Originally an administrative district, Old Tbilisi is a distinct area of the Republic of Georgia's largest city. At its heart, the Tbilisi Historic District straddles the Kura River. On the left bank are the Alexanderdorf German quarter, and the Avlabari Armenian and Georgian neighborhood. On the right stands the Persian Quarter known as Said-Abad.
The iconic wooden buildings with ornate balconies sit in the shadow of the ancient Narikala fortress. Dating from the 4th century, Shuris-tsikhe was originally called the Invidious Fort. Much later it became Narin Qala, Little Fortress. Much of what visitors see today dates from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Looking down on the original Old Tbilisi is Kartlis Deda. The monument atop Sololaki is sixty feet high. The aluminum figure wears the traditional Georgian national dress for women. She greets visitors who mean well with a bowl of wine in her left hand. In her right is a sword with which she greets those who mean Georgia harm.
Lower down, bathhouses utilize the sulfur spring. The water flows in an open canal through the middle of the Abanotubani, or bath, district. The round domes mark the Turkish baths. These ancient structures are still in operation and are open for public use.
Explore this astonishing maze with Original Old Tbilisi: From Kartlis Deda to the Sulfur Baths (a Travel Photo Art book).
In the Travel Photo Art series, traditional tourism panoramas mix with arthouse aesthetics. These slim, passport sized productions are your passport to new perspectives on famous places. Peer around corners and discover a unique way to interact with monuments and memorials you thought you knew.
This popular series includes titles that mix text with the pictures. Books like Notre Dame Cathedral: Our Lady of Paris, featuring photos taken months before the 2019 fire, become keepsakes associated with a specific site. Titles like Lidice Lives and Terezin and Theresienstadt are deeply meaningful for families touched by the Holocaust.
Laine Cunningham, a three-time recipient of The Hackney Award, writes fiction that takes readers around the world. Her debut novel, The Family Made of Dust, is set in the Australian Outback, while Reparation is a novel of the American Great Plains. She is the editor of Sunspot Literary Journal.
Автор: Cunningham Laine Название: Treasures of Turin: The First Italian Capital ISBN: 1951389085 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781951389086 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1792.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Surprises await in Turin, Italy's first capital.
Long before Turin hosted the Olympics, it marked important Italian milestones. In 1563, it became the capital of the Duchy of Savoy. During the period of the Kingdom of Italy, from 1861 to 1865, Turino served as unified Italy's first capital city.
This "cradle of Italian liberty" hosted individuals who contributed to the Risorgimento, the Resurgence that unified the country, including statesman Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri.
Turin is also rich with cultural gems. Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-classical, and Art Nouveau architecture captivate during a casual stroll. The Mole Antonelliana is visible from various points around the city. The bell tower offers stunning views.
Visitors can picnic near the Palatine Gates and their magnificent towers. A stroll along Via Garibaldi or shopping on Via Roma ends with a Bicerin, an espresso drink. The layers of coffee, chocolate, and whipped cream might be Italy's best-kept coffee secret.
Taste these surprises and more with the color photos in Treasures of Turin: The First Italian Capital (a Travel Photo Art book).
In the Travel Photo Art series, traditional tourism panoramas mix with arthouse aesthetics. These slim, passport sized productions are your passport to new perspectives on famous places. Peer around corners and discover a unique way to interact with monuments and memorials you thought you knew.
This popular series includes titles that mix text with the pictures. Books like Notre Dame Cathedral: Our Lady of Paris, featuring photos taken months before the 2019 fire, become keepsakes associated with a specific site. Titles like Lidice Lives and Terezin and Theresienstadt are deeply meaningful for families touched by the Holocaust.
Laine Cunningham, a three-time recipient of The Hackney Award, writes fiction that takes readers around the world. Her debut novel, The Family Made of Dust, is set in the Australian Outback, while Reparation is a novel of the American Great Plains. She is the editor of Sunspot Literary Journal.
Автор: Laine Shannon Название: Trap for Santa ISBN: 1733083715 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781733083713 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2482.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Dan and Sarah have a BIG goal. To trap Santa and keep him all to themselves. Every Christmas Eve, the siblings work together to gather supplies, and bring their elaborate plan to life as they set their traps for Santa. When they wake on Christmas morning they find all their traps are sprung. Did it work? Will they be the first kids in history to actually Trap Santa?
Автор: Henry Bacon, Kimmo Laine, Jaakko Seppala Название: ReFocus: The Films of Teuvo Tulio: An Excessive Outsider ISBN: 1474442153 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474442152 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 15840.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the first English-language collection on this innovative director, exploring Tulio`s unique style and the extent and effect of his obsessive recirculation of story elements and stylistic patterns in his work.
Автор: Nathalie Laine, Laine Название: Alessia in atlantis ISBN: 1736170473 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781736170472 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2573.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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"A book you won't want to put down." - Readers' Favorite ★★★★★
"Will enrapture middle grade fantasy readers." - Booklife
"Imaginative and colorful... a page turner from the very first moment." - The Children's Book Review
A fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Keeper of the Lost Cities and Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
It's not unusual for twelve-year-old Alessia to lose control of her emotions and create a scene at school.
It is unusual when one day she's attacked there by a giant frog monster and plunged into the underwater realm of Atlantis in an overturned boat.
On arriving in Atlantis, she learns that her long-lost father may have been from there. Determined to investigate, she stays and enrolls in Atlantide school: The Octopus's Garden.
But uncovering the truth is not easy when the tyrannical Atlantide Emperor forbids asking about missing people. With the help of her newfound school friends, Alessia will have to steal evidence from a grumpy teacher, escape from rebel merfolk and make rhymes with menacing blue people of Minch to discover the key to her past.
Meanwhile, someone knows exactly who she's the daughter of, and is ready to kill her for it.
Автор: Cunningham Laine Название: The Zen of Travel: Wisdom from the Journey ISBN: 1946732362 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781946732361 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4596.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Cunningham Laine Название: Ancients of Assisi I: A Travel Photo Art Book ISBN: 1946732451 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781946732453 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1792.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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For centuries, Assisi, Italy has been the focus of spiritual activity. The ancient city might be best known as the birthplace of Saint Francis, yet the tangled streets offer much more than a pilgrimage.
Situated in the Province of Perugia, the compact city perches in Monte Subasio National Park on the Apennine Mountains. The views from nearly anywhere in the ancient city are spectacular. Mists rise up from the olive groves early in the morning. Soon the rays of the sun pierce the air and slant across the valley below.
Walking trails wander for kilometers outside the city's stone walls. A shady park perched near the very top of the town offers a restful spot for contemplation. Several times a day, the bells of the various churches ring out, while flocks of silky black jackdaws call while wheeling overhead.
Today Italy in general and Umbria in particular are striking places for tourism with unique architecture, a mild climate, and Mediterranean culture. The cuisine is renowned, and fresh pasta dishes spiced with tomatoes, meats and fish, pecorino and parmesan cheeses, and olive oil can be found at inexpensive restaurants.
Travel tips and facts about wildlife, food, rental cars, camping, adventures, travel and tourism, cultural tours and more are easy enough to find on travel sites like Expedia or Travelocity. Entire trips can be planned using guidebooks like those from Lonely Planet. Now visitors to Italy can expand their knowledge base with an artist's view of Assisi, Monte Subasio, and scenic locations.
The forty color photos in Ancients of Assisi I explore these areas as well as the secret Assisi, the Roman city hidden below the buildings. The photographs in Ancients of Assisi I and II were taken at the Basilica di San Francesco, including the Basilica inferior and the Basilica superior; the Sacro Convento, a Franciscan friary; the Rocca Maggiore, a castle that is 800 years old; Santa Maria Maggiore; the Basilica of Santa Chiara, or Saint Clare; and the Roman Domus of Propertius and the Domus of Lararium, both of which are underground.
Of special note in this first collection is a dove that settled inside the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, recalling the legend of Saint Francis preaching to the birds. Turn the page to step back through thousands of years of history.
Prepare yourself for Umbria's monasteries, cathedrals, ancient stone architecture, winding streets, and lively community nightlight with the forty full-color photos in Ancients of Assisi I and the additional forty full-color photos in Ancients of Assisi II.
For fans of The Italians by Luigi Barzini, Cosi Fan Tutti by Michael Dibdin, The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Midnight in Sicily by Peter Robb, The Sack of Rome by Alexander Stille, The Night of the Moths by Riccardo Bruni, The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt, Bella Tuscany and Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes, Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant, Siracusa by Delia Ephron, In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant, Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani, The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone, Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, Zeno's Conscience by Italo Svevo, The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, the Inspector Montalbano series and the Neapolitan Novels.
