Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of the Russian Museum / Портретная миниатюра из собрания Гос

Издание впервые представляет полный иллюстрированный каталог серии миниатюр могольской школы из рукописи "Бабур-наме" в собрании Государственного музея Востока (Москва). В 114 цветных репродукциях дано двухстороннее воспроизведение факсимиле 57 листов манускрипта, созданного в Индии в мастерских императора Акбара в конце XVI в. Репродукции сопровождают статьи, рассказывающие об истории коллекции, биографии Захир-ад-дина Мухаммеда Бабура – основателя династии Великих Моголов, полководца и поэта, потомка Тамерлана, и содержании "Бабур-наме", а также сюжетах миниатюр. В качестве приложения в альбом включены тексты надписей на миниатюрах в переводе П.И.Петрова, фрагменты текста "Бабур-наме" в переводе М.А.Салье ("Животные, которые водятся в Хиндустане"), а также сравнительная таблица иллюстрированных сюжетов по трем наиболее сохранившимся рукописям "Бабур-наме", созданным в 1590-х годах

Ручная работа высшего класса • Чистые листовые чаи • Свежий • Сертифицированная органическая продукция • Органическая продукция, сертифицированная Департаментом сельского хозяйства США (USDA) • На 50 чашек • Органическая продукция, сертифицированная Международным контролем качества (QAI) • Не является лекарственным средством

The textbook "The History of Russian Surgery: Selected Pages" corresponds to the basic educational programs of federal state educational standards of higher professional education. The purpose of the new textbook is to help students understand the special role of the history of Russian surgery and to highlight the importance of Russian scientific priorities in the development of medicine as a science. The textbook was prepared on the basis of archival materials and biographies of famous Russian scientists: "Russia's first surgeon" N.I. Pirogov, surgeons V.A. Basov, V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky (Archbishop Luka), Academic B.V. Petrovsky, V.P. Demikhov, as well as an experimental surgeon and Nobel laureate I.P. Pavlov. It contains many examples of their extraordinary hard work, commitment and brilliant mastery, based on a true love of the profession

The year is 1635. Iceland is a world darkened by superstition, poverty and cruelty. Men of science marvel over a unicorn s horn, poor folk worship the Virgin in secret and both books and men are burnt. Jonas Palmason, a poet and self-taught healer, has been condemned to exile for heretical conduct, having fallen foul of the local magistrate. Banished to a barren island, Jonas recalls his exorcism of a walking corpse on the remote Snjafjoll coast, the frenzied massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers, and the deaths of three of his children • From the Mouth of the Whale is a magical evocation of an enlightened mind and a vanished age

Voices from the Back of the Bus provides a rare behind-the-scenes look at international rugby at the height of a golden period. Recounted with genuine warmth and much humour, over a hundred players recall the scrapes, the games, the laughs, the glory and the gritty reality of the pre-professional game • Packed with true rugby tales from the days when men played purely for the love of the game and of their nation, and multimillion-pound contracts and sponsorship deals were unheard of, this refreshing, revealing and often hilarious collection will inspire sports fans of all generations

Откройте для себя поразительную обувную коллекцию нью-йоркского музея технологического института моды с изданием Shoes A-Z. The Collection of The Museum at FIT. На страницах книги собрано несколько сотен эксклюзивных дизайнов, эскизов и редких документов,

Сборник "Некрономикон. Истории сверхъестественного ужаса от мастеров жанра" • Более 40 ужасающих историй от мастеров вселенского ужаса • Невыразимое зло, древние боги и забытые ужасы живут на страницах этого тома. Появление ужасающего Ктулху в "Зове Ктулху", или возвышение древнего языческого божества в "Великом боге Пане", - истории, собранные здесь, являются предметом ночных кошмаров • В этот сборник вошли блестящие и ужасающие рассказы • - Г. П. Лавкрафта • - Роберта И. Говарда • - Артура Мейчена • - Лафкадио Херна • - Роберта У. Чемберса • Книга на английском языке • More than 40 terrifying tales from the masters of cosmic horror • Unspeakable evils, elder gods, and forgotten terrors haunt the pages within this volume. Whether telling of the emergence of the tentacled Cthulhu in "The Call of Cthulhu" or the rise of an ancient pagan deity in "The Great God Pan", the stories found here are the stuff of nightmares

В этом сборнике историй вы познакомитесь с морской свинкой, которая умеет выполнять хитроумные трюки, любимым щенком корги королевы, тайной мышкой, прячущейся в домике на дереве, цыпленком, который хочет стать уткой, И вы узнаете, как ухаживать за самыми разными домашними животными! • "Книга домашних животных Дика Кинг-Смита. Пять классических сказок от мастера историй о животных" - это восхитительная антология от мастера историй о животных Дика Кинг-Смита, включающая в себя никогда ранее не публиковавшийся рассказ • Книга на английском языке • In this collection of stories you will meet a guinea-pig that can do clever tricks, the Queen's favourite Corgi pup, a secret mouse hiding in a tree-house, a chick that wants to be a duck AND you'll learn how to look after all kinds of pets! • A delightful anthology from the master of animal adventures Dick King-Smith, featuring a never-before-published story

To Doctor Menka's horror, some cunning entrepreneur has decided to sell body parts from his hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Already at the end of his tether from the horrors he routinely sees in surgery, he shares this latest development with his oldest college friend, bon viveur, star engineer and Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payne, who has never before met a puzzle he couldn't solve. Neither realise how close the enemy is, nor how powerful • Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth is at once a savagely witty whodunit, a scathing indictment of Nigeria's political elite, and a provocative call to arms from one of the country's most relentless political activists and an international literary giant

Join Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Carter and Sadie Kane as they do battle with an ancient Egyptian magician determined to become a god. Against impossible odds, the four demigods and magicians team up to prevent the apocalypse. This book contains the short stories The Son of Sobek, The Staff of Serapis and The Crown of Ptolemy, together in one volume for the first time. And, read an exciting extract from The Sword of Summer, the first book in Rick Riordan's latest series, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Greta Zargo doesn't know it, but once again she is about to unwittingly and unknowingly save the world … • Intrepid young schoolgirl-turned-reporter Greta Zargo is always in search of a Big Scoop and for once there are plenty of strange goings-on in the usually quiet little town of Upper Lowerbridge. Not only has Aunt Tabitha, the great inventor, gone missing, but weird, wobbling, blob-like monsters are appearing via a very deep hole in Greta's garden – and they are slowing but surely devouring her neighbours one by one … • A laugh-out-loud funny new series from the author of the critically acclaimed The Imaginary, perfect for fans of Mr Gum, Chris Riddell, and Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre's Oliver and the Seawigs

In 1940 Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California. The expedition was described by the two men in Sea of Cortez, published in 1941. The day-to-day story of the trip is told here in the Log, which combines science, philosophy and high-spirited adventure