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Si bien es reconocido mundialmente como uno de los grandes novelistas del género histórico, y especialmente marítimo, Patrick O’Brian fue, en realidad, un gran contador de historias. Publicada por primera vez en 1976, es ésta una biografía completa, exhaustiva, pero a la vez profundamente personal del gran pintor que fue Pablo Picasso, y la única que ha sabido apreciar plenamente los orígenes mediterráneos del carácter y el arte del artista. Todo en Picasso, excepto su estatura física, era de una escala enorme. Jamás ningún pintor fue tan asombrosamente productivo y con tanta calidad; y tampoco ninguno consiguió ganar tanto dinero en vida con su obra. Nadie puede rivalizar con él en el interés del público, siempre ávido e insaciable. Y Patrick O’Brian, amigo personal de Picasso, lo conocía lo suficientemente bien como para captar la esencia real de su personalidad.

Aerin Lauder’s love of flowers is deeply personal, being passed down to her by her celebrated grandmother, Estée Lauder, as well as her mother, Jo Carole Lauder. From fresh bouquets to floral patterns on wallpaper, fabric, and tabletop pieces, in Living with Flowers Lauder shares the many ways she brings flowers into her home. Whether it’s an arrangement of daisies in the kitchen to welcome friends or family for dinner, or a single stem on her desk to brighten the workday, flowers are an essential part of her home and her lifestyle.

With new photographs of houses steeped in the period revival tradition, from 1838 to today, not since Rizzoli’s Santa Barbara Style (2001) has a book so eloquently captured the distinctive splendor of this seaside paradise. Known worldwide for the Santa Barbara style, the town epitomizes a type of building at once elegant and suffused with poetry. At its heart is the historic downtown, featuring white-washed Mediterranean-style stucco buildings with tile roofs and the iconic Santa Barbara Mission of 1786, whose austere beauty set the tone for all that followed. From its earliest days, the influence of this place has been felt and has since radiated across the sunbelt; it continues to be a model of emulation and inspiration. But it is the houses and the dream of living in Santa Barbara and its sister communities of Ojai, Carpinteria, Summerland, Goleta, and Montecito that casts the most profound spell.