books by Iain Galbraith (wörterbuch paintings originals)

books by Iain Galbraith

books:

The Night Begins with a Question: XXV Austrian Poems (European Originals series)

Carcanet Press Ltd., 2007

A varied anthology, this book documents the development of Austrian poetry from the 1970s to the present day. Translated by Scottish poets in the context and the company of some of their Austrian contemporaries, each poem seeks its own, often volatile space, and categories like "British," "Scottish" or "Austrian" are too narrow to frame the imaginative reach of a single authentic poem. While these poems are authentically Austrian, they are ...

What Great Paintings Say: Old Masters in Detail (Big)

6 reviews
Rose-Marie Hagen, Rainer Hagen

Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1996

Looking at Paintings and Seeing History
Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen have done their research in examining paintings throughout time and have created two extraordinary volumes that invite us into the Art Appreciation Theater of an honored university of learning. Their biographies are strangely missing from these books: we can only surmise that these two fine art historians have spent countless hours in the museums of the world. The ...

Beneath Black Stars

2 reviews
Agnes Rook, Ester Kinsky, ...

Serpent's Tail, 2001

An outstanding selection of original short stories
Deftly edited by Martin Chalmers, Beneath Black Stars is an outstanding selection of original short stories by a number of talented, twentieth century Austrian writers. Many of these stories appear in English for the first time, and subtly express such concerns as alarm over the degree to which Austria collaborated with Nazi leaders during the German occupation, among other dark corners of ...

Selected Poems
Alfred Kolleritsch

Shearsman Books, 2006

Alfred Kolleritsch was born in Brunnsee, Austria in 1931, and now lives in Graz. He concluded his studies of Philosophy and German with a dissertation on Martin Heidegger. He is perhaps best-known as the president of the "Forum Stadtpark" in Graz, a role he has fulfilled since 1968, and as the co-founder and editor of the literary magazine, "manuskripte", a pioneering journal. His own work, which consists of prose and poetry, has won several ...

Englisch in letzter Minute. Buch und CD. Sprachführer für Überflieger. Mit Wörterbuch.
Iain Galbraith, Paul Krieger, ...

Rowohlt Tb., 2000

Treasure Island (Konemann Classics)

260 reviews
Robert Louis Stevenson, Iain Galbraith

Konemann, 1998

Tense, Readable Adventure
This is a solid condensed version of the classic search for buried treasure in the late 1700's. Author Robert Louis Stevenson draws readers in early as the Captain arrives at the Benbow Inn in Britain, focused on incoming ships, and warning young Jim Hawkins of one-legged visitors. The story picks up as Billy Bones arrives, bringing danger and discovery of the treasure map, a discovery that ...