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L'oeil du photographe Robert Polidori a su capter les merveilles du Val de Loire: que ce soit la remarquable salle féodale du château de Blois, les forteresses de Saumur et d'Angers ou la magnificence d'Azay-le-Rideau, construit dans les premières années du règne de François Ier, ou encore la grandeur de Chambord, châteaux de contes et de légendes... Ne fallait-il pas rendre hommage, tout au long d'un reportage unique, magique, où s'entremêlent châteaux brumeux, châteaux modestes, châteaux grandioses, châteaux fiers ou châteaux discrets, à cette région où les rois choisirent de bâtir somptueusement? Robert Polidori dont l'ouvrage Versailles a enchanté et surpris des milliers de lecteurs s'est passionné pour cette région du Val de Loire. Il a su nous faire partager son enthousiasme. Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos, quant à lui, nous fait revivre l'histoire de ce Val de Loire où l'architecture a triomphé.

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The vertebrate skeleton is one of nature's most amazing feats. Composed of cartilage and bone, it forms the supportive structure for the remaining aspects of our anatomy. Stripped of skin, we can see the body's fascinating underlying architecture. In this one-of-a-kind book, biologist and skeletal reconstructionist Steve Huskey lays bare the vertebrate skeleton, providing a guided tour of the nuanced differences among the many featured vertebrate species. Using his own skeletal preparations, which the author has spent decades assembling, Huskey helps us understand why animals live the way they do. We see in the venomous snake the jaw and fang structures that allow it to both kill and consume its prey whole. The eastern mole rat is shown to be built like a weightlifter coupled with an earth-mover, as Huskey discusses its habit of swimming through soil. The odd-looking trumpetfish is not built for music but for suction, with a skull that expands to vacuum in its prey. Each page of How Skeletons Work reveals not only the elegance of each skeleton, but also the natural history story the skeleton tells. Come along let's take a voyage through the boneyard.

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Художники: их жизнь и творчество. A stunning exploration of over 80 famous artists and their fascinating lives, from Giotto to the present day. Artists: Their Lives and Works tells the inspiring stories behind the world's most famous masterpieces and their creators, including their influences, development, friendships, loves, and rivalries. Discover the often tumultuous lives of iconic artists including Raphael, Hogarth, van Gogh, O'Keeffe, Magritte, Kahlo, Warhol, and Kiefer. Uncover the unconventional tales of the artists' lives, including Holbein's matchmaking portraits for Henry VIII, Caravaggio's thuggish reactions to a badly-cooked artichoke, and the many romantic affairs of Picasso. Lavishly illustrated biographies for every artist reveal these visionaries at work in their studios, as well as the unique techniques, artworks, and personalities that made them into legends.

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For eight years and across several continents, Alex Majoli has been photographing events and non-events. Political demonstrations, humanitarian emergencies, and quiet moments of everyday life. What holds all these images together is a sense of theatre. A sense that we are all actors, all playing the parts that history and circumstance demand of us.