age ~47
from Chesapeake, VA
From the fifteenth century onwards, as European explorers sailed forth on grand voyages of discovery, their encounters with exotic plants and animals fanned intense scientific interest. Scholars began to examine nature with fresh eyes, and pioneering artists transformed the way nature was seen and u...
Author
David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton, Rea Alexandratos
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
224
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN #
030012547X
EAN Code
9780300125474
ISBN #
9
Criticized in his lifetime for his rough handling of paint, John Constable’s (1776–1837) paintings have long defined the idea of the English countryside, its geography fully captured by his remarkable naturalism. His “vivid and timeless” oil sketches, as he called them, have been celebrated since th...
Author
Mark Evans
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
223
Publisher
Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN #
1851778004
EAN Code
9781851778003
ISBN #
8
What if there was a way of eating that got a major toxin out of your body, and still let you eat food that was tasty and enticing? What if that same diet was based on cutting edge science, which shows how avoiding this toxin helps you to get and stay healthy? Most of us would jump at the chance to l...
Author
Karla Wiersma, Monique Attinger
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
50
Publisher
Scibridge International VZW - The Low Oxalate Project
ISBN #
4
While at a reenactment of the Wheatfield battle in Gettysburg, coffee shop owner, Cheyenne Clark is thrust into the drama by an enthusiastic if not handsome "doctor" who's taking his acting stint a little too seriously. She accepts the challenge of pretending to aid the cast in a field hospital, onl...
Author
Susan JP Owens
Binding
Paperback
Pages
114
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1517058546
EAN Code
9781517058548
ISBN #
1
The Ashmolean Museum's collection of British drawings and watercolors is undoubtedly one of the richest in the world. Over 130 works are discussed here in this fully illustrated catalogue, including a dozen works loaned from private collections. Many of these works have never previously been publish...
Author
Colin Harrison, Caroline Palmer, Katherine Wodehouse, Harry Dickinson
Binding
Paperback
Pages
344
Publisher
Ashmolean Museum
ISBN #
1854442961
EAN Code
9781854442963
ISBN #
5
Jonathan Richardson (1667–1745) was one of 18th-century England’s most significant cultural figures. A leading portrait painter and influential art theorist, he also amassed one of the period’s greatest collections of drawings. But there was another, highly unusual dimension to his pursuits. In 1728...
Author
Susan Owens
Binding
Paperback
Pages
64
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing
ISBN #
1907372849
EAN Code
9781907372841
ISBN #
3
This beautiful book reveals works from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s rich collection of drawings ranging from the early 17th century right up to the present day. Reproducing, often for the first time, works by foremost British artists, this book offers fresh insights into the wide range of ways i...
Author
Susan Owens
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
208
Publisher
Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN #
185177758X
EAN Code
9781851777587
ISBN #
2
Susan Owens is an Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court. On November 7, 2000, she was elected the seventh woman to serve on the court.