Lourens Alma Tadema was born on 8 January 1836 in the village of Dronryp in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. Lourens Alma Tadema's birth house and statue in Dronryp, Netherlands Though admired during his lifetime for his draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, his work fell into disrepute after his death, and only since the 1960s has it been re-evaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century British art. Alma-Tadema was considered one of the most popular Victorian painters. A classical-subject painter, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean Sea and sky. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in London, England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA ( / ˈ æ l m ə ˈ t æ d eɪ m ə/ born Lourens Alma Tadema Dutch pronunciation: 8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873.
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The Circus is operating in a minimal way with most of its overseas facilities closed, its agents withdrawn due to Haydon, a tiny budget and its operations under close political supervision. In 1974 George Smiley, the chief of the British secret intelligence service referred to as The Circus, is repairing the damage done to their operations by double agent Bill Haydon and looking for opportunities to target Karla, the Moscow Centre spymaster. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People were later published as an omnibus edition titled Smiley Versus Karla in 1982. This is the sixth le Carré spy novel featuring George Smiley. The Honourable Schoolboy is the second novel in the omnibus titled either Smiley Versus Karla or The Quest for Karla. In 1977, the book won the Gold Dagger award for the best crime novel of the year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. George Smiley must reconstruct an intelligence service in order to run a successful offensive espionage operation to save the service from being dismantled by the government. The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) is a spy novel by British writer John le Carré. The critical reception for Consolations has been primarily positive. Consolation for Unpopularity ( Socrates).Consolation for Not Having Enough Money ( Epicurus).Consolation for Inadequacy ( Montaigne).Consolation for Difficulties ( Nietzsche).Consolation for a Broken Heart ( Schopenhauer).These are categorised in a number of chapters with one philosopher used in each. In Consolations, de Botton attempts to console the reader through everyday problems (or at least help them to understand them) by extensively quoting and interpreting a number of philosophers. The title of the book is a reference to Boethius's magnum opus Consolation of Philosophy, in which philosophy appears as an allegorical figure to Boethius to console him in the year he was imprisoned, leading up to his impending execution. First published by Hamish Hamilton in 2000, subsequent publications (2001 onwards) have been by Penguin Books. The Consolations of Philosophy ( ISBN 1-0) is a non-fiction book by Alain de Botton. Polacco's vivid memories of her grandmother's endearing answer to a child's fear, accompanied by her bright folk-art illustrations, turn a frightening thunderstorm into an adventure and ultimately. Reaching once again into her rich childhood experience, Patricia Polacco tells the memorable story of how her grandma-her Babushka-helped her overcome her fear of thunder when she was a little girl. and the storm is coming closer all the time! But the list of ingredients is long and not easy to find. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. "This is Thunder Cake baking weather," calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. On a cool August evening in 1941, a Serbian playboy created a stir at Casino Estoril in Portugal by throwing down an outrageously large baccarat bet to humiliate his opponent. As an operative for the Abwehr, SD, MI5, MI6, and FBI during World War II, Popov seduced countless women―including agents on both sides―spoke five languages,and was a crack shot, all while maintaining his cover as a Yugoslav diplomat. James Bond has nothing on British double agent Dusko Popov. Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Will keep you planted in your reading chair from start to finish." 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Librarian's note: the first fifteen novels in the Hercule Poirot series are 1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1920 2) The Murder on the Links, 1923 3) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926 4) The Big Four, 1927 5) The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1928 6) Peril at End House, 1932 7) Lord Edgware Dies, 1933 8) Murder on the Orient Express, 1934 9) Three Act Tragedy, 1935 10) Death in the Clouds, 1935 11) The A.B.C. Isolated and with a killer on board, Poirot must identify the murderer-in case he or she decides to strike again. One of the passengers is none other than detective Hercule Poirot. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year but, by the morning, it is one passenger fewer. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the famous Orient Express in its tracks as it travels through the mountainous Balkans. |