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Author : Kyril FitzLyon,Jenny Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Saint Petersburg (Russia)
ISBN : OCLC:53381003
Author : Kyril FitzLyon,Kyril Zinovieff,Jenny Hughes
Publisher : Companion Guides
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 1900639408
As a guide to the hidden city, reconstructed, imagined and remembered, as well as to St Petersburg today, this book is highly recommended. It will take you to parts of the city and corners of buildings that other guides do not reach and reveal stories that others do not tell.
Author : David Barnes
Publisher : Companion Guides
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 1900639432
Wales is a country where small in beautiful, a cultural tradition rooted in the austerity and erudition of the Celtic saints, a tradition more confirmed than repudiated by the Reformation and is best appreciated by lovers of small things. The delights of Wales are understated and cumulative: small country churches rather than great city cathedrals, a labyrinth of byeays away form the few highways, details of vernacular achitecture rather than grand edifices - Edward I's thirteenth-century castles being the exception that proves the rule.
Author : Brian Ladd
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1900639289
Berlin's traumatic past and vibrant present explored and explained in a guide to the culture, buildings and society of the city. Most people do not think of Berlin as a beautiful city, but it is filled with stunning sights, sounds and textures, all the more astonishing when the stories behind them are revealed. Today's Berlin is new and vibrant, but historyhas left its scars. A look in the right place is rewarded with glimpses of the glories of old Prussia as well as the abominations of Hitler's Third Reich and of the outer bulwark of the Soviet empire. Brian Ladd, a historian whohas been returning to Berlin for twenty-five years, pays homage to the familiar landmarks, but he also penetrates into obscure corners of the city and brings them alive with his shrewd and informed comment. He explains what the sights of Berlin have meant to Berliners who coped under kings and dictators, and who toiled, suffered and celebrated as their city was destroyed and rebuilt. This book invites you to share their passions as it draws you into the dynamic new capital that has risen from wreckage of post-war German history. BRIAN LADD is at the State University of New York at Albany. He has been a constant visitor to Berlin over a quarter of a century.
Author : Berlitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Saint Petersburg (Russia)
ISBN : 1785730568
Berlitz Pocket Guides: iconic style, a bestselling brand, this is the quintessential pocket-sized travel guide to St Petersburg Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and see in St Petersburg, from top ......
Author : Nick Selby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Saint Petersburg (Russia)
ISBN : 0864426577
Discover the splendours of tsarist palaces, the sites of revolution and the birthplace of literary classics with this guide to St Petersburg. It offers fascinating historical insights while introducing you to a cosmopolitan and ever-changing city. Whether you're visiting St Petersburg for business or pleasure, this comprehensive guide is an indispensable companion.
Author : Anthony Glyn,Susan Glyn
Publisher : Companion Guides
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1900639203
`An exuberant performance' THE TIMES Highly praised on its first appearance, this new edition of the Companion Guide to Paris, fully revised by Anthony Glyn's widow, preserves his vivid evocation of Paris - its foundation and history, ancient churches, wide boulevards and narrow streets, architecture, and philosophy - while bringing the book up to date. Special attention is paid to the completed Grand Louvre with its Pyramid, the d'Orsay and Picasso Museums and the refurbished Centre Pompidou; the changes to the Eiffel Tower and the Panthéon; and the restoration of the footpaths along the Seine. Informed and amusing, the book captures the changing moods of this fascinating city.
Author : Brendan Lehane
Publisher : Companion Guides
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1900639343
As well as being a practical guide it's an exhilarating read... It is a delightful thing: anybody contemplaing crossing to Ireland for pleasure shouldn't think of going without consulting it. OBSERVER
Author : Marc Bennetts
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781405351980
DK Eyewitness Top 10 St Petersburg will lead you straight to the best attractions that this cultural hotspot has to offer. Whether you are looking to experience Russian ballet or opera at the world famous Mariinskiy Theatre, sample delicious St Petersburg borscht, or marvel at the plentiful soviet landmarks, this guide is the perfect companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists - from the Top 10 unmissable museum and galleries, Top 10 souvenirs, Top 10 waterways and bridges and, to save you time and money, there is even a list of budget tips and the Top 10 things to avoid. DK Eyewitness Top 10 St Petersburg is packed with colour illustrations, providing the insider knowledge that every visitor needs on a trip to this beautiful city. Explore every corner effortlessly using the many maps included within the guide. Your guide to the Top 10 best of everything in St Petersburg.
Author : Joseph William Lewis Jr. M.D.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781546261094
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. By what miracle can an assortment of seemingly unrelated particles come together and correctly assemble to form a human being? Amazingly, once aggregated, these atoms, molecules, and compounds manage to interact reasonably coherently during our lives but seek to return to their dusty state when death occurs. Of the billions of our species who have existed on earth over the millennia, most have quietly and inexorably returned to ashes and dust when their term of life expired. This book tracks some of the misadventures of selected corpses, including burials that went awry to body snatching, exhumations, human-relic collection, and assorted desecrations. Over the years, it seems that a remarkable number of bodies have failed to enjoy the admonition to “Rest in Peace.” Whether these aberrations in the burial process have disturbed the afterlife of the departed, everyone is dying to discover the answer.
Author : Lonely Planet Publications
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1742209947
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet St Petersburg is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Tour the Hermitage, party through the White Nights, or enthral yourself in the Mariinsky Ballet; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of St Petersburg and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's St Petersburg Travel Guide: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - art, architecture, literature Free, convenient pull-out St Petersburg map (included in print version), plus over 15 colour maps Covers Sennaya, Kolomna, Smolny, Vosstaniya, Vasilyevsky Island, Petrogradsky Island, Vyborg Side and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet St Petersburg, our comprehensive guide to St Petersburg, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Russia guide for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Tom Masters, Simon Richmond. About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.
Author : Daniel Brook
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780393089240
"[An] inspired tour of the post modern city…Invigorating." —Mark Kingwell, Harper’s Hailed as an “original and fascinating book” (Times Literary Supplement), A History of Future Cities is Daniel Brook’s captivating investigation of four “instant cities”—St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai—that sought to catapult themselves into the future by emulating the West.
Author : Greg King
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470324998
It was the most magnificent court in Europe—a world of fairy-tale opulence, ornate architecture, sophisticated fashion, extravagant luxury, and immense power. In the last Russian imperial court, a potent underlying mythology drove its participants to enact the pageantry of medieval, Orthodox Russia—infused with the sensibilities of Versailles—against a backdrop of fading Edwardian splendor, providing a spectacle of archaic ceremonies carefully orchestrated as a lavish stage upon which Nicholas II played out his tumultuous reign. While a massive body of literature has been devoted to the last of the Romanovs, The Court of the Last Tsar is the first book to examine the people, mysteries, traditions, scandals, rivalries, rituals, and riches that were part of everyday life in the last two decades of the Romanov dynasty. It is as difficult for the twenty-first-century mind to imagine the pomp and splendor that accompanied the tsar and his family everywhere they went as it was for the simple Russian peasant toiling a thousand miles from St. Petersburg. This stunningly illustrated volume removes the mystery with more than a hundred black-and-white photos; floor plans of the tsar’s Winter Palace, the Alexander Palace, and the Grand Kremlin Palace; a map of St. Petersburg; and plans of the imperial parks at Tsarskoye Selo and Peterhof. This eye-popping tour of hedonistic imperial Russia on the edge of oblivion draws on hundreds of previously unpublished primary sources, including memoirs, personal letters, diary entries, and official documents collected during author Greg King’s fifteen years of research in Russia and elsewhere in Europe. It invites you to experience dozens of extravagant ceremonies and entertainments attended only by members of the court; exposes the numerous sexual intrigues of the imperial family, including rape, incest, and brazen affairs; and introduces many of the more than fifteen thousand individuals who made the imperial court a society unto itself. Chief among these, of course, was Tsar Nicholas II. He ruled an empire that stretched over one-sixth of the earth’s land surface but lacked, according to one courtier, both his father’s inspiring presence and his mother’s vibrant charm. His wife, Alexandra, was a strong and passionate woman who “never developed the social skills necessary to her rank.” Their wedding and the tsar’s coronation are two of the most spectacular ceremonies described in this lavish volume. Vetted with care by the last remaining members of the Russian imperial court, The Court of the Last Tsar brings the people, places, and events of this doomed but unforgettable wonderland to vivid and sparkling life.
Author : Jonathan Miles
Publisher : Random House
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473535886
'This extraordinary book brings to life an astonishing place. Beautiful prose renders brutality vivid' The Times - BOOK OF THE WEEK From Peter the Great to Putin, this is the unforgettable story of St Petersburg – one of the most magical, menacing and influential cities in the world. St Petersburg has always felt like an impossible metropolis, risen from the freezing mists and flooded marshland of the River Neva on the western edge of Russia. It was a new capital in an old country. Established in 1703 by the sheer will of its charismatic founder, the homicidal megalomaniac Peter-the-Great, its dazzling yet unhinged reputation was quickly fashioned by the sadistic dominion of its early rulers. This city, in its successive incarnations – St Petersburg; Petrograd; Leningrad and, once again, St Petersburg – has always been a place of perpetual contradiction. It was a window on to Europe and the Enlightenment, but so much of the glory of Russia was created here: its literature, music, dance and, for a time, its political vision. It gave birth to the artistic genius of Pushkin and Dostoyevsky, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, Pavlova and Nureyev. Yet, for all its glittering palaces, fairytale balls and enchanting gardens, the blood of thousands has been spilt on its snow-filled streets. It has been a hotbed of war and revolution, a place of siege and starvation, and the crucible for Lenin and Stalin’s power-hungry brutality. In St Petersburg, Jonathan Miles recreates the drama of three hundred years in this absurd and brilliant city, bringing us up to the present day, when – once more – its fate hangs in the balance. This is an epic tale of murder, massacre and madness played out against squalor and splendour. It is an unforgettable portrait of a city and its people.
Author : Insight Guides
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781789196009
Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and see in St Petersburg, from top attractions like Peterhof and the Winter Palace, to hidden gems. Compact, concise, and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move companion when you're exploring St Petersburg Covers Top Ten Attractions, including Peter and Paul Fortress and the Russian Museum and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions Offers an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture Contains an invaluable pull-out map, and essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around Includes an innovative extra that's unique in the market - all Insight Pocket Guides come with a free eBook Inspirational colour photography throughout Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrasebooks, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.