Amazon.com: Books: London : The Novel (#)
„Rutherfurd gives succinct details on landmarks such as the Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, Covents Garden, Royal Society of London, Twinings Tea Shop, Museum of London, West End, Soho, and the Big Ben. Rutherfurd uses these landmarks as backdrop to his characters. The author also deftly captures significant history of the city such as the Viking's invasion in 1088, the London Riot in 1189, the Black Death pandemic that hit all of Europe in 1348, the Peasant's Revolt in 1381, Civil War in 1649, the London's Fire in 1666, the establishment of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich in 1675, opening of Twinings Tea Shop in 1750, the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, and Hitler's Blitzkrieg on London in 1940.“
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„This recipe also shows you how to make vanilla sugar. There are recipes for everyone from the gourmet coffee connoisseur to art lovers. Children will love the "Cathedral Windows" and "Butterball Santas." Coffee lovers will enjoy the "Walnut Cappuccino" or "Cherry" Biscotti. "Cranberry Spice Bread" is perfect for shipping to friends and family.“
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Amazon.com: Books: Venice West: The Beat Generation in Southern California
„Maynard's study of the Venice West bohemians (who didn't think of themselves as Beats) is a fascinating study of the people who created many of our perceptions of what Life's Paul O'Neil called "The Only Rebellion Around." The Venice community, writes Maynard, consisted of only two dozen or so writers and artists, of whom only one, poet Stuart Perkoff, was truly original. Lipton, says Maynard, tried to make the Venice Beats in his own image--his "holy barbarians" who will storm the gates of civilization "not with the weapons of war but with the songs and ikons of peace." Maynard provides brief biographies of the Venice West principals, including Lipton and Perkoff, and details the saga of the Venice West Cafe' Expresso (sic), where Perkoff had painted "Art is Love Is God" on the back wall. The last chapters chronicle the decline of the Venice West bohemian community in the 1960s and into the 70s. Most scholarly studies of the Beats focus on Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs--three very original writers.“
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„Campbell's book. All stories are basically retellings and slightly new twinings and re-twinings of these basic elements. Once you understand the parts, it can be a fun challenge to see just how a writer gets those parts in and still does a good story. Truly, some writers do this twining and re-twining better than others, but the basic elements DO stay the same.“
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Amazon.com: Books: Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
„Mr. King manages to incorporate an amazing amount of material into such a relatively small book: We learn about the complexities of fresco painting, especially on a concave surface; what materials the pigments were made of and the processes involved in making them; Michelangelo's lack of interest in adding realistic landscapes to the backgrounds of his compositions (he considered landscape painting to be an inferior form of art); his sense of humor- in one of the tableaus he has a character "making the fig" at another character (an Italian equivalent of giving someone the finger). The author also shows us the difficult relationships Michelangelo had with his father and brothers (they were always hitting him up for money or trying to get him to use his influence to get them jobs, etc.). And, as a change-of-pace, punctuating the entire book we have Pope Julius II going out on various military campaigns to punish wayward Italian city-states (and dragging along his reluctant cardinals)!“
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Amazon.com: Books: Espresso Coffee: The Chemistry of Quality
„People at my house say "Akmed, you are a coffee chemist?" I say, "yes, everything coffee does for me this book can undo. Ever drank too much coffee and can't sleep? This book solves that problem! Sleep for days after reading this book!“
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