Rajasthan Style


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"This photographic opus expresses the sublime beauty of the people, nature, and places of this legendary region of India. From palaces to singular creative interiors, this promenade through the myriad colors and traditional handicrafts of Rajasthan captures the idealized Western dream of the Orient" -- Publisher's description.




The Smell of Books


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Demonstrates that sense of smell plays a significant role in the history of European literature




Philostratus


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Catalogue d'un riche mobilier, meubles anciens, de diverses époques, bronzes Louis XVI, objets d'art et de curiosité. Cristaux de roche, émaux de Limoges, émaux cloisonnés de la Chine, marbres, ivoires, bronzes, bois sculptés. Porcelaines de Chine, du Japon et de Saxe, faiences françaises et italiennes, tableaux. Argenterie ancienne et moderne, bijoux, brillants, garde-robe de femme, fourrures, objets divers...


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Stranded


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Jacques' waking reveries and daydreams are balanced by a succession of dreams and nightmares that explore the seemingly irrational, often grotesque, world of unconscious desire, producing a series of images that challenges anything to be found in the fantasies of 'Against Nature', or the Satanic obsessions of 'La-Bas'."







Cynicism and Postmodernity


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In this original and provocative book, Timothy Bewes descends into the modern cynical consciousness with a critical assessment of the preoccupations of contemporary society.




En Route


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