Name: Poblamiento del Continente Americano
ISBN: 978-9929-687-90-5

Books · People · Pop Culture

Brunello Cucinelli has dedicated his new campaign to books and written a very touching letter about the place of books in his life:

I am in love with books. I love them for the knowledge they give, for the fragrance they exude, for the rustle of turning pages, which seems to caress the soul. Like Voltaire, I have a weakness for old volumes and I treasure the words of their authors, whose wisdom

NB! · Books · Nature · Humour

A goose differs from a gander in that if you seize her by the head she does not cry out, especially a young one

Books · Rome

Yes, some day the young shall hear of a sword stained with a brother's blood, appointed to shine in victory over the foe, and of a generation already dwindled in number by its fathers' depravity

“To Caesar Augustus. Ode 2”, Horace, translated by Afanasy Fet

Books · Museums · Heritage · People

Russian translation of Michael Finkel’s “The Museum Thief” on Stefan Breitwieser published

A Russian translation of journalist Michael Finkel's book "The Art Thief" has been published. Two years ago it became a bestseller in the United States. Its hero is Stéphane Breitwieser, a young Frenchman with neither education nor profession, who between 1995 and 2001 stole more than

NB! · Art · Books · Observations

Boethius beholds in a magic mirror how Lady Philosophy consoles and heals him, sick and feeble as he is, which I wish for you too

Art · Books · Museums · People · Saint Petersburg

Vasari's biography of Giorgione, his date of death and the disputed self-portraits

Labouring for the glory of himself and his fatherland, and forever moving in society to divert his many friends with music, he fell in love with a certain lady, and the two of them took very great delight in their love. But it so happened that in 1511 she caught

Faith · Art · Books

The Beast of Revelation in Giusto de' Menabuoi's fresco in the Padua Baptistery

I saw a beast rising out of the sea. He has ten horns and seven heads; on his horns are ten crowns, and on his heads blasphemous names. The beast I saw was like a leopard, but his feet are those of a bear, and his mouth a lion'

NB! · Architecture · Books · Heritage

Masonic Gates with a Secret, from the Book An English Arcadia 1600-1990

NB! · Books · Observations · Education · Society

A new list of patriotic works by contemporary writers, recommended by the Ministry of Education for extracurricular reading: Zakhar Prilepin is on it, naturally

NB! · Archive · Faith · Books · Society · People

Of the 80,200 roubles required in 1898-1899 to resettle 7,300 Doukhobor peasants in Canada, Leo Tolstoy contributed 34,200 roubles, taken from the publication of his novel "Resurrection"

Art · Books · Mores · Paris

…gleaming with the whiteness of her shoulders, the glossiness of her hair and diamonds, she passed between the men who stood aside <...> granting each the right to admire the beauty of her figure, her full shoulders, her bosom and back, very bare accordin

…gleaming with the whiteness of her shoulders, the glossiness of her hair and diamonds, she passed between the men who stood aside <...> granting each the right to admire the beauty of her figure, her full shoulders, her bosom and back, very bare according to the fashion of the

Books · Society

Alexander Prokhanov on the arrival of two presidents and their meeting on the red carpet

The presidents stepped out of their aircraft at the same moment, solitary, without retinue, and descended the steps as though two envoys of two great civilisations were coming down from the heavens. They walked along the red carpet, drawing closer, and it was frightening to think that they might miss