The Prime of Life
- 608 stránek
- 22 hodin čtení
The second volume of Simone de Beauvoirs autobiography, starting at the age of 21.
Tento autor, který se stal spisovatelem z povolání architekta, čerpá ze svých zkušeností s architekturou a plánováním měst. Jeho debutový román, který se odehrává ve St. Louis, sleduje architekta, který se musí stát amatérským detektivem, aby ochránil svou kariéru a život, když objeví tělo v pumpovací stanici během katastrofálních povodní. Autor se zaměřuje na témata intrik a objevování, přičemž jeho styl vyprávění je ovlivněn rodinnou historií novinářů a vojenskými příběhy.






The second volume of Simone de Beauvoirs autobiography, starting at the age of 21.
A masterly narrative survey of 300 years from Alexander's conquest and empire to the triumph of Rome
This volume examines the architectural work of Daniel Libeskind and features sketches, plans, models and images of completed buildings. Jacques Derrida, Bernhard Schneider and Mark C. Taylor contribute essays.
This biography portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians. Writing for the general reader, the author provides gritty details on Alexander's darker side while providing a gripping tale of Alexander's career.
Discusses the intellectual and political developments that distinguished the country's history from the beginnings of Minoan culture to the death of Alexander
Democracy's symbolic birthplace, the famed Acropolis, stands today as a rubble-strewn reminder of the glory that was Greece. The ancient citadel, once the center of Athenian religion and civic pride, is surmounted by half a dozen ruined buildings, among them the most famous temple in the Western world, the Parthenon.
Democracy's symbolic birthplace, the famed Acropolis, stands today as a rubble-strewn reminder of the glory that was Greece. The ancient citadel, once the center of Athenian religion and civic pride, is surmounted by half a dozen ruined buildings, among them the most famous temple in the Western world, the Parthenon.