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- Based on 78 Reviews
Histoire De Babar (French Edition)
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Book by Brunhoff, Jean de
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- Best Choice - #2 French Native Costumes
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Alone Yet Not Alone
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- Best Choice - #3 French Native Costumes
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- Based on 54 Reviews
Bellini - Norma
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In Guy Joosten's ingenious production of Bellini's masterpiece, Norma is about more than just beautiful singing. It becomes a layered, timeless drama in which Norma is the archetypal successful woman struggling to retain her dominant but vulnerable position. Hasmik Papian's lyrical and intense interpretation of the title role accentuates the striking similarity between a Druid high priestess and a modern opera diva. Conductor Julian Reynolds guides the brilliant cast, choir and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra to great heights, providing a refreshing new take on the chef d’oeuvre of bel canto. Press Reviews"Norma. Diva. Callas. Three keywords that are the core of Joosten's staging. A diva in a Callas costume who, as Norma, loses her way in the labyrinths of the opera world and who can no longer distinguish between the drama on stage and reality. Joosten's stage interpretation offers interesting contemplations on opera business and on the role and character of a star soprano in a typical Callas situation...The story starts as an opera in an opera, but gradually the boundaries between theatre and reality become more and more ambivalent… great class!" (Trouw) "Armenian soprano Hasmik Papian...portrays her Norma confidently, with lyrical and passionate passages, flexible and temperamental..." (NRC Handelsblad) "Conductor Julian Reynolds...extensively studied Bellini's score in manuscript and introduces lots of surprising details." (De Telegraaf) "Julian Reynolds conducts the Netherlands CO in a satisfyingly vigorous account of this notoriously difficult score. " (Gramophone) CastHasmik Papian (Norma)Hugh Smith (Pollione)Irini Tsirakidis (Adalgisa)Giorgio Giuseppini (Oroveso)Anna Steiger (Clotilde)Carlo Bosi (Flavio)Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Julian Reynolds ProductionCompany: De Nederlandse OperaStage Director: Guy Joosten Disc InformationCatalogue Number: OA0959DDate of Performance: 2005Running Time: 188 minutesS... [Read More]
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Brotherhood of the Wolf
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A dangerous, thrilling mystery of chilling proportions, Brotherhood of the Wolf leaps from the screen with breathtaking action and incredible suspense blended with high-flying martial arts excitement. When a mysterious beast ravages the countryside, two unlikely heroes are called in to fight the evil. The only way they can save the land from this unspeakable terror is to face their greatest fears, unearth a dark power and reveal a deadly secret. Harry Knowles of Ainticoolnews.com raves, "A Remarkable Film. As Cool As They Come!" Jami Bernard from The New York Daily News praises it as "An Unexpected Touch of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
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- Based on 97 Reviews
Skinwalkers
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The Standing Rock Portraits: Sioux Photographed by Frank Bennett Fiske 1900-1915
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Amazing portrait photography of the Fort Yates Native Americans, and an astonishing historical documentFirst publication of the works of Frank Bennett Fiske Bound in a unique ‘lay flat' format for optimal viewing pleasureThe Standing Rock Sioux of Fort Yates in the west of North Dakota have been frequently in the news recently because of the demonstrations against the oil pipeline that crosses their land. Over 100 years ago Frank Bennett Fiske (1883-1952) photographed members of the Standing Rock people in his studio in his birth place Fort Yates. The men and women he portrayed were his friends and neighbors: Native Americans living in the reservation. With a big studio camera, he made photos that have a tremendous depth, on glass negatives that have seldom been shown to the public. Now for the first time these photos are published in a book. Photographer and graphic designer Murray Lemley, also from North Dakota, made a selection of the images for this world premiere of Fiske's work."These pictures show a historical and artistic vision of proud people in a difficult transitional period. The glass negatives of Frank Fiske are a sumptuous source of information and understanding" - Rod Slemmons. American photography expert.
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- Best Choice - #7 French Native Costumes
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- Based on 89 Reviews
Indochine
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- Best Choice - #8 French Native Costumes
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The Andean Science of Weaving: Structures and Techniques for Warp-Faced Weaves
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A view from the weaver’s fingertips: the technical and creative come together in a pioneering study of Andean weaving The warp-faced weaves of the Andes are the most complex in the world. While existing studies of Andean textiles use a technical language derived from other textile traditions (mainly tapestry from Europe and the Near East), this book takes as its starting point the technical terms in the Aymara and Quechua languages used by Andean weavers themselves. The result is a completely new way of understanding one of the great craft traditions of the world. Authors Denise Y. Arnold and Elvira Espejo have worked with weavers across the region to understand this technical language and have studied more than 700 textile samples in world-class museums and private collections (including the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and collections in Bolivia, Peru, and Chile).The Andean Science of Weaving is a work of groundbreaking scholarship, technically detailed, but also a celebration of one of the most gorgeous and sophisticated weaving traditions in the world. It will be of great interest to practical weavers, museum curators, anthropologists, art historians, archaeologists, and anyone with a love for Latin America and its rich craft traditions. 450+ illustrations
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- Best Choice - #9 French Native Costumes
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Fashion Designers A-Z, Etro Edition
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Fashion masterpieces: Defining designers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their most remarkable works From Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel, to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, a century’s worth of fashion greats from the permanent collection of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology are celebrated in this limited-edition volume. Photographs of over 500 garments selected from the Museum’s permanent collection illuminate each of the featured designers, while texts by the curators explain why each designer is important in fashion history and what is special about the individual pieces featured. In her introductory essay, director and chief curator Valerie Steele writes about the rise of the fashion museum, and the emergence of the fashion exhibition as a popular and controversial phenomenon; and both Steele and contributor Suzy Menkes provide a history of this museum’s role in the world of fashion scholarship and preservation. Fashion Designers A–Z is available as a series of six Designer Editions. Each edition (a total of 11,000 copies) is bound in a fabric created by one of six designers—Akris, Etro, Stella McCartney, Missoni, Prada, and Diane von Furstenberg—and comes in a Plexiglas box. Crafted by hand at a bindery in the heart of Italy, and stamped with a unique number, every copy is an instant classic, and an addition to your fashion library that is truly one-of-a-kind. Paisley: it’s practically synonymous with the Etro name, and the five Paisley motifs selected by Veronica Etro for the Etro Edition of 2,000 numbered copies are classic examples. For decades the company has explored and reinterpreted the classic droplet-shaped vegetable decoration, rich in history and meanings, through experimentation and technology, drawing from the past into the present with timeless international style. Orders placed online will be fulfill... [Read More]
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- Best Choice - #10 French Native Costumes
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- Based on 38 Reviews
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