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It takes a particular kind of man to want an embroidered polo player astride his left nipple. Occasionally, when I am tired and emotional, or consumed with self-dislike, I try to imagine myself as someone else, a wearer of Yarmouth shirts and fleecy sweats, of windbreakers and rugged Tyler shorts, of baseball caps with polo players where the...

Professor Christian Andree has edited for the first time the complete correspondence of all Virchow#8217;s surviving letters to Theodor Goldst#252;cker, complemented by Goldst#252;cker#8217;s own letters to Virchow.The indologist Goldst#252;cker (K#246;nigsberg 1821-1872 London) was one of the most important scholars of India of the modern age. As...

When it comes to trends no segment of the design world is more powerful, more influential, or more closely watched than fashion. From whats hot in type to the coolest new color to the style and mood of the moment, the fashion world sets the tone and the look for the wider design community. Fashion Icon presents a diverse portfolio of innovative...

This book is the record of a struggle between two temperaments, two consciousnesses and almost two epochs." That's how Edmund Gosse opened "Father and Son", the classic 1907 book about his relationship with his father. Seth Lerer's "Prospero's Son" is, as fits our latter days, altogether more complicated, layered, and multivalent, but at its heart...

Biografia Karin Stanek pióra jej wieloletniej przyjaciółki i menedżerki. "Karin nie miała spokojnego, beztroskiego dzieciństwa. Urodziła się w Bytomiu w wielodzietnej rodzinie i po ukończeniu szkoły podstawowej musiała pomóc mamie w wychowaniu młodszego rodzeństwa. Jedynie w wolnych chwilach czytała i marzyła. Ale kiedy pewnego dnia dostała do rąk...

Revered or reviled, Gertrude Bell was a commanding figure: scholar, linguist, archeologist, traveller and 'orientalist'. Belonging to the tradition of the great British Middle East enthusiasts of the early 20th century, she explored the Ottoman Empire during and after World War I and was hugely instrumental in the post-war reconfiguration of the...