The two sitters are rendered faithfully in a well-defined room and are surrounded by the trappings of 16th-century humanism e.g., books, globes, musical instruments.
She offers a book and globe to the people of her state, promising a bright future.
He is depicted with books, papers, globe, pen and inkstand in a sumptuous domestic bureau.
Scattered amid the living room's underbrush of playthings is a rocking horse, two children's rocking chairs, a pram for a doll, an upright piano, a bookcase with World Book encyclopedias, a globe and, on the rug, a Mother Goose book.
OFTEN, the youngest member of a household needs the most storage space, not just for toys and games but also for books and globes -- even television sets.
Every detail in this crude portrait - Williams's wig, his frock coat and long waistcoat, his collection of books, his globes, his fine furniture - is controversial, asserting that black people can become wealthy and accomplished.
This is an extract from the book, Eat My Globe: One Man's Search for the Best Food in the World.
Our very own Simon Majumdar, whose excellent book, Eat My Globe, was published recently, spent some time in Kansas City ruminating on that most American of activities, the barbecue competition, and in celebration of the merest hint of a decent British summer this year we've extracted the chapter on the American Royal here, as something we can all aspire to.
He spends much of his book itemizing the globe's botched water projects, and a depressing litany it is.
Quammen's meaty, sprawling book chronicles his globe-trotting scientific adventures and warns against animal microbes spilling over into people.
Quammen's meaty, sprawling book chronicles his globe-trotting scientific adventures and warns of the dangers of animal microbes crossing over to people.
