This book tells the story of our greatest invention. Or, it almost does. Almost, because while the story has a beginning – in fact, it has many beginnings, not only in Mesopotamia, 3,100 years before the birth of Christ, but also in China, Egypt and Central America – and it certainly has a middle, ...
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This book tells the story of our greatest invention. Or, it almost does. Almost, because while the story has a beginning – in fact, it has many beginnings, not only in Mesopotamia, 3,100 years before the birth of Christ, but also in China, Egypt and Central America – and it certainly has a middle, one that snakes through the painted petroglyphs of Easter Island, through the great machines of empires and across the desks of inspired, brilliant scholars, the end of the story remains to be written. The invention of writing allowed humans to create a record of their lives and to persist past the limits of their lifetimes. In the shadows and swirls of ancient inscriptions, we can decipher the stories they sought to record, but we can also tease out the timeless truths of human nature, of our ceaseless drive to connect, create and be remembered. The Greatest Invention chronicles an uncharted journey, one filled with past flashes of brilliance, present-day scientific research and the faint, fleeting echo of writing’s future. Professor Silvia Ferrara, a modern-day adventurer who travels the world studying ancient texts, takes us along with her; we touch the knotted, coloured strings of the Incan khipu and consider the case of the Phaistos disk. Ferrara takes us to the cutting edge of decipherment, where high-powered laser scanners bring tears to an engineer’s eye, and further still, to gaze at the outline of writing’s future. The Greatest Invention lifts the words off every page and
London Symphony Orchestra je najstarší a najprestížnejší z londýnskych orchestrov. Založený bol v roku 1904 a pôvodne zložený z asi štyridsiatich prvkov z Queen's Hall Orchestra, bol vždy riadený priamo jeho členmi prostredníctvom výboru, ktorý je zodpovedný za pozývanie hosťujúcich dirigentov; ...
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London Symphony Orchestra je najstarší a najprestížnejší z londýnskych orchestrov. Založený bol v roku 1904 a pôvodne zložený z asi štyridsiatich prvkov z Queen's Hall Orchestra, bol vždy riadený priamo jeho členmi prostredníctvom výboru, ktorý je zodpovedný za pozývanie hosťujúcich dirigentov; medzi mnohými slávnymi, ktorí sa striedali na pódiu, hlavnými dirigentmi boli H. Richter (1904), A. Nikisch (1905-14), ktorý ho viedol v roku 1912 na prvom turné v USA, J. Krips (1950-54 ), P. Monteux (1961-64), I. Kertész (1965-68). Hoci orchester nebol podporovaný žiadnym sponzorstvom, rýchlo si získal veľmi vysokú medzinárodnú reputáciu. Najikonickejšie rockové piesne vo verziách klasickej hudby, prearanžoval prestížny London Symphony Orchestra a remastroval Andy Walters v Abbey Road Studios. Vo vnútri box setu nájdeme nevydané klasické verzie Human, Viva La Vida, Uprising, Hello a Run. Zahrnuté aj Somebody to Love od Queen. CLASSIC ROCK RENAISSANCE bude vydaný v 3CD digi obale s priloženými poznámkami. Tracklist: CD 1: 01. Human 02. Viva La Vida 03. Hello 04. Somebody To Love 05. Whole Lotta Love 06. Life On Mars 07. Run 08. God Only Knows 09. Nights In White Satin 10. Baker Street 11. Paint It Black 12. Uprising CD 2: 01. Bohemian Rhapsody 02. Stairway To Heaven 03. Space Oddity 04. Jet 05. House Of The Rising Sun 06. Ruby Tuesday 07. Layla 08. Another Brick In The Wall 09. Vienna 10. You Really Got Me 11. Get Back 12. MacArthur Park CD 3: 01. Fanfare Prelude 02. Reach Out I'll
Anglický hudebník a skladatel, který se během kariéry věnoval řadě hudebních stylů od elektronické muziky, přes fol-kovou, new age, až k vážné hudbě, se proslavil hned v roce 1973, kdy debutoval deskou Tubular Bells. U nás je dobře znám i díky písni Moonlight Shadows, kterou natočil se zpěvačkou ...
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Anglický hudebník a skladatel, který se během kariéry věnoval řadě hudebních stylů od elektronické muziky, přes fol-kovou, new age, až k vážné hudbě, se proslavil hned v roce 1973, kdy debutoval deskou Tubular Bells. U nás je dobře znám i díky písni Moonlight Shadows, kterou natočil se zpěvačkou Maggie Reilly. Tradiční 5CD balíček obsahuje alba Tubular Bells II, The Songs Of Distant Earth, Voyager, Tubular Bells III a Tubular Bells 2003. Tracklist CD 11. Sentinel [8:06]2. Dark Star [2:16]3. Clear Light [5:47]4. Blue Saloon [2:58]5. Sunjammer [2:32]6. Red Dawn [1:49]7. The Bell [6:55]8. Weightless [5:43]9. The Great Plain [4:46]10. Sunset Door [2:23]11. Tattoo [4:14]12. Altered State [5:12]13. Maya Gold [4:00]14. Moonshine [2:20] CD 21. In The Beginning [1:24]OLDFIELD, MIKE2. Let There Be Light [4:58]3. Supernova [3:24]4. Magellan [4:41]5. First Landing [1:16]6. Oceania [3:20]7. Only Time Will Tell [4:25]8. Prayer For The Earth [2:10]9. Lament For Atlantis [2:44]10. The Chamber [1:48]11. Hibernaculum [3:32]12. Tubular World [3:22]13. The Shining Ones [3:00]14. Crystal Clear [5:43]15. The Sunken Forest [2:38]16. Ascension [5:49]17. A New Beginning [1:33] CD 31. The Song Of The Sun [4:32]2. Celtic Rain [4:40]3. The Hero [5:01]4. Women Of Ireland [6:27]5. The Voyager [4:22]6. She Moves Through The Fair [4:05]7. Dark Island [5:43]8. Wild Goose Flaps Its Wings [5:03]9. Flowers Of The Forest [6:01]10. Mont St.Michel [12:18] CD 41. The Source Of Secrets [5:34]2. The Watchful Eye
At the turn of the 20th century, architecture took an imaginative leap. As new construction materials and technologies met such far-flung stimuli as the Far East, nirvana, and the unleashed unconscious of Freudian psychoanalysis, buildings by the likes of Gaudí, Horta, Hoffmann, Loos, and ...
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At the turn of the 20th century, architecture took an imaginative leap. As new construction materials and technologies met such far-flung stimuli as the Far East, nirvana, and the unleashed unconscious of Freudian psychoanalysis, buildings by the likes of Gaudí, Horta, Hoffmann, Loos, and Mackintosh instilled structure with the sinuous lines of nature, surfaces with a fairy-tale shimmer, and spaces with an ethereal wash of light or shadowy, mysterious hush. For this dramatic portfolio, printed for the first time ever in a book with five colors including gold, the late architectural photographer Keiichi Tahara traveled across Europe to present the finest examples of this Art Nouveau architecture. From the glamorous façade of the Grand Hotel Europa to the elaborate sweep of a staircase or the perfect poise of a single chandelier, Tahara captures the intricate details as much as the holistic spatial effects of these ambitious, marvelous structures. With an eye attuned to the style’s organic detailing, he surveys its floral patterns, vine-like balustrades, and the soft, hollow interiors that seem to summon us into some primordial place. Drenched in sunshine or draped in dramatic shadows, Tahara’s pictures excel in evoking not only the unrivaled aura of these buildings but also the particular, fin-de-siecle spirit of their age, caught on the axis of a century, and characterized by reflection and yearning, as much as technological, philosophical, and political advance. Texts by