2000, ISBN: 9780631108412

University of California Press, October 1999. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Between 1935 and 1938 the celebrated photographer Roman Vishniac explored the cities and villages of Eastern E… Mehr…

University of California Press, October 1999. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Between 1935 and 1938 the celebrated photographer Roman Vishniac explored the cities and villages of Eastern Europe, capturing life in the Jewish 'shtetlekh' of Poland, Romania, Russia, and Hungary, communities that even then seemed threatened--not by destruction and extermination, which no one foresaw, but by change. Using a hidden camera and under difficult circumstances, Vishniac was able to take over sixteen thousand photographs; most were left with his father in a village in France for the duration of the war. With the publication of 'Children of a Vanished World,' seventy of those photographs are available, thirty-six for the first time. The book is devoted to a subject Vishniac especially loved, and one whose mystery and spontaneity he captured with particular poignancy: children.<BR>Selected and edited by the photographer's daughter, Mara Vishniac Kohn, and translator and coeditor Miriam Hartman Flacks, these images show children playing, children studying, children in the midst of a world that was about to disappear. They capture the daily life of their subjects, at once ordinary and extraordinary. The photographs are accompanied by a selection of nursery rhymes, songs, poems, and chants for children's games in both Yiddish and English translation. Thanks to Vishniac's visual artistry and the editors' choice of traditional Yiddish verses, a part of this wonderful culture can be preserved for future generations.<BR>Earlier books of Roman Vishniac's photographs include 'To Give Them Light: The Legacy of Roman Vishniac' (1995), 'A Vanished World' (1983), and 'Polish Jews' (1947).<BR>A major exhibition titled 'Children of a Vanished World: Photographs byRoman Vishniac' is scheduled at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. The show will open to the public on March 7 and run through June 4, 2000. Between 1935 and 1938 the celebrated photographer Roman Vishniac captured Jewish life in the cities and villages of Eastern Europe. His daughter now offers his last-minute look at a people just before the fury of Nazi brutality exterminated them. 70 duotones. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector., University of California Press, Basil Blackwell. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0631108416 . Very light shelfwear to book. Faint creasing along upper edge of DJ. ; Pompey the Great was one of the most important military commanders and politicians in the history of the Roman republic. Ruthless and manipulative -- "moderate in everything but seeking domination, " according to the historian Sallust -- he also inspired devotion from his soldiers and friends. His achievements -- including the defeat of Rome's most dangerous enemy, the conquest of large territories in the Near East, and the suppression of piracy in the Mediterranean - made him worthy of comparison with his namesake, Alexander the Great. This clearly written and dynamic biography is ideal for readers interested in the last generation of the Roman republic, the age of Lucullus, Crassus, Cato, Cicero and Julius Caesar. The book features a substantial introduction providing the historical background essential for understanding Pompey's career. Its afterword assesses the most up-to-date scholarship on the age of Pompey. A chronological table and glossary orient newcomers to Roman history. Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny. ; 209 pages ., Basil Blackwell, 1979<

1979, ISBN: 0631108416

[EAN: 9780631108412], Tweedehands, zeer goed, [SC: 20.21], [PU: Basil Blackwell], ROME ANCIENT HISTORY CLASSICAL GREEK & ROMAN REPUBLIC POMPEY THE GREAT, Jacket, Very light shelfwear to b… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780631108412], Tweedehands, zeer goed, [SC: 20.21], [PU: Basil Blackwell], ROME ANCIENT HISTORY CLASSICAL GREEK & ROMAN REPUBLIC POMPEY THE GREAT, Jacket, Very light shelfwear to book. Faint creasing along upper edge of DJ. ; Pompey the Great was one of the most important military commanders and politicians in the history of the Roman republic. Ruthless and manipulative -- "moderate in everything but seeking domination, " according to the historian Sallust -- he also inspired devotion from his soldiers and friends. His achievements -- including the defeat of Rome's most dangerous enemy, the conquest of large territories in the Near East, and the suppression of piracy in the Mediterranean - made him worthy of comparison with his namesake, Alexander the Great. This clearly written and dynamic biography is ideal for readers interested in the last generation of the Roman republic, the age of Lucullus, Crassus, Cato, Cicero and Julius Caesar. The book features a substantial introduction providing the historical background essential for understanding Pompey's career. Its afterword assesses the most up-to-date scholarship on the age of Pompey. A chronological table and glossary orient newcomers to Roman history. Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny. ; 209 pages<

1979, ISBN: 0631108416

[EAN: 9780631108412], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Basil Blackwell], ROME ANCIENT HISTORY CLASSICAL GREEK & ROMAN REPUBLIC POMPEY THE GREAT, Jacket, Very light shelfwear to book. F… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780631108412], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Basil Blackwell], ROME ANCIENT HISTORY CLASSICAL GREEK & ROMAN REPUBLIC POMPEY THE GREAT, Jacket, Very light shelfwear to book. Faint creasing along upper edge of DJ. ; Pompey the Great was one of the most important military commanders and politicians in the history of the Roman republic. Ruthless and manipulative -- "moderate in everything but seeking domination, " according to the historian Sallust -- he also inspired devotion from his soldiers and friends. His achievements -- including the defeat of Rome's most dangerous enemy, the conquest of large territories in the Near East, and the suppression of piracy in the Mediterranean - made him worthy of comparison with his namesake, Alexander the Great. This clearly written and dynamic biography is ideal for readers interested in the last generation of the Roman republic, the age of Lucullus, Crassus, Cato, Cicero and Julius Caesar. The book features a substantial introduction providing the historical background essential for understanding Pompey's career. Its afterword assesses the most up-to-date scholarship on the age of Pompey. A chronological table and glossary orient newcomers to Roman history. Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny. ; 209 pages<

1979, ISBN: 9780631108412

Basil Blackwell. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0631108416 . Very light shelfwear to book. Faint creasing along upper edge of DJ. ; Pompey the Great was one of the… Mehr…

Basil Blackwell. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0631108416 . Very light shelfwear to book. Faint creasing along upper edge of DJ. ; Pompey the Great was one of the most important military commanders and politicians in the history of the Roman republic. Ruthless and manipulative -- "moderate in everything but seeking domination, " according to the historian Sallust -- he also inspired devotion from his soldiers and friends. His achievements -- including the defeat of Rome's most dangerous enemy, the conquest of large territories in the Near East, and the suppression of piracy in the Mediterranean - made him worthy of comparison with his namesake, Alexander the Great. This clearly written and dynamic biography is ideal for readers interested in the last generation of the Roman republic, the age of Lucullus, Crassus, Cato, Cicero and Julius Caesar. The book features a substantial introduction providing the historical background essential for understanding Pompey's career. Its afterword assesses the most up-to-date scholarship on the age of Pompey. A chronological table and glossary orient newcomers to Roman history. Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny. ; 209 pages ., Basil Blackwell, 1979<

1979, ISBN: 9780631108412

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities., [PU:… Mehr…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities., [PU: Blackwell Publishers]<