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The Thirlby

ISBN: 9783791383910

Author: Almila Kakinc-Dodd    Publisher: Prestel Publishing

Almila Kakinc-Dodd has made a name for herself in the digital world. Her website, The Thirlby, attracts a worldwide audience hungry for her tips on holistic foo...


Almila Kakinc-Dodd has made a name for herself in the digital world. Her website, The Thirlby, attracts a worldwide audience hungry for her tips on holistic food, beauty products, and spiritual practices, which she has discovered through her personal journey to health and wellness. As a teenager Almila Kakinc-Dodd was first diagnosed with an eating disorder and then an auto-immune disease that she helped manage holistically. Today her passion is to visually curate life's pleasures and share her considerable knowledge about self-care. This book offers precise, easily attainable advice on natural health, spiritual living, and nourishment. From meditative mantras and herbal first aid to ideas for zero-waste living and delicious grain-free and sugar-free recipes, the book helps readers make mindful decisions every day--whether it's what to eat after working out or how to tame anxiety. Designed with the same lovely aesthetic as her website, this book contains a wealth of valuable information created with the whole person in mind. Almila Kakinc-Dodd offers grounded, realistic tips that will appeal to anyone looking to improve their health and wellbeing from the inside out.


Bind: hardback


Pages: 192


Dimensions: 190 x 245 mm


Publication Date: 01-04-2018


$69.99
50 Impressionist Paintings You Should Know

ISBN: 9783791384436

Author: Ines Janet Engelmann    Publisher: Prestel Publishing

No artistic education is complete without a healthy dose of Impressionism. Here fifty of the most important works from the early nineteenth through the early tw...


No artistic education is complete without a healthy dose of Impressionism. Here fifty of the most important works from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries are gorgeously reproduced, including the best of Monet, Degas, van Gogh, Renoir, Cézanne, Cassatt, Manet, Seurat, and Pisarro. Each piece is given a brief overview establishing its place in the Impressionist pantheon as well as in its artist's oeuvre. An introductory text explains the Impressionistic style, tracing the movement's development, while an appendix offers biographies of the artists. The result is a veritable tour on Impressionism, offering an enjoyable and practical art history lesson that everyone can enjoy.


Bind: paperback


Pages: 160


Dimensions: 193 x 240 mm


Publication Date: 01-04-2018


$45.00
Depth of Field : The Aga Khan Beyond The Lens

ISBN: 9783791379524

Author: Gary Otte    Publisher: Prestel Publishing

Gary Otte accompanied the Aga Khan as a photographer for more than thirty years, and gained unique access to official archives. Presented for the first time in ...


Gary Otte accompanied the Aga Khan as a photographer for more than thirty years, and gained unique access to official archives. Presented for the first time in one volume, these images offer a narrative of the Aga Khan’s life and work as a public figure and private citizen. More than 200 photos, each with a caption, span eight decades and forty-eight different countries, and include the work of Gary Otte and fifty other photographers. From his childhood years in Nairobi, Kenya, to his education at Harvard and his numerous visits to various countries all over the world, the photographs, above all, illustrate the Aga Khan’s numerous contributions in areas such as economic development, education, international diplomacy, humanitarian aid, and architecture in Islamic countries, especially through the work of the Aga Khan Development Network. This unprecedented collection of images is certain to interest anyone curious about the life of a man who has straddled the globe in more ways than one.


Bind: hardback


Pages: 280


Dimensions: 250 x 300 mm


Publication Date: 01-05-2022


$135.00
That's Good That's Bad

ISBN: 9783791374192

Author: Joan M Lexau    Publisher: Prestel Publishing

This vintage children’s classic about the power of storytelling is filled with eye-catching new reproductions of Aliki’s iconic illustrations. A boy is sitt...


This vintage children’s classic about the power of storytelling is filled with eye-catching new reproductions of Aliki’s iconic illustrations. A boy is sitting on a rock in the jungle when a tiger approaches him. “Run!” says the tiger, “or I will eat you!” But the boy is too tired to run and in order to avoid being eaten he tells the tiger a story. What follows is a thrilling tale that will captivate young readers just as thoroughly as it captivated the hungry tiger. Kids will enjoy waiting breathlessly for every flip of the page as the boy tells his story involving a rhinoceros and a crocodile. Originally published in 1963 and out of print for many years, this book by award-winning illustrator and author Aliki features fabulous vintage style illustrations. This new edition preserves the vivid colors of the original book while introducing a new generation of young readers to a skillfully told story-within-astory with a surprising and satisfying ending.


Bind: hardback


Pages: 40


Dimensions: 275 x 245 mm


Publication Date: 06-03-2020


$38.99
50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know

ISBN: 9783791384429

Authors: Christiane Weidemann, Brad Finger    Publisher: Prestel Publishing

This survey of great contemporary artists is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of art today. Artists working after the Second World War faced a con...


This survey of great contemporary artists is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of art today. Artists working after the Second World War faced a confounding array of challenges, as stylistic barriers were broken, technology advanced, and issues of sexuality and race came to the forefront. From painters and photographers to sculptors and performance artists, fifty of the most influential contemporary artists are profiled in this colorful and engaging book that traces the various artistic movements and radical changes of the second half of the twentieth and early twentyfirst centuries. Presented chronologically, each artist is featured in 2 or 4-page spreads that include brilliant reproductions of their most important works, an illuminating biography, key dates in their career, and informative background on major developments in the art world. Throughout the volume a timeline places each artist within the context of contemporary art. As diverse and inspiring as the artists themselves, this book is a voyage of discovery into art's cutting edge.


Bind: paperback


Pages: 160


Dimensions: 193 x 240 mm


Publication Date: 01-04-2018


$45.00
Acosta Danza Fusion

ISBN: 9783791388625

Author: Petra Giloy-Hirtz    Publisher: Prestel Publishing

As a troubled teenager, Carlos Acosta was whisked off the streets of his native Havana and enrolled in the Cuban national ballet. From that time on he has emerg...


As a troubled teenager, Carlos Acosta was whisked off the streets of his native Havana and enrolled in the Cuban national ballet. From that time on he has emerged as one of the most influential dancers of the twenty-first century. Throughout his career, Acosta has striven to shine an international light on his homeland’s rich cultural traditions, while also exposing Cuba to choreographic innovations happening around the globe. With this aim, Acosta established ACOSTA DANZA in 2015. More than five years later the troupe continues to perform to rapturous accolades, both for the exceptional quality of its Cuban dancers and for its mission to highlight Cuban-influenced music and set design. Filled with more than one hundred photographs, many never-before-published, this book gives voice to the astonishingly diverse collection of dancers and choreographers, whose sensuous vitality and technical skill jump off the page—their experiences on and off the stage, their dreams and strategies, their emotions and challenges. In a deeply personal interview, Acosta himself shares a vision for giving young Cuban dancers the opportunities to express themselves creatively, and to give back to a country and community that gave so much to him.


Bind: hardback


Pages: 224


Dimensions: 250 x 300 mm


Publication Date: 01-05-2022


$135.00
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