Ergebnis für "Collector" in Geschichte

Stories of collecting debt, education on credit cards, and managing money.

Botany was the darling and the powerhouse of the 18th century. As European ships ventured across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans, discovery bloomed. Bounties of new plants were brought back, and their arrival meant much more than improved flowerbeds - it offered a new scientific frontier that would transform Europe’s industry, medicine, eating and drinking habits, and even fashion.

Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) was a man of many talents - a sculptor, painter, architect, writer, and scholar - but he is best known for Lives of the Artists, which singlehandedly established the canon of Italian Renaissance art. Before Vasari's extraordinary book, art was considered a technical skill, and artists were mere decorators and craftsmen. It was through Vasari's visionary writings that Raphael, Leonardo, and Michelangelo came to be regarded as great masters of life as well as art, their creative genius celebrated as a divine gift.

The term robber baron has largely fallen into disuse in the 21st century but there was a time when it was a popular epithet that described the kind of man who, it was believed, built his fortune by taking things belonging to others. Of all the men labeled as robber barons during the Gilded Age, few were as influential as Henry Clay Frick, who rubbed shoulders with men like J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie while overseeing some of the era’s biggest companies.

Marghanita Laski’s novel Little Boy Lost is as enthralling as it is heart-wrenching. A man grapples with questions of emotional responsibility, fatherhood, and memory. Laski describes a much-changed France, struggling to rebuild its morale after the ruin caused by wartime bombing and...

A satirical view of the suffragette movement and an unblinking yet compassionate story that chronicles the impact of the First World War on an ordinary young couple, William – an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton won the first Prix Femina-Vie Heureuse prize in 1919. Written in a hospital tent to...

"An urgent and compelling account of great bravery and passion." ―Susan Orlean Award-winning journalist Delphine Minoui recounts the true story of a band of young rebels, a besieged Syrian town, and an underground library built from the rubble of war Reading is an act of resistance. Daraya is...

The Collectors Cast is a podcast all about collecting and collectibles. Hosted by Clint Wilson and Mike Bloski, the two collectors talk about the various things people search for, current trends in the collecting space, and much more. New episodes every Friday!

Welcome to Incomplete - A Complete Collector Podcast, the ultimate destination for anyone who’s ever felt the thrill of the hunt, the joy of discovery, or the satisfaction of owning a piece of history. Brought to you by the legendary Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s Auction House, this UK-based podcast delves into the fascinating world of collectables and the hobby of collecting, from stamps to supercars, Pokémon to rare coins, and beyond.In each episode, we explore the stories behind the objects, the people who collect them, and the cultural forces that make them valuable. Whether you're a ...

The fascinating history of American bookishness as told through the sale of Charles Lamb’s library in 1848.

All my life I've LOVED listening to people's stories. I always dreamed of being able to talk to every single person on the planet to hear their stories. This is the start to that fulfilling that dream.

Everyone has a story. I collect the stories of the people I come across through my personal or professional life. Everyday, ordinary people telling their version of life.

The Purple Heart is the oldest military honor that’s still given to US military members, awarded to those wounded or killed in action against an enemy of the United States. People of Purple Hearts explores the bare re-tellings of combat veterans and Purple Heart enthusiasts who have dedicated their lives to our armed forces.