observational genius, lyricism, and humour. Born in 1926, she spent her childhood amidst Oxford’s Gothic beauty and later participated in military service in Italy and the Middle East, before becoming an internationally fêted foreign correspondent. However, public success masked a private dilemma that was only resolved when she transitioned gender in the late sixties. She went on to live happily with her wife Elizabeth in Wales for another five decades, and never stopped writing and publishing. Here, for the first time, the many strands of Morris’s rich and at times paradoxical life are brought together.Â

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Spain is one of the absolutes. Nothing is more compelling than the drama, at once dark and dazzling, of that theatre over the hills - the vast splendour of the Spanish landscape, the intensity of Spain''s pride and misery, the adventurous glory of a history that set its seal upon half the world . . .Passionate, evocative and beautifully written, Spain is a companion to the country: its people, its history - and its character. First published in 1964 and no less compelling today, Jan Morris''s classic work is back in print, bringing Spain, its glory and its tragedy, vividly to life. Jan Morris''s collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, Manhattan ''45, A Writer''s World and the Pax Britannica Trilogy. Hav, her novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. ''The most evocative book ever written about Spain.'' Independent

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Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria''s Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. With characteristic balance, this masterpiece of narrative history describes the long retreat and final dissolution of the British Empire. The Pax Britannica Trilogy includes Heaven''s Command: An Imperial Progress and Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire. Together these three works of history trace the dramatic rise and fall of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. Jan Morris is also world-renowned for her collection of travel writing and reportage, spanning over five decades and including such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, A Writer''s World and most recently, Contact! ''The British Empire is fortunate in having found in Morris a chronicler and memorialist who can do it justice. . . Morris writes with inspired gusto, firmly rooted in erudition, which carries the book into the realms of literature.'' Sunday Telegraph ''One of our finest writers on Empire - alive to its glory, yet with a beady eye for the corruptions and failures which were ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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''Exquisite, powerful . . . I can think of no better way of commemorating British exploration''s culminating triumph.'' Simon Winchester? Coronation Everest offers a breathtakingly intimate evocation of the most famous of all mountaineering exploits - and of perhaps the last great old-fashioned Fleet Street scoop. ''It was Morris who broke the news that a British-led expedition had conquered Mount Everest the day before the Queen''s coronation in 1953 . . . Allied to physical courage in getting down the mountain and a dogged resourcefulness in getting the news home, Morris scooped the world and was launched on one of the most remarkable literary careers in the second half of the twentieth century.'' Guardian Jan Morris''s collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, Manhattan ''45, A Writer''s World and the Pax Britannica Trilogy. Hav, her novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

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The Battleship Yamato, of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was the most powerful warship of World War II and represented the climax, as it were, of the Japanese warrior traditions of the samurai – the ideals of honour, discipline and self-sacrifice that had immemorially ennobled the Japanese national consciousness. Stoically poised for battle in the spring of 1945 – when even Japan’s last desperate technique of arms, the kamikaze, was running short – Yamato arose as the last magnificent arrow in the imperial quiver of Emperor Hirohito.Here, Jan Morris not only tells the dramatic story of the magnificent ship itself – from secret wartime launch to futile sacrifice at Okinawa – but, more fundamentally, interprets the ship as an allegorical figure of war itself, in its splendour and its squalor, its heroism and its waste. Drawing on rich naval history and rhapsodic metaphors from international music and art, Battleship Yamato is a work of grand ironic elegy."The short, illustrated book Morris has written about the Yamato is what she calls ''a reverie'' on the varied emotions that war summons up…I think it''s safe to say that Morris has also written a reverie on accepting the inevitability of death… This book itself ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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In A Venetian Bestiary the travel writer Jan Morris explores the animals, real, imaginary and artistic which haunt the city of floating dreams, her favourite city. This beautiful new edition is illustrated with photographs and art which perfectly complement Morris' words.

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For six centuries the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean – an empire of coasts, islands and isolated fortresses by which, as Wordsworth wrote, the mercantile Venetians ''held the gorgeous east in fee''. Jan Morris reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion in the form of a sea-voyage, travelling along the historic Venetian trade routes from Venice itself to Greece, Crete and Cyprus. It is a traveller''s book, geographically arranged but wandering at will from the past to the present, evoking not only contemporary landscapes and sensations but also the characters, the emotions and the tumultuous events of the past. The first such work ever written about the Venetian ‘Stato da Mar’, it is an invaluable historical companion for visitors to Venice itself and for travellers through the lands the Doges once ruled.

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As one of Britain’s best and most-loved travel writers, Jan Morris has led an extraordinary life. Perhaps her most remarkable work is this grippingly honest account of her ten-year transition from man to woman – its pains and joys, its frustrations and discoveries. On first publication in 1974, the book generated enormous interest around the world, and was chosen by The Times as one of the ‘100 Key Books of Our Time’.

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''Few cities,'' Jan Morris observes, ''have been much more loved, loathed, and celebrated.'' This book has become a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, and people of one of Britain''s most fascinating cities. ''A book of outstanding excellence, with a sweep of knowledge and a distinction of style such as I have never before encountered in a work of this sort ... Brilliant alike in observation and imagination ... brings the very stones of Oxford to life''Sunday Telegraph.

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Necrophilia is not one of my failings, but I do like graveyards and memorial stones and such...Following the publication In My Mind''s Eye, her acclaimed first volume of diaries, a Radio 4 Book of the Week in 2018, Jan Morris continued to write her daily musings. From her home in the North West of Wales, the author of classics such as Venice and Trieste cast her eye over modern life in all its stupidity and glory.From her daily thousand paces to the ongoing troubles of Brexit, from her enduring love for America to the wonders of the natural world, and from the vagaries and ailments of old age to the beauty of youth, she once again displays her determined belief in embracing life and creativity - all kindness and marmalade.

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''I have never before in my life kept a diary of my thoughts, and here at the start of my ninth decade, having for the moment nothing much else to write, I am having a go at it. Good luck to me…’So begins this extraordinary book, a collection of diary pieces that Jan Morris wrote for the Financial Times over the course of 2017.A former soldier and journalist, and one of the great chroniclers of the world for over half a century, she writes here in her characteristically intimate voice - funny, perceptive, wise, touching, wicked, scabrous, and above all, kind – about her thoughts on the world, and her own place in it as she turns ninety. From cats to cars, travel to home, music to writing, it’s a cornucopia of delights from a unique literary figure.

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Europe has been widely acclaimed as among the finest achievements of ''one of our greatest living writers'' (The Times). A personal appreciation, fuelled by five decades of journeying, this is Jan Morris at her best - at once magisterial and particular, whimsical and profound. It is a matchless portrait of a continent.

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Admiral of the Fleet Lord ''Jacky'' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. He was also a colossal figure to contemporaries, both loved and loathed, a man of exceptional charm, presence and charisma. Since the late 1940s, Jan Morris has been haunted by his face - with its startling combination of ''the suave, the sneering and the self-amused.'' This evocation is both biography and a love letter, a perfect expression of her passionate interest in mavericks and outsiders, in travel, ships and the glorious pageantry of the British Empire in its prime.

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In Contact! Jan turns her brilliantly observant eye to the human contacts she made, across the globe and though the decades. As a series of vignettes, some only a few lines long, she records hundreds of brief glimpses and fleeting encounters, celebrating the people who helped spark her view of the world and mould her responses. A vast range of human experience is here: most are anonymous, everyday encounters - children playing, a homeless man in Manhattan, a lascivious taxi-driver - but she also remembers celebrated figures, from Yves San Laurent to King Hussein of Jordan, President Truman to Peter OToole. Contact! is a must for any fans of Jan''s writing. Her great sense of amusement, shrewd eye for detail and huge enthusiasm for her contacts makes these episodes incredibly enjoyable - and often profound.

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"None of Venice''s innumerable chroniclers have portrayed the Serenissima''s character with quite such a combination of the scholarly, the informal and the intimate...Over the years thousands of readers, starting this book, have been relieved to encounter its famously undemanding approach to the city - ''Generally the first thing to do in Venice is to sit down and have some coffee'': but by the time they get to the end of it, all the same, they will have learnt virtually everything that an educated stranger needs to know about the place, its art and its history, besides being subtly entertained throughout.''" - From the Introduction by Jan Morris.

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With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood and Markus Zusak''This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...'' So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection. In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world''s most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists and poets. ''You will see books taking flight in flocks, migrating around the world, landing in people''s hearts and changing them for a day or a year or a lifetime. ''You will see books sparking wonder or anger; throwing open windows into other languages, other cultures, other minds; causing people to fall in love or to fight for what is right. ''And more than anything, over and over again, you will see books and words being given, received and read - and in turn prompting further generosity.'' Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit, Room to Read, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Kolekce obsahuje čtyři filmy z počátku 60. let, ve kterých exceluje Jan Tříska. Mezi snímky patří Kohout plaší smrt, Kde alibi nestačí, Dva z onoho světa a Pět z milionu. Filmy kombinují kriminální zápletky a dramatické příběhy z poválečného Československa.

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Třetí díl série z tajemného světa Trombů, kde Edwin a jeho přátelé jsou přeneseni do paralelního světa plného nástrah. Musí překonat nebezpečí pomocí odvahy a důvtipu, aby porazili krále Klamma a zachránili Edwinovu maminku. Kniha má 192 stran a je určena dětem od 10 let.

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• Ilustrace od Jindry Čapka
• Vhodné pro čtenáře od 10 let
• Vázaná vazba s laminovaným přebalem

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The story of how a group of precocious young artists shook up the British art establishment, told through their works, letters and diaries. An illustrated history of the linked lives and loves of a group of supremely talented artists of late Victorian Britain through their passionate writings. It features the painters, poets, critics and designers: Ford Madox Brown, Edward Burne-Jones, Fanny Cornforth, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, William and Janey Morris, Christina, Dante Gabriel, and William Rossetti, John Ruskin, William Bell Scott and Lizzie Siddal.The artistic aspirations and achievements of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are revealed alongside the interwoven dramas of their personal lives, in letters, diaries and reminiscences, while their genius is displayed in vivid paintings, drawings, designs and poems. The Pre-Raphaelites was a charmed circles of love, friendship and art. Within an ever-changing flow of affections, and intimacies as richly patterned as a tapestry, they worked together as companions, lovers and partners. They shared tragedy as well as happiness, critical hostility as well as success, even the griefs of infidelity and discord. These creative partnerships, which also created the firm William Morris and Co, revitalised Victorian art and design. The new edition publishes in time for the start ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The first fully illustrated and comprehensive introduction to May Morris's work as an artist, designer and embroiderer, published in association with the V&A. May Morris (1862–1938), younger daughter of William Morris, was a significant figure in the British Arts and Crafts movement and a pioneer of ‘art embroidery’. She ran the embroidery department of Morris & Co., as well as designing textiles, wallpapers and jewellery. May was also an influential teacher and lectured in the UK and America. May Morris: Arts & Crafts Designer is the first publication to present the full range of May Morris’s work and reveals her exceptional skill and originality. It draws together her designs, exquisite embroideries, watercolours, costume and jewellery from museums around the world, and in particular the rich collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the William Morris Gallery, London. The book contains more than 180 items in colour and detailed information on their materials and provenance compiled by leading experts. There are also new insights into May’s personal life and relationships, her social activism and her support for other craftswomen. This authoritative and illuminating study places May Morris, whose reputation has been overshadowed by that of her father, firmly among the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The thrilling story of the Jews in Venice – and the truth behind one of Shakespeare''s most famous characters.Millions of visitors flood to Venice every year. Yet many are unaware of its history – one of dramatic expansion but also of rapid decline. And essential to any history of Venice during its glory days is the story of its Jewish population. Venice gave the world the word ghetto. Astonishingly, the ghetto prison turned out to be as remarkable a place as the city of Venice itself.With sound scholarship and a narrator''s skill, Harry Freedman tells the story of Venice’s Jews. From the founding of the ghetto in 1516, to the capture of Venice by Napoleon in 1797, he describes the remarkable cultural renaissance that took place in the Venice ghetto. Gates and walls notwithstanding, for the first time in European history Jews and Christians mingled intellectually, learned from each other, shared ideas and entered modernity together. When it came to culture, the ghetto walls were porous.Any history of Venice and its Jews also can’t avoid the story of Shakespeare’s Shylock. The cultural and political revival in the Venice ghetto is often obscured from history by this fictional character. Who, we ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Venice Tales is the first comprehensive collection of short-stories on Venice by Italian authors. The book encompasses a broad chronological span, beginning from the Middle Ages (Boccaccio), through to the early modern period (Sansovino), the Enlightenment (Casanova, Goldoni), to the modern and contemporary eras (Marinetti, Montale, Calvino, Scarpa and others). A dream-like city uniquely built on water, Venice was a hub of trade with the East and the seminal cosmopolitan city. Venice was proudly independent politically from the word go and was at the forefront of several arts and industries: glass-making and ship-building, as well as music and the fine arts. A site of Carnivalesque joie de vivre, luxury, and licentiousness on the one hand, Venice also became widely synonymous with darkness, melancholy, and a wish for death. In short, the siren call of Venice has always seduced literati, visitors, and tourists alike. Venice continues to haunt and inspire the imagination of authors and artists the world over and yet few Italians have dared taking on the city in their works of literary fiction. It is possible that Venice''s worldly exotic allure proved daunting and evanescent to many. As these Venice Tales vividly demonstrate, those who did not fear to ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Let Secret Venice guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.Allow the award-winning Secret Venice guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Venice guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track.Now in it''s 7th edition, Secret Venice features over 270 secret and unusual locations:Discover the secrets of St. Mark''s Basilica without any touristDecipher the capitals of the palace of the DogesTake the only underground canal in VeniceLook out for of the alchemical sculpture of the winged horseOpen your eyes to traces of the Teriaca, this miracle drink that was long made in VeniceTear up the paintings of the Scuola di San Rocco according to the principles of the Hebrew Kabbalah Visit an underground graveyardPush the doors of palaces and monasteries to walk in unsuspected gardensAdmire the extraordinary forgotten library of the Venice seminarySleep in a sublime room hidden in a palaceGo shopping at the women''s prison market of the GiudeccaPlay petanque in the heart of the cityMake ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Go beyond the ordinary with this remarkable travelogue and guidebook filled with spectacular color photography that showcases Venice’s magical beauty and hidden gems, from the Piazzo San Marco to the island of Giudecca, the banks of the Grand Canal to the Arsenal district—the second entry in the Hedonist’s Guide travel series.Combining essential insider details, cultural information, must-see attractions, and detailed maps with glorious custom photography, Magical Venice is the ultimate handbook for modern nomads, including both savvy travelers and novice tourists. Designed for twenty-first century globetrotters, Magical Venice features stylish graphics and an elegant visual design, as well as a breakdown of must-visit places, thematic double-page photographic spreads to help you discover and understand the city, and walking routes to explore each district away from the crowds. Every fascinating detail of Venice is revealed, from the splendor of its palaces, the beauty of its piazzettas, the romanticism of its bridges and canals, the delights of its gastronomy, the charm of its sestieri—the districts that make up the city of the Doges—and the wealth of its museums and its arts and crafts.Whether you prefer a more traditional visit or want to chart your own unique course, this user-friendly reference and coffee ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The world''s favourite pocket travel guidesMake the most of your trip to Venice with this Top 10 guide. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Venice has to offer and ensuring that you don’t miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about.Inside this guide to Venice, you’ll find:Top 10 lists of Venice''s must-sees and must-dos, including cruising down the Grand Canal, sipping a coffee in Piazza San Marco and admiring art at the Accademia GalleriesVenice’s most interesting areas, with the best places for sightseeing, food and drink, and shoppingThemed lists, including the best palaces, bridges, wine bars, entertainment venues and much moreEasy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend or a weekA laminated pull-out map of Venice, plus eight full-colour area mapsDK''s Top 10 travel guides have been helping travellers to make the most of their breaks since 2002.Looking for more on Venice''s culture, history and attractions? Try our DK Venice and the Veneto travel guide.

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A career retrospective on one of the all-time great photographers of both music and black culture, Dennis Morris. When we think of the trailblazing photographer Dennis Morris’s work, music is right there. Morris’s adventures in the 1970s reggae and punk scene laid the groundwork for a six-decade career.It all began with Bob Marley: Morris doorstepped Marley in his early teens while skipping school and went on to capture much of Marley’s tour, which launched his career as a music photographer. He later became the official photographer for the Sex Pistols, and for John Lydon’s next project, Public Image Limited, Morris was art director and designer as well as taking iconic images for the band. He captured the greats of reggae and roots music, from Lee 'Scratch' Perry to Toots and Jimmy Cliff, forming friendships with many of the acts.Morris's documentary and street photography work, with roots in his experiences as a Black teenager in 1970s Britain, bring us visionary projects that explore race, politics and cultural identity. From the miner's strike to squat protests, from civil rights organizations to pop-up studio portraits, his work was a reckoning with his new home, capturing eccentricity and individual spirits with his camera. Edited ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. But most of all, Morris loves his classroom’s dress-up center and its tangerine dress.Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. He dreams about having space adventures, paints beautiful pictures and sings the loudest during circle time. But most of all, Morris loves his classroom’s dress-up center — he loves wearing the tangerine dress.But the children in Morris’s class don’t understand. Dresses, they say, are for girls. And Morris certainly isn’t welcome in the spaceship some of his classmates are building. Astronauts, they say, don’t wear dresses.One day when Morris feels all alone, and sick from the taunts of his classmates, his mother lets him stay home from school. Morris reads about elephants, and puts together a puzzle, and dreams of a fantastic space adventure with his cat, Moo.Inspired by his dream, Morris paints the incredible scene he saw, and brings it with him to school. He builds his own spaceship, hangs his painting on the front of it and takes two of his classmates on an outer space adventure.With warm, dreamy illustrations Isabelle Malenfant perfectly captures Morris’s vulnerability and the vibrancy of his imagination. This is a ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Nástěnné svítidlo FARO VENICE – Bílá keramika a nadčasový minimalismusNástěnné svítidlo FARO VENICE v bílé variantě přináší do interiéru spojení sofistikované jednoduchosti, ruční práce a inspirace nadčasovým designem. Autorem svítidla je španělský designér Adolfo Abejón, který ve svém návrhu klade důraz na funkčnost, estetiku a snadnou údržbu.Vlastnosti a výhody svítidla FARO VENICE Ručně vyráběný keramický stínidlo: Každý kus je originál, vytvářený v barcelonské dílně. Nadčasový design: Minimalistické tvary a jemné linie, které zútulní každý prostor. Snadná instalace: Chytré uchycení a praktický kovový držák umožňují rychlou a bezpečnou montáž. Ekologická volba: Svítidlo je rozebíratelné a jednotlivé komponenty lze recyklovat. Univerzální využití: Ideální pro obývací pokoje, ložnice, chodby i stylové komerční prostory.Technické specifikace Patice: E27 (doporučujeme LED žárovky pro maximální úsporu energie) Světelný zdroj: Není součástí balení Max. příkon: 15 W Materiál: Tělo – hliník, stínidlo – keramika (bílý lesk) Stupeň krytí: IP20 (určeno pro interiér) Napětí: 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz Typ ochrany: IIProč zvolit svítidlo FARO VENICE?Toto svítidlo je nejen funkčním osvětlením, ale i designovým prvkem, který vynikne v moderních i tradičních interiérech. Stínidlo s charakteristickým kanálkem jemně rozptyluje světlo a navozuje příjemnou atmosféru, která připomíná klidné benátské uličky. Díky snadné údržbě a možnosti výměny stínidla je FARO VENICE ideální volbou ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Sandály dětské, vhodné pro volný čas, materiál svršku: syntetika, hmotnost boty 175 g Sandály KEEN VENICE H2 YOUTH Letní sandály KEEN VENICE H2 YOUTH jsou skvělou volbou pro dětské aktivity v přírodě i u vody. Nabízí mírně širší střih s robustnějším designem, díky kterému jsou boty vhodné i pro děti s širokým chodidlem a vysokým nártem. KEEN VENICE H2 YOUTH mají všestranné využitíSvršek sandálů KEEN VENICE H2 YOUTH je vyrobený z rychleschnoucí popruhové páskoviny, díky čemuž umožňuje aktivní pohyb i ve vodě. Fixace chodidel je zajištěna pružným rychlošněrováním a páskem na suchý zip. VENICE H2 YOUTH nabídnou dětem pohodlíSandály VENICE H2 YOUTH s anatomicky tvarovanou stélkou z lehkého a pružného materiálu EVA poskytnou klenbě dětských nožek a chodidlu patřičnou oporu. Sandály KEEN ochrání dětské prsty před zraněnímSandály KEEN disponují systémem ochrany prstů...

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Sandály dětské, vhodné pro volný čas, materiál svršku: syntetika, hmotnost boty 175 g Sandály KEEN VENICE H2 YOUTH Letní sandály KEEN VENICE H2 YOUTH jsou skvělou volbou pro dětské aktivity v přírodě i u vody. Nabízí mírně širší střih s robustnějším designem, díky kterému jsou boty vhodné i pro děti s širokým chodidlem a vysokým nártem. KEEN VENICE H2 YOUTH mají všestranné využitíSvršek sandálů KEEN VENICE H2 YOUTH je vyrobený z rychleschnoucí popruhové páskoviny, díky čemuž umožňuje aktivní pohyb i ve vodě. Fixace chodidel je zajištěna pružným rychlošněrováním a páskem na suchý zip. VENICE H2 YOUTH nabídnou dětem pohodlíSandály VENICE H2 YOUTH s anatomicky tvarovanou stélkou z lehkého a pružného materiálu EVA poskytnou klenbě dětských nožek a chodidlu patřičnou oporu. Sandály KEEN ochrání dětské prsty před zraněnímSandály KEEN disponují...

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A guide to the wonders of Venice, conveyed by means of an artist''s sketchbookMatthew Rice is a long-time observer and illustrator of cities, buildings and all those who inhabit them, with an uncanny ability to express the energy of a place through a few lines of ink and splashes of paint. For years, Venice has been a source of deep creative inspiration for him; and now, in Venice: A Sketchbook Guide, he captures the highlights of this most beguiling of Italian cities. Unsurprisingly, given his abiding passion for architecture, Matthew provides a wealth of information about the ''stones'' of Venice, including an illustrated guide to the main building styles of the city - Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Modern - and exemplars of its balconies, bridges and campaniles. Further sections explore the city''s sestieri - its six residential quarters - as well as its history, paintings, festivals, wildlife and, not least, its cicchetti and aperitivi. Following the same landscape format as Matthew''s real-life sketchbooks, Venice: A Sketchbook Guide will combine enchanting watercolour illustrations with an informed, personal and witty text, and promises to delight all visitors to Venice, armchair or actual.

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A sweeping and comprehensive history of Venice--from its formation in the early Middle Ages to the present day--that traces its evolution as a city, city-state, regional power, and overseas empire. No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, "another world." During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Venice was celebrated as a model republic in an age of monarchs. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it became famous for its freewheeling lifestyle characterized by courtesans, casinos, and Carnival. When the city fell on hard times following the collapse of the Republic in 1797, a darker vision of Venice as a place of decay, disease, and death took hold. Today tourists from around the globe flock to the world heritage site as rising sea levels threaten its very foundations. This comprehensive account reveals the adaptations to its geographic setting that have been a constant feature of living on water from Venice''s origins to the present. It examines the lives of the women and men, noble and common, rich ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Filmmaker Errol Morris offers his perspective on the world and his powerful belief in the necessity of truth. In 1972, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn threw an ashtray at Errol Morris. This book is the result.  At the time, Morris was a graduate student. Now we know him as one of the most celebrated and restlessly probing filmmakers of our time, the creator of such classics of documentary investigation as The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of War. Kuhn, meanwhile, was—and, posthumously, remains—a star in his field, the author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a landmark book that has sold well over a million copies and introduced the concept of “paradigm shifts” to the larger culture. And Morris thought the idea was bunk.  The Ashtray tells why—and in doing so, it makes a powerful case for Morris’s way of viewing the world, and the centrality to that view of a fundamental conception of the necessity of truth. “For me,” Morris writes, “truth is about the relationship between language and the world: a correspondence idea of truth.” He has no patience for philosophical systems that aim for internal coherence and disdain the world itself. Morris is after ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Step inside the most breathtaking residences in this dazzling declaration of love to the beauty and craftsmanship of Venice.Venice has a thousand reflections of silk, marble, mirror, and light. In an intimate and informed invitation to the city, Servane Giol guides us through a maze of canals, secluded campos, and narrow alleyways to meet some of Venice’s most creative residents, opening the door to private historic palazzi, as well as more recently restored houses and apartments owned by a new generation of artists and designers drawn to Venice’s radiant beauty, energy, and lifestyle. Whether it is in interior design, glassmaking, shoemaking, or the restoration of historic monuments, her circle of talented friends have brought a renewed vibrancy and elegance to the city, giving visibility to some of Venice’s most elegant traditional crafts and passionately safeguarding them for future generations. Organized around the rich materials and textures of the city’s densely woven fabric of history and celebrating the artisan’s skill at every turn, this visually stunning love letter to the secret beauties of Venice, captured by photographer Mattia Aquila, is both a revelation and unique reminder to all those who wish to recall the golden iridescent silence of their first sight ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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FARO VENICE 200 závěsné svítidlo, černá – Minimalistický šperk do každého interiéruDesignové svítidlo s nadčasovou elegancíZávěsné svítidlo FARO VENICE 200 v černém provedení je dokonalým příkladem moderního, minimalistického designu, který v sobě spojuje řemeslné zpracování a inovativní přístup. Kolekce VENICE, navržená designérem Adolfo Abejónem, vznikla s jasným cílem: vytvářet pohodlné, příjemné a inspirativní prostory pomocí precizně vybraných materiálů a ruční práce.Keramický stínidlo bylo ručně vyrobeno v dílně v Barceloně, což zaručuje jedinečnost každého kusu a důraz na detail. Lesklý černý povrch působí sofistikovaně, snadno se kombinuje s dalšími barvami a materiály v interiéru, a zároveň přitahuje pozornost svou čistotou a jednoduchostí.Funkčnost a jednoduchá instalace Snadná montáž: Svítidlo lze jednoduše sestavit svépomocí, což oceníte nejen při rekonstrukci, ale i v novostavbě. Variabilita: Díky možnosti zkrácení kabelu (2 metry) jej lze přizpůsobit různým výškám stropů a potřebám prostoru. Výměnné stínidlo: Ikonický keramický klobouk lze snadno vyměnit nebo vyčistit, což usnadňuje údržbu.Technické parametry Patice: E27 (doporučujeme LED žárovku pro maximální úsporu) Maximální výkon: 15 W Materiál: ocel (tělo), keramika (stínidlo) Barva: černá (tělo i stínidlo, lesklý povrch) Délka kabelu: 2000 mm Stupeň krytí: IP20 (vhodné pro interiér) Napětí: 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz Typ svítidla: ambientní osvětleníProč zvolit FARO VENICE 200? Ruční výroba – ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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FARO VENICE 200 závěsné svítidlo – růžová elegance v interiéruZávěsné svítidlo FARO VENICE 200 v jemně růžovém provedení představuje dokonalou kombinaci moderního designu a kvalitních materiálů. Díky keramickému stínítku s průměrem 200 mm a výšce až 2697 mm je ideálním řešením pro centrální osvětlení jídelního stolu, kuchyně či obývacího pokoje. Čisté linie a kontrastní černé detaily dodávají svítidlu osobitý charakter, který vynikne v každém moderním i retro interiéru.Hlavní vlastnosti FARO VENICE 200 Materiál: robustní ocel, stínítko z kvalitní keramiky Barva: černá s růžovým keramickým stínítkem Patice: E27 – snadná výměna světelného zdroje dle vašich preferencí Rozměry: průměr 200 mm, výška 2697 mm Příkon: 15W (max. 1 světelný zdroj – není součástí balení) Napětí: 100–240V, třída ochrany II, ochrana IP20 (vhodné do interiéru) Hmotnost: 1141 gInspirace a doporučení pro použitíDesign svítidla FARO VENICE 200 oceníte zejména v moderních a minimalistických interiérech, kde vynikne jeho barevná čistota a příjemný tvar. Doporučujeme instalaci nad jídelní či pracovní stůl, kde vytvoří intimní a útulnou atmosféru. Díky závěsnému systému lze výšku přizpůsobit konkrétním potřebám. Kombinujte s LED žárovkou E27 pro maximální úsporu a dlouhou životnost.Trust badges & garance Životnost doporučených LED zdrojů: až 30 000 h Záruka: 2 roky Certifikace: CE – splňuje evropské bezpečnostní ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Závěsné svítidlo FARO VENICE bílá – Minimalismus a řemeslné zpracováníZávěsné svítidlo FARO VENICE v bílé barvě je dílem designéra Adolfa Abejóna, který vsadil na spojení moderního minimalismu a pečlivého ručního zpracování. Tato lampa je ideální volbou pro ty, kteří hledají stylové a zároveň útulné osvětlení interiéru. Každý kus je originál – keramický stínidlo bylo ručně vyrobeno v barcelonské dílně, což mu dodává jedinečný charakter a autentický dotek tradičního řemesla.Vlastnosti a výhody svítidla VENICE Design: Čisté linie, nadčasová bílá glazura a propracované detaily inspirované atmosférou Benátek. Materiál: Stínidlo z keramiky, tělo z oceli – kombinace pro dlouhou životnost a snadnou údržbu. Univerzální použití: Ideální nad jídelní stůl, do kuchyně, obývacího pokoje nebo do komerčních prostor. Snadná instalace: Stínidlo lze rychle vyměnit, lampa je navržena pro jednoduchou montáž svépomocí. Kompatibilita: Pro světelné zdroje s paticí E27, doporučeno použít LED žárovku pro maximální úsporu a dlouhou životnost. Délka kabelu: 2 metry umožňuje variabilní zavěšení přesně podle potřeb daného prostoru. K dispozici i v dalších barvách: Černá, růžová, pruhovaná – možnost sladění s interiérem.Technické parametry Patice: E27 (žárovka není součástí balení) Max. příkon: 15 W Napětí: 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz Třída ochrany: II Krytí: IP20 – určeno pro vnitřní použití Materiál: keramika (stínidlo), ocel ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako FARO VENICE závěsné svítidlo, bílá

Závěsné svítidlo FARO VENICE v kobaltově modré – design a kvalita do vašeho interiéruZávěsné svítidlo FARO VENICE v kobaltově modré barvě přináší do vašeho interiéru originální kombinaci tradiční ruční práce a moderního designu. Svítidlo je vyrobeno z kvalitní oceli a keramiky, přičemž stínítko vyniká hlubokým modrým odstínem, který zaujme na první pohled. Ideální volba pro kuchyně, jídelny, kavárny i moderní obývací prostory, kde vynikne nejen svým vzhledem, ale i funkčností.Klíčové vlastnosti svítidla FARO VENICE Materiál: ocel / keramika Barva: černá konstrukce, kobaltově modré keramické stínítko Rozměry: výška 2680 mm, průměr stínítka 160 mm, průměr rozety 100 mm Hmotnost: 1115 g Patice: E27 – možnost volby úsporné žárovky dle vaší preference Maximální příkon: 15 W Napětí: 100V-240V Příslušenství: světelný zdroj není součástí balení Třída ochrany: II Stupeň krytí: IP20 – určeno do interiéru Ručně vyrobené – každý kus je originálInspirace a doporučení pro použitíFARO VENICE vynikne v interiérech, kde dáváte důraz na osobitý styl a nadčasovost. Skvěle se hodí jako solitér nad jídelní stůl nebo kuchyňský ostrůvek, případně do sestavy více svítidel pro působivý světelný efekt. Díky keramickému stínítku získáte příjemné a neoslňující osvětlení. Černý závěs a rozetka podtrhují elegantní vzhled a umožňují snadné sladění s ostatními prvky v místnosti.Trust badges ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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RENDL VENICE LED 30 – Moderní stropní svítidlo pro stylové i vlhké interiéryStropní LED svítidlo RENDL VENICE LED 30 je designovým řešením pro ty, kteří hledají eleganci, funkčnost a maximální spolehlivost v jednom. Kombinace vnitřního opálového skla a vnějšího čirého skla na decentní chromové základně vytváří jemný i výrazný světelný efekt, který dodá prostoru nadčasový vzhled. Díky svému krytí IP44 je ideálním svítidlem nejen do obytných místností, ale i do koupelen či jiných vlhkých prostor.Hlavní přednosti svítidla VENICE LED 30 Elegantní design: Kombinace čirého a opálového skla na chromové základně působí luxusně a univerzálně. Vysoká odolnost: Krytí IP44 umožňuje použití ve vlhkém prostředí (koupelny, chodby, technické místnosti). Úsporná LED technologie: Integrovaný LED modul o příkonu 12 W poskytuje světelný tok 900 lm s teplou barvou světla 3000 K. Bezúdržbový provoz: Dlouhá životnost LED až 30 000 hodin, kvalitní provedení, minimální zahřívání. Přirozené podání barev: Hodnota CRI (Ra) 80 zaručuje věrné zobrazení barev. Snadná instalace: Průměr 300 mm a výška 95 mm umožňují univerzální použití i v menších prostorách.Technické parametry Příkon: 12 W (integrovaný LED modul) Světelný tok: 900 lm Teplota světla: 3000 K (teplá bílá) Průměr: 300 mm Výška: 95 mm Krytí: IP44 Barva: čiré/opálové sklo, chrom Napětí: 230 V ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Renowned historian, and author of A Short History of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich''s classic history of VeniceA History of Venice tells the story of this most remarkable of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled status for over a thousand years as one of the world''s busiest and most powerful city states, until its fall at the hands of Napoleon in 1797. Rich in fascinating historical detail, populated by extraordinary characters and packed with a wealth of incident and intrigue, this is a brilliant testament to a great city - and a great and gripping read.''Norwich has loved and understood Venice as well as any other Englishman has ever done'' Sunday Times''Will become the standard English work of Venetian history'' Financial Times''The standard Venetian history in English'' The Times''Norwich has the gift of historical perspective, as well as clarity and wit. Few can tell a good story better than he'' SpectatorJohn Julius Norwich was born in 1929. He was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto, at Eton, at the University of Strasbourg and, after a spell of National Service in the Navy, at New College, Oxford, where he took a degree in French and Russian. In ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Lonely Planet''s local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Venice & the Veneto.Discover Venice & the Veneto''s most popular experiences and best kept secrets from shopping for handmade trinkets at Artisti Artigiani del Chiostro, to indulging in the ultimate sweet treat at Gelateria Nico with a decadent gianduiotto dessert, and scaling the bell tower of Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore for sweeping city views.Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet''s Venice & the Veneto travel guide:Our classic guidebook format contains the most comprehensive level of information for planning multi-week tripsAll-new structure and design that''s easy to use so you can navigate Venice & the Veneto effortlesslyExciting itineraries help you create your perfect adventure with suggestions for extended journeys, day trips, walking tours and activity-led excursionsExpert local recommendations on eating, drinking, nightlife, shopping, accommodation, festivals, when to go and moreVibrant photography and maps including a pull-out map of VeniceGet fresh takes on must-visit sights from Basilica di San Marco, to Scoula Grande di San Rocco, and Rialto MarketEssential information toolkit containing tips on arriving, transport, local etiquette, using money, LGBTIQ+ travel advice, useful ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Lonely Planet Venice & the Veneto - Peter Dragicevich, Lonely Planet, Cristian Bonetto

A unique and captivating guide to the literary heritage of Venice.Venice, La Serenissima, is one of the most breath-taking cities in the world. From its earliest beginnings in the 7th century, Venice has been a magnetic centre of trade and culture, wealth and power and has acted as a crossroads for an array of religious pilgrims and refugees, diplomats, crusading armies and merchants. The city is a floating labyrinth; the world''s greatest museum, frozen in time; a cultural jewel, slowly sinking into the lagoon from which it rose; tourist-trap, irresistible muse. Later, Venice''s fabled beauty and reputation as a haven for freedom of expression seduced some of the most celebrated figures in history: artists such as Durer, Bellini and Turner; writers Dickens, Byron, Kafka, Poe, Rousseau, Thomas Mann, Ruskin and Ezra Pound and composers Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Stravinsky.In this guide to literary Venice, the author uncovers the city''s myriad of secrets, revealing how every floating palace, gilded church and bustling square is imbued with the lives and creations of those who were inspired by the city, which still echoes with their voices.

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