Jan Morris Livres

JAMES MORRIS Visa pour Venise James Morris a vécu deux ans à Venise. Il en parle ici comme d'une ville, presque d'une personne, qu'il a passionnément aimée, et dont le charme, à distance, avec le recul pourtant, continue d'opérer. Tour à tour lyrique, débraillé, érudit, superstitieux, goguenard, toujours lucide, il est le plus versatile et le plus constant des amants de Venise. La Cité de Carpaccio et du Titien, la séductrice de Byron et de Thomas Mann, la ville touristique et la ville réelle, d'aujourd'hui, où les femmes avancent avec des grâces de navire... James Morris évoque toutes les facettes de Venise, ranime son odeur de vase, d'encens, de crasse et de velours, le doux clapotement de ses canaux, la mélancolie de la vaste lagune qui l'entoure. Ranime Venise, l'Inoubliable.

Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965.

A richly illustrated pictorial celebration of London's churches and cathedrals within Greater London.

This centerpiece of the trilogy captures the British at the height of their vigor and self-satisfaction, imposing their traditions and tastes, their idealists and rascals, on diverse peoples of the world.

The opening volume of Morris’s “Pax Britannica Trilogy,” this richly detailed work traces the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne in 1837 to the celebration of her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Index. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Spectacular aerial photography of the new Europe.

A history of the city derived from its architecture from Manchu days through to the exciting 90s. Hong Kong's ever changing cityscape is breathtaking, not only for its nocturnal glitter as seen from the heights of Victoria Peak but for the architectural diversity of its shimmering towers of commerce. This remarkable sweep of history is captured in stunning photography, and supported with a lively and evocative essay by historian and travel writer Jan Morris.

"Glass Houses explores daring and dynamic glass homes all over the world, plus examples of glass as an element of interior design. The first chapter, Pioneers, discusses the work of the architects of the last century who embraced the potential of glass, including Mies van der Rohe, Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Richard Rogers. Glass Structures looks at innovative contemporary homes where glass plays a significant role in the construction. Landscape Houses and Urban Houses explore homes where glass has been used to marry the interior and exterior through a dramatic use of windows and walls of glass. Finally, Glass Features considers the increasingly popular use of glass as an element of interior design. This is essential reading for all those wanting to learn more about contemporary architecture, keen to build a house where glass plays a major role or to introduce striking glass elements to an existing home."--Publisher's description

Jan Morris has given us a brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable exploration the history, architecture, geography, and culture of one of England's most historic, beautiful, enigmatic and visited cities - Oxford. This is the perfect guide for local historians, visitors to the city, and prospective students of the famous university. schovat popis

Europe has been widely acclaimed as among the finest achievements of 'one of our greatest living writers' (The Times). A personal appreciation, fuelled by five decades of journeying, this is Jan Morris at her best - at once magisterial and particular, whimsical and profound. It is a matchless portrait of a continent.