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Known for its durability, a fresco painting is created in "sections" on freshly laid wet plaster, allowing the painter to comprehensively portray the subject and execute designs with ease. As both the paint and plaster dry, they become completely fused. Highly popular during the late-thirteenth...

Ten years and more have passed since Leighton died, yet it is still difficult to get sufficiently far away, to take in the whole of his life and being in their just proportion to the world in which he lived. When we are in Rome, hemmed in by narrow streets, St. Peter's is invisible; once across that...

Your Illustrated Deluxe Annotated Edition contains EVERY Tale in order of Publication + EXCLUSIVE BONUS – Restored Original drawings  from the original Dutch editions by Vilhelm Pedersen & Lorenz Frolich – over 70 artworks!+ Links to FREE audiobook versions+ Essay on “Dickens and...

"Untangles the jargon and sets out the route-map for how the social network can enable us to become major contributors to the multiplatform digital age. The right message, the right time - this is the right book for taking advantage of it all." - Jon Snow, Channel 4 News The essential...

This paper analyzes the extent of income inequality from a global perspective, its drivers, and what to do about it. The drivers of inequality vary widely amongst countries, with some common drivers being the skill premium associated with technical change and globalization, weakening protection for labor,...

First published in 1845. "Gleaned from actual obsrvation and experience during a residence of seven years in that interesting colony." The book begins: "These sketches of the Backwoods of New Brunswick are intended to illustrate the individual and national characteristics of the settlers, as displayed...

What does it take to really shine in any interview? Learn how to recognise your strengths and play to them, how to deal with your weak spots and avoid panic and clichéd answers. Discover the art of turning every question to your advantage and learn the secrets behind a brilliant answer, so...

Sir Arthur Byrne returns to London from the Black Sea, suffering an illness that has sapped his energy and appetite. When he meets the widow Meredith, his passions are reignited. Satisfying them means entering a world of disguises, secret passages, and hidden identities.

Is your life defined by joy? So many people miss out on experiencing consistent joy in their lives because the toxic thoughts they embrace open doors to anxiety and depression. In ReNew, Julie Winter leads you through the Biblical solution: Renewing your mind. Discover how your thoughts...

Addressed delivered to the Lexington, KY, chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1909.

A Chaucer for Children may seem to some an impossible story-book, but it is one which I have been encouraged to put together by noticing how quickly my own little boy learned and understood fragments of early English poetry. I believe that if they had the chance, many other children would do the same....

"The Horrors of Indian Captivity: Narrative Of My Captivity Among The Sioux Indians" by Fanny Kelly is an inside look at what captivity among the wild tribes of the Great Plains was like, by someone who experienced it first hand. Fanny Kelly (1845-1904) was born in Canada and moved...

INTIMATE CHINA The Chinese as I have seen them.        PRELUDE. FIRST IMPRESSIONS. PAGE Arriving in Shanghai.—My First Tea-season.—Inside a Chinese City.—Shanghai Gardens.—In the Romantic East at last!    1 CHAPTER I. ON THE UPPER YANGTSE....