Twelve-year-old Petra, accompanied by her magical tin spider, goes to Prague hoping to retrieve the enchanted eyes the Prince of Bohemia took from her father, and is aided in her quest by a Roma boy a
Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it’s never been ordinary. She has a pet tin spider named Astrophil who likes to hide in her snarled hair and give her advice. Her best friend can trap lightn
Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it's never been ordinary. She has a pet tin spider named Astrophil who likes to hide in her snarled hair and give her advice. Her best friend can trap lightn
Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it’s never been ordinary. She has a pet tin spider named Astrophil who likes to hide in her snarled hair and give her advice. Her best friend can trap lightn
It's time to peek inside the world's most famous museums. Welcome to Lonely Planet Kids' Incredible CabinetofWonders - the greatest little museum in the world! 12 collectors, from toy makers and mon
When the curtains are drawn back on thecabinetofwonders, every individual you meet is an original, the indelible mark oftheir uniqueness shaped in their flesh. Molly and Faye are spirited teenager
Viktor Wynd's gallery and shop in East London is arranged with the sensibility of a 17th-century Wunderkabinett. It displays and sells an eccentric and seemingly random collection of objects - everyth
A collector since his childhood, Gaston-Louis Vuitton (1883–1970), the third generation ofthe legendary design family and grandson ofthe founder ofthe luxury brand, accumulated hundreds of objects
It's time to peek inside the world's most famous museums. Welcome to Lonely Planet Kids' Incredible CabinetofWonders - the greatest little museum in the world! 12 collectors, from toy makers and m
What kid doesn’t love picking up shells on the beach, or finding a bird’s egg or snake’s rattle, or—treasure of treasures—a fossil? Then taking it home to put on a shelf or in a shoebox? That same imp
A cabinetof curiosities in book form, take a journey around the world's museums.Take a deep breath and open up this cabinetof curiosities. Discover the most fascinating and mysterious objects on dis
'This lavishly illustrated compendium suggest that the age of elegance endures'Mail on Sunday The great houses of London represent one ofthe marvels of English architecture and yet they are almost entirely unknown. They are for the most part disguised behind sober facades but their riches within are astonishing.There are many architectural wonders, among them Robert Adam's 20 St James's Square and William Burges's Tower House. Several - including Bridgewater House with its Raphaels and Titians - have held great art collections.These are houses that hold extraordinary stories: half theCabinet resigned after breakfast at Stratford House; and on 4 August 1914, at 9 Carlton House Terrace, then the German Embassy, young duty clerk Harold Nicholson deftly substituted one declaration of war for another.Great Houses of London opens the door to some ofthe greatest and grandest houses in the world to tell the stories oftheir owners and occupants, artists and architects, their restoration, ad
With the great Renaissance voyages to the New World came the popularity of Wunderkammern, or cabinets ofwonders, in which newly discovered monsters and marvels could be displayed. Like such a cabinet
This book is a love story, a political memoir, a parallel journey into and through grief and loss. It goes inside Cabinet and inside the heart. It wonders why we don't make enough room in our lives fo
"Kristy Bowen's poems unfold like a fairy tale pop-up book; open like a cabinetofwonders in which Girl is both cabinet and wonder; flame and spark into the night air where we read by that light."?Ma