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The Raven: A Totem Or A Bad Omen

Scientific classification Class AVES Order PASSERIFORMES Family CORVIDAE Sub-family CORVINAE Genera and species CORVUS CORAX CORAX – the raven CORVUS CORONE CORONE – the black crow CORVUS FRUGILENUS FRUGILENUS – the rook   COLEUS MONEDULA SPERMOLOGUS – the Jackdaw

Romanian Ornamental Wall Cloths With Zoomorphic And Avimorphic Motifs

from the collection of the Folk Art Museum in Tulcea see Gallery 1. General considerations In the context of the Romanian traditional fabrics ‘stergarele’ (cloths) represent a category with multiple functions: pieces for decorating or adorning the house , pieces

Icebergs Ahead!

an interview with Cristian LASCUCristian Lascu is editor in chief of National Geographic Romania, a speleologist and researcher. His CV features a variety of activities and awards: he is a national judo champion, scuba diver, founder of the Group for Underwater and Speleological

From The Mountains To The Sea

During autumn and winter, migrating peregrines come to our country from the north, looking for prey in the fields as well. However, the ones who nest here can also be seen in the mountains during the warm season. Another bigger bird of prey, which also lives in rocky regions,

The Bull And The Magpie

Up and down the back of a big, black bull that looked appalling, one magpie was slowly strolling. A wee doggie passing by stopped to marvel at the sight. “He’s an idiot alright! Carrying everybody on his hide… Hey, maybe I can hitch a ride!” Thus considering,

One Spring Morning

With his empty game bag and rifle on his shoulder, Loveţ the woodsman was slowly walking up the path stretching under the hill. A silly cuckoo was singing in the ash trees on the nearby summit; from the valley, another cuckoo answered its call. The forest had almost leafed

The Hunting Museum In Posada: A Sanctuary Of Trophies

see photos I do not believe that anyone could have found a better place, a better lodge for a hunting museum than the one in Posada. Visitors feel this is a wonderful sanctuary of hunting trophies, which, in all likelihood, makes even the most exigent critic happy. In the

REEDITARE / Dan Dinescu (fotografii), Andrei Pippidi (text) - Farmecul discret al Bucureştilor/ The Discreet Charm of Bucharest (ediţie bilingvă română-engleză), 250 p.

„(. . . ) talentul domnului Dinescu este de cel mai mare folos pentru toţi, nu numai pentru istoricii arhitecturii. Pentru fiecare generaţie măcar, astfel de cărţi trebuie să se facă – scrie Andrei Pippidi în prefaţa albumului. Cele peste 100 de imagini realizate

Nr. 70 - vara 2009

SUMAR Nr. 70 Inedit Emil Cioran – De la France (fragment din volumul cu acelaşi titlu apărut la Editura L'Herne în 2009, care reproduce primele pagini ale scrierii datând din 1941. Textul este tipărit în premieră în România, prin bunăvoinţa editurilor

Nr. 69 - primăvara 2009

SUMAR Nr. 69 Centenar Eugen Ionescu Adrian Mihalache – Blog-notes din lumea cealaltă Pagini autobiografice Corespondenţă Ingeborg Bachmann – Paul Celan – Un timp al inimii Gabriela Melinescu – Copil de duminică Ion Vianu – Pomul de Crăciun Dincolo

NR. 64 - iarna 2007-2008

SUMAR NR. 64 Pagini autobiografice Péter Esterházy – Harmonia cælestis Ion Vianu – Supunere, împotrivire, exil Dincolo de eveniment Jacques Rupnik – Populismul în Europa Centrală şi de Est Jacek Kochanowicz – Virajul la Dreapta Cultura – cardiograme

Dan Dinescu (fotografii), Andrei Pippidi (text) - Farmecul discret al Bucureştilor/ The Discreet Charm of Bucharest (ediţie bilingvă română-engleză), 2008, 250 p.

„(. . . ) talentul domnului Dinescu este de cel mai mare folos pentru toţi, nu numai pentru istoricii arhitecturii. Pentru fiecare generaţie măcar, astfel de cărţi trebuie să se facă – scrie Andrei Pippidi în prefaţa albumului. Cele peste 100 de imagini realizate