Bohemian Residence

Bohemian Residence delves into the opulence and diversity of urban living across the globe. Urban landscapes offer a multitude of enticing options: from cozy apartments to chic duplexes to historic townhouses. Inhabitants' imaginations and distinct personalities reflect upon the canvas of a home's four walls. From Milan to London, Paris to Beverly Hills, colorful surroundings influence of furniture, accessories, and interior design. Conversations with those who outfit the spaces and with those who live within the sumptuous domiciles paint a narrative of modern materials and classic style. Bohemian Residence's detailed portraits take readers across the threshold and provide a tantalizing tour. Be it the witty elegance of the French, the boldness of an Italian modernist apartment, or enticing domestic cabinets of curiosity, these metropolitan dwellings illustrate and inspire the lavish possibilities of contemporary city living.

In the mid-nineteenth century successive cultural Bohemias were proclaimed in Paris, London, New York, and Melbourne. Focusing on networks and borders as the central modes of analysis, this book charts for the first time Bohemia’s cross-Channel, transatlantic, and trans-Pacific migrations, locating its creative expressions and social practices within a global context of ideas and action. Though the story of Parisian Bohemia has been comprehensively told, much less is known of its Anglophone translations. The Bohemian Republic offers a radical reinterpretation of the phenomenon, as the neglected lives and works of British, Irish, American, and Australian Bohemians are reassessed, the transnational networks of Bohemia are rediscovered, the presence and influence of women in Bohemia is reclaimed, and Bohemia’s relationship with the marketplace is reconsidered. Bohemia emerges as a marginal network which exerted a paradoxically powerful influence on the development of popular culture, in the vanguard of material, social and aesthetic innovations in literature, art, journalism, and theatre. Underpinned by extensive and original archival research, the book repopulates the concept of Bohemianism with layers of the networked voices, expressions, ideas, people, places, and practices that made up its constituent social, imagined, and interpretive communities. The reader is brought closer than ever to the heart of Bohemia, a shadowy world inhabited by the rebels of the mid-nineteenth century.

Hans Holzer, the most prolific writer about the occult in the world, here tells what happened when he investigated the mysterious secret activities of the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf von Habsburg, in the very city where Rudolf ruled. There Holzer first heard about Father Damiano, Emperor Rudolf's secret confidant, and the diary he kept. Holzer visited Father Damiano's grave and noticed something very strange about the tombstone … The diary revealed the Emperor had surrounded himself with astrologers and alchemists, set up smelting kitchens for turning lead into gold, and used erotic means to summon supernatural powers. Here, the whole story is revealed for the first time.

Dive deep into the sun-drenched landscape of Athens and the island of Hydra, where a house whispers stories of love, loss, and resilience. In Alex Nassos’s evocative novel, Martha’s House, readers are transported across time, from war-torn years where Martha’s indomitable spirit forges a life amid chaos, to decades later where Zoe inherits not just a house, but a legacy. Amidst the idyllic Grecian backdrop, Martha’s House witnesses the fiery passion of youth, the sorrow of lost love, and the enduring power of family ties. As Zoe opens its doors to a parade of tourists, she finds herself tangled in island intrigue, age-old feuds, and hidden histories. In Martha’s House, every room has a secret, every guest an untold story. Nassos masterfully intertwines the past and present in a tale that’s as breathtaking as the Aegean Sea. Experience Hydra in all its tumultuous beauty, and discover why Martha’s House is a place you’ll long to return to, long after the final page is turned.