Author: Mitsumasa Anno
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780808529866
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pictorial journey through the traditional countryside, farms, and towns of northern Europe takes readers past familiar storybook characters, visual jokes and puzzles, tricks of perspective, and other surprises.
Anno's Journey
Author: Mitsumasa Anno
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780808529866
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pictorial journey through the traditional countryside, farms, and towns of northern Europe takes readers past familiar storybook characters, visual jokes and puzzles, tricks of perspective, and other surprises.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780808529866
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pictorial journey through the traditional countryside, farms, and towns of northern Europe takes readers past familiar storybook characters, visual jokes and puzzles, tricks of perspective, and other surprises.
Anno's China
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781893103641
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Allow Anno to be your guide to China. Through delightfully detailed watercolors, readers will explore this vast and varied land where calligraphers bestow good fortune, birds fish for men, and dragons dance. Stand with Anno on the Great Wall, visit bustling villages where the streets are waterways and everyone, even horses and bulls, travel by boat. Learn how flocks of ducks are herded on rivers and witness the discovery of thousands of clay soldiers guarding the ancient tomb of China's first emperor."--Amazon.com
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781893103641
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Allow Anno to be your guide to China. Through delightfully detailed watercolors, readers will explore this vast and varied land where calligraphers bestow good fortune, birds fish for men, and dragons dance. Stand with Anno on the Great Wall, visit bustling villages where the streets are waterways and everyone, even horses and bulls, travel by boat. Learn how flocks of ducks are herded on rivers and witness the discovery of thousands of clay soldiers guarding the ancient tomb of China's first emperor."--Amazon.com
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Netflix’s series adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude premieres December 11, 2024! One of the twentieth century’s enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America. Love and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility, the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth—these universal themes dominate the novel. Alternately reverential and comical, One Hundred Years of Solitude weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling. Translated into dozens of languages, this stunning work is no less than an account of the history of the human race.
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Netflix’s series adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude premieres December 11, 2024! One of the twentieth century’s enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America. Love and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility, the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth—these universal themes dominate the novel. Alternately reverential and comical, One Hundred Years of Solitude weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling. Translated into dozens of languages, this stunning work is no less than an account of the history of the human race.
Anno's Denmark
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781893103757
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A wordless collection of scenes from daily life in Denmark including sand dunes, Viking ruins, colorful seaports, and fairy tale characters from Hans Christian Andersen. Includes a description of each scene and informatino about Anno.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781893103757
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A wordless collection of scenes from daily life in Denmark including sand dunes, Viking ruins, colorful seaports, and fairy tale characters from Hans Christian Andersen. Includes a description of each scene and informatino about Anno.
The Key from Spain
Author: Debbie Levy
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing ™
ISBN: 1541565827
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
When Flory's ancestors are forced to leave Spain during the time of the Spanish Inquisition, they take with them their two most precious possessions—the key to their old house and the Ladino language. When Flory flees Europe during World War II to begin a new life in the United States, she carries Ladino with her, along with her other precious possessions—her harmoniku and her music. But what of the key? Discover the story of Ladino singer Flory Jagoda.
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing ™
ISBN: 1541565827
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
When Flory's ancestors are forced to leave Spain during the time of the Spanish Inquisition, they take with them their two most precious possessions—the key to their old house and the Ladino language. When Flory flees Europe during World War II to begin a new life in the United States, she carries Ladino with her, along with her other precious possessions—her harmoniku and her music. But what of the key? Discover the story of Ladino singer Flory Jagoda.
The History of the Last Campagne in the Spanish Netherlands, Anno Dom. 1693
Author: Edward D'Auvergne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar
Author: Masaichirō Anno
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9781606860502
Category : Factorials
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A simple text and colorful illustrations introduces factorials in such a way that children new to multiplication can grasp and use the concept.
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9781606860502
Category : Factorials
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A simple text and colorful illustrations introduces factorials in such a way that children new to multiplication can grasp and use the concept.
Journey to the Heart of Aikido
Author: Linda Holiday
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583946608
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Journey to the Heart of Aikido presents the teachings of Motomichi Anno Sensei, one of the few remaining direct students of Morihei Ueshiba, the legendary founder of Aikido. After a lifetime of practice and teaching in Japan, the United States, and Europe, Anno Sensei conveys through his teachings Aikido's essential spirit of love, harmony, gratitude, and purification with simple authenticity and eloquence. Author and translator Linda Holiday--herself a senior instructor of Aikido--brings to life the intimacy of this communication through translated discourses on the deep practice of Aikido and candid dialogues between Anno sensei and Western students. Journey to the Heart of Aikido includes Linda Holiday's vivid account of her adventure as a young woman studying Aikido in the mystical region of Kumano, Japan, in the 1970s, and a poignant telling of Anno sensei's life and his first-hand experience of training with Aikido's founder. An essential resource for the global Aikido community, Journey to the Heart of Aikido also offers spiritual teachings relevant to all contemporary seekers, touching a wide range of themes such as the meaning of martial arts, the integration of body and spirit, the truth of interconnectedness, and the practice of peace, offering all readers insight into the profound spiritual questions at the heart of life.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583946608
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Journey to the Heart of Aikido presents the teachings of Motomichi Anno Sensei, one of the few remaining direct students of Morihei Ueshiba, the legendary founder of Aikido. After a lifetime of practice and teaching in Japan, the United States, and Europe, Anno Sensei conveys through his teachings Aikido's essential spirit of love, harmony, gratitude, and purification with simple authenticity and eloquence. Author and translator Linda Holiday--herself a senior instructor of Aikido--brings to life the intimacy of this communication through translated discourses on the deep practice of Aikido and candid dialogues between Anno sensei and Western students. Journey to the Heart of Aikido includes Linda Holiday's vivid account of her adventure as a young woman studying Aikido in the mystical region of Kumano, Japan, in the 1970s, and a poignant telling of Anno sensei's life and his first-hand experience of training with Aikido's founder. An essential resource for the global Aikido community, Journey to the Heart of Aikido also offers spiritual teachings relevant to all contemporary seekers, touching a wide range of themes such as the meaning of martial arts, the integration of body and spirit, the truth of interconnectedness, and the practice of peace, offering all readers insight into the profound spiritual questions at the heart of life.
The History of the Last Campagne in the Spanish Netherlands. Anno Dom. 1693. By Edward D'Auvergne, M.A. Rector of St. Brelad in the Isle of Jersey, and Chaplain to Their Majesties Regiment of Scots Guards
Author: Edward d'Auvergne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Anno's Counting Book
Author: Mitsumasa Anno
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064431231
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
'An excellent introduction to number systems that is a beautiful wordless picture book as well. . . Over the course of a year (each picture represents a different month and time of day) a little town grows up with viewers witnessing the building of bridges, streets, and railroads. . . . Extraordinary lovely art work.' 'SLJ.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064431231
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
'An excellent introduction to number systems that is a beautiful wordless picture book as well. . . Over the course of a year (each picture represents a different month and time of day) a little town grows up with viewers witnessing the building of bridges, streets, and railroads. . . . Extraordinary lovely art work.' 'SLJ.