Author: Margarita KoevaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Rila Monastery
Author: Margarita KoevaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Rila Monastery
Author: Todorka KamenovaBulgaria
Author: Jonathan BousfieldPublisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781858288826
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
This guide to this little known but deeply rewarding country, includes comprehensive accounts of all the sights from the capital Sofia to the time-warped villiages and wayside monasteries. It includes practical advice on outdoor pursuits - the best hikes, ski centres and Black Sea beaches - plus a run-dwon on all the folk festivals and informed commentaries on Bulgaria's turbulent history.
A Lover's Discourse
Author: Roland BarthesPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0809066890
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
"Barthes's most popular and unusual performance as a writer is "A Lover's Discourse," a writing out of the discourse of love. This language primarily the complaints and reflections of the lover when alone, not exchanges of a lover with his or her partner is unfashionable. Thought it is spoken by millions of people, diffused in our popular romances and television programs as well as in serious literature, there is no institution that explores, maintains, modifies, judges, repeats, and otherwise assumes responsibility for this discourse . . . Writing out the figures of a neglected discourse, Barthes surprises us in "A Lover's Discourse" by making love, in its most absurd and sentimental forms, an object of interest." Jonathan Culler
The Historian
Author: Elizabeth KostovaPublisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 075951383X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The record-breaking phenomenon from Elizabeth Kostova is a celebrated masterpiece that "refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner" (San Francisco Chronicle). Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family’s past connect to an inconceivable evil: the dark fifteenth-century reign of Vlad the Impaler and a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive through the ages. The search for the truth becomes an adventure of monumental proportions, taking us from monasteries and dusty libraries to the capitals of Eastern Europe—in a feat of storytelling so rich, so hypnotic, so exciting that it has enthralled readers around the world. “Part thriller, part history, part romance...Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has a marvelous tale to tell.” —Baltimore Sun
Treasures of Bulgaria
Author: Петър КонстантиновPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents
Author: John Philip ThomasPublisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884022329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The nature of the typkia, discussed by John Thomas in the introduction, was one of flexible and personal documents, which differed considerably in form, length, and content. Not all of them were foundation documents in the strict sense, since they could be issued at any time in the history of an institution. Some were wills; others were reform decrees and rules; yet others were primarily liturgical in character.
Bulgaria
Author: Annie KayPublisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 9781841621555
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A highly readable, newly researched guide to Bulgaria to help travellers discover the best the country offers with knowledgeable advice on practicalities, finding special places off the beaten track and plenty of supplementary background notes.
The Departure of the Soul
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945699009
Category : Athos (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive presentation of the teachings of over 120 Orthodox Saints and dozens of holy hierarchs, clergy, and theologians on the subject of the soul¿s exodus to the next life. With over 750 pages of source material featuring many rare images and dozens of texts translated into English for the first time, The Departure of the Soul is unique as both the sole reference edition on the subject and a fascinating and spiritually profitable book for anyone seeking insight into one of the greatest mysteries of all. The book also reveals over 100 falsifications, misrepresentations, and errors contained in the publications of authors who oppose the teaching of the Church, thus definitively ending the 40-year controversy in the Church.
Author: Valentino Pace